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• SDF: Forbidden to reclute youth under 18 

  SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) General Commander Mazlum Ebdi declared that the SDF are not accepting fighter under 18.
• Düsseldorf rally starts with high enthusiasm 

  The rally in Düsseldorf for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom started with thousands of participants. The crowd chanted slogans of freedom for Öcalan, and protested the provocations by the German police.
• At least 16 civilians kidnapped in Afrin 

  The people of Afrin continue to suffer from every type of abuse at the hands of the Turkish forces and their mercenary allies.
• Protest against sentences given to Demirtaş and Önder 

  The HDP demonstration was held in front of Amed city hall, and a large number of party members attended. 
• Heavy blow inflicted by HPG on invading Turkish army in Çarçella 

  New blows inflicted by HPG guerrillas on invading Turkish forces.
• March in Damascus demands freedom for Öcalan 

  People in Damascus protested against the isolation imposed on the Kurdish People's Leader
• Protest in Rome against isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  Action against the isolation imposed by the Turkish state on the Kurdish People's Leader and fires in Dersim
• Kevana Zêrin: Let's all attend the Dusseldorf rally 

  TEV-ÇAND Kevana Zêrin condemned the German government banning of the International Kurdish Culture Festival, calling for mass attendance at the Dusseldorf rally on Saturday.
• Northern & Eastern Syrian Autonomous Administration to coordinate 

  MSD Co-chair Emine Umer stated that with the founding of the Northern and Eastern Syrian Autonomous Administration, they aim to create a joint administration that will handle the coordination between autonomous administrations and civilian assemblies.
• HDP Demirtaş and Önder handed prison sentences - NEW 

  HDP hostage co-chair and former Istanbul deputy have been handed out prison sentence
• Iraqi Parliament to hold emergency meeting on Basra 

  The Iraqi parliament on Friday announced an emergency meeting after a curfew was imposed in the southern city of Basra.
• HDP: AKP should stay away from Idlib 

  HDP said civilians should not be paying the price in Idlib: “We are calling on all parties, starting with the AKP government, to walk back initiatives that will deepen the destruction.”
• Future of Idlib discussed in Tehran and New York 

  The future of Idlib is being discussed today in Tehran where Iran, Turkey and Russia are meeting and in New York, where the United States and the UN Security Council met.
• AGIF: Saturday we will be in Dusseldorf! 

  AGIF reacted to the Merkel government, which banned the Kurdish Culture Festival to please the AKP and invited everyone to Düsseldorf on Saturday.
• TJK-E called on people to meet in Dusseldorf on Saturday 

  TJK-E condemned the German government for banning the Kurdish Culture Festival and called on people to join the rally to be held in Dusseldorf on Saturday.
• KCDK-E called on people to join 8 September rally in Dusseldorf 

  The KCDK-E issued a written statement on the decision to ban the International Kurdish Festival by the German court.
• HDP delegation diplomacy visit to Germany 

  For the first time since 2016, the HDP is preparing for a three-day meeting in the capital Berlin. 
• Çelik: The mind that produced September 6-7 lives 

  HDP MP Tuma Çelik pointed out that the mind that committed the massacre on September 6-7 still lives on and said: “As exiles and forced migration policies continue, the state is still trying to create the monotype human.”
• Call for letters and books for imprisoned Fadil Senyasar 

  Fadil Senyasar’s father and brothers were killed by AKP MP Ibrahim Halil Yildiz’s relatives, he was later arrested and is currently held in a solitary cell. Lawyer Sevda Celik Ozbingol issued a call for all to write letters and send books to Senyasar.
• Wave of arrests in Izmir 

  Eleven people have been taken into custody in Izmir, including one HDP deputy candidate
• HDP submits inquiry for September 6-7 Massacre 

  HDP MP Garo Paylan pointed out that the Turkish state has still not apologized for the September 6-7 Massacre and submitted an investigation inquiry about the massacre. Paylan said, “In Turkey, perpetrators are not put on trial but rewarded.”
• Dersim fires spreading 

  Soldiers are preventing people and volunteers from reaching the fires and trying to take them under control
• Idlib operation could begin on 10 September 

   Hundreds are fleeing from Idlib as there is increased rumour of operation to begin on 10 September.
• Protesters blocked entrance to Basra's Umm Qasr port 

  As unrest continues in Basra, southern Iraq, the protesters blocked the entrance to Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port. 
• Young women protesting against isolation regime on Öcalan 

  Protests against the isolation regime imposed by the occupying Turkish state against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan are continuing to increase.