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• Cillîn is the 17th village to be put under quarantine in Mardin 

  The village of Cillîn in Savur was also quarantined due to the epidemic. The number of villages under quarantine in Mardin rose to 17.
• YJA Star guerrilla Dicle Üzüm laid to rest in Batman 

  YJA Star guerrilla Dicle Üzüm fell a martyr as the result of an attack by the invading Turkish state. She was buried under a police blockade.
• 94 village guards paid for duties they never carried out in Özalp  

  The AKP / MHP regime had 94 village guards appointed for the Van-Özalp district. The pro-government paramilitaries are paid without ever entering the region.
• Turkish army armoured vehicle kills boy of seven in Idil  

  Seven-year-old Miraç Miroğlu died in the Idil district of Şırnak after being hit by an armoured vehicle belonging to the Turkish army.
• Council of Europe concerned about Greece's deportation bill 

  The Greek Minister of Immigration will submit the draft bill to parliament this Friday to facilitate deportations.
• HDP demands parliamentary investigation on civilians killed during curfew in Cizre 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputies demanded establishment of a Parliamentary Investigation Commission for 21 civilians who lost their lives during a 9-day curfew in Cizre in 2015.
• Şenyaşar Family: You will be called to account for the massacre! 

  The Şenyaşar Family said that “You can only prolong the process by hanging on the trembling king. You will be called to account for the massacre.”
• Protest in Berlin against burning down of Kurdistan's forests 

  A protest rally has taken place in Berlin against the forest fires in Northern Kurdistan, some of which were set by the military and barely extinguished.
• Cihad Hesen still in the hands of Hewler authorities after 86 days 

  The Autonomous Administration Hewler representative, Cihad Hesen, has not yet been released and the authorities have given no news about him for 86 days.
• Police take Ma Music teacher Neşet Güçmen into custody 

  Ma Music teacher and musician Neşet Güçmen was taken into custody in Amed.
• Diyarbakır Labor and Democracy Platform calls for participation to Peace meeting in Diyarbakir 

  The Diyarbakır Labor and Democracy Platform continues its meetings with the people to call for participation in the press statement for peace to be held on 4 September in Diyarbakir (Amed).
• Up to 30 years prison sentence demanded for HDP's Demirel 

  A prison sentence of up to 30 years was demanded for former HDP MP Çağlar Demirel, who was held hostage.
• Beştaş: “Abdullah Öcalan's voice can put Turkey at ease” 

  Meral Danış Beştaş, Deputy Chairperson of the HDP Group, stated, "Mr. Öcalan's voice is wanted to be silenced, as he is the only one who can put Turkey at ease. We want the voices of the prisoners who are now on hunger strike to be heard."
• Call for participation in the 'Long March' in Germany 

  Call for all Kurdish youth living in Europe to join the Long March action in a spirit of mobilization.
• Constitutional Court accepts HDP’s request for additional time in closure case 

  The Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM) accepted the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)'s request for additional time in the closure lawsuit against the party.
• Lawyer of the Dedeoğulları family files criminal complaint against the authorities  

  A criminal complaint against the authorities was filed by the lawyer of the Dedeoğulları family, who were murdered in Konya.
• Kurdish Student’s Association - YXK goes to congress and celebrates its 30th anniversary  

  The Kurdish Student’s Association YXK is celebrating its 30th anniversary and invites everyone to attend its congress to be held in Darmstadt on Saturday.
• Labor, Peace and Democracy Forces call on everyone to join peace rally on Sunday 

  Reacting to the ban on the World Peace Day meeting to be held in Istanbul on Sunday 5 September, the Labor, Peace and Democracy Forces said; "We will not recognize this decision, everyone will be in Bakırköy."
• Kurds and their friends protest Turkish invasion in front of European Parliament 

  Masses protested against the invasion attacks of the Turkish state in Kurdistan in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island for 22 years under conditions of severe isolation.
• Kurdish young people from Germany take over "Freedom for Öcalan Vigil" in Strasbourg 

  Kurdish young people from Germany took over the "Freedom for Öcalan Vigil" in Strasbourg.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Defend Kurdistan against Turkish occupation 

  Peace in Kurdistan sends its solidarity greetings on 1 September 2021 World Peace Day to all who call for an end to the Turkish occupation of Kurdistan.
• Hunger strike against isolation on day 278 

  The hunger strike of the political prisoners in Turkey’s prisons against the Imrali isolation marks its 278th day. The solidarity hunger strikes in Maxmur and Greece also continue.
• Kurdish youth in France protest attacks against Yazidis 

  Kurdish youth in France held a march in protest at Monday’s attack against a Yazidi camp in Zakho, and hung a banner on the Turkish Consulate office, reading, “Murderous Turkish state will be brought to account”.
• Lawyers submit another application to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island for 22 years under conditions of severe isolation.