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• Court rejects request for the release of HDP member and TJA activist Rojbin Çetin 

  The request to release HDP Democratic Local Governments Board member and TJA activist Rojbin Çetin was rejected at the latest hearing of her trial.
• Hearing of Öcalan’s lawyers postponed to December 

  Lawyers of Öcalan expressed that the case was unlawful and this legal action against them was taken to eliminate every single person that was involved in the “resolution process” seeking to resolve the Kurdish question through dialogue.
• Two Kurds elected to Parliament for the first time in Norway 

  In the elections won by the left-wing alliance in Norway, two Kurds were elected to the parliament for the first time.
• Long March in Germany continues on the fourth day 

  The Long March launched by the European revolutionary youth movements is continuing in Duisburg.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island for 22 years under conditions of severe isolation.
• Hearing of Öcalan's lawyers begins in Istanbul 

  The first hearing of the case against the lawyers of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has started.
• Left coalition in Norway sets to win elections 

  The left-wing opposition in Norway has won the country's general election, according to preliminary results.
• Activists from Giessen take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on its 482nd week 

  A group from the German city of Giessen took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on its 482nd week.
• ESP: We will continue our struggle against fascism under all circumstances 

  The Socialist Party of the Oppressed responded to the political genocide operations, saying, “We will continue our struggle against fascism under all circumstances.”
• Kurdish candidates might enter the Norwegian parliament for the first time 

  In the elections of Norway, a Kurdish candidate is about to become the country's first Kurdish member of parliament.Seher Aydın, the Red Party's candidate for Oslo, is ambitious.Mani Huseyni of the Workers Party from Rojava is also expected to be elected.
• Prisoners in Istanbul face investigation for singing in Kurdish 

  Prisoners in Bakırköy Prison have been threatened with disciplinary proceedings on the grounds that they sang in Kurdish and danced.
• Young activists continue Long March on the third day 

  The Long March for freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, initiated by Kurdish and internationalist youth in Europe, is continuing on its third day.
• French civil associations launch pro-Kurdish campaign 

  French-Kurdish friendship associations expressed their solidarity with political prisoners in Turkish prisons by exchanging letters.
• Police attack lawyers during Gökkan's hearing 

  At the hearing of jailed Kurdish female activist Ayşe Gökkan, the presiding judge had police officers batter the lawyers.
• Racist writing appears on door of Kurdish Alevi family in Mersin 

  The authors of the racist writing "Kurdish Alevi get out" on the door of the Arici family in Mersin could not be identified. The family said they were very worried, especially about their children.
• Young activists walk from Benrath to Düsseldorf on the third day of the Long March 

  Young activists overcame police provocations during the second day of the Long March and today they will march from the suburb of Benrath to the city center of Düsseldorf.
• Repression in the village of Pirajman  

  The Turkish army released 2 of the 4 people detained in the raid on the countryside of the village of Pirajman in Dicle, province of Amed. A fire broke out in the attack area.
• Lowering the electoral threshold as a lifebelt for the MHP 

  An electoral threshold of ten percent was once introduced in Turkey to prevent Kurdish and left-wing parties from entering parliament. Now the hurdle is to be lowered as a lifeline for the fascist MHP.
• Prisoners call off hunger strike on day 290 - UPDATED 

  Deniz Kaya in the name of PKK and PAJK prisoners announced their decision to end the hunger strike action and to continue their struggle in various methods.
• German police attack long march for Öcalan on second day 

  The long march of the Kurdish and internationalist youth in Europe was attacked by the German police on its second day.
• Human rights activist detained in Mersin 

  Human rights activist Tahir Tüyben has been detained in the Turkish Mediterranean province of Mersin over posts on digital networks. His apartment was stormed by the gendarmerie.
• HDP: The putschists of today are AKP and MHP 

  The ruling coalition of AKP and MHP surpasses the inhumane actions of the junta of September 12, 1980, the HDP said 41 years after the military coup in Turkey and called for a common struggle of the peoples.
• 12 September 1980: The military coup continues today 

  Today marks the 41st anniversary of the most violent of military coups suffered by Turkey in the XX and XXI centuries.
• TUC Fringe Meeting with the Kurdish People and the Need for Peace and Democracy 

  The TUC Fringe Meeting with the Kurdish People will take place on 14 September at 12.30.
• Cizre basement victims' mother, Esmer Tunç, taken into intensive care 

  Esmer Tunç, mother of Cizre People's Assembly co-chair Mehmet Tunç and Orhan Tunç, was taken into intensive care.