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• Court in Turin to decide on surveillance of 3 internationalists 

  Italian prosecutor demanded special surveillance measure against three internationalists who had been in Rojava.
• Curfew imposed on 46 villages and hamlets in Bitlis 

  A curfew was declared in many villages and hamlets of Bitlis.
• KESK calls on workers to join rallies for a "dignified life" 

  KESK, the Confederation of Public Workers' Trade Unions, called on workers to join the regional rallies for a dignified minimum wage.
• Attack targeting police in Sur claimed by Revenge Units 

  A group calling itself Martyr Çiyager-Martyr Zeryan Revenge Units, claimed responsibility for an attack with hand grenade targeting Turkish police officers in Sur and added that two policemen were seriously injured.
• One month ban imposed on Mardin 

  Governorship of Mardin has banned actions and demos in Mardin and its districts for 1 month.
• Action for the martyrs of the self-government resistance in Van 

  Martyr Nuda Karker Revenge Unit claimed responsibility for action to commemorate martyrs of the self-government resistance.
• Erdoğan not welcomed by any official or delegation in Geneva 

  Turkish President Erdogan, who is the target of the protests, has arrived in Geneva, to be welcomed by nobody.
• Academics in Turku, Finland, show solidarity with Rojava 

  “Let us not make it easy to destroy humanity or each other. Because if today it is Rojava, who is next?”
• Family members of British YPG volunteer arrested in the UK 

  “British soldiers are here in Rojava as part of the international coalition fighting alongside the groups that the British state punishes its citizens for fighting alongside.”
• German police intervene at Rojava event in Giessen 

  Abdullah Öcalan's ideas of a grassroots, gender-free and ecological society are regarded as the cornerstone of the Rojava Revolution. At an event in Giessen, his posters were banned.
• Commemoration of "December massacres" in Basel 

  A commemoration event for those who lost their life in the massacres carried out in December in Turkey was held in Basel.
• European Democratic Forces Union: Let's meet in Geneva! 

  The European Democratic Forces Union called on people to join the protest against Erdogan's visit to Geneva on Tuesday.
• Unemployment rate in Turkey hit a new high in September 

  The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has released on Monday its Unemployment and Labor Statistics for September 2019. According to the figures, unemployment rate is now 13.8%.
• FEDA calls on people to join protest against Erdoğan in Geneva  

  The Democratic Alevi Federation criticised to the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Geneva and called on people to join the protest organised for Tuesday.
• Finland's new government facing al-Hol Camp crisis 

  Finland’s new five-party coalition government is facing a fresh crisis over a plan to repatriate Finnish ISIS families in the hands of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
• Defend Rojava: Let's meet in Geneva against Erdoğan 

  Defend Rojava Platform issued a statement calling on people to "meet against dictator and bloodthirsty Erdoğan in Geneva".
• CDKS to organise event against Erdoğan's visit to Geneva 

  The Kurdish Democratic Society in Switzerland will organise protest on Tuesday against the visit of Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• Maraş and Roboski massacres commemorated in Montpellier 

  The massacres carried out by the Turkish state in Maraş and Roboski were commemorated with a meeting in Montpellier.
• Internationalist martyr Constantine commemorated in Kiel 

  A memorial event was held in Kiel, the birthplace of internationalist fighter Constantin (Andok Cotkar), who fell martyr on October 16 during the resistance to the Turkish occupation attacks in Rojava.
• Memorial service for Rojava martyrs in Vienna 

  Rojava representative for Europe called upon the Kurds living in Europe and their friends to increase the solidarity with Rojava revolution.
• Houses of Alevis marked in Istanbul: “You will die” 

  Attacks targeting Alevis have been increasingly witnessed in Turkey during recent weeks.
• Civil society campaign against the PKK ban in Saarbrucken 

  “People from civil society show their faces for civil rights and the lifting of the PKK ban”.
• Kurds and internationalists protest Turkey in London 

  Protests against Turkey’s genocidal war on the Kurdish people and their lands continue worldwide.
• 11 civilians from Afrin tortured and sentenced 

  Eleven civilians who were abducted from Afrin by Turkish-backed militias and then handed over to the Turkish secret service, tortured and then imprisoned in Turkey, have been sentenced to record prison terms.
• Vienna: As long as bombs fly, nobody flies here! 

  As part of the #Riseup4Rojava campaign, the Turkish Airlines counter at Vienna Airport has been blocked.