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• "Disarm Rheinmetall" protest culminates in a demonstration 

  At present, several hundred people are taking part in an anti-militarist camp in Lower Saxony. The camp has a major focus on international solidarity, the Kurdish struggle against oppression and internationalist efforts for support.
• Gezi families in Amed: Shoulder to shoulder against fascism 

  For twenty days, Amed has protested against the removal of Mayor Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı from his post. Today, the protest was joined by the parents of activists who died in the 2013 Gezi Uprising in Istanbul.
• Türk: Voters chose me as their mayor, Erdogan had other ideas 

  Ahmet Turk is a veteran Kurdish politician in southeastern Turkey.
• Actions by RiseUp4Rojava campaign all around the world 

  On September 6, actions have started all around the world in solidarity with the revolution of Rojava and against Turkish fascism, through the RiseUp4Rojava campaign.
• Protests in Vienna, Stuttgart and Saarbrücken 

  Demonstrations were held in Vienna, Stuttgart and Saarbrücken to protest the seizure of the HDP-run municipalities and the Turkish threats of invasion.
• HDP Mardin provincial executives: We'll continue our protest 

  HDP Mardin Provincial co-chairs Eylem Amak and Salih Kuday condemned to the appointment of trustees and said that their actions would continue.
• Protest in Lucerne against the destruction of Hasankeyf 

  Kurdish and Swiss socialist youth in Lucerne, Switzerland, protested against the Ilisu dam project, which will leave Hasankeyf under water.
• Protest against arms sale to Turkey in Sweden 

  Demonstrations were organised in five different places in Sweden against arms sale to Turkey.
• New document: 13 municipalities at risk of being seized! 

  Two new documents bearing the signature of the Ministry of Interior have emerged. They target the HDP municipalities. Lawyer Sertaç Buluttekin said: "They are preparing the ground to appoint new trustees."
• Europe Turkey Rapporteur warns Turkey over dismissing Imamoğlu 

  European Parliament Turkey Rapporteur, Katie Piri, reacted to threats by the Turkish government to remove Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu saying that if this were to happen it would have "very serious consequences" in EU-Turkey relations.
• Two people remanded in custody in Lice 

  Practices of political genocide against the Kurdish people continue uninterrupted.
• At least 10 detained in Mersin 

  The AKP regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and the opposition continue increasingly.
• The International Days of Action have started 

  In the morning of Friday, September 6, actions have started all around the world in solidarity with the revolution of Rojava and against Turkish fascism, through the RiseUp4Rojava campaign.
• CHP Istanbul chair sentenced to 9 years and 8 months 

  Kaftancıoğlu was charged with 5 separate offenses.
• Call to “Stop Mercedes which arms the Turkish army” 

  Saturday September the 7th, 3pm – Bahnhofplatz / Schützenstraße München
• Democracy Vigil on day 19 

  The Democracy Vigil launched in Amed against the seizure of HDP municipalities is on day 19.
• Uruguayan deputies moved motion against trustees 

  Motion proposed to the Uruguayan parliament to condemn the AKP's seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin.
• HDP deputy Farisoğulları: Reject the AKP provocation 

  HDP deputy Musa Farisoğulları called on families to not "fall into the provocation games played the AKP and its police."
• Day of action promoted by the RiseUp4Rojava Platform 

  Today and tomorrow actions in different European countries to support the Rojava Revolution with the slogan "Disturb, block, occupy".
• HDP Amed MP Paylan: We need to stand shoulder to shoulder 

  HDP Amed MP Garo Paylan, said he expected more reaction from the people of Turkey against the injustice imposed to the municipalities saying: "We need to stand shoulder to shoulder and side by side."
• HDP councillors in Çaldıran and Edremit replaced by trustees 

  Five HDP councillors who were dismissed from the municipality of Çaldıran (Van) and four dismissed from Edremit were replaced by trustees.
• Solidarity to HDP mayors from deputy mayor of Uppsala 

  Deputy mayor of Uppsala, Tobias Smedberg, condemned the Erdoğan regime's appointment of trustees to three HDP-run municipalities.
• Action to protest trustees in Basel 

  The AKP-MHP regime's seizure of the HDP-ran municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin was protested by an action in Basel.
• Demo in Istanbul despite police harassment 

  HDP Istanbul Provincial Organization members protested the trustee occupation along the Incirli street in Bakirkoy, despite police harassment.
• Istanbul police obstruct HDP protest against trustees 

  Police forces of the AKP regime continue with their repressive measures against people taking to the streets to reclaim the municipalities seized by the AKP.