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• Lawyer Melanie Gingell talks about delisting the PKK from terrorist organizasations in the UK 

  Melanie Gingell, human rights lawyer and member of the steering committee of Peace in Kurdistan and Women's Alliance was interviewed by journalist Erem Kansoy.
• Fîraz Dağ school for children in London opens second year of lessons 

  The Fîraz Dağ school for children in London, named after the nom de Guerre of the Kurdish filmmaker Mehmet Aksoy, has opened its new year of education. 40 pupils receive tutoring in five subjects.
• Curtailment of women's and labor rights destroys people's lives in Turkey, says KESK trade unionist 

  Gülistan Atasoy, Women's Secretary of the KESK Trade Union, wrote a long article for the Kurdistan Report.
• Fractured History, Colorful Lives - A review of the graphic novel 'Turkish Kaleidoscope' 

  Reimar Heider reviews the graphic novel 'Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence'.
• KCK sends a letter exposing Turkey's use of chemical weapons to international institutions 

  The KCK Foreign Relations Committee sent a letter to the representatives of Western countries in Hewlêr, the UN Secretary General, the Arab League and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) about Turkey's use of chemical weapons.
• All set for the annual Kurdish Culture Festival in the Netherlands 

  The Confederation of the Kurdistan Societies in Germany (KON-MED) invited the Kurds and their friends to the International Kurdish Culture Festival to be held in the Netherlands on 25 September.
• PKK’s Şerik: The ‘Time for Freedom’ campaign should be carried to Turkey 

  PKK Central Committee member Cemal Şerik stressed the urgent need to carry the ‘Time for Freedom’ campaign to Turkish society, saying that the situation resembles the time before the military coup in 1980.
• Democratic Confederalism and the Global Trade Union Movement – An Interview with Simon Dubbins  

  Simon Dubbins, Director of International for Unite the Union, spoke about Democratic Confederalism and the Global Trade Union Movement.
• Memorial for David Graeber to be held tomorrow 

  On Wednesday 22, the 1st year memorial of David Graeber will be held in Madrid and on zoom.
• What was the goal of the attacks in Sulaymaniyah? 

  After the attacks in Sulaymaniyah, the goals and those behind them must be named in order to prevent further attacks. If this fails to happen, these attacks will become a concept with which the occupation of Kurdistan will reach a new level.
• HPG Press Center Spokesman: The Turkish state conceals its losses 

  In an interview with ANF, HPG press spokesman Serdar Yektaş explains the current situation in the guerrilla areas and discusses the methods of Turkish reporting.
• 'We may lack resources but not determination' 

  “We are going through a heavy period, we had losses in this process, but we are in a war environment, we will not give up. This is the culture in the PKK: the battle of wills begins when there is no opportunity.”
• Who is the runaway soldier killed by the Turkish army and what does his murder tell? 

  A soldier was killed by the Turkish army while trying to escape from his troop less than a week ago during a clash in Zap region. His name is Sezai Güngör, a Kurd from Van. He was a contracted soldier since 2015. Bottom line: Defeat and brutality.
• Darkness was defeated in Kobanê 

  Cemil Mazlum, one of the SDF Commanders of the Euphrates Region, said that there was a war of survival in Kobanê 7 years ago. "Either darkness would win or light. It was light that prevailed in Kobanê."
• "World Mayors Foundation" awards jury prize to co-mayor of Raqqa, Leyla Mustafa 

  The co-mayor of the civil council of Raqqa, Leyla Mustafa, was awarded the jury prize in this year's “World Mayors”. The award recognizes the commitment to rebuilding the city after the Islamic State occupation.
• European Court of Human Rights has yet to rule on the 'Imrali case' 10 years after it was filed 

  While rulings at the European Court of Human Rights usually are released between two and seven years, the file on the isolation in Imrali has been with the court for ten years.
• Ecological Revolution: Kurdistan, UK, and the World – An Interview with Dr Stephen Hunt 

  Dr Stephen Hunt of the University of the West of England spoke about the book he edited entitled Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities.
• Muslim: Turkey plans to de-Kurdify Kurdistan 

  PYD politician Salih Muslim explains in the second part of the ANF interview that the Turkish state wants to expel the Kurdish population from Kurdistan and destroy the Kurdish freedom movement everywhere.
• Two decades of the global ‘war on terror’  

  Since 2001, the so-called global War on Terror has been a perpetual, boundless terror campaign against people resisting oppressive regimes by whatever means. More broadly, it has demonised and persecuted entire groups as suspect communities.
• Democratic Ulster Unionist's Brexit blackmail threatens North of Ireland agreement 

  DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, said his ministers will resign if changes to the Brexit deal on trade across the Irish sea are not delivered within weeks.
• Salih Muslim: KDP itself will suffer the most serious harm if it does not act wisely 

  Muslim said that the troops deployed to guerrilla areas are not peshmerga. “They are forces under the command of certain groups and a very dangerous plan is being introduced. If it does not act wisely, the KDP itself will suffer the most serious harm."
• Dr. Gianni Tognoni: The problem today is the impunity of crimes against humanity 

  Interview with Dr. Gianni Tognoni, Secretary General of the Rome-based Permanent Peoples Tribunal.
• Erdogan prepares to annex Afrin 

  The Turkish state has declared war on Kurdistan from Shengal to Maxmur. The Bahceli-Erdogan coalition wishes to complete what ISIS was unable to do against the Yazidis. In this regard, the Kurdish people should raise hell with a spirit of mobilization.
• Lloyd Russell-Moyle speaks about report released by APPG 

  Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP and the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Syria and Turkey spoke about the APPG report called “Kurdish Political Representation and Equality in Turkey”.
• The Art of Politics, and the Politics of Art - An Interview with Jonathan Chadwick 

  The Art of Politics, and the Politics of Art – An Interview with Jonathan Chadwick