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• Mike Arnott: Abdullah Öcalan must be free 

  The Scottish Trade Union Congress will make a statement on the second phase of the global campaign for ‘Freedom for Öcalan’. Mike Arnott, Secretary General of the Dundee Confederation of Trade Unions, said: “Abdullah Öcalan must be free.”
• Members of Kurdish music band Koma Hevra detained in Amed 

  Members of Koma Hevra were reportedly detained because of Kurdish songs they sang at a concert in Amed on Sunday.
• ‘Freedom Shall Prevail’ to be presented in Britain  

  The graphic novel ‘Freedom Shall Prevail: The Struggle of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish People’ will be presented in Britain on 3 and 4 October.
• Works of Abdullah Öcalan read in Austria 

  Reading events on the works of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan were organised in Vienna, Graz and Linz in Austria.
• Two detained in connection with the attack on DEM Party office in Istanbul 

  Around ten bullets were fired at the Sultangazi district office of the DEM Party yesterday. The main suspect has a criminal record for illegal possession of firearms, property damage and trespassing.
• ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Marathon’ in Hamburg 

  ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Marathon’ was organised in Hamburg within the scope of the actions and activities that will continue until 10 October for the physical freedom of the Kurdish leader.
• ‘Isolation and political solution in the Middle East’ conference at the Labour University of Geneva 

  A conference in Geneva discussed the absolute isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution in the Middle East with a focus on Kurdistan and Palestine.
• Three people including a journalist imprisoned in İzmir 

  Three people including Lütfiye Burcu Kara, a reporter for Mücadele Birliği, were imprisoned in İzmir.
• Armed attack on DEM Party building in Istanbul 

  DEM Party Sultangazi District Organisation building was targeted by an armed attack.
• MED-DER’s former co-chair Rıfat Roni sent to prison 

  MED-DER’s former co-chair Rıfat Roni, who was detained in raids targeting Kurdish institutions, was sent to prison.
• DEM Party First Region co-spokesperson Dilber Demir sent to prison 

  Five DEM Party, DBP, HDK and MATUHAY-DER executives were released, while DEM Party First Region co-spokesperson Dilber Demir was sent to prison.
• Amed hosts International Symposium on Historical Buildings 

  An international symposium on ‘Strengthening Historical Buildings and Transferring them Safely to the Future’ started in Amed (Diyarbakır) on Friday.
• HBDH militia set fire to a furniture factory belonging to an AKP member in Istanbul 

  HBDH Şiyar Efrin Militia announced that they set fire to a furniture factory belonging to an AKP member in Istanbul.
• Panel on Abdullah Öcalan at the University of Geneva 

  A panel on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan will be held at the University of Geneva.
• MRAP calls on the UN to visit Imrali 

  MRAP brought the Imrali isolation issue to the UN Human Rights Council sessions, calling on the UN Committee Against Torture to urgently visit the prison island.
• Sultan Yaray: Intolerance towards Kurdish language confirmed by arrests 

  DBP Amed Provincial co-chair Sultan Yaray pointed out the state’s intolerance towards the Kurdish language and culture, and drew attention to the fact that oppression is not independent of the Imrali isolation.
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 41,534 

  At least 39 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.
• Detention period of 29 people detained in Amed extended 

  The detention period of 29 people, including Kurdish language teachers, detained in Amed on 24 September was extended.
• Fîraz Dağ commemorated on the anniversary of his martyrdom in Raqqa 

  Director and journalist Fîraz Dağ (Mehmet Aksoy), who was martyred in Raqqa, was commemorated by his comrades, friends and family at his grave on the anniversary of his martyrdom.
• Austrian parties: Isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is a violation of human rights 

  In the run-up to the Austrian parliamentary elections on Sunday, the Kurdish umbrella organisation FEYKOM asked the parties standing for election about their stance on the subject of Kurdistan. Around 150,000 Kurds live in Austria.
• DBP condemns the call for assassination of PUK Leader Talabani 

  DBP condemned the call for ‘the assassination’ of PUK Leader by the former Chief of Intelligence of the General Staff, and said, “AKP-MHP plans to intervene in the elections in the Kurdistan Region and to make the results serve its occupation policies."
• Four people tortured in police station yard imprisoned 

  Four people who were tortured while lying face down in the police station yard in Halfeti were imprisoned after the verdict against them was upheld by the Court of Cassation.
• Call for assassination against PUK leader Bafel Talabani on Turkish TV 

  Participating in a television programme in Turkey, İsmail Hakkı Pekin, former Chief of Intelligence of the General Staff, called for the assassination of PUK leader Bafel Jalal Talabani.
• Molly Dhlamini: We support the Kurds as they fight for the release of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Stating that Abdullah Öcalan must be free, SACP Central Committee Member Molly Dhlamini expressed their support for the Kurdish people fighting for their culture and language.
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' Vigil in front of the UN Office in Geneva enters its 45th month 

  The sit-in vigil demanding the lifting of the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and his freedom in Geneva has entered its 45th month.