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• Swiss youth protest against Turkey’s use of chemical weapons 

  Swiss youth organizations condemned the Turkish state’s use of chemical weapons.
• March against international conspiracy in Greece enters second day 

  The march of Kurdish activists in Greece against the conspiracy is continuing on its second day.
• HDP Suruç district co-chair Gündüzalp jailed 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Suruç district co-chair Yaşar Gündüzalp has been arrested.
• Biden says Turkey poses threat to national security and civilians in northeast Syria 

  US President Joe Biden said that the Turkish state's military offensive into northeast Syria undermines the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS and endangers civilians.
• Call to join today's hashtag campaign 'Freedom Will Prevail' 

  The “hashtag” campaign begins tonight and will be launched by the Kurdistan Digital Media Assembly.
• KON-MED calls on everyone to participate in freedom for Öcalan actions on 9 October 

  KON-MED called on everyone to participate in the actions to be held in German cities on the anniversary of the 9 October conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Boğaziçi University student Sert: I am not upset, I am angry! 

  Boğaziçi University student Gizem Sert, who was released on condition of judicial control, stated that they faced unfounded accusations and reacted to the arrest of two other students saying, "I am not upset, I am angry."
• HDP MP Feleknas Uca: The KDP prefers arbitrary practices instead of dialogue 

  HDP deputy Feleknas Uca made a statement regarding the detention and release of HDP Hewler representatives and said: "We do not approve such arbitrary practices and public order forces methods."
• KCDK-E calls for strong participation in demonstrations for Öcalan on October 9 

  The KCDK-E has called for a large turnout at the demonstrations marking the October 9 plot against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, which will take place in hundreds of locations.
• British MPs, politicians call for support to hashtag campaign for Öcalan 

  MPs, politicians, trade unionists and writers from the UK have called for support to the "hashtag" campaign to be launched on October 8 by the Kurdistan Digital Media Council demanding the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish activists march against international conspiracy in Greece 

  Young Kurdish activists in Greece have started a march to protest the international conspiracy which led to the imprisonment of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Şenyaşar family: We do not expect mercy from the authorities 

  The Senyaşar family is continuing their resistance on its 213th day and said that “We do not expect mercy from the authorities.”
• At least 16 detained in political genocide operations in the Aegean Region 

  At least 16 people have been detained in İzmir and Manisa. Şükriye Kızıldağ, a 70-year-old Peace Mother, is among the detainees.
• Memorial for internationalist YPG fighter Konstantin Gedig in Kiel 

  The Kiel Kurdistan Solidarity will organise a tribute at the Kurdish Community Center SH to Konstantin Gedig and his struggle on 17 October. The 24-year-old internationalist fell as a martyr in a Turkish air strike on Serêkaniyê in 2019.
• Kurds in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium protested Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  Kurds from the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium pointed out that the silence of international institutions contributed to the Turkish state's use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish people.
• Activists in Bremen and Oslo protest the war crimes committed by the Turkish state  

  Protests were held in Bremen and Oslo against the Turkish state that committed war crimes. Activists also protested the countries that condoned the use of chemicals as partners in crime.
• Court sends two Boğaziçi University students to prison after complaint by trustee rector 

  After Boğaziçi University trustee rector Naci İnci filed a criminal complaint against them, 2 of the 10 students who were taken into custody were remanded in custody.
• 175 workplace deaths recorded in September in Turkey 

  At least 175 workplace homicides were reported in September according to a recent report of the Workers’ Health and Work Safety Assembly (İSİG).
• Investigation against Ferit Şenyaşar whose family members were murdered 

  An investigation has been launched against Ferit Şenyaşar whose father and two brothers were murdered in an armed attack that involved the ruling AKP members.
• Kurds call for UN intervention against Turkey’s use of chemical weapons 

  Kurdish acticists called for intervention against the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish army and an independent investigation in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva.
• Three detained for writing a slogan against ISIS massacre in Ankara 

  Three anarchists have been detained in Ankara for writing the slogan "No Forgetting, No Forgiving" to commemorate the bloody ISIS attack on a peace rally in the Turkish capital six years ago.
• TJK-E calls for broad participation in protests on October 9 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe calls for broad participation in a series of actions between October 9 and 10 under the slogan "The freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is our freedom".
• Turkish police detain 200 in raids against paper collectors in Istanbul  

  Turkish police carried out raids targeting paper collectors in Ataşehir, Istanbul, and around 200 people were detained.
• European Parliament Kurdish Friendship Group visits Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The Kurdish Friendship Group of the European Parliament, visited the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, carried out this week by activists from Darmstadt.
• Young activists in Freiburg call for the increase of the resistance against Turkey 

  Young people gathered in Freiburg and called for an increase in the resistance against fascism, betrayal and isolation.