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• Iran: Kurdish environmental activist sentenced to prison 

  The Kurdish environmental activist Erfan Rashidi has been sentenced to prison in Iran for "propaganda against the state." The activist is blamed for his role in combating state-run forest fires.
• Request for arrest against HDP former co-chairs in jail 

  Request for arrest has been made against former co-chairs of the HDP.
• Families’ appeal to visit Imralı rejected 

  An appeal by the families of Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in Imrali to visit their relatives was rejected by Turkish authorities.
• Delegation from NE Syria visits the US 

  The talks in the US will handle various issues including Syrian constitutional committee and border security.
• Global climate strike has begun 

  Millions of people worldwide are participating in the global climate strike today. The first of 5,000 actions in 156 countries have already begun in Australia and the Pacific.
• Uruguay prepares to go the polls 

  Uruguayans will go to the polls on 27 October. The progressive Frente Amplio alliance will look for reelection after 15 years of successive victories.
• Brazil will not address UN Climate Summit 

  Brazil will not speak at UN Climate Summit.
• Tension increased in the Gulf 

  Iran has warned U.S. President Donald Trump of the dangers of being dragged into a new war in the Middle East and said it is ready to response to any offensive action.
• Democracy vigils in Amed, Mardin and Van: What are you afraid of? 

  People and elected politicians continue their protests in Amed, Mardin and Van against the AKP regime’s seizure of HDP-run municipalities in three cities.
• Sweden: Turkish attack on Rojava gives rise to deepening conflict 

  Foreign Minister of Sweden warned Turkey on Rojava; “The situation of Kurds affects the whole region.”
• EP: Turkey must end crackdown on democratically elected officials 

  Amed, Mardin and Van metropolitan municipalities were seized by order of the Ministry of Interior on August 19 and the democratically and freely elected HDP mayors were dismissed and replaced with trustees.
• People protesting outside AKP headquarters detained again 

  A group, detained for wanting to protest outside an AKP office, said; “Why can people protest outside the HDP but not the AKP?”
• Former MP for Amed resigns from the AKP 

  The Turkish governing party AKP is experiencing a process of disintegration amid increasing resignations and loss of power.
• HBDH militia claim responsibility for factory fire in Istanbul 

  HBDH militia claimed responsibility for a factory fire in Istanbul.
• 'Democratic Turkey' conference in Berlin 

  Different groups, artists, academics and politicians are organizing a conference in Berlin on 21 and 22 September.
• Seizure of HDP municipalities discussed at Swiss parliament 

  The Socialist Party carried the issue of trustees to the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin at the Swiss National Parliament. The Foreign Minister said that they are closely following the issue.
• Siinn Féin O'Neill: Elections an opportunity for Irish unity 

  The pending Westminster election is an opportunity to press forward the momentum for Irish reunification, Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill has told party activists in Derry.
• HDP co-chair Temelli: The search for justice goes on 

  HDP co-chair said: "To talk about an independent and impartial judiciary in Turkey is not possible today. Here there is a need for a quest for justice."
• Sarısaç MP: AKP-MHP alliance is a government of war and massacre 

  Speaking at the Democracy Vigil in Van, HDP deputy Murat Sarısaç reminded said that the AKP-MHP government has become a regime of war and massacre and that the solution is the HDP.
• Truck bomb attack in Afghanistan, 10 dead 

  Taliban claim responsibility for a suicide truck bomb attack in Qalat (Zabul province) early this morning. At least 10 people killed and over 85 wounded.
• Trustees protested in Duisburg 

  A protest was organised in Duisburg against the AKP-MHP fascist alliance seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van.
• Netanyahu failed to win ruling majority 

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to win a ruling majority in the elections held on Tuesday.
• Civil car used by police hit man in Amed 

  A civil car used by Special Operations Police (PÖH) members in Amed hit a person named Hasan Hazar. Hazarwas taken to the Department of Neurosurgery at Dicle University Medical School for treatment.
• Governor of Mardin extends the ban on events 

  The Turkish regime has been introducing further bans to counter the crowds taking to the streets to reclaim the municipalities of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van which were usurped from the HDP on August 19.
• Murder of 16-year-old by police officer goes unpunished 

  On August 28, 2015, 16-year-old Mazlum Turan was shot in the head by a police officer, allegedly for violating the order to stop. The prosecutor demanded impunity for the perpetrator.