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• PYD 17th anniversary celebrated in Switzerland 

  The anniversary of the foundation of the PYD was celebrated in the town of Lengnau in the Aarau canton.
• Armenia: Turkey and Israel transport combat drones to Azerbaijan 

  Armenia argues that combat drones being transported to Azerbaijan from Israel, Turkey under guise of humanitarian aid.
• Turkish border guards drive people into minefield: four dead 

  Turkish gendarmerie forced a group of refugees from Rojava to a minefield in the border area. Four people died when a mine exploded.
• Yazidis reject agreement signed by South Kurdistan and Baghdad 

  Yazidi organizations have reacted to the agreement on Shengal concluded between the Iraqi government and the South Kurdish ruling party KDP.
• Young people hang banner on Turkish Consulate building 

  Kurdish youth hung banners and fired fireworks in front of the Turkish Consulate General in Strasbourg.
• Judge rules to free Colombia's former president Uribe 

  Bogota's Guarantee Control judge ruled for the immediate freedom of Colombia's former president Alvaro Uribe because there are "no charges against him." 
• Intergalactic memorial carnival to pay tribute to David Graeber 

  David Graeber died in Venice, Italy on September 2, 2020. Today a huge memorial will take place around the world to remember the anarchist anthropologist.
• Nicosia, Yerevan and Sydney join Freedom for Öcalan campaign 

  Marches and rallies demanding Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan were organised in Cyprus, Armenia and
• UK union leaders, politicians and lawyers call to free Öcalan 

  UK trade union leaders, politicians and lawyers joined the “End Isolation, Occupation, Fascism; Time for Freedom” Campaign.
• Demos for Öcalan in South Kurdistan and many European cities 

  Demonstrations and rallies have taken place in many cities around Europe and South Kurdistan for the Global Day of Action for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and against his isolation in the Turkish prison island of Imrali.
• Lawyers protest in Istanbul:"Rule of law instead of police state" 

  Protests against the cancellation of the General Assembly of the Bar Association by the Turkish Ministry of the Interior are taking place in Istanbul. "Rule of law instead of police state", lawyers chant in the police siege.
• More detained in DTK operation in Malatya 

  A new wave of repression against civil society is sweeping through the Kurdish province of Malatya. After several arrests in the last two days, opposition members have again been arrested today on charges of being DTK delegates.
• KNK UK calls for support for the global campaign 

  “An end to Turkish state fascism can only come through a peaceful and political resolution of the Kurdish question and Abdullah Öcalan is the only one capable of leading such a peace process, said the KNK.
• Kurdish youth in action for Öcalan 

  In more than ten European cities the Kurdish youth movement has demanded the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan with street actions.
• Swiss deputies call on Turkey to release HDP politicians 

  Swiss political parties and civil society organizations called for the immediate release of the elected representatives of the HDP and condemned the political genocide attacks targeting the party as well as socialist elected officials.
• Lawyer Merve Nur Doğan jailed in Amed 

  Lawyer Merve Nur Doğan, who had been in detention since 7 October in Amed, was remanded in custody accused of "being a member of an illegal organization".
• 6-month phone calls ban for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was prohibited telephone calls for 6 months after being prohibited to see his lawyers for 6 months.
• Azerbaijan and Armenia agree on ceasefire as of today 

  The Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have agreed on a ceasefire in Nagorno Karabakh as of today, 10 October.
• Police attack station massacre commemoration, detain 11 

  Turkish police attacked those who marched to the Station Square to commemorate the people who lost their lives in the Ankara Station Massacre, and detained 11 people.
• HBDH claims action in Mersin 

  The Peoples' United Revolution Movement (HBDH) militia issued a written statement to claim an action in Mersin.
• The Time Has Come – Free Öcalan 

  The Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan has been held since 15 February 1999 in the Imrali Island F Type Closed High Security Prison as a political prisoner of the Turkish state, isolated and denied access to all means of communication.
• Women take to the streets for Öcalan in Strasbourg and Brussels 

  At the call of the Kurdish women's movement TJK-E, demonstrations for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan have taken place in Strasbourg and Brussels.
• SOHR: 107 Turkish-backed mercenaries killed in Nagorno-Karabakh 

  107 Syrian mercenaries have been killed in Nagorno-Karabakh so far as Turkey prepares new batch to send to Azerbaijan, SOHR reports.
• March for Öcalan in Athens on day 2 

  The activists will reach Athens tomorrow and stage a rally to mark October 10, Global Day of Action for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Families apply to visit Imralı 

  Families of Abdullah Öcalan and the other political prisoners in Imralı applied for a visit to the Imrali prison.