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• The AKP-MHP makes the dreams of 12 September coup come true 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Central Executive Board (MYK) made a written statement on the anniversary of the 12 September 1980 coup.
• Investigation on Şenoğlu based on funerals he attended 

  Lawyers said that funeral ceremonies attended by HDK co-spokesperson Sedat Şenoğlu were used as evidence in the accusation against him.
• Lawyers in Rome protest human rights violations in Turkey 

  Lawyers in Rome paid tribute to Ebru Timtik who died on the 238th day of death fast and questioned Turkish judicial system.
• KON-MED call to join actions in Germany today 

  "If the importance of a common struggle is not understood today, an effective struggle against AKP-MHP fascism cannot be developed. If this struggle is not carried out, fascism will increase its ideological dominance, said KON-MED.
• Colombian Defense Minister apologizes for police brutality 

  Colombia's Minister of Defense apologized for the police abuses that unleashed a wave of protests for the second day in the capital Bogotá. 13 people have been killed and hundreds have been injured.
• HDK spokesperson and 16 other politicians jailed 

  HDK spokesperson Sedat Şenoğlu and 16 other members of the ESP have been arrested in Istanbul on terror charges.
• HDP MP sentenced to 10 years in prison 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• Long march heading for Hamburg 

  The long march of the Kurdish youth movement for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is heading for the final destination Hamburg.
• DBP co-chair Bayındır: The entire Turkey is in isolation 

  DBP co-chair Keskin Bayındır emphasized that if there is a drift in the Kurdish Movement, fascism will be strengthened.
• Explosion in military facility in Jordan 

  A large explosion was reported not far from the Jordanian capital Amman in the city of Zarqa, in the early hours of Friday morning. The explosion was at an army depot storing mortars.
• KON-MED condemns attack on Long March, calls for participation 

  KON-MED (Confederation of Communities of Kurdistan in Germany) condemned the German police for attacking young people participating in the Long March demanding freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan from Hanover to Hamburg.
• Greece calls for EU sanctions against Turkey 

  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis demands EU sanctions against Turkey because of the continuing aggression of the Turkish state in the Eastern Mediterranean and suggests to appeal to the International Court of Justice.
• German police attack Kurdish long march, arrest some activists 

  The German police attacked the long march of the Kurdish youth movement in Bardowick, Lower Saxony. Several activists were forcibly arrested.
• Özlem Atsak laid to rest in Çaldıran 

  The remains of Özlem Atsak, who fell martyr during the air strike launched by the invading Turkish state in Bitlis, was buried in the Çaldıran district of Van.
• Unemployment increases to 13.4% in June 

  Unemployment in Turkey rose to 13.4% in June, up 0.4 percentage points from the same month last year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said today. 
• 6th day of the Long March from Winsen Luhe 

  Today is the 6th day of the Long March promoted by TCŞ and TEKO-JIN. Young people will march from Winsen Luhe to Harburg.
• KCK to launch a revolutionary campaign on September 12 

  KCK to launch a revolutionary democratic campaign on September 12 under the motto “Stop Isolation, Fascism, Occupation; Time to Achieve Freedom”.
• Turkish army burns forests before launching military operations 

  The Turkish army launched an operation in 24 villages and hamlets in Bitlis. Before the operation it burned thousands of acres of forest in the area.
• Activists in the Hague protest arrests of ESP members 

  The political genocide operations against ESP and SKM were protested in the Hague, Netherlands.
• Tories admit breaking law on Ireland with Internal Market Bill 

  The bill, published on Wednesday, if passed, would tear up the protocol aimed at preventing a remilitarisation of the north of Ireland.
• Zeynab Jalalian in isolation 

  Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian has been held in a solitary cell in Keman for two and a half months.
• Prosecutor demands two years and eight months for Mustafa Çelik 

  In the PKK trial against Kurdish activist Mustafa Çelik in Hamburg, the public prosecutor's office is demanding two years and eight months imprisonment.
• Four detained following clash in Istanbul 

  Four people involved in the armed confrontation were taken into custody.
• US to reduce troop size in Iraq to 3,000 this month 

  Trump, who is trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden in the polls ahead of the November 3 presidential election, has promised to bring troops home in a bid to wrap up what he has called America's endless wars.
• Thousands flee fire at migrant camp on virus lockdown in Greece 

  There are more than 12,000 migrants being guarded by police on a highway," Stratos Kytelis, mayor of the island's main town, Mylinene, told.