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• EU Foreign Affairs Council to meet to discuss Turkey and Belarus 

  The EU considers Turkish drilling in the Mediterranean illegal and has already created a framework of sanctions to directly target persons and entities involved in oil drilling in Cypriot territorial waters.
• Kongra Star issues solidarity statement with Bolivian peoples 

  Kongra Star issued a statement in solidarity with the peoples in Bolivia.
• Victims of earthquake in Van forced to migrate 

  The villagers who suffered from the earthquake in Başkale, province of Van, last February are forced to migrate.
• German Refugees authority issues scandalous decision  

  The Immigration and Refugee Agency (BAMF) alleged that there is no systematic torture in Turkey according to their information and that the prison system is in line with the European Union standards.
• Iraq cancels visit by Turkish Defense Minister over attack 

  The Turkish Ambassador in Iraq has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the third time since June.
• Conference against the criminalisation of the Kurdish movement 

  The Legal Aid Fund AZADÎ is organising a regional conference in September in Hanover together with Kurdish associations against the criminalisation of the Kurdish movement in Bremen and Lower Saxony and the Kurdistan Solidarity.
• Russia approves first COVID-19 vaccine, Vladimir Putin says 

  Putin said that the vaccine has undergone proper testing and is safe.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  The lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan filed a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be granted a visit to the Imralı island prison.
• Kongra Star sends a solidarity message to the Baloch people 

  Kongra Star sent a solidarity message to the Baloch people, especially to women, on their national day.
• HDP Yamar labels attack on Bakırköy office a provocation 

  Reacting to the release of S.A. the attacker of the HDP Bakırköy Provincial building, co-chair Ferdi Yamar said: "The attacker was almost rewarded."
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil enters its 425th week 

  The action, attended by Kurds and their friends from a different city in Europe every week, was taken over by a group from Berlin and Strasbourg, on its 425th week.
• Lebanon: PM announces resignation of the government 

  After the devastating explosion in Beirut, the Lebanese government gives in to the pressure of the streets. Prime Minister Diab has resigned today on behalf of all ministers.
• Civil society: Istanbul Convention must be implemented 

  26 civil society organisations, including the Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK), support the Istanbul Convention for Protection against Violence against Women and demand its implementation.
• AKP supporter attacks HDP building in Istanbul 

  The HDP building in Bakırköy, Istanbul was attacked. A suspected perpetrator who has been arrested is turned out to be an AKP supporter.
• Scandinavia Democratic Kurdish Community Centre established 

  The co-chair of the Scandinavian Democratic Kurdish Community Center, Rıdvan Altun, said that the new organization will soon show its effects throughout Scandinavia on social, political and diplomatic fields.
• Activists in Bern and Aarau celebrate 15 August Initiative 

  Bern and Aarau celebrate the 36th anniversary of the 15 August Initiative.
• Alp Altınörs: There is no bread without peace 

  “The breaking point of all this was 7 June, the elections. Since then Turkey has been put into a dark period of 5 years," said HDP executive Alp Altınörs.
• Children of Fire Initiative claims actions in 4 cities 

  The Children of Fire Initiative claimed responsibility for the burning down of four factories, an international company representative office, a recycling warehouse and a café-bar in Kocaeli, Manisa, Sakarya and Istanbul.
• KCK: We share the pain of the people of Lebanon 

  KCK expressed their deepest sympathy to the people of Lebanon and pointed out the historical connection of the Kurdish liberation movement with the country: "The pain of the people of Lebanon is also our pain".
• Covid cases increase in Bakur as government takes no measures  

  Doctor Halis Yerlikaya said: “The situation is not heart-warming. The number of patients in Diyarbakır is very high, there is no place in intensive care units. We have around 300 patients a day."
• Protest against wave of arrests in Adana 

  Since yesterday, several activists of the HDP Youth Council have been in police custody in Adana. The pro-government press already calls them "terrorists". HDP member of parliament Tülay Hatimoğulları demands their immediate release.
• Milton Castaño is the 223rd former FARC guerrilla to be killed 

  With the murder of Milton Andrés Mesa Castaño the number of former FARC guerrillas killed rose to 223.
• Şahin: Ending isolation is a contribution to peace 

  ÖHD Amed Branch Chair Muharrem Şahin called on the government to put an end to the isolation policy imposed on Öcalan and to consider his contribution to social peace.
• Online conference on the massacres carried out by Turkish UAVs 

  A conference will be held on the use of Turkish state UAV, responsible of recent massacres in many regions of Kurdistan. Experts and lawyers will attend the conference, which will be broadcast live on the Internet.
• Children of Fire burn down a shop and 5 cars 

  The Initiative targeted the property of “AKP fascists” in Antalya and İzmir provinces.