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• YPJ calls for action against ISIS attacks and Turkish occupation 

  "The entire world, east and west, must fulfill its humanitarian duties, stand against ISIS terrorism and Erdoğan’s fascism, and take a firm stance," said the YPJ, calling for joint stance against those targeting the peoples and humanity.
• Gürbüz: It's time to talk about Abdullah Öcalan's freedom 

  DBP Amed Provincial co-chair Mehmet Şirin Gürbüz said: "Now is the time to talk about Mr. Abdullah Öcalan's freedom. Everyone should do their part."
• Rojava street festival in Vienna 

  To mark the twelfth anniversary of the Rojava revolution, a two-day street festival organized by the Kurdish association Feykom and the “Defend Kurdistan” initiative is taking place in Vienna this weekend.
• Peace in Kurdistan campaign writes to new UK Foreign Minister David Lammy 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign wrote to the new UK Foreign Minister.
• Akça Cupolo: We must ensure our self-defense in a country where there is no law 

  The Turkish state wants to fight the Kurdish freedom movement with military-political Islamism and has revived Hezbollah. DEM MP Ceylan Akça Cupolo from Amed is calling for self-defense.
• Online meeting: Radical Ecology and the Rojava Revolution 

  Radical Ecology and the Rojava Revolution
• Kurds call on British Foreign Minister for an 'urgent intervention against Turkish occupation' 

  Kurdish institutions, academics, trade unionists and writers in Britain wrote a letter to the new British Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, calling on him to act about the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• KCK commemorates 33 Suruç dream travelers: Let's grow the united struggle 

  Co-presidency commemorated 33 dream travelers: Let's grow the united struggle
• Activists celebrate the anniversary of Rojava Revolution in Bologna 

  “We see this evening not only as an anniversary but as a moment of denunciation of Turkish crimes and support for the Kurdish population,” said the activists celebrating the anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
• Selahattin Demirtas sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison 

  Former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison for his speeches between 2015 and 2016.
• Ten more tribal leaders in Iraq speak out against Turkish invasion  

  Ten more tribal leaders expressed their rejection of the invasion attacks and military presence of the Turkish state in South Kurdistan and Iraq.
• DEM Party: It is the fundamental responsibility of all of us to protect the Rojava Revolution 

  Saluting the Rojava Revolution, DEM Party said, “Attacks against the Rojava Revolution and remaining insensitive are also crimes. It is the fundamental responsibility of all of us to protect this women-led revolution, which is a gift to the whole world."
• Activists in Marseille will today celebrate 12th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution  

  A celebration will take place today in Marseille to mark the 12th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
• Turkey fails to answer questions on İmralı isolation at UN session 

  Having argued that there was no isolation but a ban on visits on İmralı, the Turkish delegation today failed to answer the questions “Are these bans one-off or permanent? Since when has Mr Öcalan not been meeting with his lawyers and and family?"
• A Turkish torturer at the UN Committee against Torture sessions 

  The sessions of the UN Committee against Torture continue. Rüştü Yılmaz, a notorious torturer, is also attending the sessions on behalf of the Turkish state delegation.
• Prison sentences for 24 Kurdish politicians upheld 

  The Court of Cassation upheld the prison sentences given to 24 Kurdish politicians who were taken hostage in the political genocide operation in Yüksekova, Hakkari.
• Appeal to the CoE, CPT and ECtHR: Don't be a partner in the crime of isolation 

  In a press statement in Strasbourg, activists protested Turkey’s demand for concessions in return for lifting the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and called upon the relevant international institutions not to be a partner in the crime of isolation.
• Turkey's response to the UN: There is no isolation in İmralı, but a ban on visits 

  The Turkish delegation failed to provide a legal answer to UN Special Rapporteur against Torture, Maeda Naoko's question on the İmralı isolation, saying; “There is no isolation, there is a ban.”
• Activists in Berlin protest Imrali isolation 

  TCŞ members and internationalist youth carried out a civil disobedience action at the ARD Press Center in Berlin against the Imrali isolation.
• Leonardo Perez: Turkey should be recognised as an occupying power 

  Pointing out that the Turkish state violated international law in Syria and Iraq with its invasion attacks, Maloca Internationale Representative Leonardo Rodriguez Perez said that the Turkish state should be recognised as an occupying power.
• DEM Party: Statement about Imrali should be made immediately  

  The Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party has called on the government to lift the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Death toll in the Gaza war rises to 38,664 dead 

  At least 80 people have died in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours.
• Remains of 139 people exhumed from a mass grave in Tal Afar 

  The remains of 139 people believed to have been massacred by ISIS were found in a mass grave in Tal Afar, west of Mosul. The victims are said to be Yazidi and Shiite Turkmen civilians and security forces personnel.
• Kirkuk Provincial Council delegation in Ankara 

  Following the first official meeting of the Kirkuk Provincial Council, a delegation travelled to Ankara upon Turkey's request. The delegation consists of Rekan Jiburi, the acting Governor of Kirkuk, and members of the Turkmen Front.
• Hamas: Death toll in the Gaza Strip reached 38,584 

  The war in the Gaza Strip has entered its tenth month, costing tens of thousands of lives.