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• Sadr supporters stage sit-in outside Supreme Court 

  Supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who have been protesting in front of the Iraqi parliament for more than three weeks, have launched a sit-in in front of the Supreme Court.
• Turkish judiciary issues media blackout on deadly accident in Mardin 

  The media in Turkey are not allowed to report on the devastating road accident in Mardin that left 21 people dead. The Turkish judiciary has imposed a media blackout on all newspapers, broadcasters and agencies. Violators face horrendous penalties.
• Iranian court sentences HDP Ağrı member Mehmet Birdal to 16 years in prison 

  HDP Ağrı Provincial General Assembly member Mehmet Birdal, who was arrested in Iran, where he went for business, was sentenced to 16 years in prison on political grounds.
• HDP Silopi Province Organization to hold regional rally on 1 September, World Peace Day 

  The HDP Silopi Province Organization will hold a regional rally on 1 September, World Peace Day.
• Four ESP members remanded in custody in Istanbul 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide continues unabated.
• Protest in Bern after deadly drone attack in Hesekê 

  A protest demonstration was staged in the Swiss city of Bern after the Turkish attack on an educational centre for girls in northern Syria, in which four girls were killed and eleven injured.
• KESK co-chair says there is a need for a new economic model to counter current crisis 

  KESK co-chair Mehmet Bozgeyik said that there is a need for a new economic model that favours democracy, ecology and labor.
• Turkish state bombs villages in Shera and Dirbesiyê 

  The Turkish state bombed many villages in Shera in Afrin Canton and two villages to the west of Dirbesiyê.
• Hervé Hamon: The Kurds are our business 

  “The right of the Kurds is part of the right of peoples to self-determination,” says Hamon, asking, “Are we aware that the Islamic State is threatening to re-establish itself in Kurdish lands, thanks to one of the main members of NATO, our ally?"
• 'Assassination plot' against HDP MP Garo Paylan: 'Minorities always used as baits in Turkey' 

  "We are heading to the elections, and there is a fight to gain power in Ankara. Minorities have always been used as 'baits' in the games of power within the state," HDP MP Garo Paylan said about an alleged assassination plot against him.
• Memorial for Rêzan Cavîd and Rênas Roj in Stockholm 

  KODAR Executive Council members Rêzan Cavîd (Yûsîf Rebanî) and Rênas Roj (Selahattin Şehabi), who fell as martyrs in the attacks carried out by the Turkish state, were commemorated in Stockholm.
• Kurds in London protest Turkish state's invasion attacks in Northern and Eastern Syria 

  Kurds and their friends held a protest in London against the Turkish state's invasion attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Demonstrations throughout Germany condemn Turkish state's attacks against Rojava 

  Demonstrations were held throughout Germany to condemn the Turkish state's invasion attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria. Activists demanded the German government to immediately stop all arms shipments to Turkey.
• International Coalition condemns deadly Turkish drone attack, Erdogan blames US 

  The International Coalition condemned the Turkish drone attack on an education centre for girls in north-eastern Syria, without mentioning Turkey. Meanwhile, Erdogan accused the US of supporting "terrorism in Syria".
• Campaign to delist the PKK in Marseille 

  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.
• Protest in front of Turkish Embassy in Athens against Turkey’s war crimes 

  Kurdish and internationalist demonstrators marched in front of the Turkish Consulate General in Athens on Friday to denounce the NATO state's war crimes.
• Kurds in Rennes protest isolation in Imrali 

  Kurds living in France, came together in Rennes to attend the demonstration organised by TCŞ against the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Leading ESP activists detained in police raid in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, two leading members of ESP, Deniz Aktaş and Ebru Yiğit, were detained in a night police raid. The raid took place at the residence of the widow of Suruç massacre survivor Sezgin Dağ, who died in Switzerland in 2020.
• Kurds in Germany to take to the streets against Turkish attacks on Rojava 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization in Germany, KON-MED, has announced protests against Turkey's attacks in northern and eastern Syria and the threat of invasion. In addition to a demonstration in Düsseldorf on Saturday, several rallies are planned.
• HBDH militia claims responsibility for action against police in Amed 

  HBDH militia carried out an action against the police car in Amed.
• Turkish authorities hide the number of dead soldiers  

  Hundreds of dead soldiers have been brought to the Hakkari Mountain Commando Brigade and Fatih Barracks in the last few months, but these losses have been hidden from the people.
• Six out of 13 refugees banned from doing politics in Germany are Kurds 

  It turned out that 6 out of 13 immigrants who were banned from doing politics in Germany on the grounds of Section 47 of the Act on the Residence, Economic Activity and Integration of Foreigners in the Federal Territory, are Kurds.
• HDP Democratic Local Administrations invites people to protest against trustee in Diyarbakır 

  HDP Democratic Local Administrations invited the public to the protest against the trustee they will hold in Diyarbakır today.
• Lawyers apply once again to meet with Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place three years ago.
• Germany does not arrest collaborator of MIT member 

  Despite the investigation launched against Aziz D., a collaborator of MIT member Ali Demir, who was caught with a gun in Düsseldorf last year, no arrest warrant was issued.