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• Long March leaves Leverkusen on second day 

  Today is the second day of the Long March, traditionally organized every year by the European Youth Movements TCŞ and TekoJIN, demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Petition demands recognition of ISIS genocide by German parliament 

  The Office for Yazidi Affairs demands in a petition the recognition of the ISIS genocide by the German parliament. The deadline for signatures is September 23.
• HDP member kidnapped and threatened by the police in Ankara 

  HDP Sincan District Co-chair Fatma Kılıçarslan was kidnapped and threatened by the Turkish police.
• Long March of Kurdish and internationalist youth kicks off in Cologne 

  The annual Long March (Meşa Dirêj), organized by TCŞ and TekoJIN for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, started in a glorious way.
• ISIS attacks Maxmur, killing Iraqi soldiers and injuring civilians 

  Yet another ISIS attack in the Iraqi territory.
• Lawyer of the Dedeoğulları family warns about blackening of evidences 

  The lawyer of the Dedeoğulları family murdered in Konya on 30 July, said that he was worried about the blackening of the evidence.
• Mardin Peace Mothers Council calls for unity against the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  Members of the Mardin Peace Mothers Council called for unity against the Turkish state's invasion attacks against South Kurdistan.
• HDP youth launch campaign against drug addiction, prostitution and corruption 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party Youth Council launched a new campaign with the slogan “Let us break dependence and build a new life”.
• Buldan: We will not give up, we will not be defeated, we will win! 

  Pervin Buldan, the co-chair of HDP, stated during her party's Women's Assembly gathering in Ankara that her party aspires to govern the country, that they will never be defeated, and that they will prevail.
• Racist remarks written on school stairs in mainly Kurdish neighbourhood in Adana 

  Racist remarks including ‘Speak Turkish or shut up’ were written on the stairs of a school in the Onur neighbourhood, in the southern Turkish city of Adana where mainly Kurds live.
• Victims of 2015 Ankara massacre commemorated 

  A commemoration event was held in Ankara to mark the 71st month of the 2015 Ankara bombings, also known Station Massacre, which killed 109 people on October 10, 2015.
• Damascus government forces attack Tisil and Nafie in Deraa, wounds 2 children 

  Damascus government forces attacked the towns of Tisil and Nafie in Deraa. Two children were injured as a result of the attack.
• Police detain scores in raids against the ESP 

  A number of people were detained in simultaneous operations carried out in many cities against the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP).
• Fiskaya people gather against destruction 

  Saliha Aydeniz, DBP Co-Chair, and HDP Deputy Semra Güzel met with the residents of Fiskaya, who are threatened with demolition due to the "risky area" decision.
• TJK-E calls for participation in Saturday’s rallies for Öcalan’s freedom 

  On Saturday, September 11th, Kurds and their supporters will take to the streets in hundreds of European countries to demand the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Lawyers apply again to visit Öcalan on Imrali 

  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.
• Court merges Ayla Akat Ata's case with Kobane Trial 

  A case against Ayla Akat Ata, one of the founders of the Rosa Women's Association, has been merged with that of the Kobane Trial.
• KON-MED calls for participation in 'Long March' in Cologne on September 11 

  KON-MED, the largest umbrella organization of the Kurdish diaspora in Germany, called for broad participation in the march to be staged by young Kurdish activists on September 11 to demand the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• AKP trustee gives village guards management of historical and touristic Edremit 

  All the facilities of Edremit, the historical and touristic district of Van, are donated to the family of the head of the village guards, Şaban Kahraman.
• Kurds in Paris and Hanover protest isolation of Öcalan and Turkish attacks 

  Kurds in the Evry suburb of Paris took to the streets to demand freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, while the Turkish invasion attacks were protested in Hanover.
• German police search Kurdish association and apartments in Lahr 

  In Lahr, five private apartments and a Kurdish association were searched by the police. The background is apparently a complaint by the Turkish Consulate General. During the searches, storage media and flags were confiscated.
• Activists on vigil in front of the UN call for investigation into Turkey’s use of chemical gas 

  As every Wednesday, Kurdish activists protested in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva against the international silence on the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan.
• Prisoners’ hunger strike against isolation and rights violations on day 286 

  The hunger strike of the political prisoners in Turkey’s prisons against the Imrali isolation and detention conditions marks its 286th day. The solidarity hunger strikes in Maxmur and Greece also continue.
• National Conference calls for consistent stance against occupation 

  The final declaration of the "National Conference Against Occupation" says: "All Kurdish figures should take a consistent line against the invasion and fulfill their duty to effectively warn the Kurdish forces."
• GFTU Fringe meeting to discuss Kurdish question 

  British trade union GFTU will hold a meeting at the Trade Union Congress on Kurdish question on 14 September.