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• Police detain 33 people, including ESP co-chair and HDP executives, in Istanbul 

  At least 33 people, including the ESP co-chair, were detained in the police attack on the democratic organizations that wanted to hold a press statement in Taksim against the ban of the "Peace Rally" in Bakırköy.
• Police violently crack down on peace rally in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, a rally in protest against the ban on the World Peace Day demonstration was violently dispersed by the police, several participants were detained.
• KCDK postpones 29th International Kurdish Festival in the Netherlands to 24-25 September 

  The KCDK-E announced that, due to the coronavirus restrictions in the Netherlands, this year's Kurdish cultural festival had to be postponed for a week and will now take place on 24 and 25 September and not on 17 and 18 September as previously planned.
• Swiss BastA Party: We are all HDP 

  The Swiss BastA Party organised a solidarity event with the HDP. "We are all HDP," said member in Basel.
• Kongra Star: KDP responsible for fate of abducted guerrilla group 

  Kongra Star issued a statement condemning the Turkish state's attacks on Medya Defense Zones and said the KDP was responsible for the fate of the guerrillas who were kidnapped and never heard of.
• Ill prisoner Mehmet Ali Çelebi passes away in hospital 

  Ill prisoner Mehmet Ali Çelebi, who was released from Sincan Prison on 25 August due to the worsening of his illness, died in the hospital where he was treated.
• 'National Conference Against Occupation' calls for unity among Kurds 

  Kurdish parties and intellectuals gathered at a conference called 'National Conference Against Occupation' and took a series of decisions to ensure unity among Kurds.
• Altun: CHP's insincere, racist border discourse 

  Turkey's CHP is inciting attacks with its racist propaganda and making itself a spokesperson for the racist mob, says Hayrettin Altun of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP).
• Aydar: We demand an answer from KDP 

  KCK Executive Council Member Zübeyir Aydar indicated that they do not know what happened to a group of guerrillas who travelled to the Metina region to fight and that they "demand an answer from the KDP."
• National conference against occupation of Kurdistan begins 

  The Kurdish National conference against occupation of Kurdistan has kicked off in Amsterdam with the participation of representatives of several parties from four regions of Kurdistan as well as exiled HDP parliamentarians and co-mayors.
• Cillîn is the 17th village to be put under quarantine in Mardin 

  The village of Cillîn in Savur was also quarantined due to the epidemic. The number of villages under quarantine in Mardin rose to 17.
• YJA Star guerrilla Dicle Üzüm laid to rest in Batman 

  YJA Star guerrilla Dicle Üzüm fell a martyr as the result of an attack by the invading Turkish state. She was buried under a police blockade.
• 94 village guards paid for duties they never carried out in Özalp  

  The AKP / MHP regime had 94 village guards appointed for the Van-Özalp district. The pro-government paramilitaries are paid without ever entering the region.
• Turkish army armoured vehicle kills boy of seven in Idil  

  Seven-year-old Miraç Miroğlu died in the Idil district of Şırnak after being hit by an armoured vehicle belonging to the Turkish army.
• Council of Europe concerned about Greece's deportation bill 

  The Greek Minister of Immigration will submit the draft bill to parliament this Friday to facilitate deportations.
• HDP demands parliamentary investigation on civilians killed during curfew in Cizre 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputies demanded establishment of a Parliamentary Investigation Commission for 21 civilians who lost their lives during a 9-day curfew in Cizre in 2015.
• Şenyaşar Family: You will be called to account for the massacre! 

  The Şenyaşar Family said that “You can only prolong the process by hanging on the trembling king. You will be called to account for the massacre.”
• Protest in Berlin against burning down of Kurdistan's forests 

  A protest rally has taken place in Berlin against the forest fires in Northern Kurdistan, some of which were set by the military and barely extinguished.
• Cihad Hesen still in the hands of Hewler authorities after 86 days 

  The Autonomous Administration Hewler representative, Cihad Hesen, has not yet been released and the authorities have given no news about him for 86 days.
• Police take Ma Music teacher Neşet Güçmen into custody 

  Ma Music teacher and musician Neşet Güçmen was taken into custody in Amed.
• Diyarbakır Labor and Democracy Platform calls for participation to Peace meeting in Diyarbakir 

  The Diyarbakır Labor and Democracy Platform continues its meetings with the people to call for participation in the press statement for peace to be held on 4 September in Diyarbakir (Amed).
• Up to 30 years prison sentence demanded for HDP's Demirel 

  A prison sentence of up to 30 years was demanded for former HDP MP Çağlar Demirel, who was held hostage.
• Beştaş: “Abdullah Öcalan's voice can put Turkey at ease” 

  Meral Danış Beştaş, Deputy Chairperson of the HDP Group, stated, "Mr. Öcalan's voice is wanted to be silenced, as he is the only one who can put Turkey at ease. We want the voices of the prisoners who are now on hunger strike to be heard."
• Call for participation in the 'Long March' in Germany 

  Call for all Kurdish youth living in Europe to join the Long March action in a spirit of mobilization.
• Constitutional Court accepts HDP’s request for additional time in closure case 

  The Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM) accepted the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)'s request for additional time in the closure lawsuit against the party.