HUMAN RIGHTS

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• Long March for Öcalan’s freedom kicks off in Germany 

  The ‘Long March’ initiated by Kurdish youth for Öcalan’s freedom has kicked off in Germany.
• World Peace Day rally in Istanbul 

  World Peace Day rally in Istanbul will be held today at Bakırköy Freedom Square.
• Peace rally against isolation in Amed 

  We will step up our actions for peace, said HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli
• Istanbul Court ruled to confiscate material for Peace rally 

  Istanbul 3. Criminal Court of Appeals, has ruled to confiscate publicity materials prepared by the HDP World Peace Day rally on 1 September.
• Governor banned sit-in by relatives of disappeared people in Amed 

  The IHD has said the Governor in Amed has banned the weekly sit-in by the relatives of the disappeared people
• Saturday Mothers rejected police ban on disappeared action 

  Police wanted to block the action of the Saturday Mothers, but the Mothers and a large crowd of people rejected the ‘ban’ and staged their action.
• People in Germany protest against fires in Dersim 

  People in Stuttgart, Germany, protested against the deliberate fires started by the Turkish state in the forests of Dersim.
• Saturday Mothers protesting against banning of their action 

  The Saturday Mothers tried to go to Galatasaray square for the 701st week of action for the disappeared people, but found all roads closed with barriers by police. 
• HDP: Ending isolation to bring peace 

  HDP co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli, published a written statement to mark World Peace Day.
• DBP: Ending isolation is a key to peace 

  DBP Amed Provincial co-chair, Naside Toprak, said that removing the regime isolation imposed on Kurdish people’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan is crucial to reach peace. 
• Today Amed, Tomorrow Istanbul 

  World Peace Day will be celebrated in Amed and Istanbul. Freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan will be the main demand.
• People from Serhat hit the road to Amed Peace Meeting 

  Thousands of people gathered at the bus station in Van early in the morning and hit the road to Amed to attend the Peace rally.
• Saturday Mothers will be in Galatasaray this Saturday 

  Saturday Mothers held a press conference at the Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch to confirm that they will be in Galatasaray Square, tomorrow. 
• Ill prisoners in Rize jail denied medical treatment 

  Ruken Varol, sister of Metin Varol, a prisoner in Rize L Type Prison said she is concerned about her brother’s health condition
• Political prisoner Yildirim's health worsening 

  Political prisoner Mehmet Said Yildirim’s health is worsening. Yildirim had stayed in Imralı for 9 days
• Amnesty International sends observers at Saturday Mothers' sit-in 

  Amnesty International has said it would send observers on 1 September to the sit-in organised by the Saturday Mothers. 
• Euphrates HRC documents crimes against humanity by Turkey, ISIS 

  The Euphrates Human Rights Center is working to document Turkey's attacks against civilians in villages along the border between Western and Northern Kurdistan to be submitted to European Court of Human Rights and other international legal authorities.
• Lawyers not allowed to meet with Öcalan for 7 years 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan is held in aggravated isolation by the Turkish state as part of its genocidal campaign against the Kurdish people and their freedom struggle.
• HDP to government: Stop causing the death of sick prisoners 

  Another sick prisoner has lost his life under inhumane conditions.
• Arab women: We will continue our struggle for Öcalan’s freedom 

  Reactions grow against the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan by the Turkish state.
• Buldan: We won't leave Galatasaray Square 

  HDP co-chair, Pervin Buldan, answered to Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, saying that the AKP government is still protecting the killers.
• KCDK-E calls on people to join World Peace Day events 

  KCDK-E Presidential Council has called on people everywhere to step up demand for the freedom of Öcalan on 1 September.
• Paris group takes over the Vigil for Öcalan 

  A group from the French capital Paris took over the Freedom Vigil for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan this week.
• Sinn Fein: Homeless crisis should be handled promptly 

  The homeless crisis in Ireland deepens as Sinn Fein asked government to prioritise the introduction of measures to prevent people becoming homeless in the first place
• Sick prisoner Koçer Özdal loses his life 

  Incarcerated cancer patient Koçer Özdal lost his life in the hospital he was receiving treatment in.