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• Activists across Europe celebrate Peace Day 

  Trade unions, peace organizations and political parties took to the streets against war and armament on 1 September, World Peace Day in many cities across Europe.
• September 1 demo in Sydney: Peace will come with Öcalan 

  Demonstrators protested against the silence of international community and states on the crimes of the Turkish state.
• New sea rescue ship to be called "Ghalib Kurdi” 

  The sea rescue organization Sea-Eye wants to name its new ship "Ghalib Kurdi". Ghalib was the two years older brother of Alan Kurdi, whose photo went around the world. The two brothers and their mother drowned in the Mediterranean Sea five years ago.
• Peace Day: Peace instead of war, freedom instead of isolation 

  Demonstrations to mark the International Day of Peace September 1 took place In Amed, Van and Istanbul where people said: “The address for a solution and peace is Imrali.”
• Lawyers submit another application to visit Öcalan 

  The lawyers of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan have again applied for a visit to the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Bursa.
• World Peace Day in Turkey: Police attack human chain 

  HDP’s peace action at Ankara railroad station has been disbanded by the police. The action on the International Day of Peace was intended to commemorate the victims of the ISIS massacre at the same place.
• Children of Fire Initiative carries out 101 actions in one month 

  The Children of Fire Initiative claimed that they have burned 11 factories, 45 vehicles, 15 warehouses, 3 supermarkets and 2 military barracks in one month.
• Young people take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  Young people who took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil issued a call to invite activists to join the Freedom March with the spirit of Serhildan.
• Kurdish Youth calls on people to join long march for Öcalan 

  A long march with the slogan "For the Freedom of Rêber Apo, Serhildan Together" will be held between the cities of Hannover and Hamburg between 5 and 11 September.
• US vetoes UN Security Council resolution in ISIS mercenaries 

  The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on ISIS mercenaries and their families as it fell short to include repatriation from Syria and Iraq to their countries of origin.
• Protest against isolation, war and femicide in Toronto 

  Kurds and their friends took to the streets in Toronto to mark the International Day of Peace.
• Deposed co-mayor of Karayazı taken into custody 

  In the province of Erzurum, the co-mayor of Karayazı district, who was deposed by the Ministry of the Interior, and three other persons have been arrested.
• Case against Cansu Özdemir over PKK flag closed 

  The legal dispute over Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) picture published on Twitter by Cansu Özdemir, the co-chair of the DIE LINKE parliamentary group in the Hamburg Parliament, is over. 
• Erdoğan challenges Greece, France over the Mediterranean conflict 

  The Turkish regime leader Erdoğan speaks in ever shriller tones in the gas dispute in the Mediterranean. He describes Paris and Athens as "greedy" and "incompetent" and threatens war.
• KON-MED: Öcalan shows the way to a dignified peace 

  On the occasion of the International Day of Peace on September 1, Kurdish umbrella organization in Germany said: "Öcalan shows us the way to a dignified peace, co-existence, women's freedom and an end to environmental destruction.”
• Three killed, several injured in two UAE restaurant blasts 

  The blasts hit KFC and Hardees restaurants on the city’s Rashid bin Saeed Street and other retail outlets were also damaged.
• MSD delegation meets Lavrov in Moscow 

  The Syrian Democratic Council delegation continues its talks in Russian capital Moscow.
• Memorandum of understanding between MSD and Popular Will Party 

  During an ongoing series of talks in Russian capital Moscow, the Syrian Democratic Council reached an understanding with the Popular Will Party for a political solution in Syria.
• Türkoğlu: Peoples should take a clear stance against isolation 

  Systematic isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been going on for 21 years.
• Fascist mob attacks TIP deputy Atay  

  Workers' Party of Turkey (TIP) Hatay MP Barış Atay was attacked by a fascist mob.
• Egyptian army says it killed 73 'takfiri elements' 

  The operations by by the Egyptian army targeted alleged "homes of terrorists" and "takfiri elements".
• Two local leaders murdered in Colombia 

  Colombia’s Congress of the Peoples (CdP) social and political movement denounced two assassinations in the municipality of San Pablo Sur de Bolivar.
• “Freedom for Öcalan” demo in Bordeaux 

  Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ) activists staged a demonstration to voice their demand for Öcalan's freedom.
• Attack on HDP building in Ankara 

  The office of the HDP association in Keçiören, Ankara has been attacked. A woman and a man set fire to several flags on the building.
• Food security in Lebanon under threat 

  ESCWA: “Half of Lebanon’s population at risk of failing to access basic food needs by year’s end.”