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• Event to discuss Germany's role in view of the autocratic development in Turkey 

  On Friday, an event with the Bundestag candidate Mizgin Ciftci (DIE LINKE) and the activist Hugo Peckes from the #Delegation4Peace will take place in Einbeck. The topic is Germany's responsibility in the face of Turkey's development.
• ‘Migrants from Afghanistan might be used by paramilitary forces’ 

  In the vicinity of the bus station in Amed, hundreds of people live on the run, most of them from Afghanistan. Bawer Mizrak of the Bar Association demands a status for them and warns that they could be used by paramilitary forces.
• No Border Assembly: "Stop deportations to Turkey" 

  A Kurdish family from Turkey is to be deported from Berlin to Ukraine after weeks in deportation custody. The No Border Assembly is calling for participation in a demonstration in front of the deportation detention center in Schönefeld on Wednesday.
• KON-MED calls for participation in Düsseldorf rally on August 14 

  KON-MED called for broad participation in a march to be staged in the city of Düsseldorf on August 14.
• Another application by lawyers to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island for 22 years under conditions of severe isolation.
• Police take HDP Muş provincial co-chair Nergiz into custody 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Muş provincial co-chair, Belma Nergiz, was detained in the morning.
• HDP visits Thrace as part as the "We are HDP, we are everywhere" campaign 

  The "We are HDP, we are everywhere" campaign reached Thrace for a two-day visit. Attention was drawn to the ongoing isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the ongoing hunger strikes in prison.
• Turkey seeking to use graves in Libya as a trump card for its political games  

  The Turkish state is looking to discover "mass graves" to weaken its rivals.
• At least 146 died at workplace in July 

  The civil society network ISIG announced the numbers of workers killed by labor conditions in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan for the month of July. In one month, 146 deaths, ten of them minors, were registered.
• Lawyers apply once again to meet Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island for 22 years under conditions of severe isolation.
• Kurdish institutions in Europe call for participation in August 14 protests 

  The Kurdish institutions in Europe have called for broad participation in the 14 August protests, stressing that protecting national unity and gains is the most important task.
• Turkish army attacks farmers protesting in Urfa 

  The farmers in Urfa are protesting the power cuts of DEDAŞ. Turkish soldiers dispersed the farmers using tear gas.
• CDK-S calls on activists to join demonstration in Zurich on 14 August 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization CDK-S and the women's movement YJK-S called for a central demonstration in Zurich against the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan.
• Police take 7 people into custody in Kars 

  Seven people were taken into custody following political genocide operations in Kars.
• Özçelik family takes over "Freedom for Öcalan Vigil" on week 477 

  The Özçelik family from Halle in Germany took over the "Freedom for Öcalan Vigil" on its 477th week.
• Defend Kurdistan announces details of demonstration in Düsseldorf next Saturday  

  On Saturday the demonstration promoted by #DefendKurdistan against the Turkish invasion will take place in Düsseldorf. Hozan Canê, Hozan Dîyar and Şîvan Perwer will perform at the demonstration.
• Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria opens representative office in Geneva 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria opened a representative office in Geneva.
• Tuncel: Repression in prison increases as racist attacks outside spread 

  Kurdish politician Sebahat Tuncel, who is held in prison by the AKP MHP, said in a meeting with her lawyer that repression in prison increased as racist attacks outside spread.
• KCDK-E calls on people to join actions on 14 August  

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation KCDK-E called on all Kurds and democrats to join the march to be held on 14 August "against the genocide, invasion and fascism in Kurdistan."
• Revolutionary Party Chair: Government benefits from chaos 

  Revolutionary Party (DP) Chair Elif Torun Öneren stated that the political chaos in Turkey where femicides, racist attacks against Kurds, unemployment and suicides are increasing, has been created by the government.
• Aydeniz: AKP-MHP government regards Kurds as enemies 

  Democratic Regions Party Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz said, “The AKP-MHP government considers the Kurdish people as its enemies.”
• Autonomous Administration to open representative office in Geneva 

  The European Representation of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has announced that they would open a representative office in Geneva.
• Lawyers apply once again to meet Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island for 22 years under conditions of severe isolation.
• The Turkish state is crumbling 

  In a country where the term "terror" is used synonymously with Kurds and any political resistance is punished with repression, the demand on every person is to take a stand.
• KOMAW meets families of martyrs in Darmstadt 

  KOMAW held a meeting with the families of martyrs in Darmstadt.