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• Uzun on Turkish use of chemical weapons: OPCW should abandon double standards 

  KNK member Adem Uzun said that despite the repeated calls of the international community, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) would not take action to investigate the use of chemical weapons in South Kurdistan.
• Turkey mobilizes racist paramilitaries in Kirkuk 

  It is reported that the Turkish state has mobilized its mercenaries affiliated with the Turkmen Front, which it has trained and armed in Kirkuk.
• Two Syrian citizens found near Turkish military base had been shot 

  Two Syrian citizens who had been shot were discovered next to the base of the Turkish border troops in Ceylanpınar. One of the injured had died, while the other was taken to hospital.
• CDK-F calls on Kurds living in France to protest Turkish state's attacks on Maxmur and Shengal 

  CDK-F called on the Kurds living in France to take urgent action against the Turkish state's attacks on Maxmur and Shengal.
• At least 23 people die in storming of government palace in Baghdad 

  After the storming of the government palace in Baghdad by supporters of the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the death toll has increased to 23. Around 400 people were injured.
• Muqtada Al-Sadr withdraws from politics 

  Muqtada al-Sadr has announced his complete withdrawal from Iraqi politics. The Shiite cleric justifies this with the political standstill in his country.
• Mass data transfer from Germany to Turkey 

  After the visit of Attorney General Peter Frank to Ankara, the German government continued to stonewall about the content of the talks. Now it has become known that German authorities are sending large amounts of data on Turkish citizens to the regime in
• France: European Commission funding FEMYSO does not correspond to our secular values 

  Laurence Boone, France's Secretary of State for European Affairs, said that the European Commission is financing an association close to the Muslim Brotherhood, which "does not correspond to the secular values of France."
• Young Kurdish activists collect signatures in Montpellier demanding delisting of PKK  

  A large number of signatures were collected in Montpellier demanding the PKK to be removed from the list of terrorist organizations.
• Zurich Rojava Committee launches book on Rojava Women's Revolution 

  The August theme of the events celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution, and organised by the Zurich Rojava Committee, was “Rojava and the Women's Revolution”. The book "We know what we want" was launched.
• Young people in Rennes protest Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  Young people in Rennes wore white clothes to draw attention to the use of chemical weapons and poison gas.
• KCDK-E calls on people to attend actions on 1 September, World Peace Day 

  The co-chair of the Kurdish European umbrella organization KCDK-E calls for protests against war on the occasion of World Peace Day on 1 September.
• Campaign to delist the PKK continues in Frankfurt 

  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.
• Kurdish activist threatened with deportation to Turkey on death fast in Sweden 

  A week ago, Kurdish activist Zinar Bozkurt was arrested in Sweden to be deported to Turkey. Although the Migration Board wants to re-examine his asylum application, he is not getting out of deportation detention.
• Memorial for lawyer Ebru Timtik who died two years ago after 238 days on death fast 

  Lawyer Ebru Timtik died two years ago after 238 days on death fast demanding a fair trial. She was commemorated at her grave in Gazi Cemetery.
• Activists in Helsinki protest Finnish government's cooperation with Erdogan regime  

  Activists protested the Finnish government's cooperation with the Erdogan regime in front of the Foreign Ministry in Helsinki.
• 82 Kurdish refugees stranded in the Aegean Sea 

  A boat carrying dozens of Kurdish refugees is not allowed to cross into Greece.
• KCDK-E calls for unity and action for world peace 

  In a written statement to mark September 1-World Peace Day, KCDK-E Co-Chairs called for unity for peace by saying "No to War".
• Six parties say they will announce roadmap in September 

  Six political parties and organizations united in a new alliance said they will announce their roadmap in September.
• Günay: Turkey's only goal in Syria is to fight the Kurds and leave them without status 

  "If Turkey is interested in a solution and peace in Syria, all it must do is withdraw from Syrian territory and abandon its support for the factions associated with it," said Ebru Günay of the HDP.
• "International powers agree to Turkish drone and artillery attacks on NE Syria" 

  HDP Honorary Chair Ertuğrul Kürkçü said that Iran, Russia, the US and EU accept Turkish attacks on northern and eastern Syria to avoid a major invasion.
• Iranian state forces kill at least 6 kolbars in one month 

  It has been reported that Iranian state forces killed at least 6 kolbars on the border between Eastern and Southern Kurdistan in a month. 35 have been injured.
• British trade unionists speak out against Turkey's war crimes and isolation of Abdullah Öcalan  

  British trade unionists spoke out against Turkey's war crimes and isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Sine Court sentences 5 Kurdish activists to 5 months in prison 

  The Sine Investigation Court sentenced 5 Kurdish activists to 5 months in prison for "making propaganda against the Iranian regime, aiding an opposition party and establishing an illegal organization".
• ISIS members continue to shelter in Turkey, some with Yazidi captives 

  Currently, ISIS members that have returned are residing in the provinces of Antakya, Batman, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Konya, Yalova and Yozgat, with the largest groups in Ankara and İstanbul.