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• 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. 
• Dinslaken municipality has no authority to ban festival 

  All preparations for the International 26th Kurdish Culture Festival, to be held on Saturday in Dinslaken, Germany, have been done. 
• German police obstruct the Kurdish youth in Long March for Öcalan 

  German police continue their repression against the march of Kurdish youth for Öcalan. The action continues despite all the obstacles.
• TEV-DEM Administrator: There are two options in Idlib 

  TEV-DEM Administrator Hesen Koçer said there are two options in Idlib: Either gangs will be taken to Afrin and al-Bab as a result of Turkey and Russia coming to an agreement or there will be a long term war in Idlib.
• Sadr: Don’t test our patience 

  Shia Leader Muqtada Al Sadr protested the death of 7 civilians in Basra and warned the security forces to “not test [our] patience”.
• Turkey issued entry bans for 162 German citizens 

  The Turkish state has issued entry bans for a total of 162 German citizens from 2017 to August this year.
• Explosion in Turkey-ISIS invaded Jarablus 

  6 people were wounded in an explosion in Jarablus where the Turkish state carried out an invasion through ISIS after changing their appearance.
• AKP threatens Europe over Idlib 

  AKP MP Yalçın Akdoğan said “Should Idlib collapse, so will Europe”.
• Repression intensified on the third day of the long march 

  The repression against the long march "rise against Fascism, free Leader Apo" of the Kurdish youth was further aggravated on the third day.
• Dead and wounded in Basra protest 

  Five protesters were killed and at least 68 more were injured during a second day of clashes with security forces in Iraq’s main southern city Basra.
• UN Security Council to discuss Idlib 

  The U.N. Security Council will hold a meeting on Friday on the situation in Syria’s Idlib province. 
• Sinn Fein urged governments to step up efforts for power-sharing 

  Power-sharing institutions in the North of Ireland are still stalled. Sinn Fein urged both the Irish and British governments to uphold their responsibilities