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• Maside Ocak: 700 weeks have passed, my hope has not faded 

  Maside Ocak was taken into custody and her mother Emine, 82, was beaten by police during the attack on the Saturday Mothers.
• TJK-E women condemn the attack on Saturday Mothers 

  European Kurdish Women's Movement stated its support to the Saturday Mothers.
• HDK-A condemns the attack on Saturday Mothers 

  Peoples Democratic Congress - Europe condemned the police aggression on Saturday Mothers in Istanbul.
• At least 47 detained in police crackdown against Saturday Mothers 

  Dozens have been taken into custody after police attacked Saturday Mothers and human rights defenders seeking justice in Istanbul.
• IHD: Many have been tortured, including mothers 

  The AKP regime has attacked the 700th gathering of the Saturday Mothers. Dozens were detained but the crowd resisted for hours under attack. IHD announced that attendants were tortured, including the mothers. The demonstration has concluded for the week.
• Attack against Saturday Mothers continues as crowd resists 

  As the police attack against the Saturday Mothers continues, the crowd is resolved to resist. HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan said, “They created a country that is afraid of mothers’ silent cries.”
• 11 detained as police attack Saturday Mothers in Istanbul -UPDATE 

  Turkish police did not allow the 700th week action of Saturday Mothers at IStanbul’s Galatasaray Square. Following an attack, police detained several people.
• Saturday Mothers: 700 weeks on 

  The longest ongoing civil disobedience action in Turkey is carried out by the relatives of the disappeared people
• HDP Buldan: Join the Saturday Mothers on their 700th action 

  The HDP co-chair has written a moving article in support of the Saturday Mothers she knows so well
• Relatives of disappeared in Batman resume action on Saturday 

  Relatives had been forced to stop their action demanding justice for the disappeared people because of the State of Emergency
• U.N. is collecting evidences of DAESH genocide against Yazidis 

  U.N. Secretary General Guterres notified the 15-member Security Council that the U.N. team, led by British lawyer Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, would start work on 20 August
• Saturday Mothers to stage sit-in for the 700th time this week 

  To mark the anniversary of the longest ongoing action in Turkey, relatives of the disappeared people have called on social media users to join them
• Saturday Mothers: 23 years claiming for justice 

  Almost 500 people disappeared while in state forces' custody throughout the '90s. Their families are asking for truth and justice every Saturday in Istanbul and Amed.
• Kurdish youth in Europe to stage Long March for Öcalan in Germany 

  Kurdish youth living in Europe will hold an action in Germany under the slogan “Crash Fascism, Free Leader Apo".
• Tent in Switzerland to expose isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  The Swiss people can learn about the isolation imposed by the Turkish state on the Kurdish People's Leader
• Sad Feast of Sacrifice in Roboski 

  Families of the 34 people who lost their life in the 2011 Turkish army bombing asked for justice.
• Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg in its 322nd week 

  The Vigil for the freedom of Öcalan in Strasbourg continues since 2012.
• Bodies of 23 guerrillas not given to families for months 

  The bodies of 23 guerrillas who were martyred in Amanos and then buried in the Cemetery of the Nameless at the behest of Turkish authorities are not handed over to their relatives.
• Sit-in to call for the release of ill prisoner Uçar 

  Avni Uçar has been in prison for 26 years serving a life sentence and suffers from cancer.
• Speak out Against Public Silence campaign on Palestine 

  Kurdish associations in the UK joined campaign "Speak out Against Public Silence" to highlight plight of Palestinian people
• Heyva Sor call to help victims of Afrin and Kurdistan 

  The association has made an appeal to donors on the occasion of the Sacrifice Feast.
• Actions against isolation imposed on Öcalan increase 

  People in Northern Syria to step up actions to protest against the regime of isolation imposed by the Turkish state on Kurdish People's Leader.
• Rojava Human Rights Organization opened in Kobanê 

  The Rojava Human Rights Organization has a new office in Kobanê.
• Yazidi villages threatened by Turkish army  

  Yazidi villagers forced to leave their homes due to Turkish army threat
• Rome and Brussels demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Two demos were organised in the Italian and Belgium capitals