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• MLPD: The martyrdom of commander Hamo is a great loss for all 

  Germany's Maxist Leninist Party (MLPD) issued a written statement on the martyrdom of PKK commander Abdulrahman Hamo (Dozdar Hamo).
• Guerrilla Kızılkaya laid to rest in Amed 

  HPG guerrilla Sefa Kızılkaya, who fell martyr in Bitlis on 13 August, was laid to rest in Amed.
• Afghan Vice President escapes bomb attack 

  The attack took place while the Afghan government negotiating team and the Taliban are preparing for peace negotiations in Qatar.
• Three new massacres in 24 hours in Colombia leave 15 dead 

  Colombia's Peace and Reconciliation Foundation confirmed that three new massacres left 15 people dead in the departments of Bolivar, Antioquia, and Cesar in 24 hours.
• ESP office in Izmir raided by the police 

  After house raids in seven provinces, the association of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) in Izmir, western Turkey, has also been stormed on Tuesday.
• Long march on day 4: No to rape culture 

  "No to rape culture" is the motto of the fourth stage of the long march for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom from Hanover to Hamburg which continues on day 4.
• SOHR: Turkish government cuts the salaries of mercenaries 

  Turkish government cuts salaries of mercenaries who desire to continue fighting in Libya for 600 USD, in the light of Libyan-Libyan consensus. Over 1,200 mercenaries have returned to Syria in ten days.
• 14 detained as arrest wave against ESP continues 

  HDK spokesperson Sedat Şenoğlu and 13 members of the left-wing party ESP were arrested simultaneously in different cities in Turkey. A search is underway for three more people.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit their client in Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied once again to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Court releases two suspects in Sakarya racist attack on workers 

  Two people arrested in connection with the racist attack suffered by workers from Mardin in Sakarya were released after giving testimony under judicial control.
• Group from Frankfurt takes over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil 

  The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil, carried out by the Kurds and their friends in Europe has been taken over by a group from Frankfurt on its 429th week.
• Police target ESP members and executives, many detained - NEW 

  The Turkish regime's political genocide operations continue unabated.
• Two actions by young people on the Long March 

  Young activists from TCŞ and TEKO-JIN held a press release and rally in the town of Unterlüße in the German city of Hannover, which was used as a concentration camp by the Nazis.
• HDP co-spokesperson taken into custody 

  HDK co-spokesperson Sedat Şenoğlu was detained as part of the political genocide operations.
• Brexit Withdrawal Agreement at risk after PM Johnson threats 

  The plan threatens to upend the agreed regulatory and customs framework intended to keep the Six Counties within the EU Customs Union.
• Trial against Mustafa Çelik resumes in Hamburg 

  In Hamburg, the PKK trial against Kurdish activist Mustafa (Amed) Çelik continued. On Wednesday, the court will decide on the admission of international law expert Norman Paech as an expert witness.
• ISIS attack in Khanaqin 

  In an ISIS attack in Khanaqin in northern Iraq, a commander of the Iraqi People's Mobilization Units Hashd al-Shaabi was killed.
• Kurdish youth march for the freedom of Öcalan in Celle 

  After two days the march for freedom of Abdullah Öcalan of the Kurdish youth movement in Europe has arrived in Celle.
• Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative claims actions in three cities 

  The Initiative reported that they set fire to a factory, two warehouses and 8 vehicles in the protests they organized in Sakarya, Kocaeli and Istanbul.
• Children of Fire claim actions in retaliation for racist attacks 

  The Children of Fire Initiative carried out actions in four different cities in retaliation for attacks on Kurdish workers.
• Turkey sanctions on table for EU meeting, France says 

  The European Council meeting is set to meet on September 24 and 25 with Turkey's escalating conflict with Greece and Cyprus to be the main subject.
• March of Kurdish and internationalist youth on day 2 

  The long march of the Kurdish youth movement for the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan is on the way from Lehrte to Celle. Today's stage is dedicated to the murdered young Yazidi boy Arkan Hussein Khalaf.
• HDP MP Hatimoğulları says CPT report must be taken into account 

  HDP Adana MP Tülay Hatimoğulları said that a dialogue should be established with Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan as soon as possible to enable peace, and added that the report by the CPT should be taken into consideration.
• Cousin of Sakarya victims says authorities try to cover up attack 

  Demir pointed out that despite the fact that the attack has been watched by millions of people through social media, the ruling authorities tried to cover it up.
• HDP commemorates Greek and Armenian victims of 1955 massacre 

  73 churches, 8 holy springs, 2 monasteries, and 5.538 houses and workplaces, 3.584 of which belonged to Greeks, were destroyed and plundered during the massacre.