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• Danish Parliament condemns Turkish attacks against Rojava 

  The Danish Parliament condemned Turkey’s attacks against North and East Syria and called on the government to work for a tougher EU stance towards Turkey.
• Tuncel: Turkey's prisons are internment camps for Kurds 

  Former co-chair of the Party of Democratic Regions (DBP), Sebahat Tuncel, has been held hostage in a Turkish prison since 6 November 2016.
• Mayor of Berceto joins freedom for Abdullah Öcalan campaign 

  The mayor of Berceto (Parma), Luigi Lucchi, added his voice to those calling for the freedom of Kurdish people leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Figen Yüksekdağ sees hearing postponed to February 2021 

  The hearing of the trial of HDP's co-chair, Figen Yüksekdağ has been postponed.
• Posters campaign to protest isolation of Öcalan continues 

  The banners and posters campaign to protest the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continues throughout Europe.
• Kurdish youth in Paris protest for “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ) activists took to the streets in France for Öcalan.
• UN: Mercenaries in Karabakh conflict zone must be withdrawn 

  Reports indicate that Turkey engaged in large-scale recruitment and transfer of Syrian men to Azerbaijan through armed factions, some of which are affiliated with the Syrian National Army.
• Austria to introduce preventive detention for terror convicts 

  The measures are part of a package to be put to MPs for approval in December.
• Civil disobedience at Rheinmetall producing weapons for Erdogan 

  Kurdish young women from Jinên Ciwan ên Têkoşer and internationalist youth carried out a civil disobedience action at the Rheinmetall arms company.
• Kars co-mayor deported to Diyarbakır Women's Closed Prison 

  Kars Municipality co-mayor Şevin Alaca and 3 women were deported to various prisons.
• Current account deficit rises to almost $2.4 billion in September 

  The Central Bank announced that the current account deficit rose to 2 billion 364 million dollars in September.
• Prosecutor rejects request of Öcalan's lawyers: No visit allowed 

  The application filed by the lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan to meet with their client was once again rejected.
• Court rejects appeal against Ipekyolu co-mayors jail sentence 

  The appeal against the prison sentence given to the co-mayors of Ipekyolu, Van, Şehzade Kurt and Azim Yacan, was rejected.
• Earthquake off the Bay of Kuşadası 

  An earthquake of 4.8 magnitude occurred in the Bay of Kuşadası at 9.49 am, Turkish time.
• HDP Party Assembly member detained in Bingöl 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against democratically elected representatives of the Kurdish people, mainly the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) continues increasingly.
• “Iraqi government fails to respond to Turkey's intervention" 

  Iraqi politician Essed el-Ebadi stated that Iraq remains incapable to respond to Turkey's intervention and stressed that national forces must unite against Turkey’s intervention.
• 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.
• Police take 2 HDP executives into custody in Erzurum 

  HDP province administrators Necmettin Aydın and Adem Gözüngü were detained during the political genocide operations against the HDP in Horasan, province of Erzurum.
• Unemployment in Turkey: over 4 million people without job 

  Turkish Statistical Institute said unemployment reached 13.2%, or 4,194,000 people in the month of August.
• Two people remanded in custody in Urfa 

  The Turkish regime continues to arrest dozens of people every day on alleged terror charges.
• Evo Morales returns to Bolivia welcomed by huge crowds 

  Bolivia's former President Evo Morales returned to Bolivia welcomed by thousands of people.
• Poster campaign for Öcalan continues across Europe 

  "If you want to live, then live in freedom" - This and similar quotations by Abdullah Ocalan are being promoted throughout Europe as part of a campaign by the Kurdish umbrella organization KCDK-E.
• Two HDP administrators jailed in Osmaniye 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) continues unabated.
• Two soldiers die after Russian helicopter shot down in Armenia 

  The defence ministry said the helicopter was accompanying a military convoy but did not clarify the purpose of the convoy.
• Two former co-mayors of the HDP jailed in Mardin 

  Former co-mayors of the Mazıdağı district and Kılavuz town in Mardin province have been remanded in custody.