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• Sit-in protest in front of the Council of Europe continues 

  The four-day sit-in action in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg continued on its third day.
• HDP MP Habip Eksik: They kicked my broken leg with boots 

  HDP MP Habip Eksik spoke about the police attack against him. After breaking his leg, the police officers deliberately continued to kick the injured leg with boots, he said.
• Belgian group takes over 'Freedom for Öcalan Vigil' in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative launched the vigil in Strasbourg, France, on June 25, 2012 in order to secure the physical freedom of Öcalan. The vigil is the longest-standing action of the Kurds in Europe.
• HBDH Welat Çiya Militia hits police vehicle in Sur  

  HBDH Welat Çiya Militia hit a police vehicle in Sur and said: "We are asking for an account of Sur-Cizre-Nusaybin and the Gar Massacre."
• Social Workers Union calls for the release of Abdullah Öcalan 

  The Social Workers Union has called for the release of Abdullah Öcalan at its Annual General Meeting.
• Kurdish activists rally in front of the CPT: “Act for Öcalan” 

  As part of the days of action against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg, Kurdish activists marched in front of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).
• Parlak: We will respond to attacks by expanding the struggle 

  After the police attacks on protests marking the anniversary of the beginning of the international plot against Abdullah Öcalan, Vezir Coşkun Parlak, co-chair of the HDP Ankara Provincial Association, nevertheless considers the protests a success.
• HDP: "MP Eksik was targeted by a planned and premeditated attack” 

  The HPD parliamentary group protested in Ankara against the premeditated attack on Kurdish MP Habip Eksik and called on the parliamentary presidency to take action. Eksik is still being treated in hospital.
• Bodies of two guerrillas kept in Forensic Medicine Institute after the action in Mersin 

  The bodies of the guerrillas Dilara Ürper and Emel Feremez Hisên who fell during an action of self-sacrifice against a police station in Mersin have been kept in the morgue of Adana Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) for 16 days.
• German government ignores the situation of prisoners on Imrali 

  In its answer to a question by MP Gökay Akbulut, the German government refuses to make any commitment regarding the isolation of prisoners on the prison island of Imrali.
• 170 parliamentarians submit petition demanding parliament to elect new president on Wednesday 

  Muhsin Mendelawi, First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, said that 170 parliamentarians submitted a petition demanding that the parliament elect the president tomorrow, Wednesday.
• Student collective LUNA in Bologna condemns killing of Nagihan Akarsel 

  Activists from the student collective LUNA in Bologna condemned the murder of academic Nagihan Akarsel by the Turkish secret service MIT and called for a stop of feminicides worldwide.
• Mathare Social Justice Centre and grassroots organisations in Kenya: Freedom for Öcalan now 

  The Mathare Social Justice Centre and grassroots organisations in Kenya issued a statement calling for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Peace in Kurdistan marks the anniversary of the abduction of Öcalan calling for his release 

  Peace in Kurdistan marks the anniversary of the abduction of Abdullah Öcalan by repeating its call for the immediate release of the Kurdish leader.
• KCK commemorates 10 October martyrs: "We will lead their struggle to victory" 

  KCK said that introducing democratic solutions to Turkey's problems by expanding the democratic movement is a commitment to the revolution and democracy martyrs, particularly the 10 October martyrs.
• Kurds launch sit-in in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg 

  Representatives of several institutions and organisations, as well as politicians and artists attended the action, which was taken over by a 100-person group coming from Switzerland on its first day.
• Victims of Ankara massacre commemorated 

  In Ankara, the victims of the suicide attack on the peace rally on 10 October 2015 were commemorated. The commemoration was overshadowed by police harassment, violence and arrests, and only relatives were allowed to attend.
• Resistance continues unabated in Iran and Rojhilat 

  The uprising in Iran has been going on for 22 days and has spread to at least 175 cities. Despite state terror, the people do not seem to be intimidated.
• Young activists march for Öcalan’s freedom in Athens 

  Young Kurdish activists are marching for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in Athens.
• HDP MP undergoes surgery after brutal police attack in Yüksekova 

  HDP MP Habip Eksik, who was seriously injured in a police attack in Yüksekova, underwent surgery in Ankara.
• Meeting against racism in Wels 

  132 different non-governmental organizations held a meeting against racism in Wels, Austria. Kurds attending the meeting drew attention to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and chemical weapons attacks.
• Panels in Innsbruck on 9 October International Conspiracy 

  FEDA co-chair Demir Çelik participated in two panels held in Inssbruck and evaluated the 9 October International Conspiracy, the policies against Alevis and Kurds, and the HDP's mission.
• Number of people who lost their lives in shipwreck in Nigeria rose to 76 

  It was reported that the number of people who lost their lives in the shipwreck last Friday in Anambra state in south-eastern Nigeria rose to 76.
• New website about Abdullah Öcalan launched 

  A new website about Abdullah Öcalan was launched to mark the 24th anniversary of the beginning of the international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader.
• CDK-S and YJK-S call for strong participation today in sit-in for Öcalan in Strasbourg  

  CDK-S and YJK-S called for strong participation today in the sit-in in Strasbourg to demand the right of hope for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been in isolation in Imrali for 24 years.