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• NAV-YEK calls for action against Turkish attacks on Yazidis 

  The Yazidi umbrella organisation NAV-YEK demands immediate measures for the protection of the Yazidi population after a renewed aerial attack of Turkey on Shengal.
• HDP members taken into custody in Ağrı 

  A number of HDP members were beaten and detained following raids on several houses in Ağrı.
• Ban on activities and actions extended for an extra month in Urfa 

  The 'ban' of actions, events and activities in Urfa was extended for a further 30 days.
• Custody period for 10 people detained in Dargeçit extended 

  The custody period for 10 people who were detained in Dargeçit, Mardin, was extended by a further 4 days.
• Six HDP councillors in Bağlar Municipality replaced by trustees 

  Six HDP councillors in Bağlar Municipality have been replaced by trustees.
• Protests grow in Iran, while regime threatens demonstrators 

  Iran and Rojhilat'ta 'gasoline rebellion' continues. The regime cut telephone and internet lines, while Spay Pastaran and Khamenei's representatives threatened the demonstrators.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Iraqi spy chief: ISIS members take refuge in Turkey 

  Lt. Gen. Saad al-Allaq said ISIS leaders are planning jailbreaks to get manpower to relaunch the terror group.
• Five people remanded in custody in Antep and Urfa 

  Four people were imprisoned in Antep and one other in Urfa.
• Memorial services for Rojava martyrs in Europe 

  Hundreds of fighters have died in resistance against the Turkish army and its jihadist proxies in Northern Syria. Many of them have relatives in Europe.
• Russia takes back 32 children of ISIS members in Iraq 

  Many ISIS members with Russian citizenship are imprisoned in Iraqi prisons. The Kremlin has announced the return of 32 children of the prisoners.
• Week 387 in the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  In its 387th week, the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg was taken over by a group of activists from Germany.
• KCDK-E calls for a boycott of Turkish tourism and goods 

  KCDK-E invites the Kurds in Europe and around the world, the world’s democrat, peace activists, ecologists, feminists, leftists, intellectuals, artists, all their friends, to actively participate in the boycott campaign.
• Prayer night for Rojava in Kassel 

  Worldwide solidarity with the Rojava resistance against Turkish genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and Eas Syria.
• U.S. blacklists two Turkish men for support of ISIS 

  Turkey-based Sahloul Money Exchange Company, Al-Sultan Money Transfer Company and ACL Ithalat Ihracat were targeted for providing financial and logistical support to Islamic State, as were Turkish nationals Ismail Bayaltun and his brother Ahmet Bayaltun.
• HDP calls for action against the political coup 

  HDP: We remain committed as ever before to protesting this autocratic coup against the popular will of our electorate as part of our struggle for a pluralist democratic political system, a powerful local democracy, and sustained peace in our country.
• Detention period extended for three HDP co-mayors 

  The co-mayors of usurped Derik, Mazıdağ and Savur municipalities will remain in custody for 4 more days.
• Kurdish artists from Rojava protest in front of German parliament 

  12 Kurdish artists from Rojava painted in front of the German parliament in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion of Rojava and massacre of peoples.
• "Those making war budgets are responsible for suicides" 

  Amed Labor and Democracy Platform accused those who used budget for war to be responsible for the increasing suicide cases.
• Eastern Kurdistan Rojava Platform: National unity is the key 

  Political parties and organizations from Eastern Kurdistan set up a platform for solidarity with the Rojava resistance, and said that national unity is the most effective method of struggle for Kurds.
• HDP to issue a declaration on 20 November 

  HDP group president Saruhan Oluç said that the AKP-MHP is an enemy of the Kurds and that the seizure of the municipalities has been planned. Oluç said that the party will issue a declaration on 20 November.
• Martyrs of Qamishlo commemorated in Aachen 

  The German city of Aachen paid tribute to the martyrs of Qamishlo.
• Revenge Units claimed responsibility for action in Istanbul 

  Martyr Çiyager and Martyr Zeryan Revenge Units carried out a sabotage action against the vehicle of AKP Esenyurt District Board Member Murat Özden. The vehicle was completely destroyed, and Özden injured.
• Protests in Iran continue 

  Protests have been going on in Iran since the 200 percent increase in gasoline last week. Demos have been going on especially in Tehran, Tabriz, Kerec, Kirman, Kirmanshah, Isfahan, Shiraz, Bircend, Gecsaran, Adim, Ahvaz, Zencan, Yazd.
• PKK anniversary celebrated in Graz 

  The 42th anniversary of the foundation of the PKK was celebrated in Graz.