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• Paramilitary militia deployed in East Kurdistan, shooting at protesters randomly 

  Iran has deployed Basij paramilitary militia to suppress the popular uprising in East Kurdistan and they opened fire on protesters randomly.
• Court releases teacher Sibel Balaç on her 298th day of hunger strike 

  A court has postponed the enforcement of teacher Sibel Balaç's prison sentence after 298 days of hunger strike demanding a fair trial.
• Eksik: We will succeed through struggle 

  HDP Iğdır Deputy Habip Eksik is recovering in hospital after being heavily beaten by police during a march in Gever. He said: "We are a very big family and we will succeed through struggle."
• Thousands march in Mexico against militarisation and war 

  On 12 October, Latin America celebrated the indigenous resistance against the colonial invasion of the conquistadors 530 years ago. The indigenous people said "Stop the war in Kurdistan".
• Police take four people into custody in Amed 

  During the political police operations carried out by the Turkish police in Amed, 4 people, including artist Sarya Ertaş, were taken into custody.
• Iraqi parliament elects Abdul Latif Rashid as country’s new president 

  Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid has been elected by the Iraqi parliament as the country’s new president.
• Nagihan Akarsel laid to rest in Konya 

  The Kurdish journalist and Jineolojî expert Nagihan Akarsel, murdered by the Turkish state in Sulaymaniyah, was laid to rest on the shoulders of women in her native city of Konya, under military siege.
• Sit-in protest in front of the Council of Europe concluded with a call for "Freedom for Öcalan" 

  The sit-in for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan concluded with a rally in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. MEPs declared their solidarity with the Kurdish liberation movement and its demands.
• DBP Co-Chair calls on the CPT to release its report on Öcalan immediately 

  DBP Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz called on the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to immediately release its report on the situation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in the Imrali prison.
• PYD: Turkey is engaged in human trafficking 

  The PYD pays tribute to dozens of Kurdish youths, mostly from Kobanê, who lost their lives after their boat sank while trying to cross from Algeria to Europe, vowing to fight those who organize human trafficking.
• Uprisings continue in Rojhilat and Iran: "Jin Jiyan Azadî" 

  The uprisings in Iran have spread to all 31 provinces, and protests against the Islamic Republic's regime are taking place everywhere. The situation in Sine and other Eastern Kurdistan cities is particularly worrying.
• 10 injured by rocket strike as Iraq’s parliament convenes to elect new president 

  Rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone, injuring 10 people as deputies are meeting to elect a new president.
• Iran protests: Death toll rises to at least 201 

  Iran Human Rights said that of the 201 victims in the Iran protests, 23 may have been under 18.
• Süphan Çabuk to be buried in Kulp 

  The body of Süphan Çabuk, who died in Kalkandere Prison, was taken from ATK by his family.
• HDP delegation meets CPT representatives in Strasbourg 

  A delegation from the HDP met the Secretary General and the person responsible for Turkey of the Committee against Torture (CPT) in Strasbourg. The CPT spoke to Abdullah Öcalan and the other Imrali prisoners at the end of September.
• Sit-in protest in front of the Council of Europe continues 

  The four-day sit-in action in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg continued on its third day.
• HDP MP Habip Eksik: They kicked my broken leg with boots 

  HDP MP Habip Eksik spoke about the police attack against him. After breaking his leg, the police officers deliberately continued to kick the injured leg with boots, he said.
• Belgian group takes over 'Freedom for Öcalan Vigil' in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative launched the vigil in Strasbourg, France, on June 25, 2012 in order to secure the physical freedom of Öcalan. The vigil is the longest-standing action of the Kurds in Europe.
• HBDH Welat Çiya Militia hits police vehicle in Sur  

  HBDH Welat Çiya Militia hit a police vehicle in Sur and said: "We are asking for an account of Sur-Cizre-Nusaybin and the Gar Massacre."
• Social Workers Union calls for the release of Abdullah Öcalan 

  The Social Workers Union has called for the release of Abdullah Öcalan at its Annual General Meeting.
• Kurdish activists rally in front of the CPT: “Act for Öcalan” 

  As part of the days of action against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg, Kurdish activists marched in front of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).
• Parlak: We will respond to attacks by expanding the struggle 

  After the police attacks on protests marking the anniversary of the beginning of the international plot against Abdullah Öcalan, Vezir Coşkun Parlak, co-chair of the HDP Ankara Provincial Association, nevertheless considers the protests a success.
• HDP: "MP Eksik was targeted by a planned and premeditated attack” 

  The HPD parliamentary group protested in Ankara against the premeditated attack on Kurdish MP Habip Eksik and called on the parliamentary presidency to take action. Eksik is still being treated in hospital.
• Bodies of two guerrillas kept in Forensic Medicine Institute after the action in Mersin 

  The bodies of the guerrillas Dilara Ürper and Emel Feremez Hisên who fell during an action of self-sacrifice against a police station in Mersin have been kept in the morgue of Adana Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) for 16 days.
• German government ignores the situation of prisoners on Imrali 

  In its answer to a question by MP Gökay Akbulut, the German government refuses to make any commitment regarding the isolation of prisoners on the prison island of Imrali.