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• 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. 
• KCDK-E: Let's All join the Peace Meeting of 1 September! 

  KCDK-E Co-Presidency Council issued a statement and call "on all our people, women, young, workers, to join the World Peace Day on 1September"
• Trustees protested in Essen 

  The seizure of the HDP-run municipalities of Amed, Van and Mardin by the AKP was protested in Essen.
• March in Marseille today against the trustees 

  Kurds living in southern France will hold a mass protest in Marseille today at 6 pm in Canebière Square.
• Families' application to go to Imralı rejected 

  The application for a visit made to the Chief Prosecutor in Bursa by the families of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the three other prisoners in Imralı was rejected.
• Day 12 of protests in Amed: Resistance will grow 

  The sit-in action launched in Amed to reclaim the usurped municipality continued on day 12.
• Imamoğlu and Mızraklı to meet in Amed tomorrow 

  The mayor of Istanbul will meet with the co-mayor of Amed tomorrow.
• Demo for usurped HDP municipalities in Vienna 

  Protests against the seizure of HDP municipalities continue across Europe.
• 15 people detained in İzmir and Muğla 

  Political genocide operations of the AKP regime continue uninterrupted.
• European Greens and Turkish Green Left in solidarity with HDP 

  Co-chairs of the European Green Party and the Turkish Green Left Party released statements condemning the AKP regime’s seizure of HDP-run municipalities in Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van.
• Commemoration for German HPG guerrilla in Potsdam tomorrow 

  "For life and freedom, in memory of Michael".
• Seventy-year-old woman jailed for carrying a banner 

  Raife Inatçı is 70 years old. She lives in Silvan, province of Amed, and she has been sentenced to more than 3 years for carrying a banner during a march.
• FARC Party: We are committed to Peace 

  The FARC party has responded to the video by Ivan Marquez and his group announcing that they are taking up arms again by reiterating their commitment to peace.
• HDP deputy Taşdemir: Trustees are an attack to democracy 

  Taşdemir underlined that the AKP, in terms of domestic politics, has suffered two consecutive defeats in the 21 March and 23 June elections, and it's now trying to implement its chauvinist policies to deepen them.
• Solidarity to Rojava from Wales 

  The campaign Riseup4Rojava is organised on the social media. Solidarity to Rojava this time came from Cardiff.