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• Demonstration in Bristol against war crimes 

  Demonstrators denounced the Bristol Arms Trade and the evil it has done in the name of profit throughout the world.
• Explosion at work place in Urfa leaves 4 injured  

  It was reported that an explosion occurred at a workplace located on the ground floor of a six-storey apartment building in Urfa's Akçakale district.
• Actions throughout Europe call to Defend Kurdistan and stop Turkish aggression 

  Hundreds of actions have taken place from 30 November to 3 December calling for the end of the Turkish aggression in Kurdistan.
• Abdi calls on international community to promote a political solution to the Kurdish conflict 

  Writing in the Washington Post, SDF General Commander, Mazloum Abdi, calls on the international community to immediately take concrete steps to prevent a Turkish invasion and to promote a political solution to the Kurdish conflict.
• Activists in Turin protest Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  In the frame of the Action Days against the use of chemical weapons, called by Defend Kurdistan's campaign, Kurdish and Internationalist youth and people came together in Turin.
• The University of Pisa expresses solidarity with Kurdish communities  

  The University of Pisa, after the occupation of the Carmignani Pole on 1 and 2 December and the students' claims, has expressed its opposition to the war brought by Turkey to north Syria
• 21st KNK Congress re-elects Zeyneb Murat and Ahmet Karamus as co-chairs 

  The 21st Congress of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) re-elected Zeyneb Murat and Ahmet Karamus as co-chairs. The co-chairs promised to work for the interests of the Kurdish people.
• Sweden extradites Kurdish asylum seeker to Turkey 

  Mahmut Tat has been extradited from Sweden to Turkey. The Kurdish asylum seeker has been given a final sentence of almost seven years imprisonment for alleged activities for the PKK.
• Josep Nadal: "Erdogan's shelling and attacks are a flagrant violation of international law" 

  "The conscious people of Europe, like the Valencian People, admire the struggle of the Kurdish People for democracy, self-determination and women's liberation," says Josep Nadal from Valencia's government party Compromís.
• Activists in Pisa condemn Turkish attacks on Rojava 

  From the Occupied University of Pisa, tens of people mobilized to the Leaning Tower for another solidarity action with Rojava.
• Family takes remains of their guerrilla son after a wait of 116 days 

  The remains of HPG guerrilla Kaya Musalo from Rojhilat, who fell a martyr in clashes with the Turkish army in the Anîtos area of Colemêrg in August, were given to his family 116 days later.
• Court sends 8 women activists to prison and places 13 under house arrest 

  Eight TJA activists who were taken into custody as part of the political police operation were sent to prison, while 13 women were placed under house arrest.
• Prisoner kept behind bars for 4 years despite being seriously ill dies 

  Ahmet Sılık, who was kept in jail despite being seriously ill and having lost his memory in prison, died about a year and a half after his release.
• Speakers at KNK congress call to increase joint struggle against Imrali isolation and attacks 

  Speaker at the KNK congress called to increase the joint struggle against the Imrali isolation and invasion attacks.
• Interdisciplinary Centre for Peace Studies condemns Turkish attacks in Kurdistan 

  The Interdisciplinary Centre for Peace Studies condemns the bombing by the Turkish state of the Kurdistan territories in Iraq and Rojava in Syria, as well as all other means of aggression against the Kurdish populations.
• Swiss parliament discusses Turkish use of chemical weapons and attacks on Rojava 

  The Swiss parliament debated over three parliamentary questions concerning the chemical attacks of the Turkish state against the guerrilla forces, Turkey’s invasion attacks against Rojava and the popular protests in Iran.
• Court accepts indictment against TTB President Fincancı 

  The TTB president is accused of "terror propaganda" because of her demand for an independent investigation into the possible violation of the ban on chemical weapons by the Turkish army.
• Demo in Rome denounces Turkish use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan 

  “We have to say enough to these massacres and start being aware of what is happening without closing our eyes, Erdogan is a mass murderer, a greedy bloodthirsty dictator, not the saviour the media portray in relation to the war in Ukraine.”
• Two injured as Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê strike police and prison guards in Istanbul 

  The Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative hit police and prison guards in Istanbul with firearms and explosive devices. One police officer and one prison guard were injured.
• University of Pisa occupied against the war in Kurdistan 

  “Turkey is one of the main buyers of 'technological' weapons produced in Italy by companies such as Leonardo S.p.A., which has its headquarters in Ankara, and with which our universities have for years had close research and production collaborations."
• MEPs express concern over Turkish attacks against Rojava and South Kurdistan 

  A group of members of the European Parliament, in a letter they sent to the EU Commission, expressed their concern about Turkey's military attacks against Rojava and South Kurdistan and called on the EU to react.
• KON-MED calls on activists to take to the streets for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED has called on activists to take to the streets to demand news about the situation of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Bristol activists organize action at Boeing Defence 

  On the 1st December, as part of the ‘Defend Kurdistan’ days of action, activists from Bristol Kurdistan Solidarity Network (BKSN) returned to the offices of Boeing Defence in Filton to demand that the company immediately halts its sale of arms to Turkey.
• Woman prisoner released after 30 years is taken into custody again 

  Şadiye Manap, who was released from Gebze Women's Closed Prison after 30 years, was taken into custody before she left the prison.
• Young Kurds take to the streets in Bern and Luzern against isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  Concerned about the health and safety of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, after the statement made by Asrın Law Office, young people took action in Bern and Luzern.