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• Activists in Wuppertal protest media silence about Turkish attacks 

  A demonstration against media silence about the Turkish occupation operations and human rights violations in Kurdistan was held in front of the WDR regional television in Wuppertal.
• Kobanê trial resumes on Monday 

  By order of the Erdogan government, the Kobanê trial against 108 defendants, including the entire former HDP board, is to be ended as soon as possible. The next main hearing will take place on Monday. Lawyers call for solidarity.
• Kurdish family in Konya killed for racist motives, confirms lawyer 

  The lawyer of the Dedeoğulları family, Abdurrahman Karabulut, said: "The images, audio recordings and messages obtained from phones have now unquestionably revealed that the killings had a racist motive."
• HDP Co-Chair Sancar: We are ready to expand democratic politics 

  Mithat Sancar, Co-Chair of the HDP, stated that the party is ready to settle all of Turkey's problems, including the Kurdish issue, and to create democratic politics.
• Preliminary agreement to form a three-party government in Germany 

  The Social Democrats (SPD), the winner of the German election, along with the Greens and Liberals, have achieved a preliminary agreement to form a government.
• Jailed since 2016, Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk sentenced to another prison term 

  Kurdish politician and former member of parliament Aysel Tuğluk, who has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2016, has been given another prison sentence - for alleged terror propaganda in 2012 and 2013.
• Putin says ISIS fighters cluster together in Central Asia 

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that ISIS has about 2,000 fighters disguised as refugees in Afghanistan and wants to expand into ex-Soviet Central Asian countries.
• Kurdistan Alliance meeting: We will build the future together 

  HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar said, "We want all the Kurdish parties and institutions to join us. We shall build the future together. We must immediately establish the broadest anti-war coalition possible."
• Former mayor of Cizre denied medical treatment in prison 

  Former Mayor of Cizre, Aydın Budak, jailed in Silivri Prison, has been denied medical treatment and placed in the same ward with prisoners from the Gülen Movement.
• Mardin Provincial co-chair Kuday: Lifting isolation means bringing peace, democracy and brotherhood  

  Mardin Provincial co-chair Kuday said that if peace, democracy and brotherhood are to be talked about in Turkey, the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan must be lifted first.
• Kurdistan Islamic Community takes over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 486 

  Members of the Kurdistan Islamic Community (CIK) took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on its 486th week.
• Kurdish young people in Paris protest the KDP's betrayal  

  Kurdish young people protested the KDP's betrayal of the Kurdish people by hanging a banner in front of the KDP building in Paris.
• Up to 15 years in prison sought for head of solidarity organization in Amed 

  The prosecutor sought a prison sentence of up to 15 years in the case of Sarmaşık Association President Mehmet erif Çamçı, who stands trial as part of the DTK (Democratic Society Congress) probe.
• Turkey’s use of chemical weapons brought up in the German parliament 

  The information about the Turkish state's use of chemical weapons in the Medya Defense Zones was brought to the German parliament's attention by the Left Party.
• Kurdish initiative in Bern holds talks about Turkey’s use of chemical weapons 

  A delegation from the Kurdish Community Center and the Mizgîn Women's Council holds talks in Bern with NGOs and political parties about Turkey's use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan and calls for an independent investigation.
• Young people in Bordeaux demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Young people gathered at the Grand Theater square in Bordeaux on Wednesday night, demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish young activists carry out act of civil disobedience at Marseille Provence Airport 

  Kurdish young activists carried out an act of civil disobedience at Marseille Provence Airport.
• HDP delegations visit hundreds of villages 

  The HDP continues its grassroots exchanges, visiting 1653 villages in the Kurdish regions of Amed and Serhad and in Çukurova last month.
• Court postpones hearing of five journalists in Mardin 

  The hearing in a lawsuit against 8 people, 5 of whom are journalists, has been postponed.
• Stop Turkey’s use of chemical weapons, says Peace in Kurdistan 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issued a statement to condemn the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish state.
• Shi’ite cleric Sadr wins elections in Iraq 

  The Sadr Group, affiliated with the Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, has won the elections in Iraq. Turnout in the elections stood at 41 percent.
• Diplomacy traffic between Taliban and the West intensifies 

  The new Afghan regime will hold talks with US and EU officials in Doha in an attempt to break the diplomatic isolation in the international arena. Several other Western countries have also met Taliban officials in recent days.
• HDP co-mayor sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in prison 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• Şenyaşar family’s justice vigil enters 218th day 

  “The truth will definitely be revealed one day” said the Şenyaşar family on the 218th day of their resistance.
• Family of guerrilla Saniye Toprak still waiting to be given her remains 

  The remains of guerrilla Saniye Toprak, who fell as a martyr in clashes in Gabar Mountain in August, have not been given to her family for about two months.