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• ‘Both Erdogan and Lukashenko are using refugees for their political interests’ 

  Discussing the migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, Dunya Collective member Jan Theurich notes that what is happening here is similar to Erdogan's treatment of refugees.
• Demo for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  The protest demonstration demands freedom for Öcalan and urges the international community to speak out against isolation.
• Kurdish boy froze to death at Polish-Belarusian border 

  A 14-year-old boy from southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) has died at the EU's external border. The teenager died of hypothermia, InfoMigrants reports.
• RiseUp4Rojava, Internationalist Commune and Women call for worldwide Day X Mobilisation for Rojava 

  RiseUp4Rojava campaign, the Internationalist Commune in Rojava, and Young Internationalist Women, call for a worldwide Day X Mobilisation against the rising threat of a new large scale Turkish invasion of Rojava.
• Activists in Leipzig protest use of chemical weapons against guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan 

  Activists in Leipzig protested the use of chemical weapons against guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan.
• KNK sends delegation to Belarusian-Polish border 

  The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has sent a delegation to the Belarusian-Polish border to advocate for a quick and humane solution in view of the dramatic situation of the migrants there.
• Demo in Naples calls for freedom for Öcalan 

  “The more the peoples’ solidarity grows, the clearer the way to Mr. Öcalan’s freedom will get. Mr. Öcalan cannot be isolated and imprisoned anymore,” said Nursel Aydoğan in the name of the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative.
• Chomani: EU, US accomplice to migrant influx from Kurdistan 

  Academic-journalist Kemal Chomani said that the Kurdish migrants who are recently gathered near the Polish border have fled from the oppression and corrupted regime of the Kurdistan regional government.
• HDP calls on Europe to enforce human rights, take in migrants 

  In view of the humanitarian crisis on the Polish side of the EU's external border with Belarus, the HDP leaders call on Europe to enforce human rights and take in migrants on instead of continuing to rely on military isolation.
• ‘Freedom Ship’ arrives in Naples: "The time has come for freedom for Öcalan" 

  While demanding the freedom of Öcalan, the action also aims at bringing the Kurdish leader’s democratic confederalism project to wider audiences and to increase the struggle against the attacks of the Turkish state.
• KCDK-E calls on activists to attend march demanding freedom for Öcalan in Strasbourg on Saturday 

  The KCDK-E called on activists to attend the march to be held in Strasbourg tomorrow to demand freedom for Öcalan and urge the international community to speak out against isolation.
• "Lift the ban against the PKK" initiative releases video ahead of 27 November march in Berlin 

  The initiative "Lift the ban against the PKK" has published a video for the demonstration that will be held on 27 November in Berlin. The clip tells the history of the repression against the Kurdish movement in Turkey and in Germany.
• FED-MED calls on people to attend march to be held in Düsseldorf on 13 November  

  FED-MED called on people to attend the march to be held in Düsseldorf on 13 November to protest the Turkish state's use of chemical weapons and demand the international community to apply sanctions on Ankara.
• KOMAW pays tribute to Gulo family 

  KOMAW said that the Turkish state will not achieve any results by targeting patriotic Kurdish families, and added that they will be loyal and worthy of these martyrs who have worked since the beginning of the freedom struggle.
• Freedom ship arrives in Naples today 

  Dozens of activists departed from Athens on the “Freedom ship”, demanding to end the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan as well as his freedom and will be met today in Naples.
• Members of Şirin Elemhuli Women's Assembly condemnTurkish state's use of chemical weapons  

  Members of Şirin Elemhuli Women's Assembly in Saarbrücken exposed the Turkish state's use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan and the international silence against it.
• Düsseldorf action against Turkish use of chemical weapons enters 5th day 

  Speaking on the 4th day of the tent protest in Düsseldorf, YJK-E Spokesperson Ayten Kaplan called on everyone standing against the war to show solidarity with the Kurdish people.
• How many people have been investigated for saying ‘Kurdistan’? 

  Referring to those detained for saying ‘Kurdistan’, HDP MP Murat Sarısaç asked, "Is it unlawful to define the geography where Kurds have lived for millennia as 'Kurdistan?'"
• Children of Fire set fire to several targets in 5 cities 

  The Children of Fire set fire to many workplaces and vehicles belonging to fascist AKP-MHP members in 5 provinces of Turkey.
• Başak Demirtaş sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison 

  The wife of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, has been sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison for allegedly submitting a false medical report.
• HDP Co-Chair Sancar: Our will is stronger than ever, our path is clear 

  "We continue on our path with torches of truth in our hands, faith in our own righteousness in our hearts, and the unwavering support of our people, who are our greatest strength," said HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar.
• EU: Migrants transported from Istanbul to Minsk in cooperation with Turkish Airlines 

  According to the EU document, the Belarusian airline Belavia, in cooperation with Turkish Airlines, transports migrants from Istanbul to Minsk on four to seven flights a week. There would be space for 180 passengers at a time.
• KON-MED calls on activists to protest the PKK ban in Berlin on 27 November 

  "The PKK ban represents a democratic deficit in Germany. It discriminates against the more than one million Kurds living there and prevents a peace process from starting," said KON-MED inviting everyone to Berlin on 27 November.
• Lawyers and politicians do not attend hearing of Kobanê Case  

  The hearing of the Kobanê Case has started. Lawyers and politicians did not attend. The prosecutor demanded a criminal complaint against the lawyers.
• Demo against Turkish occupation and for freedom for Öcalan to be held in Strasbourg on Saturday 

  KON-MED called on everyone living in Germany and all anti-war activists to join the action to be held in Strasbourg on 13 November demanding freedom for Öcalan and protesting Turkish occupation and chemical attacks.