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• Activists from Netherlands take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group of activists from the Netherland took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil this week and called on everyone to increase the struggle against the policy of genocide carried out by the Turkish state against Kurds.
• Court releases man arrested for attacking HDP office in Bahçelievler 

  Muhmmed Eren Sütçü, who was arrested for attacking HDP Bahçelievler District Organization and injuring 2 people, has been released.
• Young Kurds in Paris hold protest in front of Amnesty International 

  Young people from Kurdistan protested the handing over of the remains of Hakan Arslan to his father in a bag. The youth organized an action in front of the Paris branch of Amesty International.
• Police take three Peace Mothers into custody in Istanbul 

  Peace activists called for the resumption of negotiations on a political solution to the Kurdish question in front of the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. The rally was attacked by the police and three women were taken into custody.
• Kurds call on the UN to stop daily Turkish attacks across Kurdistan 

  Since the beginning of 2021, activists have protested the Turkish attacks on Rojava and other parts of Kurdistan with a vigil in Geneva, in front of the UN headquarters.
• KON-MED calls for participation in September 1 actions against invasion and war 

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation in Germany, KON-MED, called for participation in actions on September 1, World Peace Day to protest the invasions and wars waged by the Turkish state in Kurdistan.
• Adler: We have to defend the Kurdish people 

  David K. Adler of the International Kurdish Solidarity Collective, reacted to the silence about the Turkish state aggression, and said that it is necessary to express the complicity of the various governments and to defend the Kurdish people.
• Ali Rıza Arslan: I felt the whole of Diyarbakır falling on my head 

  Ali Rıza Arslan, whose son Hakan Arslan's bones were delivered to him in a bag, said: "I did not expect such a thing, at that moment the whole of Diyarbakır fell on my head. But what should I do? No one hears my voice."
• "Hakan Arslan and his father on the streets of Istanbul" 

  Italian cartoonist and activist Gianluca Costantini has drawn a picture of Ali Rıza Arslan with the remains of his son Hakan in a bag.
• Sadr calls on his supporters to end protests in Baghdad 

  Sadr gave his supporters "60 minutes" to withdraw from the Green Zone in Baghdad. He threatened to ostracize his followers if they rejected doing so.
• 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.