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• Italians protesting against wars express solidarity with the Kurds and Ukrainians 

  Anti-war activists marched in Livorno against wars and invasions, expressing their support for Kurds and Ukrainians.
• Uprising in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan on day 38 

  Demonstrations have been continuing for 38 days after the brutal killing of Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in Tehran in mid-September.
• Sancar: Erdoğan's discourse reflects state mentality 

  Erdoğan's demagogic statement that PKK members have up to 15 children has caused bewilderment. HDP leader Mithat Sancar sees in this discourse a mentality on which state policy in Turkey is based.
• Özsoy: Chemical weapons allegations must be investigated 

  The Turkish government denies the use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan despite clear evidence. If it is so sure, it must allow an independent investigation, says HDP politician Hişyar Özsoy.
• KCDK-E calls on the OPCW to send a fact-finding delegation to Kurdistan 

  The Kurdish European Confederation KCDK-E accuses the OPCW of disrespect towards 45 million Kurds and calls on the organisation to finally fulfil its mandate and investigate the use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan.
• Actions in Italy to support protesters in Rojhilat and Iran 

  Various demonstrations were held in Emilia Romagna, in the North of Italy, in solidarity with the Kurdish people.
• Drones keep Hakkari under surveillance 24 hours a day 

  The Turkish state keeps the city center and neighborhoods of Hakkari under surveillance for 24 hours with UAVs and drones.
• Thousands of people march Berlin to support Iran and Rojhilat people 

  In Berlin, around 80,000 people took part in a solidarity demonstration for the protest movement in Iran.
• KODAR says that keeping silent about Turkish chemical attacks means complicity with those crimes 

  KODAR said that keeping silent about the chemical attacks carried out by the Turkish state would be complicity.
• Iraq to establish a commission to investigate Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  Iraqi Parliamentary Security and Defence Commission member Hadi Amirli stated that the Iraqi Parliament would establish a commission to determine the Turkish use of internationally banned chemical weapons.
• PJAK publishes declaration of proposals for Iran and Rojhilat 

  PJAK has published its stand and proposals for the revolution taking place in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran, stating that the revolution is led by women and can become the basis for a democratic nation.
• German Green Party vows to take action after protests against Turkish war in Kurdistan 

  Across Germany, activists are protesting against Turkey's war of aggression in Kurdistan and the use of chemical weapons. After a visit to their office, the Greens in Hanover have promised to be ready for talks.
• Stand in Marseille to collect signatures to delist PKK 

  A stand was opened in Marseille as part of the petition campaign launched to remove the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations.
• German MP Akbulut demands OPCW to launch investigation over Turkish crimes 

  Gokay Akbulut, a German Die Linke Party Member of Parliament applied to the OPCW to demand that the chemical weapons crimes committed by the Turkish state be investigated.
• Iranian education unions call for strike 

  Due to the merciless killing of numerous children by the regime's security forces, the Coordinating Council of Teachers' Unions in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan has called for a two-day strike starting on Sunday.
• KON-MED calls for demonstrations against Turkish chemical attacks in Kurdistan 

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation KON-MED has presented an action plan for demonstrations today, Saturday, against chemical weapons attacks in Southern Kurdistan. Protests will take place in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne, among other places.
• Internationalist hashtag campaign #YourSilenceKills 

  A group of internationalists in Rojava wants to put the war crimes of the Turkish state in Kurdistan on the public agenda with a campaign on Twitter. The campaign starts on Sunday under the hashtag #YourSilenceKills.
• Kurds in Denmark announce the candidates they support in general elections 

  Remarking that preferential voting would be decisive in the regions where Kurds live intensely, the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Denmark calls on all Kurds to be sensitive in the approaching general elections.
• University students debate on Democratic Confederalism in Mexico 

  A discussion entitled "Struggles and emancipations in the global South: from Kurdistan to Abya Yala" brought together dozens of people in southern Mexico.
• Thousands rally in Marseille in protest at Turkish chemical attacks 

  Kurds and their friends are protesting all around the world against Turkey’s use of chemical weapons in its genocidal campaign against the Kurdish people in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Protest in front of EP denounces the West's silence on Turkey's chemical attacks in Kurdistan 

  Activists protested outside the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday against the West's silence on Turkey's chemical weapons attacks in Kurdistan. Belgian police used tear gas and called for reinforcements.
• HDP applies to the Ministry of Justice to meet with Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's nephew Ömer Öcalan and HDP spokeswoman Ebru Günay were part of the delegation that submitted the request to be allowed access to Imrali Island Prison where the Kurdish leader has been held in incommunicado detention since 1999.
• ÖHD: AKP-MHP government guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity 

  The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) has reacted to the chemical attacks by Turkey and said that “the AKP-MHP government is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
• International Commune of Rojava condemns Turkish attacks on Kurdistan, calls for action 

  The International Commune of Rojava issued a statement condemning the "Turkish fascist state and the silence towards its crimes! We condemn the ceaseless support Turkey is gaining internationally.”
• KCDK-E to OPCW: Break your silence on Turkey's use of chemical weapons! 

  The KCDK-E sent a letter to OPCW Director General Fernando Arias asking him to "break your silence, stop Turkey's use of chemical weapons!"