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• At least seven people die in roadside blast in Afghanistan 

  At least seven people have been killed in a roadside blast in northern Afghanistan, according to local officials, the latest attack in the violence-racked country.
• Young people in Berlin demand freedom for Öcalan  

  Young people reproduced the life of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in an 11 square meter room for 24 years, and demanded his freedom by saying, "The future of the youth cannot be locked behind the doors of Imrali."
• KCDK-E: It's time to increase the struggle for Öcalan's freedom 

  The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) announced that a vigil would be carried out in front of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) from 7 to 9 December in order “to maximize the struggle for the freedom of Öcalan”.
• Arms sales of SIPRI Top 100 arms companies grow despite supply chain challenges 

  Sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry reached $592 billion in 2021, a 1.9 per cent increase compared with 2020 in real terms.
• General strike across Iran and Eastern Kurdistan 

  A general strike lasting several days has been underway again in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan since Monday, mainly to hit the economy of the Islamist system. The population is to refrain from shopping, shops remain closed.
• Kurdish asylum seeker extradited by Sweden jailed in Turkey 

  Mahmut Tat has been extradited from Sweden to Turkey. The Kurdish asylum seeker is to serve a final sentence of almost seven years in prison for alleged activities for the PKK.
• French media covers Turkish use of chemical weapons against the PKK 

  The French media covers the Turkish use of chemical weapons against the PKK guerrillas in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) where a large-scale Turkish military campaign has been underway since mid-April.
• Activists in Mexico denounce Turkish chemical attacks in Kurdistan 

  Kurds and their friends continue their protests against the employment of chemical weapons against guerrilla forces in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Activists in Catania block Turkish Airlines check-in desk in solidarity with Kurdish people 

  On Sunday evening, Italian internationalists blocked the Turkish Airlines Terminal at Catania Airport to protest the bombing of the Kurdish people by the Turkish state.
• Action Days against chemical weapons show international solidarity with Kurdish Freedom Movement  

  Answering to the Defend Kurdistan initiative, more than 50 cities and towns from different parts of the world have coordinated actions to act against Turkish criminal policies.
• French paper publishes feature article on Turkish use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan 

  The French paper L’Humanitè has published a feature article on the accusation of use of chemical weapons made by the PKK against Turkey.
• Families cannot identify bodies of 3 HPG members  

  The bodies of 3 HPG members who lost their lives in clashes in Gabar could not be identified by the families because they were covered in burns.
• Serhildan Paris, days of action in solidarity with Kurds 

  Activists in Paris carried out various actions to condemn Turkish use of chemical weapons and attacks on Kurds.
• Activists in Argentina ask government to urge Turkey to stop attacks targeting Kurdish people 

  Last Friday, a group of activists went to the Foreign Ministry, in Buenos Aires, to deliver a letter addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Santiago Cafiero, in which they exposed the Turkish attacks against the Kurdish people.
• Demonstration in Marseille calls for “Freedom for Öcalan”  

  Demonstrators demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and condemned the genocidal attacks of the Turkish state in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• 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.