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• Uprising in Iran spreads to East Kurdistan 

  The protests against the gasoline price increases in Iran spread to the cities of East Kurdistan.
• Turkish invasion of Rojava protested in three Swiss cities 

  Demonstrations against the Turkish state’s invasion, massacres and ongoing attacks in Rojava continue around the world.
• Turkish invasion of Rojava protested in Heilbronn and Montpellier 

  Protests against Turkish genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and East Syria continue worldwide.
• Trustee appointed to Suruç, Savur, Derik, Mazıdağı municipalities 

  A total of 24 municipalities held by the HDP have been seized by the Turkish regime since August, including 3 metropolitan municipalities.
• Ten people taken into custody in Dargeçit 

  Turkish police raided rural neighborhoods of Dargeçit in Mardin and detained 10 people.
• Ban on demos and activities in Mardin extended for extra 30 days 

  The Turkish regime has issued a new ban of all actions and activities in Mardin for another month.
• HDP: Release our young members! 

  Of the 35 HDP Youth Assembly members brought to Çağlayan Courthouse, 20 were requested to be remanded in custody. A protest was organised outside the Courthouse.
• Dersim paid tribute to Seyit Rıza and his companions 

  Seyit Rıza and his companions, who were killed and executed by the Turkish regime 82 years ago, were commemorated in Dersim.
• Huge demo in Algiers against presidential elections 

  People in Algiers took to the streets to say no to presidential elections on 12 December.
• Children of the Sun Initiative carried out actions 

  The Children of the Sun Initiative carried out actions against police and collaborators in Amed, Van, Istanbul and Mersin.
• Trustees protested by the HDP in Savur 

  HDP members and executives protested the seizure by the AKP of Savur municipality in Mardin.
• Signatures for Rojava delivered to Swiss Parliament 

  Signatures collected against the invasion of Rojava, were presented to the Swiss Parliament.
• From Sweden to Australia Kurds speak out for Rojava 

  In Sweden and Australia Kurds took to the streets against the attacks carried out by Turkey in Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Sit-in outside the Suruç Muncipality under police siege 

  After the arrest of Suruç co-mayor Hatice Çevik, the town hall was surrounded by police. HDP deputy Ayşe Sürücü and city council members have started a sit-in in front of the police barrier.
• MA reporter and son of HDP MP taken into custody 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue without interruption.
• OPCW takes no action to investigate Turkish use of chemicals 

  DIE LINKE MP Ulla Jelpke has asked the federal government about its knowledge of the use of phosphorus bombs by the Turkish army in northern Syria and the consequences.
• U.S. senators push back on Erdoğan at Washington meeting 

  Erdoğan's video which depicted members of the YPG and PKK "was unpersuasive," according to a source who was in the room.
• Demonstration in Bremen against Turkish war in Rojava 

  Kurdish parties and associations protested against the Turkish war in Rojava at the central station of Bremen and distributed information material about the war crimes of Turkey’s invasion troops.
• Families apply to visit Imralı 

  Families of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other political prisoners in Imralı applied for a visit to the Prosecutor's Office.
• Demonstration against Turkish invasion of Rojava in Athens 

  Protests against Turkish genocidal campaign seeking to invade North and East Syria continue all around the world.
• Four co-mayors of the HDP detained in Mardin and Urfa – UPDATE 

  Political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue increasing.
• Zurich: Protest action in front of Rheinmetall 

  The Kurdish youth movement protested in front of the Rheinmetall armaments company's office in Zurich against arms deliveries to the Erdoğan regime and arms production in general.
• Three HDP co-mayors detained in Mardin 

  Political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue increasing.
• Solidarity conference at Lugano university 

  The auditorium of the Italian Switzerland University has hosted a conference to inform on the situation in Rojava since the Turkish attack on 9 October.
• Turkish invasion of Rojava protested at Paris university 

  Kurdish students protested the Turkish occupation of Northern and Eastern Syria with an action in solidarity with the peoples of Rojava at a Paris university.