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• 67 Swiss deputies call for immediate release of HDP politicians 

  "We demand Turkey to respect the fundamental freedoms and democratic rights of the people. We want to hear the words "peace" and "dialogue" when talking about the Kurdish people. The HDP is a legal and democratically elected party,"say 67 representatives.
• Some 64 Turkey-backed mercenaries have died in Nagorno Karabakh  

  At least 64 mercenaries sent from the Turkish state to Azerbaijan to fight against the Armenians have been killed, reports said.
• KDP detains Swiss ecologist on his way back from Rojava 

  A Swiss young man, who has been involved in ecologist projects in Rojava for a while to support the Rojava Revolution, was detained in Duhok while on his way back to Geneva. The Swiss ecologist has been held in Hewler for a week.
• Demo for Öcalan’s freedom in front of Swedish parliament 

  Kurds and their friends continue their actions in solidarity with the KCK campaign launched on September 12 against isolation, fascism and occupation.
• Erdoğan threatens another attack on Northern Syria 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens another invasion of Northern Syria. "If the terrorist areas are not cleaned up as promised, we will take matters into our own hands," the regime leader said.
• Trustee celebrates seizure of the Kars municipality with prayer 

  After his appointment as trustee in Kars, Governor Türker Öksüz moved into the city hall with an army of bodyguards and blessed the "conquest" of the city with Friday prayers as his first official act.
• Norwegian neo-Nazi charged with ISIS membership in Hewler 

  Norwegian neo-Nazi Oleg Neganov, who converted to Islam, was sentenced to eight years in prison in Southern Kurdistan for ISIS membership.
• Ban on visits to Imralı based on Öcalan's "roadmap" 

  The Turkish authorities use the "roadmap for negotiations" submitted to the European Court of Human Rights in 2009 as the justification for the ban on visits by Abdullah Öcalan's team of lawyers.
• HRW: AKP uses 2014 protests as pretext for political crackdown 

  HRW said: The Turkish government’s willingness to use incarceration to restrict the right to political association and crack down on an opposition party is another worrying sign of the erosion of rights and the rule of law in Turkey."
• Huda Kaya: Prayers won't save this government 

  DIK co-spokesperson Hüda Kaya commented on the ruling forces praying in front of the Kars Municipality they seized and said: "Prayers will not save the government."
• Güner Yanlıç from Hevsel Protection Platform detained in Amed 

  Güner Yanlıç, a member of the Hevsel Protection Platform, was detained in Amed after GBT (General Information Gathering) control.
• AvEG-KON calls on democratic forces to stand up for the HDP 

  AvEG-KON called on everyone to show solidarity with the HDP.
• Well known Colombian historian and activist murdered in Medellín 

  There was strong commotion in Medellín for the death of Campo Elías Galindo, a renowned historian and researcher who also served as a member of the Colombia Humana coordinator in this capital.
• South African Communist Party calls for the release of Öcalan 

  Solly Mapaila, vice chairman of the South African Communist Party (SACP) called on Turkey to release Abdullah Öcalan "immediately and unconditionally".
• Iranian pasdaran wound a kolber in Bane 

  The Iranian regime opened fire on kolbers in Bane and wounded a kolber named Idris Barzan.
• HDP statement on the political genocide of the Turkish government 

  Seventeen more members of the HDP have been arrested, including the co-mayor of Kars and former MPs and Central Executive Board members.
• SocDem Asia in solidarity with HDP 

  The Network for Social Democracy in Asia (SocDem Asia) issued a statement of solidarity with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey.
• EU summit: No sanctions against Erdoğan regime 

  As was to be expected, no punitive measures were imposed on Turkey at the EU special summit in Brussels because of its aggressive attitude in the gas dispute with Greece. Instead, the EU will merely maintain the threat of sanctions.
• Visits to Imralı restricted for six months 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and three other prisoners on Imralı have been imposed a lawyer visitation ban for six months.
• Attack on Karabakh: First step of Turanian expansion to the East 

  Silo Dirboyan of the Kurdistan Committee in Yerevan sees the Turkish intervention in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) as part of a "Turanian offensive" and the transfer of merchants from Syria to Azerbaijan as preparation for a campaign against Iran.
• HDP office stormed, executives detained in Aydın province 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• Families apply once again to Prosecutor to go to Imralı 

  Families of Abdullah Öcalan and the other political prisoners in Imralı applied for a visit to the Imrali prison.
• DGH and DGK-H claim actions in Batman and Amed 

  The Revolutionary Youth Movement (DGH) and the Revolutionary Young Women's Movement (DGK-H) set fire to a vehicle in Batman and an electric transformer in Amed.
• Court in Ankara sends 17 HDP members to prison 

  20 members of the HDP were referred to court 9 days after their detention.
• HDP executives detained in Kars give statement to prosecutor 

  The prosecutor's office in Ankara has begun the interrogation of 20 people who were detained in the political coup operation against the Peoples' Democratic Party.