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• 3500 signatures collected in Cyprus demanding to delist the PKK  

  In one day, 3500 signatures were collected in Cyprus to demand the removal of the PKK from the list of "terrorist organizations".
• Protest in Bern: Freedom for Yaser Örnek! 

  A demonstration was held in Bern for the release of Kurdish activist Yaser Örnek. The political refugee with residence in Switzerland has been in a Bavarian prison for days at the behest of the Turkish government.
• "The right to organise is being taken away" 

  Trade union organising in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan is becoming increasingly difficult. Through legal tricks and loopholes, the capitalists manage to nip any trade union formation in the bud.
• Aboriginal flag to fly permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge 

  The Aboriginal flag will fly permanently on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge following NAIDOC week celebrations, completing a commitment made by the NSW Government earlier this year.
• Kurdish minister announces candidacy for post of UK Prime Minister 

  Iraqi-born Kurdish-British Tory politician Nadhim Zahawi, who was appointed as the Secretary of State for Education and later the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Johnson's government, announced his candidacy for the post of UK prime minister.
• Kurdish PEN Centre holds congress, elects new co-chairs 

  Ömer Fidan and Anisa Cahferimehr became the new co-chairs of Kurdish PEN Centre which held its 11th congress in Germany.
• MED TUHAD-FED visits family of Öcalan: "Gates of Imrali must be opened" 

  A delegation of MED TUHAD-FED has visited the birthplace of Abdullah Öcalan and called for the expansion of resistance against the isolation of the Kurdish leader.
• Members of Lucerne DKTM take over Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  This week, members of the Lucerne DKTM took over the vigil for the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg.
• Memorial for Ali Ismail Korkmaz 

  Ali Ismail Korkmaz was killed during the Gezi protests in 2013. He was commemorated at his grave on Sunday.
• Tribute to internationalists Dilsoz and Şiyar  

  This week marks the anniversary of the death of two internationalists who gave their lives in the fight for a free life defending the revolution in Kurdistan.
• Öcalan's aunt passes away 

  Eynê Öcalan, the 97-year-old aunt of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, passed away.
• Commemoration in Solothurn for the July Martyrs 

  The July martyrs of the Kurdish liberation movement were commemorated in Solothurn, Switzerland. The guerrilla fighters who died in the course of the Turkish invasion of Southern Kurdistan were also remembered.
• Commemoration for victims of Ankara bombing: “ISIS reorganizes in Turkey” 

  “Our struggle for justice, which has continued for 81 months, will not end. If peace is to come, it will come through our struggle,” said the 10 October Peace Association, paying tribute to the victims of the 2015 Ankara massacre.
• Eli Qazi passes away in Bonn 

  The ex-diplomat and former chairman of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, Elî Qazî, has died in Bonn at the age of 88. As a youth, he had witnessed the first months of Kurdish independence and the execution of his father Qazî Mihemed.
• German government does not warn Kurds whose data it sends to Turkish secret service  

  The German government is endangering Kurdish association members by sending their data to the Turkish secret service and referring to the general security advice of the Foreign Office for travel to Turkey.
• Activists in Stockholm march in solidarity with Kurds 

  A demonstration was held in Stockholm to show solidarity with the Kurdish people.
• In memory of Jakob / Şîyar 

  The German guerrilla fighter Jakob Riemer (Şîyar Gabar) died four years ago today during a Turkish military operation in Çarçella. A friend remembers him.
• 35 U.S. Representatives sign letter pledging to block sale of F-16s to Turkey 

  “We have strongly urged the rejection of this sale because it would reward President Erdogan for ignoring Turkey’s alliance commitments to the United States and NATO and the vast human rights abuses his regime continues to commit at home and abroad."
• Gysi: The price for NATO enlargement is too high 

  In the Bundestag debate on NATO enlargement, the foreign policy spokesman of the Left Party, Gregor Gysi, said that the price paid to Turkey for this against the Kurds was too high.
• Ministry of Interior dismisses Seyhan Municipality Deputy Mayor 

  Seyhan Municipality Deputy Mayor Funda Buyruk, who was detained and released as part of the political police operation against Binevş Culture and Art Association, was dismissed by the Ministry of Interior.
• Hundreds lit candles on graves of martyrs in Northern and Eastern Syria and Maxmur 

  Hundreds of people who visited the graveyards of the martyrs in many cities of Northern and Eastern Syria and in Maxmur lit candles to pay tribute to the fallen.
• Three violent explosions in Yüksekova  

  Three violent explosions were reported in Yüksekova at around 2.30 and 3am.
• HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan's father passes away 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan's father, Halis Yüzer, died as a result of a heart attack on Friday night.
• Victims of Suruç and Ankara massacres commemorated in Istanbul 

  Victims of the Ankara and Suruç bombings were commemorated by their families and friends in Istanbul.
• PCF calls for “respect for Kurds’ right to freely choose and build their destiny” 

  France must emancipate itself from the bargaining of NATO, which extends the logic of war everywhere and condemn the meetings of oligarchic clubs that seal the existence of a people admirable for its courage on the altar of abject interests."