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• Release verdict for Demirtaş who will yet remain in prison 

  Following the amendment passed by the Turkish Parliament on May 20, 2016, almost 150 MPs had their immunities lifted, including 53 HDP MPs, but only the HDP MPs had their mandates revoked.
• Demo against the seizure of HDP municipalities in Rome 

  Protests for HDP municipalities continue across Europe.
• HBDH militia claim responsibility for the yacht fire in Marmaris 

  HBDH militia claimed responsibility for the action which targeted a private yacht in Marmaris, Muğla.
• Turkey's economy continues to shrink 

  Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced that gross domestic product by production approach with chain linked volume index decreased by 1.5 percent compared with the same quarter of previous year in the second quarter of 2019.
• Argentina's government authorized currency controls 

  Argentina’s government authorized currency controls on Sunday in an attempt to rescue the economy.
• Conference in Berlin on peace and democracy in Turkey 

  Different ethnic groups and artists, academics and politicians from Turkey will organize a conference in Berlin. The conference on 21 and 22 September, was presented at a press conference.
• Amed resistance against the trustees: Day 15 

  Protests are under way against the AKP-MHP regime seizure of the HDP-run metropolitan municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin on 19 August .
• Istanbul Peace rally: We'll advocate democracy and peace together 

  "We will lead a stronger struggle for democracy against the one-man rule. We will reclaim our votes, our will, co-existence and fraternity. We are in Amed, in Van, in Mardin and in Çanakkale."
• Amed rally: “Democratic solution for honorable peace” 

  “We are not afraid, we do not keep silent, we do not obey,” chant women joining the rally in Amed.
• Van rally: Stand up for peace against war! 

  The World Peace Day rally in Van has started.
• HDP Co-chair Temelli: We reclaim our will 

  “We will reclaim our neighborhoods, streets and cities. We will not be silenced, we will not be intimidated and we will never give up on this struggle.”
• ‘Long March’ for Öcalan’s freedom to kick off in Bonn on Sept. 8 

  This year’s march demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan will be held in Germany.
• March in Stuttgart for Peace Day and against trustees 

  An event to mark 1 September World Peace Day was held in Stuttgart. The event was an opportunity to protest the AKP-MHP seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Mardin and Van.
• Social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein died 

  Immanuel Wallerstein, one of the world’s greatest social scientists, has died.
• HPG guerrilla Michael Panser commemorated in his birth town 

  News of the martyrdom of German HPG guerrilla Michael Panser (Bager Nujiyan) reached his hometown of Potsdam last week.
• Greece to reinforce its borders with Turkey 

  The new Greek government had made no secret of its intention to reinforce the country's borders with Turkey.
• Trustees protested in France, Switzerland and Germany 

  The Kurds and their friends in France, Switzerland and Germany protested the AKP-MHP's seizure of Amed, Van and Mardin municipalities.
• Anti-war and Peace rallies in Duisburg and Nuremberg 

  Events for the anti-war day and the September 1 World Peace Day were held in Duisburg and Nuremberg. Kurds living in both cities joined the events.
• Hanover, Kassel, Rennes and Athens united against trustees 

  Protests in Europe against the AKP-MHP seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin continue.
• Mayor of Istanbul in Amed: This is a dangerous discrimination 

  Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu of the CHP met in Amed with HDP mayors of Amed and Mardin suspended by the Turkish Ministry of Interior.
• HDP MP Öcalan: You cannot make this people step back 

  Protests continue on the 13th day in Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van against the AKP regime’s seizure of the three metropolitan municipalities by removing the elected mayors and appointing trustees in their place.
• Knape: Basic rules of democracy not complied with in Turkey 

  The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe demanded that Turkey urgently obey the recommendation adopted by Congress in 2017 on the election of a new mayor.
• Day 13 of the resistance in Amed 

  The demonstration launched in Amed to reclaim the usurped municipality continues since August 19.
• Amed co-mayor calls on people to join World Peace Day rally 

  Amed Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Selçuk Mızraklı issued a call for World Peace Day on 1 September.
• Over half refugee children do not go to school, says UNHCR 

  Of the 7.1 million refugee children of school age, 3.7 million - more than half - do not go to school, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said in a report.