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• What does the decision of the EC Committee of Ministers tell? 

  The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers has neglected the urgent situation of Kurdish people's leader Öcalan and other detainees in Imralı. No decision has been made to stop the inhuman and degrading treatment that has been going on for years.
• Roussopoulos calls for international delegation to investigate use of chemical weapons by Turkey 

  Political activist Dimitrios Roussopoulos calls for the formation of an international delegation to investigate the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish state.
• Mayor of Durango: This Municipality institutionally recognises the Autonomous Administration 

  The municipality of Durango welcomed Nariman Evdike, Rawda Hasan and Manal Mohammad on Tuesday with an official reception at the City Hall. Mayor, Ima Garrastatxu, said: "We institutionally recognize the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria."
• ‘If the CoE’s norms do not exist only on paper, it must do what is necessary’ 

  "If the legal norms and values of the Council of Europe do not exist only on paper, it must do what is necessary to ensure that they are implemented," said lawyer Ibrahim Bilmez of Abdullah Öcalan's defense team.
• Delegation from Rojava arrives in Durango, Basque Country 

  A delegation from Rojava has arrived in Durango, Basque Country, to attend the Book Fair in the city and carry out a number of cultural and diplomatic events.
• Six years ago today, lawyer Tahir Elçi was murdered in Amed 

  On 28 November 2015, Tahir Elçi, a lawyer and President of Diyarbakır Bar Association, who spent his life defending people from the violence and abuse of the Turkish state repression machine, was murdered in Amed.
• Australian politicians demand removal of PKK from list of terrorist organisations 

  Support for the campaign Justice for the Kurds demanding the removal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations continues to grow. Australian politicians joined the call to delist the PKK.
• PKK: We will bring victory to life on the 44th anniversary of our party 

  Inviting people to celebrate the anniversary of its foundation, the PKK Central Committee said: "We call on all our people and friends to make the 44th year of the PKK's struggle a year of greater victory."
• PAJK urges women to revolt against male domination 

  In a statement to mark the 43rd anniversary of the PKK, the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PAJK) Coordination called on all women to revolt against the dominant systems.
• ‘Femicide will not end until the occupation is over’ 

  The Turkish state and its gangs carry out femicide in Afrin, Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî, where murder, torture and rape continue as a systematic policy. According to female activists, femicide will continue until the occupation is over.
• ‘A radical social struggle must be waged to build a free life outside the system’ 

  YJA Star Commander Jiyan Reşit said on occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women that real change is only possible through a radical cut from the patriarchal system of domination that has existed for 5000 years.
• Latin American activists call for removal of PKK from EU list of terrorist organisations 

  New messages of support for the international campaign calling on the European Union to remove the PKK from the proscribed list of terrorist organisations.
• The precious work of the North and East Syria Literature Council 

  Working on the compilation and evaluation of books, the North and East Syria Literature Council has rescued many books and writings that would have sunk into oblivion.
• Turkish jihadist Dündar: ISIS made Turkey a province and appointed a governor 

  ISIS member Mahmut Dündar from Turkey stated that ISIS had changed their organization from an emirate to a province in Turkey in mid-2017.
• Kurdish people are fleeing a place made unliveable by a government in power for 30 years 

  Duhok University Faculty member, Dr. Kamuran Berwarî, said that a very planned and conscious migration was imposed in Bashur Kurdistan and added that the people are fleeing from the current administration, which has been in power for 30 years.
• 'Navda achieved everything she set out to do' 

  Navda Dinç (Beritan Amed Evren) was buried five years after her death. Her mother Sebahat said that her daughter always achieved what she set out to do.
• KNK chair Ahmet Karamus speaks about situation on Polish-Belarusian border  

  KNK chair Ahmet Karamus spoke about the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border and warned of the acutely life-threatening situation faced by refugees.
• Remaining silence about repression in prisons is no option 

  The tradition and culture of opposing persecution and oppression in prisons in Turkey and Kurdistan should once again be put in motion.
• Journalist Seth J. Frantzman: No more international law, now there is chaos 

  In recent years, we have witnessed that states and non-state organizations have increasingly invested in armed-unmanned drones, and drones play a decisive role in conflicts in Libya, Ukraine and the Caucasus countries.
• Kurdish patriotism 

  Fleeing from Kurdistan is fleeing from patriotism, the struggle for freedom and democracy. As dozens of Kurdish young people die for freedom each day, one cannot flee from Kurdistan to seek a better life in Europe.
• 84 years ago, the execution of Seyit Riza 

  The 15 November marks the 84th anniversary of the execution of Seyit Riza by the Turkish state.
• Roussopoulos: "We need a high-level delegation to investigate Turkish use of chemical weapons" 

  Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos said: "We need a high-level powerful delegation to investigate Turkish use of chemical weapons."
• Igor Zulaika on the importance of Catalan Parliament recognition of Autonomous Administration 

  International Coordinator for Euskal Herria Bildu, Igor Zulaika, spoke about the importance of the Catalan Parliament's recognition of the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria.
• Hasan Cudi: Turkey wants to change demography in South Kurdistan with its immigration policy 

  Author, journalist and political observer Hasan Cudi told ANF about the situation of Kurdish refugees on the Belarusian border and about the change in the demographic structure of Kurdistan.
• Freedom Ship activists meet mayor of Naples 

  Freedom Ship activists attended a panel and concert while meeting with the mayor in Naples, where they arrived from Athens.