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• FEDA members take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 375 

  This week FEDA members have taken over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
• Governor and trustee of Van bans any public action for 15 days 

  The Governor, who was appointed as trustee to the Van Metropolitan Municipality by the Ankara regime, banned demonstrations and marches in the city for 15 days.
• Activists in Nicosia protest the seizure of HDP municipalities 

  An action was organised in Nicosia, in Cyprus, against the Turkish state seizure of HDP-run municipalities.
• Families of victims ask Davutoğlu to explain what he knows 

  The three associations called on former Prime Minister to “explain what he knows after his comments about the period from 7 June to 1 November 2015."
• KESK members to go on one hour strike today 

  The Confederation of Public Workers' Trade Unions (KESK) has called for a one-day strike today after the collective agreements were left to the arbitral tribunal.
• Mercosur Progressive Group expresses solidarity to the HDP 

  The Progressive Group within ParlaSur, the legislative body of Mercosur, the economic union of Latin American countries, expressed solidarity with the Kurdish people facing continue oppression.
• HDP Youth Council member taken into custody 

  Political genocide against the HDP continues.
• French union Solidaires: We support progressive Kurds 

  Solidaires protested the seizure of HDP municipalities and expressed solidarity with the “progressive Kurdish forces fighting in Kurdistan”.
• Kurdish politician Selim Sadak detained in Amed 

  The AKP regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and politicians continue increasingly.
• Call to join Peace Rally in Amed on 1 September 

  The organizing committee of the 1 September World Peace Day in Diyarbakır urged everyone to give a voice to peace at the rally and invited journalists to be a voice for peace.
• HDP delegation meets CHP leader and officials 

  Representatives of both parties are of the same mind that the appointment of trustees to HDP municipalities is indeed a political coup.
• Eight day of protests under police blockade in Mardin 

  Yesterday, the elected HDP people were attacked by the police while leaving the party headquarters.
• HDP Van MP Sarısaç: AKP and its impositions are not valid 

  HDP Van MP Murat Sarısaç said: “The illegitimate government has lost all claim. They and their impositions are not valid.”
• 38 people detained in Van referred to court 

  38 of the dozens of people who were detained during the protests for usurped HDP municipalities, have been referred to court.
• Hasankeyf to be cordoned off as of October 8, says Governor 

  The gates of Ilısu Dam were closed by the General Directorate for State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) authorities on 18 July and the dam reservoir has been since been filled with water.
• Turgut: Öcalan says peace, the State says war 

  In 2009, a Peace Group went to Turkey from Maxmur Camp, responding to Öcalan's call.
• Welsh solidarity with Kurdish mayors  

  Three democratically elected Kurdish mayors were stripped from office by Turkey and over 400 people detained. 
• Montpellier against trustees 

  Representatives of French left parties also joined the protest.
• Noise action in Van 

  HDP deputies organised a sit-in in Van to protest the appointment of trustees to the municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van and after promoted a noise action.
• HDP deputies organised whistles action in Istanbul 

  Whistles protest in Istanbul to support the HDP mayors unlawfully dismissed by the AKP.
• Eight HDP councillors dismissed by the Ministry of Interior 

  Eight HDP councillors of Tusba, Edremit and Çaldıran municipalities, in the province of Van, were dismissed.
• Images from the seventh day of resistance in Amed 

  The HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin were seized by the AKP-MHP government on 19 August. The decision immediately prompted the reaction of the people whose will was usurped.
• Macron: Irish reunification will solve Brexit problem 

  Macron implied that Mr Johnson did not take seriously enough the risk of reviving the conflict in Ireland.
• Montataire city council shows support for HDP 

  Montataire commune city council in France’s Oise region protested the usurpation of HDP municipalities and called on the French government to issue a strong condemnation.
• HDP MPs attacked by the police in Van 

  Protests against trustee occupation continue in Van on the seventh day.