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• HDP discloses declaration “Call for Democracy, Justice, Peace” 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party has presented a new roadmap. The document contains concrete proposals for conflict resolution and thus sustainably promote the democratic development of the country.
• Swiss Kurdish Women's Movement takes over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  Members of the Swiss Kurdish Women's Movement took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg. The action has reached week 484.
• "Grey Wolves must be banned" 

  A report by the Bundestag's Scientific Services shows that the " Grey Wolves" must be banned because of their "anti-constitutional goals." However, the CSU-led Ministry of the Interior is stonewalling.
• Teachers protest in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan 

  Teachers in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan protested against the political education system and their working conditions at the beginning of the new school year.
• 24th Scandinavian Culture and Art Festival takes place in Stockholm  

  The 24th Scandinavian Culture and Art Festival was held in Stockholm with the slogan "Freedom for Leader Öcalan, status for Kurdistan".
• Labour MP Russell-Moyle condemns Turkish attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria 

  The Kurdish national struggle will “go down in the history books” as this generation’s equivalent of the Spanish Civil War, Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle said at the fringe organized at the Labour Party conference.
• University students tell government to solve accommodation problems  

  University students continue to expose their accommodation problems in the parks and gardens of various cities. They called out to the government: "If you can't find a solution, get off those seats."
• HDP to unveil new roadmap next week 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party will present a new roadmap next week. The document will contain concrete proposals for conflict resolution and thus sustainably promote the democratic development of the country.
• Gültan Kışanak: We will rebuild local democracy in response to attacks 

  In a message to the Local Governments Women's Conference, former Amed Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak said, "We, as women, inside and outside prisons, will organize a strong resistance in response to this attack and establish a community-based local government."
• Federation of Alevi Foundations says it will use 73 'cemevi' for students' accomodation 

  The Federation of Alevi Foundations has confirmed that it will open 73 cemevis, the Alevi places of worship, for students' accommodation.
• Panel on Kurdistan: Self-Determination, Freedom and Democracy at Labour Party Conference 

  A panel titled 'Kurdistan — Self-Determination, Freedom and Democracy' will be held at the Labour Party Conference today. The meeting is organized by the Centre for Kurdish Progress and the Kurdish People’s Assembly.
• DEM-NED calls on Kurds and friends to attend International Kurdish Culture Festival 

  The Kurdistan Democratic Society Council (DEM-NED) called on Kurds and their friends to attend the International Kurdish Culture Festival to be held in the Netherlands today.
• Family of Deniz Poyraz says police helped the murderer 

  Deniz Poyraz's family filed a criminal complaint saying that the police helped the murderer, Orhan Gencer, kill their daughter.
• Four-week “Freedom for Öcalan” camp in Strasbourg begins on 2 October 

  A four-week “Freedom for Öcalan” camp will take place in Strasbourg in October. Interested groups are invited to participate, activists from all over Europe are expected.
• HDP expresses solidarity with 'We can't shelter' campaign launched by students 

  The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) expressed its support for the 'We can't shelter' campaign launched by students and demanded that their demand be met immediately.
• Revolutionary Youth Movement expresses solidarity for members of Greek groups K*VOX and Rouvikonas 

  The Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ-Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger) called for solidarity for the members of K*VOX and Rouvikonas on trial in Greece.
• Activists on vigil in front of UN pay tribute to PKK member slain in Sulaymaniyah 

  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.
• Tuncel: We will build a democratic republic against racist mentality 

  “We want to build a democratic republic which promotes women’s emancipation against the monist and racist mentality,” said former co-chair of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Sebahat Tuncel during the hearing of the Kobane Trial.
• Kobanê Trial: The court acts politically, not lawfully 

  According to the politicians in the Kobanê Trial, the court is attempting to make political choices rather than legal ones.
• Municipality of Rignano Flaminio confers honorary citizenship on Abdullah Öcalan 

  The Municipality of Rignano Flaminio, which had previously conferred honorary citizenship on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, held a ceremony to present the award to the Kurdish Committee.
• Parliament approves none of the 3,076 bills submitted by opposition parties in four years 

  Only 1,244 out of a total of 14,223 parliamentary questions were answered in due time.
• HDP politician Fırat Keser sentenced to 7,5 years in prison 

  HDP Party Council member Fırat Keser has been sentenced to seven years and six months in prison for "membership in a terrorist organization."
• Asrın Law Office: No solution without Abdullah Öcalan 

  Asrın Law Office said that talking about the solution of the Kurdish problem without Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan will bring no solution.
• Şenyaşar family calls for joint struggle against injustice 

  The Şenyaşar family called on the bar associations of Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara “to stop this injustice together”.
• Youth Movement Coordination presents 9-item solution to students' housing problem  

  The Youth Movement Coordination presented a 9-item solution to students' housing problem.