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• Police take HDP executives into custody in Erciş 

  HDP members were taken into custody during a new political police operation in Erciş.
• Prisoner’s release postponed twice for rejecting repentance law 

  Metin Güven, who has been in prison for 30 years, has been forced to accept the repentance law. Güven’s release was postponed twice even though he completed his jail sentence.
• Cement company fined millions of dollars for protection money to Islamic State 

  A subsidiary of the Swiss cement group Holcim has pleaded guilty in the US to having paid protection money in the millions to the Islamic State in Rojava in 2013 and 2014. The company will pay a fine of 778 million dollars for this.
• Group from Heilbronn takes over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The 540th week of the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg, was taken over by a group of activists from Heilbronn.
• Kurdistan National Congress: Turkey guilty of war crimes 

  The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Executive Council said that the Turkish state has committed heavy war crimes using chemical weapons and added: "The situation is extraordinary" and called for resistance.
• Former HDP Mardin MP Gülser leaves prison 4 months after end of her sentence 

  Gülser Yıldırım, former HDP Mardin MP, has been released from prison four months after her sentence had ended.
• KCDK-E calls for protest actions against Turkish use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan 

  In view of the intensified use of chemical warfare agents by the Turkish army in Kurdistan, the European Kurdish federation KCDK-E calls for urgent actions to denounce and make visible the war crimes of the Erdogan regime.
• Protests across Europe against use of chemical weapons by Turkish army in Kurdistan 

  Protests are taking place across Europe against the use of banned ordnance by the Turkish army in Kurdistan. Kurdish organizations are demanding attention and a statement from international institutions.
• Kurdish association in Saarbrücken raided and searched 

  The Kurdish Community Centre and four private flats in Saarland have been raided by order of the Koblenz Public Prosecutor's Office. The Kurdish umbrella organisation KON-MED sees this as an intimidation attempt ordered by Turkey.
• KON-MED calls for protests against Turkish chemical attacks 

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation in Germany, KON-MED, has called on all Kurdish people to take to the streets to protest the Turkish chemical attacks against the guerrilla forces.
• Conference in Berlin for medical aid for Rojava 

  The conference was attended by several officials from the regional administration, as well as many doctors and medical staff.
• Huge corruption scandal is looming in Iraq 

  A huge corruption scandal is looming in Iraq: unknown persons have stolen the equivalent of almost 2.6 billion euros from the Iraqi tax authorities' account.
• Young Internationalist Women release song in solidarity with women's struggle in Rojhilat and Iran 

  Young Internationalist Women showed their solidarity with the Women‘s Struggle in Rojhilat, Balochistan, Iran with a song.
• Number of people killed in Iran rises to 215 

  The number of people killed in the current nationwide protests has increased to at least 215 people, including 27 children. Violent attacks and crackdowns against school children have caused public outrage in many cities.
• HDP condemns police attacks on its MPs 

  Over the last six years, HDP members and executives have been facing intense pressure from the AKP government and its ultra-nationalist ally the MHP through both the judiciary and the security forces.
• Güleryüz: We make our defence with our people 

  A top politician from the HDP, Mahfuz Güleryüz said that in the closure case his party would defend itself with the people on the streets, not in courtrooms.
• Death toll rises to eight after fire in Iran’s Evin Prison 

  After the major fire in Evin prison in Tehran, the number of victims has risen to eight, according to state figures. Originally, the Iranian judiciary had reported four dead and 61 injured. Four seriously injured people have now died in hospital.
• Latif Rashid takes presidential office 

  Latif Rashid who was elected the new President of Iraq following an election in the Iraqi Parliament on October 13, has taken the office in an official ceremony today.
• Ismail Kino: Left-socialist forces must also fight against isolation 

  DBP Party Assembly member Ismail Kino spoke about the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and said: “Left-socialist forces also need to fight against this isolation policy.”
• KCDK-E: AKP-MHP government responsible for death of 41 workers in Bartin 

  The KCDK-E said that capitalism's greed for profit caused the death of 41 workers in Bartin and added that the AKP-MHP government was responsible for the massacre.
• Memorial in Marseille for guerrilla Çekdar Canfeda  

  Guerrilla Çekdar Canfeda Med and his three friends, who fell as martyrs in Metina, were commemorated with an event held in Marseille.
• TTK Mine was in the hands of managers with previous bad record 

  It turned out that Ismail Güner, deputy General Manager of Bartın TTK Amasra Enterprise Institution, where 41 mine workers were killed, was the general manager of Zonguldak TTK Karadon Institution, where an accident killed 30 workers in 2010.
• Masses protest against Iran in Brussels, demanding freedom for women and all identities 

  Protesters in Brussels condemned the Iranian state and called for freedom for women, different identities and communities.
• HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar and MP Feleknas Uca speak at PES Congress in Berlin 

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar and foreign policy spokesperson Feleknas Uca attended the Congress of the Party of European Socialists in Berlin.
• At least four prisoners killed, 61 injured in Evin Prison 

  Officials announced that the fire has been taken under control. Details on the incident and the situation of prisoners were not available as it is not possible to obtain information from prison.