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• Demirtaş: Process of resolution is at its most critical stage 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş stated that the process of resolution should restart at a level that is further than the one in which the negotiations stopped, and the Turkish state should change its stance on Abdullah Öcalan.
• Mutual ceasefire accord in Colombia 

  A mutual ceasefire accord has been made during the negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC-EP aiming to end the 50 years old civil war in Colombia.
• Civilians banned from entering the operation zone in Ardahan 

  After the Turkish military’s murder of 1 civilian and wounding of another 2, police are preventing civilians from entering the army’s operation zone.
• Socialist youths of Turkey going to Kobanê to help reconstruction 

  SGDF youth will go to Kobanê and reconstruct the city, carry out cleaning activities, build a memorial forest and build a library.
• KCK and Kurdish Women’s Movement at World Meeting of Popular Movements 

  Representatives of the Kurdish Communities Union (Koma Civakên Kurdistan, KCK) and the Kurdish Women’s Movement joined the Second World Meeting of Popular Movements as guests of honour.
• ICOR team goes to Kobanê on behalf of humanity 

  International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations (ICOR) continues its efforts to support the reconstruction of Kobanê canton that had been destroyed due to ISIS attacks.
• Politicians and intellectuals call for freedom for Öcalan 

  A group of intellectuals, politicians, writers and artists who undersigned a petition by Platform for Freedom for Öcalan re-voiced their demand for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan jailed in İmralı Island Prison since 1999.
• 'Peace Bloc' against the war coalition of AKP 

  A number of political parties, democratic mass organizations, labour and trade bodies, as well as intellectuals and artists have formed a 'Peace Bloc' to defend peace against the AKP's discourses of war against Syria.
• AVEG-KON calls for immediate release of two Spanish revolutionaries 

  The European Confederation of Oppressed Immigrants has released a statement reacting to the detention and arrest by EU member states of European citizens involved in the fight against ISIS.
• HDP statement on 'Roboski attack' 

  HDP Group Deputy Chairpersons Pervin Buldan and İdris Baluken released a written statement on the state terror in Roboskî and emphasized AKP’s responsibility in the attacks.
• Lawyers protest the isolation of Kurdish leader Öcalan 

  Lawyers protested the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan in İstanbul, Amed, Van, Ankara, Batman and Mardin with the motto of “No to İmralı isolation, freedom for Öcalan.”
• 8 people taken under custody in Muş 

  8 people including DBP Malazgirt District Co-President İsmail Turanlı were taken under custody across the districts of Muş yesterday.
• ISIS supporters threaten DBP member in Konya with beheading 

  Supporters of ISIS gangs, who are supported by Turkey and have received global attention with their brutal massacre methods, threatened patriotic Kurds in Konya.
• HDK Co-Spokesperson Tuncel gets acquitted 

  HDK Co-Spokesperson Sebahat Tuncel got acquitted in the same case for the second time.
• Two members of Internationalist Brigade detained in Spain 

  Two people who formerly fought in the ranks of the Internationalist Brigade fighting ISIS in Rojava, were detained in Spain yesterday.
• HDP: AKP responsible for the death of laborers in Manisa 

  HDP held AKP responsible for today's death of 13 laborers in Manisa and said that employers impose slavery conditions in order to increase their profits.
• 'Why does the Êzîdî population in Turkey decline?' 

  HDP Parliamentarian Ali Atalan brought the issues of Êzîdî population decline in Turkey and the granting of Êzîdîs refugee status to the parliament.
• DBP: Next phase of the process of resolution must begin 

  DBP Party Assembly members released a declaration after their meeting today and said that the process of resolution would not go any further as it is today and the next phase of the process must begin.
• Kobanê citizen targeted by armed attack in Adana dies 

  A man from Kobanê by the name of Mehmet Mustafa, who was seriously wounded in an armed attack in the southern province of Adana, has lost his life despite all the medical interventions.
• Final declaration of the conference on Kobanê at EP released 

  "Our conference means strengthening of the resistance for democracy, human rights and common future being waged by women and men against ISIS", said the final declaration of the “International Mobilisation for Rebuilding Kobanê” conference at the EP.
• At least 147 workers died in Turkey in June 

  At least 147 workers died in Turkey in June, according to the report on worker’s death prepared by Worker’s Health and Job Security Assembly, while 749 workers died in job related accidents in the first 6 months of 2015.
• İmralı Delegation: End the isolation and give up on war plans 

  İmralı Delegation demanded the end of Abdullah Öcalan’s isolation and invited the Turkish state and government to give up on their war plans.
• Êzîdî Kurds: They played games on our demand to go to Europe 

  Êzîdîs from tent cities organized by Batman, Mardin, and Amed municipalities returned to their tents after not being allowed to cross over to Bulgaria through Edirne Border Gate.
• Sivas massacre condemned by tens of thousands at scene 

  Tens of thousands commemorated the victims of Sivas massacre in 1993. Protestors emphasized that massacre oriented policies continue and invited people to unite through shared sufferings.
• German court: Turkish Intelligence assigned Güney for Paris murders 

  Hamburg Higher Regional Court continues its prosecution of Kurdish politician Mehmet Demir for charges of PKK membership.