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• Sancar: The HDP is the place of a common struggle 

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar is on a two-day visit to Hatay province. At the launch event on Saturday, Sancar said: "No one can defeat a people who protect their land, water, air, work and dignity."
• Police detain mothers of prisoners in Istanbul 

  The police attacked the press statement that the relatives of the prisoners wanted to make to draw attention to the tortures in prisons. Mothers were detained, while HDP MP Musa Piroğlu, was surrounded by the police.
• Police take at least 15 people into custody in Amed and Adana 

  At least 15 people were detained in Amed and Adana.
• Iranian state kills a kolbar in Kermanshah 

  The Iranian state attacked a group of kolbars on the border of Kermanshah and killed one.
• International Kurdish Solidarity Collective: Pressure must be put on Turkey 

  The International Kurdish Solidarity Collective said that they will try to create public pressure on NATO and related institutions to stop Turkish aggression.
• 49 dead in Gaza, including 17 children 

  Gaza death toll rose to 49, including 17 children.
• Öcalan's family and guardian once again apply for visit 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's family and guardian made new applications for a visit.
• Sweden fulfils Turkey’s extradition request 

  Sweden is to extradite a man wanted for fraud to Turkey. This is the first case since Ankara demanded the extradition of a number of people in return for agreement to the Nordic country joining NATO.
• Colombian President wants to resume talks with ELN 

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro stated that one of the first actions to be taken by his government will be to resume peace talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN).
• Fourth member of "Beatles" Islamic State cell arrested in Britain 

  Aine Leslie Davis, a member of the notorious "Beatles" cell of the terrorist group Islamic State, has been arrested in Britain after returning from Turkey.
• Signature campaign to delist the PKK in Kiel 

  Kurdish activists and their friends continue their individual and collective efforts as part of the worldwide campaign for the removal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations.
• Çepni: Turkey’s goal regarding Syria is to prevent a status for the Kurds 

  Turkish minister Derya Yanık said in Adana that Turkey's aim was not to protect the Syrians but to prevent "a Kurdish state in Syria".
• Iraq maintains its silence about commanders killed in Turkish bombing 2 years ago 

  Zuber Hali, one of the commanders of the Iraqi Border Guards Brigade, and one of his colleagues were killed in a Turkish bombing two years ago. Although two years have passed, Iraq maintains its silence about the incident.
• Kurdish activists protest at Eiffel Tower in Paris 

  Kurdish youth activists staged a civil disobedience action at the world-renowned Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
• International Kurdish Solidarity Collective calls for an end to the Turkish attacks on Kurdish areas 

  More than 70 politicians, academics and cultural workers from several countries, who have joined together to form an International Kurdish Solidarity Collective, demand an end to the Turkish attacks on Kurdish areas contrary to international law.
• HDP Alevi Desk: Attacks on Alevi institutions and places of worship should be taken seriously 

  Sevgi Kişin Sazan from the HDP Alevi Desk said that the attacks on Alevi institutions and places of worship are not accidental and should be taken seriously.
• HPG guerrilla Kemal Bora laid to rest in Batman 

  HPG guerrilla Kemal Bora was killed in the clashes that broke out with the Turkish state forces in the village of Smailka in the Kozluk district of Batman.
• Health and Safety Labor Watch: At least 169 workers died in July 

  The Health and Safety Labor Watch (ISIG) said that at least 169 workers were killed on the job in July.
• Germany launches investigation against 8 people working for Turkish intelligence 

  It is reported that Germany has launched an investigation against 8 people who have been spying for the Turkish state in Germany for the last two years. On the other hand, Turkey asked Germany to extradite 48 people in 2022.
• 308 intellectuals call on opposition to defy Turkish incursion into North-East Syria 

  308 intellectuals consisting of academics, journalists, writers and actors called on the opposition to oppose to Turkey’s occupation operations against North and East Syria.
• HDP: We condemn the attacks on Gaza 

  Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy, HDP Foreign Relations Commission Co-spokespersons, strongly condemn the airstrikes carried out by the Israeli government against the Gaza Strip.
• CDK-F and TJK-F call on Kurds to attend demos to mark 15 August 

  CDK-F and TJK-F called on Kurds living in France to participate in the protests organised under the slogan "Defend Kurdistan with free leadership, free identity, democratic autonomy" to mark the 38th anniversary of the 15 August (1984) Initiative.
• Gustavo Petro takes office as Colombia's first leftist president 

  Gustavo Petro, sworn in as Colombia’s first-ever leftist president, took office promising to forge a peace deal with armed groups and to end the "failed anti-drug war".
• Commemoration event for YJA guerrilla Dîdar Harun in Hanover 

  A commemoration event for Dîdar Harun took place in the Kurdish community center in Hanover in the presence of her relatives. The YJA star fighter who fell in the Zap resistance in June had joined the guerrillas from Germany.
• Sancar: We will announce the “Kurdi Alliance” in early September  

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar said that they will announce the “Kurdi Alliance” in early September during his visit with Kurdish parties in Amed.