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• Lawyers apply to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan today applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a visit with their client.
• Court acquits police officer who murdered Kemal Kurkut  

  Police Y.Ş. was acquitted in the trial about the murder of Kemal Kurkut.
• What's happening in South Kurdistan?  

  As part of the series of interviews sponsored by Peace in Kurdistan Campaign, Connor Hayes speaks to Nilüfer Koç on Kurdish Unity and the Global War in the Middle East
• Left Party demands Sweden to apologise to Kurds for Palme murder 

  The Left Party asked Sweden to apologize to the Kurds, which it wrongly accused of killing Olof Palme in 1986.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ banners in France 

  The banners and posters campaign to protest the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continues throughout Europe.
• Iraq executes 21 men convicted of ‘terrorism’  

  Iraq ranks fifth among countries that carry out death sentences, according to Amnesty International, which documented 100 executions in the country in 2019.
• Armenia’s Foreign Minister resigns 

  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government has faced a popular backlash over the ceasefire accord that ended six weeks of fighting, with thousands of protesters last week demanding he resign.
• Signature campaign against death penalty for Er and Dağ 

  Abdurrahman Er and Mazlum Dağ were sentenced to death in February 2020 are accused of the killing of the Turkish vice consul Osman Köse in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan on 17 July 2019 in Hewler.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ banners in Helsinki 

  The banners and posters campaign to protest the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continues throughout Europe.
• Ten people taken into custody in Özalp 

  Ten people were detained in the political genocide operations carried out in Özalp in the morning.
• Young activists in Marseille demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan  

  Revolutionary Youth Movement (Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger-TCŞ) activists in Marseille demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem dies aged 79 

  Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem died on Monday.
• Slovenia wants to extradite Kurdish man to Turkey 

  Slovenia wants to extradite to Turkey a Kurdish patriot who was arrested last June.
• United Youth Council: We march together 

  In Istanbul, four youth organizations have joined together to form a joint council under the motto "For our freedom - against fascism: We march together.”
• Some 800 Turkish-backed mercenaries killed in Libya and Karabakh 

  More than 789 Ankara-backed Syrian fighters were killed in the battles of Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, of whom 496 were killed in Libya and 293 in Karabakh, while hundreds of them were injured or contact was lost with them.
• Pilingên Kurdistanê claims action against Elbistan Police station 

  Pilingên Kurdistanê claimed action against Elbistan Police Headquarters on 7 November.
• HDP Pazarcık Provincial co-chair Naci Kızıler sent to prison 

  HDP Pazarcık Provincial co-chair Naci Kızıler, who was taken into custody on 13 November, was remanded in custody on the allegation of "being a member of a terrorist organization".
• Netherlands call for EU arms embargo against Turkey 

  The four governing parties in the Netherlands have called for an EU-wide arms embargo against Turkey. Foreign Minister Stef Blok is seeking support for an arms embargo against the NATO ally within the European Union.
• Tension grows in Western Sahara 

  Morocco on Friday sent a military offensive to the Guerguerat area to put an end to the demonstration of Saharawi civilians.
• Former co-mayors of Derik sentenced to prison 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• Police take 5 people into custody in Amed 

  Five people, including Sur Municipality co-mayor Cemal Özdemir, who was usurped by the AKP-MHP, were detained.
• Families apply to Prosecutor to be granted visit to Imrali 

  Families of Abdullah Öcalan and three other political prisoners in Imralı island prison applied once again to be granted a visit.
• HDP commemorates children killed in the fire of Amûdê Cinema 

  The HDP commemorated the children killed 60 years ago in the fire of Amûdê Cinema.
• The goal of the French operations in the Mediterranean is Turkey 

  France reiterates its “commitment to respect for freedom of navigation” and be ready to intervene “effectively in the event of a violation of international law” with new operation in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Two HDP members imprisoned in Erzurum 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.