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• Long March by Kurdish and internationalist youth kicks off in Essen 

  The long march for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan has kicked off in Essen. People from Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Colombia, Austria, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands are taking part in the six-day demonstration.
• Activists in Berlin organise sport competitions in solidarity with Maxmur Camp 

  Boxing, Muay Thai and K1 competitions were held in Berlin to support the Maxmur Refugee Camp.
• Head of Turkish intelligence agency meets Sunni Sovereignty Coalition in Baghdad 

  Turkish intelligence agency (MIT) officials met with the Sunni Sovereignty Coalition in Baghdad.
• Democratic Kurdish Community Center opens in Bellinzona 

  The Democratic Kurdish Community Center (CDK) opened in the city of Bellinzona, the capital of the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
• Freedom for Öcalan Campaign at the ICTU Global Solidarity Summer School in Ireland 

  The International Initiative is looking forward to a strengthened and continuously developing cooperation with the Irish trade unions in a joint struggle against oppression and colonization.
• Kurdish parties and organisations in Europe call for the clarification of Xelifan incident 

  Several institutions and parties from Kurdistan call on the people and parties of Kurdistan to embrace the national interests of the Kurdistan people in a spirit of national unity and resistance against Turkish occupation and massacre policies.
• HDP organises workshops to strengthen local democracy 

  HDP organised local workshops to bring congress decisions to life. HDP PM Member Bedriye Yorgun said that they are carrying out a work that produces solutions by embodying the strategic on-site local government understanding.
• Sultan Özcan: Labor and Freedom Alliance is not a movement on paper 

  HDP central council member Sultan Özcan said that the Labor and Freedom Alliance, which was formed upon the call of the HDP, is not a movement on paper.
• IHD Ankara and Izmir branches launch Peace Vigil 

  IHD Ankara and Izmir branches started a Peace Vigil on Friday. IHD co-chair Türkdoğan said that "the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and his friends must end as soon as possible."
• Jailed politician Aysel Tuğluk hospitalized 

  While the release of Aysel Tuğluk was ordered in the so-called Kobanê trial, the seriously ill Kurdish politician remains in prison due to a final conviction in another trial.
• Turkey asks Finland to review rejected extradition requests 

  Turkey has asked Finland to reconsider previously rejected Turkish extradition requests. The requests are said to concern alleged offences related to "terrorism".
• Young activists ready for Long March in Germany 

  Preparations for the Long March, organized by the Kurdish and internationalist activists in Germany under the motto "Ji bo azadiya Rêber Apo werin cenga azadiyê", have been completed.
• Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative says it carried out actions in Istanbul, Mersin, Sakarya 

  The Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative said that 3 police officers were injured and a factory and 12 luxury vehicles were rendered unusable following the actions they organized in Istanbul, Mersin and Sakarya.
• Security forces in Van ask passengers at road check-points whether they are Turkish 

  The Gendarmerie Station in the borough of Erçek, in Van, asks passengers at road check-points whether they are Turkish.
• Sports event in Berlin in solidarity with Maxmur Refugee Camp 

  A sports event with competitions in boxing, Muay Thai and K1 will be held on 10 September in solidarity with Maxmur Refugee Camp in Berlin.
• Lawyers Benkhelifa, Callewaert and Beauthier on fact finding mission in Shengal and Maxmur 

  Lawyers Selma Benkhelifa, Joke Callewaert and Georges-Henri Beauthier issued a press statement after visiting Shengal and Maxmur.
• Court bans book of jailed politician Figen Yüksekdag 

  A court in Turkey issued a ban on the distribution and sales of a book written by jailed Kurdish politician Figen Yüksekdağ. The book will also be pulled off the shelf.
• Activists from Hannover take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  A group of activists from Hannover took over the vigil that the Kurdish people and their friends carried out, demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg.
• Unions to hold fringe meeting on Kurds at Trade Union Congress 

  Why the Trade union movement must redouble its support for the Kurdish struggle and freedom for Öcalan, is the title of the Fringe meeting organised next Monday by unionists at the TUC Congress in Brighton.
• Tevgera Azadî Executive Board says KDP wants to start civil war among Kurds 

  Tevgera Azadî Executive Board said that the KDP wants to start a civil war and that all patriotic Kurdish people should stand against it.
• IMM workers call for solidarity against their unlawful dismissal 

  IMM workers, who resisted the unlawful dismissals ordered by the administration in Saraçhane Park for 42 days, called on the institutions to "talk to Ekrem Imamoğlu and put pressure on our reinstatement."
• Worker Savaş: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is illegally dismissing us  

  Durmuş Savaş pointed out that he was fired by IMM with Code 49 on the grounds of a lawsuit 25 years ago, and said: “I slept on the ballot boxes so that President Ekrem could win. This was not good for us.”
• HDP: 6-7 September 1955 Istanbul Pogrom must be addressed 

  The HDP issued a statement to mark the anniversary of the 6-7 September 1955 Istanbul Pogrom.
• Lawyers of Öcalan submit another application to visit their client 

  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.
• Peace in Kurdistan pays tribute to Sarah Parker 

  Peace in Kurdistan pays tribute to activist and internationalist Sarah Parker who passed away in London.