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• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ banner campaign continues in Europe 

  The banner and poster campaign to protest the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, launched on November 1, continues throughout Europe.
• MEPs issue call to Kurdish parties 

  Members of the Kurdish Friendship Group in the European Parliament sent a letter to Kurdish parties and movements demanding to prevent internal conflicts in an environment of intense attacks and where the Kurds are internationally recognized.
• Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor issues 101 arrest warrants 

  Arrest warrants were issued for 101 people in the investigation launched against DTK. Dozens of people have already been taken into custody this morning.
• Jinnews editor Roza Metina taken into custody 

  Jinnews Kurdish service editor and writer Roza Metina was taken into custody during a police raid on her home.
• Police detain dozens in Amed 

  Many lawyers and representatives of civil society organizations, including ÖHD co-chair Bünyamin Şeker, were detained during house raids carried out within the scope of DTK investigation in Amed.
• HDP politician sentenced to over ten years in prison 

  HDP politician Eşref Mamedoğlu has been sentenced in Amed to over ten years in prison for alleged membership of a terrorist organization.
• EU calls for withdrawal of foreign forces from Nagorno-Karabakh 

  The EU intervenes in the conflict in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and demands action from those involved.
• Six people jailed in Van 

  Out of the 11 people who were taken into custody in Van earlier this week, 6 have been remanded in custody.
• TIKKO Regional Command member martyred in Dersim 

  Guerrilla fighter Deniz died in an attack by the Turkish army in Dersim. Deniz, whose civil name was Cumhur Sinan Oktulmuş, was a member of the TKP/ML and the regional command in Dersim.
• Lawyers file new application to visit Öcalan in Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a visit with their client.
• Kurdish youth protest for Öcalan in Stuttgart 

  Demonstrations continue all around Europe to demand freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Romania wants to repatriate three Kurdish men to Turkey 

  Journalist Nuri Akman, Lokman Çoşkun and Serdar Bilginç are facing repatriation to Turkey where they were sentenced to long prison terms.
• Overview of the day of action against the PKK ban in Germany 

  On Saturday the decentralized day of action against the PKK ban in Germany will take place. The initiative "Our Utopia against your Repression" and the umbrella organization KON-MED have published an overview with information about the places and times.
• German parliament approves joint motion against Grey Wolves 

  The German government is having a ban on the right-wing extremist organization "Grey Wolves" considered. A joint motion by CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and the Greens has been approved in the Bundestag.
• Investigation into Turkish threat against Minister in Belgium 

  An investigation has been launched after Flemish Region Justice Minister Zuhal Demir in Belgium received threats in Turkish. Demir is kept under police surveillance at her home.
• Germany finally takes action against Turkish fascists 

  After France, Germany is preparing to ban Bozkurt (Gray Wolf) Movement, the racist paramilitary force of the Turkish state. The draft laws of the ruling and opposition parties against the Idealist Movement will be discussed in the German Parliament today.
• HPG guerrilla Hamit Kartal laid to rest 

  Guerrilla Nûman Amed (Hamit Kartal) was buried in his hometown in Silvan, province of Amed.
• Three-day action tent in Den Haag 

  A three-day tent protest was launched in Den Haag, the Netherlands, to protest the Shengal agreement reached between Baghdad and Hewler, the cooperation between the KDP and the Turkish state, and the death sentence of two Kurdish men.
• Police detain 6 HDP and TUAY-DER executives in Istanbul - UPDATE 

  Six people were detained in the political genocide operations against HDP and TUAY-DER executives in Istanbul.
• France urges Russia to clear up Turkey's role in Karabakh deal 

  "The ceasefire was essential to save thousands of lives. But there are ambiguities," said Le Drian.
• Turkish parliament passes motion for deployment to Karabakh 

  An occupation motion against Armenia after South Kurdistan, Rojava and Libya.
• Kurdish youth to march to Stuttgart on December 5 

  TCŞ calls on the Kurdish youth living in Germany to join the march.
• Survivor of Suruç massacre dies of heart attack in Bern 

  Sezgin Dağ, a survivor of the ISIS massacre in Suruç, has died in Bern. His body was sent to Turkey today following a memorial ceremony. AvEG-Kon accuses the authorities of negligence.
• Youth spray walls of jihadist association supported by Germany 

  The DITIB is the extended arm of the Turkish religious authority Diyanet and one of the most powerful representatives of the AKP regime in Germany with almost 900 mosques.
• Kurdish activist murdered in Sweden 

  A young man from Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq is reported to have been killed in Sweden.