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• Former CPT member Restellini: Abdullah Öcalan should be free 

  ANF spoke with Swiss doctor and lawyer Jean-Pierre Restellini, who visited Abdullah Öcalan in prison three times as a member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).
• Kalkan underlines importance of international campaign for Öcalan  

  Duran Kalkan spoke about the importance of the international campaign for Öcalan and the latest developments in Kurdistan.
• The Beginning of a New October Revolution in the Middle East, a booklet by Mustafa Karasu 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava published a booklet by Mustafa Karasu called "The Beginning of a New October Revolution in the Middle East".
• Sorxwîn Mako: How Kobanê was liberated - Part Two 

  Sorxwîn Mako spoke about the liberation of Kobanê.
• Kalkan: We are continuing to struggle for a democratic nation and democratic confederalism 

  Kalkan said that it is necessary to continue to struggle for a democratic nation and democratic confederalism.
• KCK calls for Kurdish-Turkish relations to be re-discussed and restructured 

  KCK calls on everyone to initiate a process of discussion and restructuring that reconsiders Kurdish-Turkish relations, and to realize this by ensuring the democratic alliances of the peoples.
• Sorxwîn Mako: How Kobanê was liberated - Part One 

  Sorxwîn Mako was front commander of Kaniya Kurda during the defense of Kobanê against the Islamic State in 2014 and lost an eye there.
• KCK: Let's protect the revolution in Kobanê with the spirit of resistance and solidarity 

  Let's protect the revolution in Kobanê with the spirit of resistance and solidarity
• Today is World Kobanê Day 

  Today is World Kobanê Day. A look at why 1 November was chosen.
• Reckoning with the last century 

  One hundred years ago, the Republic of Turkey was founded. Today, monist nation-state fascism is being rigorously implemented. Mesopotamia and Anatolia, which were called paradise in history, have become hell.
• Demir: The opposition in Turkey is just as dishonest as the regime 

  HDK spokeswoman Esengül Demir accused the opposition from the “table of six” in Turkey of being mendacious because they supported the attacks on Rojava while at the same time shedding crocodile tears for Gaza.
• YPJ Commander Rohilat Efrin: Bêrîtan's line of resistance is our foundation 

  25 October marked the 31st anniversary of the death of guerrilla commander Bêrîtan Hêvî (Gülnaz Karataş). Bêrîtan fell in the 1992 "southern war" against the KDP and PUK peshmerga troops who were then fighting for Turkey.
• Beritan, a symbol of the PKK’s resistance 

  When the Turkish operation against Southern Kurdistan started Beritan was in Xakurke. She fought a fierce battle against the Turkish army and collaborators. On 25 October 1992 she threw herself off a cliff instead of surrendering.
• Cemil Bayık speaks about recent developments in the Middle East 

  Cemil Bayık spoke about the new Turkish attacks on Rojava and the recent developments in the Middle East.
• Internationalist Commune of Rojava: For a free, democratic and diverse Middle East 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava issued a statement in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
• Dozens of political, cultural and social agents ask for a solution to the issue of Basque prisoners 

  Dozens of political, cultural and social agents asked for a solution to the issue of Basque prisoners in a manifesto called 'Key. Lock. Hole. Door. Open-close'
• Bayık: Our main work is to carry the international initiative for Öcalan to the conclusion! 

  Bayık said: "Our friends launched an international initiative for Öcalan. We need to do our part and bring it to a conclusion. This is our main work."
• Don't be fooled by the hypocrisy of those who unleashed ISIS on Kurds and Hamas on Jews 

  We should not be fooled by this clique that has unleashed ISIS on Kurds and Hamas on Jewish youth and children and claims to have compassion for Palestinian and Kurdish children.
• Avesta: The internationalist campaign for Öcalan should not be limited to just statements 

  Sozdar Avesta said that the international initiative for Öcalan should spread to all continents.
• Lawyer and MP Uysal: The Kurdish people are deprived of the right to hope 

  MP and lawyer Newroz Uysal describes the deprivation of the right to hope for release, as practised against Abdullah Öcalan, as a measure against the entire Kurdish people.
• Öcalan Books Day 2023: You can't imprison ideas! 

  Öcalan Books Day 2023: Thoughts that break through the iron bars - you can't imprison ideas!
• Professor Westreheim writes about campaign "Freedom for Öcalan, A Political Solution for Kurdistan" 

  Professor Kariane Westreheim published an op-ed in the EU Reporter about the global campaign "Freedom for Öcalan, A Political Solution for Kurdistan".
• Kalkan: Öcalan deepened his research under the conditions he has to endure in Imrali 

  KCK Executive Council member Duran Kalkan made evaluations about the Imrali torture, isolation and genocide system and the 25-year resistance of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan against it.
• Kalkan: A new struggle has emerged from within the Imrali system 

  KCK Executive Council member Duran Kalkan made evaluations about the Imrali torture, isolation and genocide system and the 25-year resistance of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan against it.
• Besê Hozat speaks about Abdullah Öcalan's historic resistance in Imrali 

  Besê Hozat said that Öcalan turned the system of Imrali, the system of torture and imprisonment, into a great field of struggle.