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• Vengeance Unit claims responsibility for sabotage in Urfa 

  A group who call themselves the Martyr Ciyager Hevi Vengeance Unit claimed responsibility for a sabotage action on August 13 against a factory that manufactured home appliances and explosive materials in Urfa.
• French Socialist Party condemns the seizure of HDP municipalities 

  Socialist Party France condemned the trustee invasion against HDP municipalities.
• Lawyers in Amed protest the seizure of HDP municipalities  

  Lawyers for Freedom Association held a press statement in Amed to condemn the usurpation of HDP’s municipalities.
• TEV-DEM's Xelil appeals on France to prevent Turkish occupation 

  TEV-DEM co-chair Aldal Xelil has written an open-ed in the French paper Liberation in which he appeals to France to prevent the Turkish occupation of Northern Syria.
• Police prevents march in Van: Sit-in launched 

  HDP MPs protesting the trustee invasion in Van were stopped by the police. The MPs are holding a sit-in.
• EH Bildu expresses solidarity with HDP 

  EH Bildu of the Basque Country expressed solidarity with the HDP and called for an end to the attacks against the elected representatives of the people.
• Third day in Amed protests: Detentions and injuries 

  Two MPs are among those injured in the brutal aggression by the police.
• Resistance in Amed continues amid police violence and attacks 

  HDP MPs held a press statement during the sit-in against the usurpation of municipalities in Amed. HDP MP Leyla Guven said a Kurdish alliance is needed against these policies. Meanwhile, the police detained at least 15 people during the attacks.
• Vengeance Unit claims responsibility for sabotage in Nusaybin 

  Martyr Gelhat Gever Vengeance Unit claimed responsibility for the sabotage action against the customs gate between Nusaybin and Qamishlo on August 14.
• Arrest warrant against artist Ferhat Tunc 

  An arrest warrant was issued against artist Ferhat Tunc before the investigation on him was completed.
• German politicians criticise AKP's appointment of trustees 

  German politicians have reacted to the decision by the AKP regime to appoint trustees to the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van.
• Police closes off roads against people mobilizing in Amed 

  The people of Amed have taken to the streets again on the third day of protests against the usurpation of municipalities. Regime forces closed off all roads leading to the municipality building with barricades and water cannons.
• Governor of Van dismisses municipal employees, seizes the council 

  Governor Mehmet Emin Bilmez, who has been appointed to Van Metropolitan Municipality seized by the AKP government, has removed all heads of departments and directors from post. Several municipal employees have been taken into custody.
• Kurdish women take over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg has been taken over by Kurdish women from Scandinavian countries.
• International Action Days by Riseup4Rojava in September 

  International Action Days of the Riseup4Rojava campaign on September 6th and 7th, 2019 under the motto "Block. Occupy. Disturb".
• PSOL of Brazil condemns dismissal of HDP co-mayors 

  The Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) of Brazil: "Erdogan takes power from Kurdish cities in favor of his party".
• HDP's Temelli: The government should revert its decision 

  The HDP co-chair said that the government should revert its decision to appoint trustees to Amed, Mardin and Van municipalities and added that it amounts to a political coup.
• Human Rights Watch: The AKP violated voters' rights 

  Human Rights Watch said that "the Turkish Interior Ministry’s removal of three democratically elected mayors in the major municipalities of the Kurdish southeast and eastern regions blatantly violates the rights of voters and suspends local democracy.
• Argentinian Dialogo 2000 condemns Turkish government repression 

  Dialogo 2000 repudiates the new wave of anti-democratic repression in Turkey.
• Delegation from Catalonia visits Maxmur Camp 

  A delegation from Catalonia visited Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp.
• Police beat people protesting against the AKP in Kadikoy 

  Police attacked the demonstration in Kadikoy, Istanbul, against the AKP decision to appoint trustees to three HDP-run municipalities.
• Istanbul police attack demo for HDP municipalities 

  Turkish police continue with the brutal attacks against the people taking to the streets to protest the seizure of HDP municipalities.
• Hamburg artists and politicians protest seizure of municipalities 

  Politicians and artists living in Hamburg have strongly condemned the decision by the Turkish government to appoint trustees to the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin.
• From Berlin to Toronto: No to the AKP policies against Kurds 

  From Berlin to Toronto, over the Atlantic, a wave of protest is growing against the latest political coup from the AKP.
• Footage from the resistance in Amed 

  The popular resistance, joined by HDP deputies, mayors and administrators has been continuing for two days.