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• 32-year-old prisoner dies  

  İbrahim Boğurcu, 32, who was arrested in Kızıltepe, lost his life in prison.
• Basque senator and deputies: Free Öcalan! 

  In a message on the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan” campaign, Basque politicians said: “He is a peace broker. We want to express our solidarity with Abdullah Öcalan and all those who struggle with him.”
• 4 DEM Party members, including district co-chair, detained in Kahya, Adıyaman 

  The Turkish state’s political genocide campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ events in the autonomous regions of Spain 

  Women's, youth and trade union organisations in Murcia, Aragon and Catalonia organised various events as part of the global campaign for ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’.
• Panel discussion in Bremen: Our own struggle will lead us to success 

  In the panel discussion organised by the Sêvê Women's Assembly on the International Conspiracy and the right to hope, it was stated that it is the Kurdish people's own struggle that will lead them to success.
• Jineoloji meetings in southern France 

  Events organised by the Jineoloji Committee in the town of Le Vigan and the city of Montpellier were attended by a wide range of people, from academics to farmers.
• Artist Berger: The stronger we struggle here, the stronger the revolution in Kurdistan will be 

  “The stronger the revolutionary struggle in Kurdistan, the stronger the revolutionary struggles in the world will be," said Mark Berger from the delegation, which visited Shengal and Maxmur.
• The state's approach to the Kurdish question is its approach to İmralı’ 

  ÖHD Diyarbakır Branch Co-Chair Gizem Miran stated that the government has taken on a fascist form and said, “The state's approach to İmralı is its approach to the Kurdish question.”
• Activists in Valencia demand freedom for Öcalan 

  March in Valencia to demand freedom for Öcalan.
• KCDK-E calls for strong participation in 12-13 October protests 

  KCDK-E called for a strong embrace of the actions to be held on 12-13 October under the leadership of TJK-E against the International Conspiracy and İmralı isolation.
• ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ events in Barcelona and Granada 

  Seminars and artistic events were organised in Barcelona and Granada as part of the global campaign for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Scholz to travel to Turkey: Middle East on the agenda 

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Turkey next week to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the escalating war in the Middle East, it was announced.
• Scottish Trades Union Congress writes to the UK Secretary of State, calling for action for Öcalan 

  The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) sent a letter to the UK Secretary of State, David Lammy, asking him to ‘take action for Abdullah Öcalan’, calling the Kurdish leader ‘a freedom fighter.’
• Collective Luna joins global days of action for ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ 

  "Political solution for Kurdistan is equivalent to saying that a world is possible in which the social order is not based on the logic of borders, racial discrimination, patriarchy, the exploitation of nature and workers and the repression of dissent."
• Senator Gavan: Abdullah Öcalan must be released 

  PACE member Senator Paul Gavan, from Sinn Féin, said that the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is of central importance to achieving peace and justice for the people of Kurdistan.
• Kurds and friends demonstrate for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom in London 

  Margaret Owen emphasised that Abdullah Öcalan was the only leader in the world who put women's freedom at the centre of his paradigm and said, “My only hope is to see Abdullah Öcalan free and the Kurdish people living in peace before I die.”
• Motion on Abdullah Öcalan submitted to the Spanish Senate 

  The pro-independence coalition Izquierdas por la Independencia Parliamentary Group in the Spanish Senate submitted a motion for a hearing on the situation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Victims of Ankara massacre commemorated: “We will keep you alive in our struggle” 

  Speaking at the commemoration for the victims of the Ankara Train Station Massacre, DEM Party Co-Chairperson Tülay Hatimoğulları said: “We will not forget you, and we will keep you alive in our struggle and in every field.”
• Eight people including DEM Party provincial co-chair detained in Iğdır 

  Turkish police raided the DEM Party's provincial organisation in Iğdır in the morning and detained eight people, including Mehmet Selçuk, the provincial co-chair.
• HBDH: The fascist state is responsible for the Ankara massacre 

  “Nine years have passed since the Ankara Train Station Massacre. Our pain is still fresh and our anger is growing day by day. The task before us is to organise this growing righteous anger correctly, said the HBDH.
• Thomas Schmidt: Turkey violates all rules with isolation 

  ELDH Co-Secretary General Thomas Schmidt said that the Turkish government violated both international rules and its own laws with the special and discriminatory isolation it implemented in Imrali.
• Police raid DEM Party Iğdır Provincial Organization building 

  Police raided the DEM Party Iğdır Provincial Organization building.
• ELA demands freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question 

  The Basque trade union ELA demanded freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question.
• Event in Indonesia as part of global days of action for ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ 

  On the anniversary of the global campaign launched a year ago demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, days action for freedom for the Kurdish leader are being organised all over the world.
• Preparations for Freedom Rally in Amed continue 

  Politicians and civil society representatives called on people to attend the 'Freedom Rally' to be held in Amed on Sunday 13 October.