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• Activists discuss PKK ban in Hanover  

  An information event on the PKK ban took place in Hanover organized by the Defend Kurdistan initiative and the Women Defend Rojava campaign.
• Lawyer Demir: Council of Europe tolerates Turkey 

  Lawyer Ramazan Demir said that Turkey did not comply with the latest ECtHR ruling concerning the HDP deputies by taking advantage of the Council of Europe’s tolerance.
• MSD warns Sweden against concessions to Erdogan 

  The Syrian Democratic Council (MSD) calls the Swedish concessions for NATO accession to Turkey shocking and calls for resistance against this stance.
• Activists protest Turkish chemical attacks during football match in Germany 

  “The Kurdish youth know their duty to draw attention to the situation, against the silence of the mass media, to become one and be the voice of those who are not heard. To remember is to act, to resist is to live.”
• Demo in front of French Parliament calls for action against Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  Kurds and their friends continue their protests after emergence of images and reports proving the Turkish state’s employment of chemical and banned weapons in its war against guerrilla forces in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Kurdish women protest outside the Council of Europe against silence on Turkey's war crimes 

  Kurdish women called for an investigation into Turkey's use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan outside the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg, France.
• Kurdish students protest Turkish chemical attacks at Goethe University 

  Activists from the Kurdish student movements YXK and JXK carried out a civil disobedience action to expose the war crimes of the Turkish state at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.
• Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco-state 

  Captagon is now by far Syria's biggest export, dwarfing all its legal exports put together, according to estimates drawn from official data by AFP.
• Civil disobedience action at WHO headquarters denounces Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  Civil disobedience action outside the World Health Organization headquarters protests against the international silence and inaction against Turkey’s crimes in Kurdistan.
• Former HDP deputy Önder sentenced to 5 months in prison 

  The Turkish regime continues its political genocide against the elected representatives of the Kurdish people and the HDP.
• Debate on Turkey's use of chemical weapons in the British Parliament 

  A question by two Labour MPs on Turkey's use of chemical weapons has taken place in the House of Commons. The classification of the PKK as terrorist is also detrimental to democracy and needs to be changed urgently, MPs stated.
• KCDK-E calls on everyone to attend 'National Strike Day against Chemical Weapons' in Düsseldorf 

  The KCDK-E said that they declared 12 November as the “National Strike Day against Chemical Weapons in Europe”, and called people to Düsseldorf to protest “the silence of the OPCW, EU, UN and international powers”.
• Nine Syrian refugees including 8 children die in house fire in Bursa 

  It was reported that 9 people, 8 of them children, lost their lives in a fire that broke out in the house where a Syrian family was staying in a four-storey building in Bursa.
• Demonstration in Leipzig in support of uprising in Iran an Rojhilat 

  A demonstration was held in Leipzig to support the revolution and uprising in East Kurdistan and Iran.
• Democratic Physicians hold "Freedom for Şebnem teacher" vigil in Izmir  

  Democratic Physicians held the 3rd "Freedom for Şebnem teacher" vigil in front of the Izmir Medical Chamber.
• Activists in Dresden and Halle protest Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  Tent actions were held in the German cities of Dresden and Halle to protest the chemical attacks carried out by the Turkish state.
• Delegation from NE Syria Autonomous Administration Health Committee visits Italy 

  A delegation from the Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration Health Committee met with the World Health Organization representative in Tuscany, Italy.
• HDP calls for the release of jailed politicians after the ECtHR ruling 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party said that the ECtHR has once again condemned Turkey for violating the rights of their fellow party members, reiterating their call for the release of jailed politicians.
• 22 people in Van sentenced to more than 137 years in prison 

  A Turkish court sentenced 22 people who were detained in Van in 2019 for being a delegate of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) to a total of 137 years and 6 months in prison.
• Demo in front of Ontario Parliament denounces Turkey’s crimes in Kurdistan 

  Kurds living in Toronto, Canada protested the Turkish state in front of the Ontario Federal Parliament building.
• Six refugees fall from the rocks in Van 

  Six refugees fell from the rocks in the rural area of Westan, in Van.
• Protest in Dresden to protest Turkish army's chemical attacks on Kurdistan 

  A protest started in Dresden to inform the public about the Turkish army's chemical attacks on Medya Defense Areas.
• ÖHD and European lawyers hold press conference about Imrali situation 

  ÖHD and lawyers from various European countries, who requested a visit with Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan, held a press conference at the Istanbul branch of the association.
• Belgium law firm brings Turkey's use of chemical weapons to the UN 

  Van Steenbrugge Advocaten Law Firm in Belgium brought Turkey's use of chemical weapons to the UN. The lawyers demanded the establishment of an investigation commission.
• Protest in front of OPCW continues 

  "The Turkish state killed my niece with chemicals. Why won't you investigate?" is written on a purple cardboard sign held by Xosnav Ata, who lost his nieces Gülperin Ata and Mihriban Ata in the chemical attacks of the Turkish state.