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• Öcalan’s Paradigm: Redefining the Revolution 

  Revolutions need to be based on the material and non-material structures of an alternative understanding of modernity. In Öcalan’s paradigm and conception, this is Democratic Modernity.
• Peace Mothers: The KDP refuses to hand over bodies of our martyrs 

  Peace Mothers went to Semalka Border Gate and wanted to meet with the KDP authorities once again. They said that they would protest until the bodies of their martyrs were delivered and called on the Kurdish people to "not remain in silence".
• David Mackenzie: International investigation needed to prove Turkey's war crimes 

  David Mackenzie, from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said that there should be an international investigation until Turkey's war crimes are proved.
• "Turkey is out of control," says Simon Dubbins from UNITE the Union 

  Simon Dubbins, Director of International and Research of British trade union UNITE said that "Turkey is out of control."
• KCK Education Committee says demands made by students in South Kurdistan should be met 

  The KCK Education Committee said in a statement that the demands made by students in South Kurdistan are legitimate and should be met.
• KCK: Let's increase the fight for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The KCK Executive Council co-presidency issued a statement about the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decision about aggravated life sentences considered a violation of legal norms of the CoE.
• Lawyer Uysal: We are worried about Abdullah Öcalan's health 

  Lawyer Newroz Uysal said: "We're even wondering if he's in Imrali. The decision of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers will have an impact on the Turkish government's attitude."
• Old Sur residents can't even recognise their old houses and streets in their destroyed borough 

  Lokman Bakır, the former headman of Savaş Mahallesi, one of the 6 neighbourhoods in the borough of Sur in Amed, said that he was willing to open a tent and live in Sur.
• 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.