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• Young people protest the closure case against HDP  

  Young people were protesting the closure case against HDP and said they won’t allow it.
• 38,581 people sued for insulting Erdoğan in six years 

  President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed 38,581 lawsuits for “insulting the president” between 2014 and 2020, according to a report by an opposition deputy.
• APPG Report: 'Terrorist' definition of PKK should be reviewed 

  The UK Parliament’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Kurdistan in Syria and Turkey published a report called “Kurdish Political Representation and Equality in Turkey”.
• 10 German municipalities want to assist Afghan refugees 

  The mayors of ten German cities signed a letter to Germany's Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer, stating their desire to assist Afghan refugees.
• 90 percent of Covid places in Van hospitals are full 

  Van-Hakkari Medical Chamber President Hüseyin Yaviç said that the only weapon in the fight against Covid-19 is the vaccine, as hospitals in Van are 90 percent full.
• UNISON activist Stephen Smellie talks about Turkey’s war on Kurds and Freedom for Öcalan 

  Stephen Smellie talks about Turkey’s war on Kurds and Freedom for Öcalan.
• Six days without news of HDP Ağrı executive Birdal on his way to Iran 

  HDP Ağrı Provincial General Assembly member Mehmet Birdal went to Iran six days ago and since then no contact has been possible.
• Boğaziçi academics: Our resistance will continue with the same determination and hope 

  Boğaziçi University academics have demanded the resignation of the newly appointed rector Naci İnci and the entire staff members who were hired during the former rector Melih Bulu's term.
• Hunger strike of prisoners against isolation on day 274 

  The hunger strike of the political prisoners in Turkey’s prisons against the Imrali isolation marks its 274th day. The solidarity hunger strikes in Maxmur and Greece also continue.
• Memorial for lawyer Ebru Timtik 

  A memorial was held for lawyer Ebru Timtik who lost her life a year ago as a result of the 238-day death fast she carried out demanding a fair trial.
• Bulgaria deploys troops to border against refugees 

  Bulgaria's EU border is being upgraded in preparation for the arrival of refugees from Afghanistan. Bulgarian army troops have been massed at the border with Greece and Turkey.
• Lawyers apply again to meet with Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• TCŞ and TekoJIN activists in Paris protest isolation of Öcalan at the Eiffel Tower 

  TCŞ and TekoJIN activists in Paris held a civil disobedience action at the Eiffel Tower to draw attention to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds in Winterthur open an information stand in solidarity with Shengal 

  Kurds in Winterthur, Switzerland, opened an information stand and called for solidarity with the people of Shengal.
• KESK goes to strike today against the Collective Bargaining Agreement  

  KESK Van Branches Platform called on public workers to join today’s strike against the TIS agreement reached between the government and Memur-Sen.
• Boğaziçi University academics continue their protest 

  The protest action of the Boğaziçi University academics against the appointment of rector continued on the 157th day.
• Constitutional Court to discuss HDP's request for additional time 

  On September 2, the Constitutional Court will decide on the HDP's request for additional time for the preliminary defense in the closure case.
• Kurds in France urge Macron to address the Kurdish issue at Baghdad Conference 

  The Kurdish Democratic Council in France urged French President Macron to give particular importance to the Kurdish issue and the Yazidi issue at the conference to be held in Baghdad on August 28.
• Police don't allow anyone at funeral of HPG guerrillas 

  The remains of HPG guerrillas Musa Anter Çatak and Serhat Ericek, who fell as martyrs on Mount Bagok, were handed over to their families 4 months later. Çatak and Ericek were laid to rest under police blockade.
• TCŞ activists in Marignane protest Turkish attacks against Shengal and isolation of Öcalan 

  TCŞ activists in Marignane protest Turkish attacks against Shengal and the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• KCDK-E: Defend Kurdistan against Turkish occupation on September 1 

  Under the slogan "Defend Kurdistan against Turkish occupation", a central protest action of the Kurdish association KCDK-E will take place in front of the European Parliament in Brussels on September 1.
• Kurdish activists’ vigil in front of the UN headquarters enters its eighth month 

  As every Wednesday, Kurdish activists protested in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva against the international silence on the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan.
• HDP pays visit to NGOs in Antep 

  Members of the Peoples' Democratic Party paid a visit to non-governmental organizations in Antep, southeast Turkey as part of its campaign “We are the HDP, we are everywhere".
• Iraqi airspace cleared for Turkish fighter jets 

  The U.S.-controlled airspace of Iraq has been cleared for Turkish fighter jets. The Turkish war minister publicly boasts that settlement areas 200 kilometers from the border have been bombed by 20 fighter jets.
• Lawyers apply once again to meet with Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.