KURDISTAN

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• HDP Cizre Co-chair taken into custody 

  HDP Cizre Co-chair Güler Tunç has been taken into custody following a raid on her house in the evening.
• YBŞ/YJŞ pay tribute to Mam Zeki in Shengal 

  “Mam Zeki was targeted because he represented all peoples and humanity. We are Mam Zeki’s students.”
• Silence on Turkey’s massacre in Kendakola continues for 19 years 

  It has been 19 years since Turkish fighter jets conducted a massacre in Kendakola. Iraqi and Federal Kurdistan governments were silent when 42 civilians were murdered then, and they remain silent now.
• Maxmur Camp: One month under embargo 

  All the parties concerned are aware of the situation, and the United Nations has been informed, but no progress has been made to remove the embargo on the Maxmur Camp.
• Two young Maxmur Camp residents released 

  Two young people from Maxmur were detained in Hewlêr on 26 July and were released on 12 August.
• Water retention in Hasankeyf threatens villagers 

  The Ilisu Dam that will flood Hasankeyf has been retaining water, and the levels are starting to reach homes in the Kelekci village.
• Guerrillas celebrate August 15 

  August 15 Day of Resurgence was celebrated in the Medya Defense Zones.
• Memorial service for Mam Zeki by his grave in Shengal 

  Yazidis held a memorial service for Zeki Shengali by his grave on the first anniversary of his martyrdom.
• Turkish bombardment starts fire in Zap, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its efforts to destroy nature of Kurdistan as part of its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people.
• Thousands remember Mam Zeki in Shengal 

  Memorial for Uncle Zeki of the Yazidis in Shengal, southern Kurdistan.
• First anniversary of the death of Zeki Şengali 

  Family of Zeki Şengali has visited Shengal on the first anniversary of the death of the leading Yazidi representative who was killed in a Turkish air strike in August 2018.
• Yazidi boy abducted by ISIS and freed by SDF to return to Shengal 

  A 19-year-old Yazidi boy has been brought to the Yazidi House of Cizirê Region by the SDF. He was kidnapped by ISIS from Sengal in 2014 and was subjected to military training. Now he will go back to Shengal.
• Guerrilla actions in Cele and Xakurke 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas carried out actions in Cele and Xakurke, killing one soldier and injuring another as far as could be determined.
• Another kolbar killed in East Kurdistan 

  The security forces of the Iranian regime have shot another kolbar at the border with South Kurdistan near the city of Shino.
• KCK: We will respond to KNK’s call and our people’s longings 

  KCK: We state that we will respond to the KNK's call and our people’s longings and promise that we are prepared to fulfill the requirements of this call. We will be showing this with all our attitudes and practices.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Gever and Uludere 

  Guerrilla forces continue inflicting blows on the Turkish invasion army in Kurdistan territory.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Xakurke and Çukurca 

  Guerrilla forces hit Turkish soldiers as part of their Martyr Bager and Martyr Ronya Revolutionary Initiative.
• Iran sentences 6 Kurdish villagers for "supporting PJAK" 

  Villagers who had been detained by Iranian forces in the Sile village of Rojhilat’s Hawraman district last year were issued prison sentences by an Iranian court.
• Kurdish journalist Deniz Firat commemorated by her grave 

  Five years ago, Kurdish journalist Deniz Firat was killed in an attack by the ISIS on the Maxmur refugee camp in southern Kurdistan. She was commemorated by her grave in Van.
• Kolbar killed in Piranshar 

  Iranian soldiers opened fire on a group of kolbars in piranshar. One kolbar lost his life in the attack, and 20 of the kolbars’ horses were killed.
• Many detained as Turkish forces attack HDP people in Hasankeyf 

  The HDP group was attacked by Turkish gendarmerie forces when they started a march from the town to Batman city center.
• HDP and Kurdish parties: Stand against the invasion together 

  HDP and Kurdish political parties said the Turkish army’s attacks are geared towards an invasion and called on the international public and organizations.
• Güven appeals to the Speaker of Bashur Parliament for Maxmur 

  Leyla Güven called on the Speaker of Parliament of South Kurdistan Rewas Fayeq to take action for the removal of the embargo on Maxmur refugee camp.
• Derin Peshmerga member detained 11 days ago cannot be reached 

  Feqi Hisyar from the Derin Peshmerga and his friend Dilsat Cebar were detained 11 days ago, and their families or lawyers are unable to reach them in any form.
• Body of young man killed by Iranian forces not given to family 

  Body of Hasem Tilaver, who was killed by Iranian forces at border, has not been given to his family for 5 days.