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• Temelli: Abdullah Öcalan's paradigm is the solution to exploitation in Kurdistan 

  Sezai Temelli said: “Capitalism's hinterland of exploitation is now Kurdistan. Against this, the democratic autonomy paradigm put forward by Öcalan develops a solution. We must build agricultural policies in the light of this paradigm."
• French Senator Souyris : Isolation in Imrali should be fought at an international level 

  French Senator Anne Souyris said that isolation in Imrali should be fought at an international level, and Europe must show "political courage."
• ‘Confronting the 6-7 September Pogrom is necessary to establish peace and equal citizenship' 

  "The 6-7 September Pogrom symbolises not only physical attacks but also a state-sponsored process of dispossession and appropriation of capital," the DEM Party said.
• European institutions make non-binding promises on Imrali 

  The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture have responded to the letter signed by 69 Nobel laureates on the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• HBDH: 6-7 September mentality continues to massacre in Kurdistan 

  In a statement on the anniversary of the 6-7 September Pogrom, HBDH said, “The AKP-MHP fascism is the continuation of this massacre tradition. We call for the united revolutionary struggle to be increased and fascism to be held to account.”
• PUK in Iraqi Parliament condemns Turkish drone attacks on South Kurdistan 

  The PUK group of the Iraqi Parliament condemned the Turkish state’s armed drone attacks on South Kurdistan, saying that "the silence and lack of action by the governments of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region legitimizes Turkey’s attacks."
• ‘Tîrêjên Rojê’ campaign starts in front of the UN 

  The ‘Tîrêjên Rojê’ campaign launched by TJK-E within the scope of the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question’ campaign will continue uninterruptedly until 12 October.
• Preparatory Committee calls for participation in the Long March in a spirit of mobilisation 

  The Preparatory Committee of the Long March to be held in Germany on 15-20 September called for participation in the demonstration in a spirit of mobilisation.
• Öcalan’s book ‘The Question of Personality in Kurdistan’ published in German 

  The book ‘The Question of Personality in Kurdistan, the Militant Personality and Party Life’ by Abdullah Öcalan has been published by Meyman-Verlag. The Turkish original from 1985 is a work from the early years of the PKK.
• New textile factory to open by DEM Party-run Mazıdağı municipality 

  Mazıdağı (Şemrex) Municipality is about to complete the preparations for the first textile factory to be opened in the district and provide employment for 350 people.
• CDK-F and TJK-F call for participation in action for Öcalan to be held in Paris on Saturday 

  CDK-F and TJK-F called on all patriotic Kurdish people and their friends to the action for Öcalan to be held in République Square in Paris on Saturday, 7 September at 14:00.
• Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in prison in Germany 

  The final hearing of Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz was held at the Hamburg State Court. Ayaz was sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in prison. Kurds protested the verdict in front of the court.
• Young people in North Rhine-Westphalia call for participation in Long March for Öcalan 

  Kurdish and internationalist young people will be holding a Long March in Germany between 15 and 20 September under the slogan 'Freedom for Leader Öcalan, a political solution to the Kurdish question'.
• Man from Duhok killed in racist attack in Istanbul 

  Three men from Duhok were attacked in Istanbul because they spoke Kurdish.
• International Peace Conference in Berlin: We weave the future together 

  The ‘European Forum for Freedom and Peace’, founded by people from Turkey and Kurdistan living in exile, is organising an international peace conference in Berlin this weekend.
• Scottish MPs: Negotiation with Abdullah Öcalan will lead to peace 

  Scottish National Party (SNP) MPs, youth organisation and members stated that dialogue and negotiation with Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan will lead to peace.
• Young people march to UN demaning freedom for Öcalan 

  The Kurdish youth movement in Switzerland demanded the release of Abdullah Öcalan from Turkish solitary confinement and a political solution to the Kurdish question with a long march to the UN headquarters in Geneva.
• Long March for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan starts in Switzerland 

  The long march organised by TCŞ and TEKOJİN as part of the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question’ has started in Lausanne.
• GÖÇİZDER’s assets frozen by Ministry of Interior and Treasury 

  According to the decision of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Treasury and Finance, GÖÇİZDER’s assets have been frozen.
• KCDK-E calls for participation in World Peace Day activities 

  The European association KCDK-E has announced that it will be taking part in activities for World Peace Day on 1 September.
• Activists in Athens protest killing of journalists Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn 

  The Turkish state’s killing of Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn was protested in Athens.
• Armed attack on the house of Kurdish agricultural workers in Samsun 

  An armed attack was carried out against the house of agricultural workers from Urfa who went to Samsun to work.
• Long March in Switzerland starts tomorrow 

  The Long March in Switzerland will start tomorrow at 10.00 at the Palace de la gare 1296 Coppet. Bus departure points and times have also been finalised.
• Cologne Court: Travel ban against Peace Delegation to Kurdistan unlawful 

  In its judgement on the complaints of two plaintiffs from Hamburg, the Cologne Administrative Court ruled that the travel ban imposed by the Federal Police on participants in a Peace Delegation to Kurdistan was unlawful.
• Nobel Laureate Sauvage: It is time to free Abdullah Öcalan 

  French chemist Jean-Pierre Sauvage, one of the 69 Nobel laureates who sent a letter to international organisations to draw attention to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, said, “It is time to free Öcalan.”