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• Civilian from Rojava wounded in police attack in Sur 

  Attack by police forces in Amed's central Sur district continues since early this morning when Governor of Diyarbakır has declared a curfew.
• Curfew and attack by Turkish state forces in Amed's Sur district 

  Governor of Diyarbakır has declared a curfew on Amed's central Sur district, upon which police and special operation teams surrounded the district with armored vehicles at 05:00 local time this morning.
• Demirtaş: People of Cizre did not surrender 

  Speaking in Cizre today, HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş saluted the resistance of the people and called for a recommencement of the negotiations with Kurdish people’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Human shields in Lice attacked by soldiers, seven wounded 

  Turkish troops have opened artillery and mortar fire on human shield activists protesting the construction of a military post in Amed's Lice district.
• Cemetery of guerrillas shelled by Turkish jets 

  The Turkish state knows no bounds in attacks against PKK-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory.
• 25 human shields detained in Doğubayazıt 

  25 people, including Doğubayazıt co-mayor Rohat Özbay and DBP district branch co-chair Nuri Çelik, who started human shield action against the operation launched by Turkish troops in Ağrı yesterday, were detained.
• Another civilian death in Cizre 

  It came out that yet another civilian died in Cizre last night.
• Woman protesting state terror in Cizre murdered by police in Amed 

  Police forces attacked a group of demonstrators in the mainly Kurdish city Amed (Diyarbakır) yesterday evening.
• Sarıyıldız: Cizre heavily wounded but holds head high 

  The curfew in Şırnak's Cizre district, in effect since September 4, has been lifted today as a result of the resistance by local people despite massacres, and the solidarity with this resistance across Northern Kurdistan for the last 3 days.
• Co-mayor of Cizre removed from post 

  Co-mayor of Şırnak's Cizre district, Leyla İmret, has been removed from her post by the Interior Ministry on alleged grounds of inciting people to armed uprising and terror propaganda.
• Another civilian murdered by police in Cizre 

  Attacks by Turkish state forces against civilians continued yesterday evening and night as well despite the announcement by the Governor that the curfew which remains in effect since September 4th would be lifted as of this morning.
• Effective actions by guerrillas continue 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported that 5 soldiers and 2 policemen were killed, while one soldier was wounded in the ongoing actions by HPG and YJA Star guerrillas against the war policies of the AKP.
• Turkish jets shelled Medya Defense Zones 

  People’s Defense Forces (HPG) has reported that aerial activities of Turkish aircraft over PKK-held Medya Defense Zones continue.
• ESP delegation reaches İdil 

  A delegation of the ESP (Socialist Party of the Oppressed) that left for Cizre in solidarity with the people resisting state terror, has managed to reach İdil district of Şırnak.
• Attack by state forces in Cizre continues 

  Turkish state forces have started a fresh attack on people in Nur neighborhood of Şırnak's Cizre district where a curfew has been in effect for over a week now.
• KONGRA GEL calls upon everyone to rise up for Cizre 

  KONGRA GEL has called upon the people of Kurdistan, Turkey and Europe to stand up against the massacres being perpetrated by state forces in Cizre.
• Hundreds of lawyers on their way to Cizre 

  Upon a call by Libertarian Lawyers' Association, Mesopotamia Lawyers' Association and Bar Associations in Northern Kurdistan,hundreds of lawyers have left for Cizre where state terror against civilians continues.
• HDP MP Sarıyıldız in Cizre: Is 35-day-old baby not a civilian? 

  HDP deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız, who remains in Cizre for days now, refuted the remarks of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that “No civilians died in Cizre”.
• Turkish jets hit Gare, Zap, Xakurke and Metina 

  Turkish jets shelled Gare, Zap, Xakurke and Metina areas of PKK-held Medya Defense Zones last night.
• Three more people die in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where resistance against state terror continues, snipers attacked people who took to the streets yesterday to protest the ongoing attacks by Turkish forces.
• Masses attacked by police after reaching Cizre 

  Special operation police attacked thousands of people who arrived Cizre after a long walk from Şırnak and Silopi since yesterday. People responded to the police by carrying out self-defense and chanting slogans.
• KCK calls upon all Kurdistan people to rise up everywhere 

  KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Presidency has called for total resistance against the increasingly ongoing terror by Turkish state forces in Northern Kurdistan, the Kurdish region in Turkey.
• Thousands from Şırnak and Silopi reach Cizre 

  Thousands who left for Cizre from Şırnak and Silopi yesterday morning have reached the town where at least eight people have been killed since last night.
• Turkish soldiers shoot truck drivers, one dead, six wounded 

  Turkish soldiers opened fire on truck drivers as they tried to cross from Zaxo city of South Kurdistan into Northern Kurdistan today afternoon. One truck driver died in the fire.
• Zana: I will go on death fast if deaths are not stopped 

  HDP Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana called for an immediate end of deaths, stressing that the resistance will never be broken in Cizre which has always been a castle of resistance in Kurdistan.