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Court in Siirt sends 8 people to jail
The Turkish regime's political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated. -
Youth in Basel march against Turkish fascism
Activists condemned Turkish fascism and called for a joint struggle against fascism. -
Court sends six dismissed workers to prison
Six people from the Yüksel Resistance, who have been detained in Ankara TEM Branch for 8 days, were arrested by the court. -
Libya's government announces ceasefire, calls for elections
Libya’s Government of National Accord, headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, announced, on Friday, a nationwide ceasefire and ordered its forces to halt all military operations across the country. -
Block war industry: Riseup4Rojava plans actions in Germany
"Germany is one of the most important arms exporters for the Turkish regime, even after the alleged ban on arms exports imposed by the German government as the Turkish army invaded north eastern Syria in October 2019 in violation of international law." -
HDP: Isolation in Imrali being imposed on the whole country
On 6 August the CPT released a report on its visit to Imrali between 6 and 17 May 2019 and pointed out that the system implemented in Imrali is one of isolation and torture. -
Children of Fire Initiative carries out actions in four cities
The Children of Fire Initiative claimed responsibility for fires on many factories and vehicles in Antalya, Bursa, Denizli and Kastamonu. -
Iran says it detained a UAE ship and its crew
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it summoned the United Arab Emirates envoy after Emirati Coast Guard vessels shot at several Iranian fishing boats, killing two fishermen. -
New session of Syrian Constitutional Committee on 24 August
The Syrian Constitutional Committee sessions will resume in Geneva on 24 August. Once again they won’t include the representatives of North and East Syria. -
Switzerland changes its law to get rid of Erdogan's complaints
As Turkey repeatedly demands prosecution for those in Switzerland it accuses of "insulting the president", the Swiss Ministry of Justice decided to amend the law that criminalized insulting heads of state. -
Kurds protest Turkish invasion and isolation of Öcalan in Kiel
The Turkish state's invasion and the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan were protested in Kiel. -
Artists join vigil for lawyers on death fast
In Istanbul, masses demanded the release of the hunger-striking lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal. Musician Pınar Aydınlar said: "Where our hope is exhausted, our obstinacy sets in.” -
ISIS jihadists take hundreds of hostages in Nigeria
"We don't know what they would do to them but I hope they don't harm them," said a local chief who accompanied the residents to the town. -
Libya: Turkey and Qatar want to train Muslim Brotherhood troops
Turkey, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood regime in Tripoli have signed a military agreement to train the troops of the so-called unity government. -
UN hails aid workers after record attacks
The United Nations (UN) paid tribute Wednesday to humanitarian workers now battling the COVID-19 pandemic after a year in which they found themselves under greater attack than ever before. -
Amed mayor Mızraklı: Who resists will always have the last word!
"Our last word is that, despite this genocide and massacre practices, this people will not kneel against you and will destroy the reign of these tyrants with their resistance," said the deposed and imprisoned mayor of Amed (Diyarbakır). -
Trustee leaves Hakkari without clean water
In Hakkari, known as the city of mountains and water, people cannot find clean water despite the city center being surrounded by mountains, and there are many streams passing through the city center. -
EUTCC: Kurdish Women's Movement strengthening unity
Interview with Kariane Westrheim, chair of the EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC). -
United against the war industry
In the run-up to the blockade of the Rheinmetall armaments group in Kassel on August 28, an online series of events is taking place. -
Presidents of bar associations visit lawyers on death fast
Lawyer Ebru Timtik has been on death fast for 229 days and her colleague Aytaç Ünsal for 198 days. -
Racist murder in Turkey: Syrian refugee killed in Istanbul
A refugee from Syria has been killed in an open street during a racist attack in Istanbul. "Go back to Syria," the perpetrator shouted, before gunning down the 21-year-old with two shots. -
Lawyers submit request to visit Öcalan
Abdullah Öcalan's team of lawyers has again applied for a visit permit for their client, who is imprisoned on the prison island of Imrali. -
AKP-imposed mayor of Tusba runs council as family business
Salih Akman, who lost the elections against HDP co-chair candidates Yılmaz Berki and Ayşe Minaz by a clear margin in the 31 March 2019 elections, was appointed as mayor of Tusba by decree after the elections. -
Italian internationalist: United we can achieve everything
Maria Edgarda Marcucci (Eddi) is one of the internationalists who went to Rojava. -
Court in Hakkari sends 12 people to jail
Turkish judiciary arrested 12 of the 13 people taken into custody in Hakkari.