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• Vigil for Democracy continues in Mardin under police blockade 

  Police forces continue threatening the protesting group in an attempt to end their action.
• ESP: Secret Services playing dirty tricks against the HDP 

  The ESP issued a written statement to expose the "games played by the MIT" [Turkish secret services] against the HDP.
• Vigil for Democracy in Van on day 23 

  HDP deputy Sarısaç said that they would not end their protest until the trustee is sent back.
• RiseUp4Rojava sends a strong message of international solidarity 

  Over 40 actions from more than 16 countries.
• Academics: The call for peace cannot be put on trial 

  The Turkish state continues to target the academics for peace since the joint declaration of their stance towards the war of the Turkish government against the civilian population in Turkey's Kurdish region.
• Day 2 of Long March for Öcalan in Germany 

  The traditional long march staged in Europe every year to demand freedom for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan is held in Germany this year.
• Conference in Bern about the appointment of trustees 

  A conference titled "Equal opportunities, equal rights: A democratic Turkey for all" will be organised in Bern on Wednesday.
• 'The trustees won't govern us' 

  HDP residents living in Istanbul said the will of the people should be respected and added that the trustees cannot rule.
• Political operation in Van and Istanbul, at least 21 detained 

  17 people were detained in Van city centre and in eight boroughs following house raids this morning. Most of the people detained are DTK and HDP members. Four people detained in Istanbul
• HDP reacts to verdict on Kızıltepe JITEM case  

  HDP Law and Human Rights Commission Spokesperson and HDP Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran said the Kızıltepe JITEM case verdict is a scandal.
• MED-DER: Assimilation process in the new school year 

  Sedat Baran, Director of MED-DER, said that Turkish educational institutions were the center of assimilation and called for Kurds to adopt their mother tongue.
• Sinn Féin tables motion on dismissed HDP mayors 

  Sinn Féin deputy Seán Crowe tabled a question to Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, about the dismissal of the HDP mayors of Amed, Van and Mardin.
• Day 22 of resistance for municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin 

  Protests continue since their seizure of HDP-run Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities on August 19.
• Sweden’s Örebro Municipality against trustees 

  Wicklund emphasised the Left Party people’s commitment to democratic rights, human rights and freedom of expression.
• Youth stage Long March for Öcalan in Germany 

  The long march for Abdullah Öcalan continues in Bonn in spite of obstructions by the German police.
• Martyrs of Rojava remembered in Leipzig  

  In the scope of the action days of the Riseup4Rojava campaign, pictures of internationalists who died in Rojava were placarded in Leipzig.
• 7 HDP members dismissed in Muş 

  The Turkish regime’s mass dismissal practices against elected representatives of Kurdish citizens continue to grow.
• Swedish International Left Forum in solidarity with HDP 

  Swedish International Left Forum expressed their solidarity with the unlawfully dismissed mayors of Van, Mardin and Diyarbakır, and with the women reclaiming their will.
• Air strikes kill 18 Iranian-backed militias in Syria 

  Sites belonging to Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq border were attacked late Sunday night, killing at least 18 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
• Wales in solidarity with Rojava 

  Wales stands up for Rojava.
• Turkish threats against Rojava land in Swedish parliament 

  The Swedish Left Party brought the threats issued by Turkey to invade Rojava to Parliament.
• Trade Union Congress demands Freedom for Öcalan 

  Solidarity with Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was expressed by the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) held in Brighton.
• MSD workshop in Berlin ended with proposals for a new Syria 

  Party representatives and politicians came together in Berlin organised by the Syrian Democratic Council (MSD). The participants said that the workshops were important.
• New investigation launched against HDP executives in Amed 

  The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation against HDP Diyarbakır provincial and district organizations.
• Nine people remanded in custody in Patnos 

  Nine of the 10 people taken into custody on 6 September in Patnos were remanded in custody.