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• Three more HDP councilors dismissed in Bağlar Municipality 

  Three more HDP councilors have been suspended from their duties in Bağlar Municipality.
• HDP and Amed Bar condemn the appointment of trustees 

  The HDP held a press conference in Amed. "We will break down this fascist regime", said party's executive. 
• Inspectors sent to Amedspor after Interior Minister comments 

  After Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu directly targeted Amedspor in his speeches, sent an ispector to the team offices.
• Harassment and detentions in areas of Mardin under curfew 

  Turkish soldiers imposed curfew in many villages in the rural areas of Mardin, they detained six villagers on the pretext of clashes.
• Police hold gun to Sur co-mayor Buluttekin's head during arrest 

  As part of the political genocide operation, Sur Municipality co-mayor Filiz Buluttekin was detained in her home and the town hall was raided. While being detained, Buluttekin was pointed a gun to her head by police.
• Journalist Medin: Sweden should continue supporting Kurds 

  Swedish journalist and writer Joakim Medin said Sweden and the International Coalition should continue to support North-East Syria.
• Politicians and IHD executives in Malatya sentenced to 6 years 

  Politicians and Human Rights executives in Malatya were sentenced to 6 years imprisonment.
• Protests in Chile have been going on for two months 

  For the past two months  social organizations and human rights groups have taken to the streets in Chile and denounced the violations committed by the police against demonstrators.
• Campaign to boycott Turkish products launched in Gävle 

  The Rojava Committee established in Gävle has announced to the public the work plan for the boycott of Turkish tourism and Turkish products before the Christmas holidays.
• 21 people remanded in custody in Amed after being tortured  

  Twenty-one people who were subjected to torture and ill-treatment while in custody were arrested while 2 people were released.
• Öcalan’s lawyers appeal to visit their client in Imralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• HDP Amed MP Dağ: The AKP will go, we are staying! 

  Pointing to the tradition and legacy of the HDP, Amed MP Dersim Dağ stated that despite all the genocide operations, they will not submit: "The AKP will go. We are not going anywhere".
• FEDA commemorates the 41st anniversary of the Maraş Massacre 

  FEDA (Democratic Alevi Federation ) has released a statement to mark the 41st anniversary of the Maraş Massacre saying that "justice and truth have not been disclosed yet."
• Two more HDP co-mayors sent to prison 

  Bulanık co-mayor Adnan Topçu and Varto Municipality co-mayor Ülkü Karaaslan, who were taken into custody on Tuesday and replaced by trustees, were arrested while three other co-mayors were released on bail.
• "Free Figen Yüksekdağ and deputies in prison" action in Zurich 

  An action was organised in Zurich within the framework of the campaign "Free Figen Yüksekdağ and deputies prisoners'.
• HDP Batman MP Uca celebrates the Yazidi Êzî feast  

  HDP MP Feleknas Uca celebrated the Fast of December (Êzî) and drew attention to the genocidal attacks carried out against the Yazidi people.
• Four Turkish soldiers arrested for drug trafficking in Amed 

  Four members of the Turkish army have been arrested for drug trafficking in Amed. Those involved transported eight kilos of marijuana.
• 30 French soldiers joined jihadist organizations in Syria, Iraq 

  Thirty fully trained and experienced French soldiers have joined jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq since 2012, according to a latest report.
• Yüksekdağ: I do not trust Turkey’s judiciary 

  The former co-chair of the HDP said that the political power in Turkey has dragged the society to an unfortunate course.
• Commemorative plaque for Michael Panser in Potsdam 

  In Potsdam friends have put up a commemorative plaque for Michael Panser. The German internationalist fell a year ago as a guerilla fighter in a Turkish air raid on southern Kurdistan.
• "The rapist is you" performance in front of Turkish consulate 

  In protest against patriarchal violence and police attacks on women in Turkey, the performance "Un violador en tu camino" was performed in front of the Turkish consulate in Hamburg.
• HDP: Refugees and migrants are bargaining chip for the AKP 

  HDP Migration and Refugee Commission Spokesperson Gülsüm Ağaoğlu reacted to the dirty bargaining on the expenses of the refugees and issued a call to all democratic forces.
• Disciplinary sanction for Öcalan and other 3 prisoners in Imrali 

  It has been disclosed that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and three other prisoners in Imralı were given a new disciplinary sentence on 21 October. Öcalan's lawyers said the disciplinary sentences were sealed and therefore they could not learn th
• Trustees appointed to a total of 31 HDP-run municipalities 

  HDP Varto, Bulanik and Erentepe co-mayors who were detained by political genocide operation were dismissed by the decision of the Ministry of Interior and replaced with a trustee.
• Activists from Villiers-le-Bel take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil held in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg has reached week 391.