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• 13 detained as soldiers raid villages in Şırnak 

  Soldiers of the Turkish army conducted house raids in several villages of Şırnak early this morning.
• Resistance continues in Sur and Silvan districts of Amed 

  Siege and terror by Turkish police continues in Sur and Silvan districts of Amed since the imposition of a curfew by the Governor yesterday morning, to which people respond with resistance.
• People of Amed to march to Sur to break the blockade 

  People of Amed will march from Dağkapı to the central Sur district today noon to break the blockade by Turkish forces going on for one day.
• Cizre People's Assembly Co-President: People will never surrender 

  Cizre People's Assembly Co-President Mehmet Tunç stated that those trying to break the will of the people will definitively go down in defeat.
• Martyrs of Cizre resistance laid to rest 

  16 people who lost their lives as a result of heavy attacks by state forces in Şırnak's Cizre district were laid to rest yesterday.
• Child wounded in Kızıltepe dies 

  A 9-year-old child who got wounded as a result of an explosion in Mardin's Kızıltepe district yesterday, has lost his life.
• Curfew in three neighborhoods of Silvan 

  Following a crackdown by police forces in Amed's Silvan district this morning, a curfew has been imposed on the neighborhoods of Tekel, Konak and Mescit.
• Civilian from Rojava wounded in police attack in Sur 

  Attack by police forces in Amed's central Sur district continues since early this morning when Governor of Diyarbakır has declared a curfew.
• Curfew and attack by Turkish state forces in Amed's Sur district 

  Governor of Diyarbakır has declared a curfew on Amed's central Sur district, upon which police and special operation teams surrounded the district with armored vehicles at 05:00 local time this morning.
• Demirtaş: People of Cizre did not surrender 

  Speaking in Cizre today, HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş saluted the resistance of the people and called for a recommencement of the negotiations with Kurdish people’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Human shields in Lice attacked by soldiers, seven wounded 

  Turkish troops have opened artillery and mortar fire on human shield activists protesting the construction of a military post in Amed's Lice district.
• Cemetery of guerrillas shelled by Turkish jets 

  The Turkish state knows no bounds in attacks against PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• 25 human shields detained in Doğubayazıt 

  25 people, including Doğubayazıt co-mayor Rohat Özbay and DBP district branch co-chair Nuri Çelik, who started human shield action against the operation launched by Turkish troops in Ağrı yesterday, were detained.
• Another civilian death in Cizre 

  It came out that yet another civilian died in Cizre last night.
• Woman protesting state terror in Cizre murdered by police in Amed 

  Police forces attacked a group of demonstrators in the mainly Kurdish city Amed (Diyarbakır) yesterday evening.
• Sarıyıldız: Cizre heavily wounded but holds head high 

  The curfew in Şırnak's Cizre district, in effect since September 4, has been lifted today as a result of the resistance by local people despite massacres, and the solidarity with this resistance across Northern Kurdistan for the last 3 days.
• Co-mayor of Cizre removed from post 

  Co-mayor of Şırnak's Cizre district, Leyla İmret, has been removed from her post by the Interior Ministry on alleged grounds of inciting people to armed uprising and terror propaganda.
• Another civilian murdered by police in Cizre 

  Attacks by Turkish state forces against civilians continued yesterday evening and night as well despite the announcement by the Governor that the curfew which remains in effect since September 4th would be lifted as of this morning.
• Effective actions by guerrillas continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported that 5 soldiers and 2 policemen were killed, while one soldier was wounded in the ongoing actions by HPG and YJA Star guerrillas against the war policies of the AKP.
• Turkish jets shelled Medya Defense Zones 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) has reported that aerial activities of Turkish aircraft over PKK-held Medya Defense Zones continue.
• ESP delegation reaches İdil 

  A delegation of the ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed) that left for Cizre in solidarity with the people resisting state terror, has managed to reach İdil district of Şırnak.
• Attack by state forces in Cizre continues 

  Turkish state forces have started a fresh attack on people in Nur neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district where a curfew has been in effect for over a week now.
• KONGRA GEL calls upon everyone to rise up for Cizre 

  KONGRA GEL has called upon the people of Kurdistan, Turkey and Europe to stand up against the massacres being perpetrated by state forces in Cizre.
• Hundreds of lawyers on their way to Cizre 

  Upon a call by Libertarian Lawyers' Association, Mesopotamia Lawyers' Association and Bar Associations in Northern Kurdistan,hundreds of lawyers have left for Cizre where state terror against civilians continues.
• HDP MP Sarıyıldız in Cizre: Is 35-day-old baby not a civilian? 

  HDP deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız, who remains in Cizre for days now, refuted the remarks of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that “No civilians died in Cizre”.