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• Van Court sentenced Kurdish politicians to prison - NEW 

  A Court in Van has overruled the sentence by the Court of Cassation.
• Cyprus received record number of refugees 

  Cyprus appealed to the EU after record number of refugee arrivals on its shores.
• Bodies of three Kurdish activists executed not given to families 

  The bodies of three Kurdish activists executed on Saturday in Iran have not been given to their families for burial.
• HDP Women's Council condemned Iranian execution of Kurds 

  HDP Women's Council condemned the Iranian regime execution of Kurdish activists. 
• Political Prisoners: Hunger strike against isolation 

  Three-day hunger strike to protest against the isolation regime imposed on Kurdish People’s Leader, Abdullah Öcalan, and to demand the release of ill prisoners.
• Demonstration in solidarity with Saturday Mothers in Basel 

  A demonstration was held in the Claraplatz Square on the HDK-Basel Women’s Assembly’s call.
• Iran executed three Kurdish political prisoners 

  This Saturday, three Kurdish young men have been executed: Ramin Hossein Panahi, Zanyar Muradi and Loqman Murad.
• The Iranian regime executed Ramin Hossein Panahi 

  The Iranian regime has carried out the death sentence delivered to Penahi this Saturday despite international protests.
• Freedom for Öcalan campaign to land at TUC Congress 

  Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan will be demanded at the TUC (Trade Union Congress) to be held in Manchester between 9 and 12 September. 
• Zaynar Muradi's mum: They will execute them, do something! 

  Kurdish political prisoners Zanyar and Luqman Muradi, who were sentenced to death, will be executed on Saturday morning in Iran.
• Saturday Mothers will be in Galatasaray Square tomorrow 

  Despite the ban by the authorities, the Saturday Mothers will gather in Galatasaray Square to mark weel 702 of their quest for justice action
• Two Kurdish cousins to be executed in Iran 

  Kurdish prisoners Zanyar Muradi and Luqman Muradi are reportedly going to be executed in Iran.
• Violations of rights exposed in Bayburt M Type Closed Prison 

  Prisoners in Bayburt M Type Closed Prison denounced the violence and oppression they are subjected to.
• Artist Ferhat Tunç: We won't give up defending nature 

  Artist Ferhat Tunç said that the state has been exposed by burning the forests and thus showing it wants to empty the villages of Dersim.
• Lawyers staged Vigil for Justice 

  Lawyers gathered at the opening of the judicial year to continue Vigil for their detained colleagues in front of Caglayan Istanbul Courthouse
• Rojhilat refugees in Hewler called on UN for help 

  Rojhilat refugees in Hewler are living in very difficult conditions. The refugees called on the United Nations (UN) to help them finding a settlement place. 
• IHD delegation prevented to reach fires area in Dersim 

  The Human Rights Association delegation was stopped by the gendarmes and prevented to reach Kutudere
• Women in Armenia call on international circles to act for Öcalan 

  Women in Armenia sent a letter to international circles for the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Woman Prisoner detained treatment 

  Dicle Bozan was abandoned to death in Elazığ T Type Prison. She needed to be operated but once the “machine was broken”, another there was “no doctor”.
• “The isolation of Öcalan means insisting on war” 

  Academics from the Halabja University stated that the isolation imposed upon Öcalan goes against all faiths and humane values, and that insisting on the isolation means insisting on war.
• Young people take over Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  The Vigil demanding the freedom of Kurdish People's Leadership Abdullah Öcalan, was this week carried out by young people from Paris.
• Long March for Öcalan’s freedom kicks off in Germany 

  The ‘Long March’ initiated by Kurdish youth for Öcalan’s freedom has kicked off in Germany.
• World Peace Day rally in Istanbul 

  World Peace Day rally in Istanbul will be held today at Bakırköy Freedom Square.
• Peace rally against isolation in Amed 

  We will step up our actions for peace, said HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli
• Istanbul Court ruled to confiscate material for Peace rally 

  Istanbul 3. Criminal Court of Appeals, has ruled to confiscate publicity materials prepared by the HDP World Peace Day rally on 1 September.