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• Young members of Tevgera Ciwanên Soresger take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  This week, young members of Tevgera Ciwanên Soresger from the Netherlands, took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, which has been carried out in groups by thousands of Kurds and their friends for 9 years.
• Stephen Smellie: Turkish government should be investigated and indicted for war crimes 

  UNISON activist Stephen Smellie said that the Turkish government should be investigated and indicted for war crimes.
• Protests against the government increase 

  Protests against the government continue to take place in Turkey due to the new devaluation of the Turkish Lira. Activists said that the “AKP should resign”. A ban on demonstrations has been imposed in Istanbul.
• Sihanok Dibo: Meeting with Russia was positive 

  Sihanak Dibo, who was involved in the meeting with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that it was a positive meeting, and Russian authorities presented a serious attitude concerning a political solution to the Syrian crisis.
• Kurdish activists’ vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva enters its 11th month 

  The sit-in demonstration in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva, which has been ongoing since January 25, demands an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Activists continue preparations for rally against PKK ban in Berlin 

  Final stage in preparations for a rally to be staged in Berlin on November 27 against the PKK ban in Germany.
• ADGB calls for solidarity actions with protests in Turkey and Kurdistan 

  The left alliance ADGB calls for urgent solidarity actions in Europe in view of the protests for the resignation of the AKP/MHP government in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan.
• MSD Executive Committee Chair Ehmed meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov 

  MSD Executive Committee Chair, Ilham Ehmed, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Presidential Special Representative Mikhaill Bogdanov.
• March against the ban on PKK in Germany to be held today in Saarbrücken 

  As part of the week of action against the PKK ban, an information stand was opened in the city of Saarbrücken on Monday, ahead of the march to be held today.
• People demand President Erdogan and the government to resign 

  After the rise in the exchange rate, people took to the streets in Istanbul and Ankara and called for the AKP and President Erdogan to resign.
• Kurdish youth movements launch campaign for political prisoners 

  The Kurdish youth movements in Europe call for solidarity with Merdan K. and all other political prisoners and have launched a campaign under the slogan "The struggle of the Kurdish people is not a crime".
• KONGRA-GEL celebrates 43rd foundation anniversary of PKK 

  The KONGRA–GEL Co-Presidency Council released a statement to mark the 43rd foundation anniversary of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on November 27.
• Summaries of proceedings against 13 HDP MPs submitted to Parliament 

  More summaries of proceedings against HDP deputies have been submitted to the Parliament seeking to lift their immunity.
• Yazidis in Shengal celebrate anniversary of the establishment of the PKK  

  Yazidi youth in Shengal celebrated the anniversary of the establishment of the PKK and saluted Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Asrın Law Office applies for "urgent visit" with Abdullah Öcalan 

  Asrın Law Office applied to Bursa Execution Judge for an "urgent visit" with Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in İmralı.
• Activists in Lausanne protest Turkey's use of chemical weapons 

  Protest in Lausanne, Switzerland against Turkey’s ongoing chemical weapons attacks and the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan on the prison island of Imralı where he has been held since 1999.
• Dismissed Academics for Peace not reinstated 

  Despite a top court ruling, the State of Emergency Commission has rejected the dismissed academics' applications for their reinstatement.
• Legal defence is under grave threat, say lawyers of Kobanê Case  

  The lawyers of the Kobanê Case have released a statement to warn of the threat the legal defence is under.
• DAD Ankara co-chair: The government is softening when it is in troubles 

  DAD Ankara co-chair Mustafa Karabudak evaluated the government's rhetoric towards Alevis as an election investment and said that the "opening" in the election process turned into attacks afterwards.
• Village guards head kills young man in Midyat 

  The head of the village guards and village headman in Midyat, murdered a young man named Mazlum Çelik.
• Economic crisis in Turkey: people can hardly survive 

  The AKP/MHP regime is plunging Turkey into an ever deeper economic crisis. People are getting angrier and recognize the regime as responsible for hunger and crisis.
• Suruç Families Initiative: We won't give up our search for justice and truth 

  The Suruç Families Initiative came together in Kadıköy to mark the 76th month since the Suruç Massacre and underlined that the government is trying to prevent the search for justice.
• #RiseUp4Rojava calls for International Action Days against Turkish fascism 

  “The Turkish Fascism can only operate due to the support it gets internationally. This support is the reason for the continuous existence of occupation, exploitation, killing and war in the region. Together we can make the AKP-MHP government fall.”
• Children of Fire Initiative targets workplaces and vehicles in five cities 

  The Children of Fire Initiative targeted many workplaces and vehicles in Ankara, Istanbul, Afyon, Bursa and Kütahya.
• Şenyaşar family calls for unity against injustice on 257th day of their Vigil  

  The Şenyaşar Family says on the 257th day of their Vigil for Justice: "We need to unite and say 'stop' to oppression, injustice and this crisis."