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• Vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva continues 

  Kurdish activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 denounced the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and called for enhanced struggle to break it.
• KCDK-E calls for participation in demonstrations for Öcalan on 2 September 

  The Kurdish European umbrella organization KCDK-E calls for strong participation in demonstrations to take place in Europe, Canada and Australia on 2 September to demand the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a democratic solution to the Kurdish question.
• Two women detained in Antep 

  The Turkish government continues its political extermination campaign across the country.
• "Journey of Freedom" action to kick off in Germany on 3 September 

  Young people from Kurdistan and internationalists will start the "Journey of Freedom" action in Germany on 3 September to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The action will continue till 8 September.
• Lawyers apply to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imralı Prison Directorate with a request to meet with their client, Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for 29 months.
• Woman who attacked HDP office in Adana released 

  The woman who left three bottles with an unknown substance in front of the HDP and Green Left Party Office in central Adana last week, has been released from custody.
• Kurdistan Culture Week in Brussels kicks off on Thursday 

  The Kurdistan Culture Week in Brussels will run from 24 to 27 August.
• CDK-F and TJK-F condemn attitude of KDP and Barzani family 

  CDK-F and TJK-F said: "The treacherous KDP-Barzani family is coming to the rescue of the Turkish state."
• 19 young people from Van died in work accidents on construction sites 

  Hundreds of Kurdish youth lost their lives every year due to the AKP's economic embargo policies in Kurdistan. In the first 7 months of 2023, 19 young people from Van died in accidents on construction sites.
• Thousands gather in Brescia demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Thousands gathered at Radio Onda d'Urto Festival in Brescia to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish women speak about Öcalan's paradigm at festival in Duisburg 

  Kurdish women introduced Abdullah Öcalan's paradigm and Kurdish cuisine at the Majority Festival, led by antifascist groups in Duisburg, and held a panel on "Jin Jiyan Azadî".
• Passenger bus accident in Yozgat leaves at least 12 people dead 

  A bus accident in Yozgat left 12 people dead and 19 injured.
• Attempted attack on HDP-Green Left Party office in Adana 

  The office of the HDP and Green Left Party in the southern Turkish city of Adana has been the target of an attempted attack.
• "The Turkish state wants to occupy the minds of young people" 

  Oğuzhan Azbay, a member of the HDP/Green Left Party Youth Council, is involved in a campaign against the Turkish state's special war policy, which, he said, has always been a combination of massacres, repression and assimilation.
• UNFICYP condemns Turkish Cypriot attack against UN peacekeepers 

  UNFICYP calls on the Turkish Cypriot side to respect the mission’s mandated authority inside the UN buffer zone, refrain from any actions that could escalate tensions further and to withdraw all personnel and machinery from the UN buffer zone immediately.
• HDP Adana Youth Council member remanded in custody 

  HDP Adana Youth Council member Veysel Ileri, who was detained in Adana together with a number of other people on Tuesday, was remanded in custody.
• KESK stoppage against government a success all over the country 

  KESK organized a stoppage across the country. KESK co-chair Şükran Kablan Yeşil said that "this is just the beginning. We will continue to fight."
• Activists at Geneva vigil salute the 15 August resistance 

  Activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 vowed to continue their struggle for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdistan on the 39th anniversary of the 15 August initiative.
• Freedom for Öcalan vigil in Strasbourg taken over by a family 

  A kurdish family from Zurich took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in its 582nd week.
• Bianet editor: My family's safety is at risk 

  Journalist Ruken Tuncel fears for the lives of her family members after an assault on the family in Istanbul.
• First World Youth Conference to be held in Paris in November  

  Ronahî – Youth Center for Public Relations’’ and the network ‘‘Youth Writing History’’ call for participation in the internationalist World Youth Conference to be held in November, 2023.
• New hearing for British activist who carried PKK flag at demo  

  "I will be on trial charged under the UK's Terrorism laws for my support of the Kurdish people's freedom struggle. I am proud to stand with the Kurdish people."
• Public workers go on strike today 

  Public workers, whose demands are not met, will hold a 1-day work stoppage today.
• Peace in Kurdistan: 15 August 1984 is a landmark date in modern Kurdish history  

  15th August 1984 as a landmark date in modern Kurdish history
• Conference: The Art of Freedom - Strategies for organising and collective resistance 

  Preparations are underway for a conference called 'The Art of Freedom -Strategies for organising and collective resistance'.