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• 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.
• 42 detained as Ankara police attack masses for HDP municipalities 

  Turkish police forces are violently repressing any demonstration in protest at the seizure of HDP municipalities.
• Police raid Amed branch of SES Union  

  The Turkish regime continues with its repressive measures against those reclaiming the municipalities usurped by the government.
• Fifth candidate in Colombia local elections killed 

  With the candidate for mayor of Suárez (Cauca) Karina García Sierra the number of killings of candidates to the local elections rose to five.
• Kurdish politicians in Mardin remain in jail 

  Court ordered continuation of detention for jailed Kurdish politicians who include sick prisoner Bayram Demirhan.
• French MP calls on the government to act on the Kurdish question 

  French politician Muriel Ressiguier described the usurpation of HDP municipalities as the latest circle in Ankara government’s repressive measures against the Kurds.
• 10 detained as Ankara police attack demo for HDP municipalities 

  Brutal crackdown against the people reclaiming the usurped municipalities continues.
• Democracy Vigil in Amed on day 18 

  18th day of the vigil in Amed to reclaim municipalities usurped by the government.
• Solidarity in Switzerland with dismissed mayors 

  The Zurich-Amed Brotherhood Bridge Committee in Zurich, has protested the AKP-MHP regime for the appointment of trustees to the HDP-ran municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin.
• Information tent set up in Trier against trustees  

  A tent action was launched in Trier, Germany, to protest the AKP-MHP seizure of the HDP-run Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities.
• ISIS attacked Tikrit, 5 dead among security forces 

  ISIS carried out an attack last night in Tikrit, Iraq. The attack killed five people from the Iraqi army and Hashdi Shabi forces.
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil reached week 376 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, the longest protest organised by Kurds in Europe, has been taken over by a new group of activists from Saarbrücken on week 376.
• Mexican Government attacked release of key suspect in Ayotzinapa 

  The Mexican government on Wednesday attacked a court’s decision to release a key suspect in the 2014 disappearance of 43 student teachers of Ayotzinapa.
• Trump does not rule out meeting with Iranian President 

  U.S. President Trump does not rule out meeting with Iranian President Rouhani.
• UK Parliament prevented no deal Brexit 

  The British parliament prevented PM Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the EU without a deal.
• Amed: Resistance will continue until the trustees are sent back 

  The demonstration launched in Amed to reclaim the usurped municipality continues since August 19.
• Vigil for Democracy continues in Van 

  HDP deputy Şevin Çoşkun said that the trustee practices have turned into a cultural, economic and political genocide.