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• HDP Batman co-chairs sentenced to prison 

  HDP politicians Fatma Ablay and Ömer Kulpu have been sentenced to one year and eight months in prison in Batman.
• Germany bans demanding removal of the PKK ban 

  German authorities blocked a website and social media accounts that explain the damage caused by the long-standing ban on the PKK and demand them to lift it.
• KON-MED calls for participation in protests against Turkish chemical attacks  

  KON-MED, the largest umbrella organization of the Kurdish Diaspora in Germany, has called for participation in the mass demonstrations to be held on October 30 against Turkish occupation and chemical attacks in Kurdistan territory.
• Young activists in Marseille tell NATO states to stop selling weapons to Turkey 

  Young activists said that they will always be on the streets demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and called on NATO countries to stop arms sales to the Turkish state.
• KDP deputy threatens critics with sexist remarks in Parliament 

  KDP MP Celal Perişan reacted to the demands of Gorran MP Şayan Askari for a solution to the cases of journalists and activists imprisoned by the KDP with sexist threats.
• Young activists protest Turkish attacks with action at Marignane airport 

  Young activists entered the airport of Marignane and carried out an act of civil disobedience to draw attention to the war crimes carried out by the Turkish state.
• ISIS mercenaries attack Iraqi check-point in Saladin, kill two soldiers 

  It has been reported that two Iraqi soldiers were killed in an attack by ISIS mercenaries in the Iraqi province of Saladin.
• Court rules to continue detention of Kobanê Case defendants 

  Announcing its interim decision in the Kobanê Case, the court board ruled to continue the detention of 21 people. Next hearing on 8 November.
• Kurdish activists’ vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva enters its tenth 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.
• Iraq: Another attack kills 7 in Diyala 

  After the deadly ISIS attack in Diyala last night, unidentified persons attacked a village and killed 7 people.
• The offense of 'pacing' in Imrali prison 

  Everyone knows that the most popular sport for convicts in prisons is pacing up and down. Pacing is a sport in prisons. Subjecting the PKK leader to a penalty for pacing is the depiction of contemporary Turkey.
• Letter calls for UNODA and OPCW action against Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  The Turkish army has used chemical weapons at least 323 times in the last period of six months between 23th April and 23th October 2021. During this period, 38 guerrillas lost their lives as a result of chemical attacks.
• US lawmakers urge President Biden's administration not to sell F-16 to Turkey 

  Democratic and Republican US lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden demanding that his administration stop the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.
• Missing Mardin couple beaten and taken into custody 

  Ibrahim and Faize Dinler have been missing since the beginning of the military operation launched in the Ömeryan region. They have been beaten and taken into custody.
• ISIS kills at least 12 people and wounds 15 in Iraq 

  At least 12 people were killed and 15 injured as a result of an attack by ISIS mercenaries in the province of Diyala in Iraq.
• Former DBP Diyarbakır Provincial co-chair Akça gets a 7 years and 6 months prison sentence 

  Former DBP Diyarbakır Provincial co-chair Emine Ruken Akça was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison. The sentence was postponed.
• Turkish parliament extends mandate for cross-border operations 

  With the votes of AKP, MHP and IYI party, the mandate for foreign operations in Syria and Iraq has been extended by two years in the Turkish parliament. The HDP and CHP deputies voted against.
• CIvil society organisations call on Parliament to reject new mandate to military missions 

  Shortly before the vote on a new mandate for the foreign missions by the Turkish army, 16 civil society organizations appealed to deputies: "Don't be accomplices - say no to the mandate."
• HDP Deputy Eksik: The silence of the CPT is political 

  HDP Deputy Habip Eksik said that the silence of the CPT, and therefore the Council of Europe's silence about the isolation in Imrali, stemmed from political and economic relations.
• HDP will vote no to new mandate for cross-border operations 

  Remarking that Turkish opposition parties opened a door to the war policies of the government, HDP group deputy chair Saruhan Oluç urged the Turkish opposition parties to say 'no' to the war resolution.
• Female ISIS member sentenced to ten years in prison in Germany 

  ISIS returnee Jennifer W. has been sentenced in Munich to ten years in prison for her involvement in ISIS and atrocities against Yazidis.
• HDP: The regime tries to save itself through artificial crises 

  HDP leaders Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar see the current "ambassadorial crisis" in Turkey as an artificial crisis with which the regime is trying to save itself and conceal the real crisis.
• 'A new constitution that ignores the Kurdish question will not be a solution' 

  “The country needs a democratic solution to the Kurdish problem, peace, freedom and democracy. Even if a new constitution is introduced without such an environment, the country's problems will remain as they are in the long run.”
• Zapatistas visit Democratic Kurdish Society Center in Bern 

  A delegation of Zapatistas from Mexico visited the Democratic Kurdish Society Center in Bern and exchanged experiences in the struggle for freedom.
• Kurds in Berlin celebrate 18th anniversary of PYD 

  At the event held in Berlin to mark the 18th anniversary of the PYD's establishment, the Turkish state's threats of invasion were condemned.