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• Schizophrenia sufferer gives statement in handcuffs 

  Schizophrenia sufferer Firat Koc was taken to the courthouse in handcuffs and showing signs of battery after being beaten in the streets of Van and kept in custody by the police.
• Vengeance Unit retaliates police brutality in Van 

  A group who call themselves the Martyr Cekwar Cubuk Vengeance Unit announced that they carried out a retaliation action in Kayapinar, Amed against the Turkish police brutality in Van.
• Another kolbar killed by Iranian forces in East Kurdistan 

  Iranian forces continue their attacks against kolbars.
• KCK calls for total resistance against AKP-MHP fascism 

  Following the dismissal of three Kurdish mayors by the Turkish regime, KCK called for total resistance to fascism, authoritarianism and the repression of the AKP regime.
• Turkish warplanes bombed Kandil: Four civilians injured 

  Warplanes belonging to the occupying Turkish army bombed the villages of Silê and Bolê in Binarê Kandil today. Four civilians were injured in the attack, and houses damaged.
• 4 wounded as Turkish jets bomb civilians in South Kurdistan 

  Yet another attack by the Turkish army against civilians in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Political genocide operations in Amed: Several detentions 

  Several people, including DBP Central Executive Committee Member Sevim Bicici, have been detained in midnight house raids in Amed.
• HPG: Guerrillas infiltrate Turkish forces’ positions in Şemdinli 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas infiltrated the positions of Turkish soldiers in Şemdinli, northern Kurdistan.
• Human shield actions in Qandil and Bradost concluded 

  The human shield actions launched in Qandil and Bradost regions of South Kurdistan in response to the Turkish invasion attacks have been concluded. Activists said they will continue their actions in other forms.
• Guerrillas destroy Turkish truck in Gever 

  Turkish army bombed more areas in the guerrilla zones in South Kurdistan.
• August 15 actions by the guerrilla: 10 dead 

  HPG Press Center announced that the guerrillas saluted the 35th anniversary of August 15 with a series of actions where one intelligence officer and 9 soldiers were killed.
• Maxmur Camp celebrates 15 August 1984 

  on 15 August 1984, PKK commander Mahsum Korkmaz (Agit) fired the first bullet against the occupying Turkish state.
• HDP Cizre Co-chair taken into custody 

  HDP Cizre Co-chair Güler Tunç has been taken into custody following a raid on her house in the evening.
• YBŞ/YJŞ pay tribute to Mam Zeki in Shengal 

  “Mam Zeki was targeted because he represented all peoples and humanity. We are Mam Zeki’s students.”
• Silence on Turkey’s massacre in Kendakola continues for 19 years 

  It has been 19 years since Turkish fighter jets conducted a massacre in Kendakola. Iraqi and Federal Kurdistan governments were silent when 42 civilians were murdered then, and they remain silent now.
• Maxmur Camp: One month under embargo 

  All the parties concerned are aware of the situation, and the United Nations has been informed, but no progress has been made to remove the embargo on the Maxmur Camp.
• Two young Maxmur Camp residents released 

  Two young people from Maxmur were detained in Hewlêr on 26 July and were released on 12 August.
• Water retention in Hasankeyf threatens villagers 

  The Ilisu Dam that will flood Hasankeyf has been retaining water, and the levels are starting to reach homes in the Kelekci village.
• Guerrillas celebrate August 15 

  August 15 Day of Resurgence was celebrated in the Medya Defense Zones.
• Memorial service for Mam Zeki by his grave in Shengal 

  Yazidis held a memorial service for Zeki Shengali by his grave on the first anniversary of his martyrdom.
• Turkish bombardment starts fire in Zap, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its efforts to destroy nature of Kurdistan as part of its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people.
• Thousands remember Mam Zeki in Shengal 

  Memorial for Uncle Zeki of the Yazidis in Shengal, southern Kurdistan.
• First anniversary of the death of Zeki Şengali 

  Family of Zeki Şengali has visited Shengal on the first anniversary of the death of the leading Yazidi representative who was killed in a Turkish air strike in August 2018.
• Yazidi boy abducted by ISIS and freed by SDF to return to Shengal 

  A 19-year-old Yazidi boy has been brought to the Yazidi House of Cizirê Region by the SDF. He was kidnapped by ISIS from Sengal in 2014 and was subjected to military training. Now he will go back to Shengal.
• Guerrilla actions in Cele and Xakurke 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carried out actions in Cele and Xakurke, killing one soldier and injuring another as far as could be determined.