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• Labour Party leader Corbyn: Turkey should respect human rights 

  Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said "arrest of [HDP] political leaders and activists is unacceptable."
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign writes to UK Foreign Minister 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign called on the UK Foreign Minister to "condemn the removal of the elected mayors and to demand that they be reinstated forthwith".
• Black wreaths left at Turkish consulates in Marseille and Munich 

  Protests were held in Marseille, France and Munich, Germany against the takeover of HDP municipalities by the Turkish regime.
• Amed resistance: “They committed the greatest crime!” 

  HDP Group Deputy Chairperson Saruhan Oluc read a press statement on the fifth day of protests against trustees in Amed and said the regime had willfully committed a crime and added: “We will show our civil disobedience.”
• Vengeance Unit claims responsibility for action against watchmen 

  A group who call themselves the Martyr Harun Welat Vengeance Unit claimed responsibility for an armed attack against watchmen in Esenyurt, Istanbul on August 21. The group said they neutralized one watchman.
• KESK pays solidarity visit to HDP in Van 

  KESK members in Van protested the trustee occupation and visited HDP in solidarity.
• Mayor of Karlsruhe: Take action for Van 

  Mayor of Karlsruhe Frank Mentrup protested the ousting of his project partner Mayor of Van Bedia Ertan Ozgokce.
• HDP MPs stage sit-in in Van 

  In the city of Van, where the HDP-run metropolitan municipality was seized by the government alongside Amed and Van, HDP MPs staged sit-in.
• HDP members subjected to violence in custody go on hunger strike 

  Hundreds of HDP members detained on August 19 have been subjected to mistreatment and violence in custody. The detainees are going on a hunger strike in Amed.
• KON-MED calls on people to join rallies in Germany on Saturday 

  KON-MED called on people to join rallies and marches in many different German cities on Saturday to protest the usurpation of the metropolitan municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van.
• PYD executives: The people are no longer afraid of the AKP regime 

  PYD Western Region members Eli Omar and Faris Hallo, talked to ANF about the seizure by the AKP regime of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin.
• Mesopotamian Freedom Party: People should unite against trustees 

  The Mesopotamian Freedom Party issued a statement on to the seizure of Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities saying Kurds should develop a common struggle in every area.
• DIE LINKE urges Germany to act for usurped HDP municipalities 

  Co-Chair of the DIE LINKE party has called for German authorities to act regarding the removal of the co-mayors of Amed, Van and Mardin.
• Suspended HDP co-mayor of Amed calls for international support 

  "No authority has the right to seize the will of millions of people."
• Syrian forces surround Turkish observation point in Morak 

  Syrian regime forces have surrounded an observation point of the Turkish state near Idlib.
• Riseup4Rojava urges participation in demos in many cities today 

  The international campaign and platform Riseup4Rojava has organised actions all over Europe today and Saturday to protest the appointment of trustees to Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities.
• Fifth day of protest by HDP MPs in Amed 

  HDP MPs gathered for the fifth day against the usurpation of the Amed municipality.
• Seizure of HDP municipalities protested in Athens 

  Kurdistan to Turkey's embassy in Athens and walking friends, condemned the usurping regime of the AKP municipalities.
• Protest in Rome against AKP's seizure of HDP-run municipalities 

  Rome said no to the AKP decision to appoint trustees to the municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van, thus violating the rights of voters.
• Cologne protests AKP's seizure of HDP-run municipalities 

  Protest against the seizure of Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities continued in Cologne for the fourth consecutive day.
• HDP's report on trustees appointed to usurped municipalities 

  HDP urged Turkey’s larger political opposition and the international democratic community to lose no time in acting against this coup and fulfilling their part in leading Turkey back into the path of parliamentary and local democracy and the rule of law.
• 12-year-old put to the ground and handcuffed in Ankara 

  Police detained 17 people in Ankara during a protest against the appointment of trustees in 3 HDP-run municipalities. Among those detained was 12 years old B.A., who was handcuffed behind his back after being put on the ground.
• Political operation against HDP in Istanbul: 8 taken into custody 

  Late last night a police political operation has been carried out in Istanbul against the HDP. At least 8 people have been taken into custody.
• Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson slams Turkish oppression of Kurds 

  "The EU, who provide funding to Turkey, must end its silence on Turkish state oppression against the Kurdish people and their democratically elected representatives," said Sinn Féin MEP Anderson.
• Parties from Russia and Chile in solidarity with HDP 

  Growing support for the HDP which had three municipalities it had won in March 31 elections usurped by the government.