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• Resistance continues in Rojhilat and Iran 

  The resistance led by women continues in Iran and Rojhilat (Western Kurdistan).
• Iranian writer Darvishi: The mullah regime is about to fall and doomed to collapse 

  Exiled Iranian writer Sepideh Darvishi who is leading the protests in Turkey against the murder of Mahsa (Jîna) Amini, stressed that “We want to live in a democratic and free country.”
• Erdoğan files criminal complaint against German Parliament vice president 

  Kubicki called Erdoğan a "sewer rat" (abwasserratte) in the in a speech he delivered last week as part of a state election campaign.
• Russia proclaims annexation of four Ukrainian regions 

  Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which were then formally annexed to the Russian Federation, alongside Donetsk and Luhansk.
• NATO blackmail: Sweden resumes arms sales to Turkey 

  While Sweden and Finland banned arms exports to Turkey after its incursion into northern Syria against the People’s Defence Units (YPG), Sweden has decided to resume the export of weapons and military equipment to Ankara.
• German union GEW condemns Turkish attacks on Rojava 

  The German education union GEW condemns the Turkish attacks on Rojava and calls on Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock and the Minister for Economic Cooperation, Svenja Schulze, to stand up for peace and the right to education there.
• Bodies of killed soldiers lie in hospitals 

  40 corpses of soldiers of the Turkish army have been lying for months in the state hospital in Hakkari, while in the military hospital in Bilican near Çukurca there are far more than 100 corpses. The smell of decay is spreading.
• 7 ISIS members killed in southern Mosul 

  7 ISIS members were killed in a joint operation by the Hashd al-Shaabi and Iraqi forces in the south of Mosul.
• Police in Mersin take 9 more people into custody 

  In a new political police operation carried out in Mersin, 9 more people were taken into custody.
• Death toll on the rise as protests continue in Iran  

  Nationwide protests following Mahsa Amini’s death continued in several cities, with protestors chanting slogans such as “Woman, Life, Freedom”, and “Death to the Dictator.”
• Iran's attacks on South Kurdistan leave 13 people, including a pregnant woman, dead and 58 injured  

  According to the new balance sheet, 13 people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in Iran's attacks on South Kurdistan with drones and missiles on Wednesday, and 58 people, mostly civilians, were injured.
• Margaret Owen says Öcalan should be released 

  Human rights lawyer Margaret Owen said that Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan should be released if universal laws and norms were followed and demanded the removal of the PKK from the list of "terrorist organizations".
• Lawyer Şakar demands that Europe stop being silent about Turkish crimes 

  An event on the PKK ban took place at the Kurdish community center in Berlin. At the event, lawyer Mahmut Şakar demanded that Europe reconsider its terror discourse and stop being silent about Turkish crimes.
• Second edition of Kurdistan Days will take place in Dresden in October 

  The second edition of the Kurdistan Days will take place in Dresden with a wide range of cultural and political events. As a warm-up, an activist from "Women Defend Rojava" gave a talk on the Kurdish freedom movement.
• Demo in Berlin calls for the release of Ecevit Piroğlu from Serbian extradition custody 

  Activists in Berlin have demanded the immediate release of Ecevit Piroğlu from Serbian extradition custody. The political activist is threatened with deportation to Turkey and has been on hunger strike since June.
• Female ISIS returnee Nadine K. charged in Germany 

  ISIS returnee Nadine K. has been charged with aiding and abetting genocide and crimes against humanity. Her husband regularly raped and abused an enslaved Yazidi woman, which Nadine K. knew and supported.
• Solidarity protests with uprising in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran 

  Solidarity actions with the uprising in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan took place in Aachen, Dresden and Bern. Activists burned headscarves and demanded the fall of the regime.
• Swedish Left Party youth stage protest in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm 

  Young activists protested in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm against the attacks on Kurdistan and expressed solidarity with the uprisings in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan after the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini.
• Gündüz: We are prepared for any situation and won't hand this country over to fascism 

  Turkey has already entered the election campaign mood and the opposition party HDP is threatened with being illegalized. HDP politician Özlem Gündüz said: “We are prepared for any situation and will not hand this country over to fascism."
• Police take 22 into custody in Mersin after attack on police station 

  In the political police operations carried out after the action against the police station in Mersin, 22 people were taken into custody.
• Lawyers of Öcalan submit another application to visit Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place three years ago.
• Kurds in Europe to take to the streets in support of protests in Rojhilat and Iran 

  Kurdish institutions and parties in Europe announced mass demonstrations on 1 October to support the resistance in Iran and Rojhilat (Western Kurdistan).
• Iraqi parliament speaker Halbousi resigns amid political stalemate 

  Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi resigned from his post. The parliament will hold its first session on Wednesday since the protests on August 29.
• Kurdish PEN: Everyone should support the historic uprising of peoples in Iran 

  The Kurdish PEN expressed solidarity with the protests in East Kurdistan and Iran and urged institutions, organizations, intellectuals and international PEN centres to support the demands and actions of the Kurdish and Iranian peoples.
• Protests continue in East Kurdistan and Iran 

  The Iran Human Rights Organization reported that 76 people, including 6 women and 4 children, were killed in the demonstrations that have been continuing for 10 days.