Speaking at the congress of his party's Şirnex (Şırnak) Provincial Organisation, DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır stated that they are closer to freedom with the process initiated by Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and said that they can be successful by ensuring Kurdish national unity and increasing the organisation.
12 women prisoners, including DTK Co-Chair Leyla Güven, who protested against the conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, have been given disciplinary penalties.
The "Common Position Conference" of the components of North and East Syria will be held on 8 August in Heseke city.
The Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has proposed a solution for the election of new members to the three vacant seats in the parliamentary commission. With the accepted proposal, three new members will be elected from DEM Party, CHP and AKP.
Baloch journalist Sarfaraz Shaah, who has been reporting on rights violations against Baloch people, has been arrested.
Co-chairs Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Erzirom (Erzurum) and Mûş (Muş) said that the people conveyed their demand for the state to take steps in the Peace and Democratic Society Meetings.
The trailer for Hey Hawar, a new documentary focusing on the repeated desecration of the grave of Süleyman Aksu, an English teacher killed in the 2015 Suruç (Pirsûs) bombing, has been released. The film sheds light on the broader issue of systemic attacks on Kurdish cemeteries in Kurdistan, using Aksu’s story as a central narrative.
On the 11th anniversary of the ISIS attack, Êzidîs (Yazidis) in Shengal commemorated those who lost their lives by turning their faces to Mount Shengal.
Eleven years after the ISIS attack on Shengal, the fate of five members of the Xelef family remains unknown. Berzan and Faris Xelef, two brothers who were abducted as children and forced to hide their faith to survive, have spoken out about the horrors they endured during four years of ISIS captivity.
Ali Kahraman, a member of the Society and Legal Research Foundation (TOHAV), emphasized that Turkey is obliged to recognize the "right to hope" under the international conventions it has ratified, calling on all segments of society to push for legal reform in Parliament.
Peace Mothers demanded that the commission established in the Parliament, which is expected to start its work, should first make arrangements for the release of political prisoners, especially Abdullah Öcalan.
Seyfettin Demhat, an ill prisoner whose medications brought from abroad have not been provided, has been transferred from Van High Security Prison to Kırşehir Type-S Prison against his will. His wife, Tuba Demhat, has called for his immediate release.
Henan Şengalî, who transformed from a terrified young girl into a resisting woman fighting alongside female fighters during the 74th Genocide against the Êzidî (Yazidi) community, said, "I am no longer the old Êzidî woman. Today, we are strong. We have risen from our ashes."
Heval Zelal Avcı, a representative of the Civil Society in the Penal System Association (CİSST), stated that the "right to hope" is not only a legal concept but also a fundamental requirement of respecting human dignity.
Press organizations staging a protest in front of the Israeli Consulate under the slogan “We stand with our Palestinian colleagues” reacted to the international community's failure to take action against Israel's attacks.