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• Jaafari: Turkey gave armed groups chemical weapons 

  Permanent Representative of Syria to the UN Jaafari said Turkey needs to withdraw its forces from Syria, and stressed that the chemical weapons armed groups used in Aleppo were provided by Turkey.
• Explosion in Khanaqin: 1 dead 

  The Hashd al Shaabi 110th Battalion Commander lost his life in the explosion in Khanaqin.
• Anger spreads: Hunger strikes to launch in 6 cities 

  Support for HDP MP Leyla Guven’s hunger strike against the isolation is spreading. Activists will hold 3-day hunger strikes in 6 provinces.
• “Kurds’ fight is our fight” 

  Over 70 NGOs, politicians, human rights defenders, and academics in Germany say, “We are calling on wide democratic alliances to speak up against the PKK ban on December 1.”
• First statement by Germany on YPG-held ISIS members 

  The Federal German Government said all options are being explored to bring the 35 German citizen ISIS members held by the YPG to Germany. There is an option that the Red Cross may intervene for the ISIS members.
• Journalists’ sentences approved 

  The prison sentences issued to journalists who participated in the campaign launched to show solidarity with Ozgur Gundem was approved by the appeals court.
• Justice for Roboski demanded for the 83rd month 

  83 months after the Roboski massacre, the Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch once again demanded justice.
• Colombia on strike for public education 

  Thousands of students and workers took to the streets in Colombia to reclaim education for all.
• Summaries of proceedings for Pervin Buldan and 20 MPs 

  Summaries of proceedings were prepared for 21 MPs including HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan to lift their parliamentary immunity.
• Tahir Elci remembered where he was killed 

  Amed Bar Association President Tahir Elci was remembered in front of the Four Pillared Minaret where he was murdered 3 years ago by Turkish state forces.
• Police intervenes in Elci’s memorial in Ankara 

  Ankara police didn’t allow the memorial for Tahir Elci, a human rights defender murdered 3 years ago.
• MEP Dance calls for freedom for Öcalan  

  Member of the European Parliament Seb Dance announced support for the campaign British trade unions launched for Öcalan’s freedom. Dance demands the immediate release of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Switzerland celebrates PKK anniversary 

  Three different demonstrations were held in Switzerland to mark the 40th anniversary of the PKK
• Rete Kurdistan Italy on the 40th anniversary of the PKK  

  "The ideas of the PKK and its President Abdullah Öcalan have been able to transform the political framework of Kurdistan and the Middle East."
• MEP Lambert: Öcalan should be released immediately 

  Green Group MEP, Jean Lambert, said that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who had been unjustly jailed for nearly 20 years, should be released immediately.
• Yazidis in Iraq still in danger 

  A debate at the UN underlined that Yazidis still live under threat and are not protected by government.
• HDP co-chair condemned new political arrests 

  "Our comrades on hunger strike all over Turkey are calling to the world: Let's end this isolation, open the way to peace and democracy in Turkey. We make the same call.”
• HDP MP on hunger strike: My demand is the demand of millions 

  “I am on the 20th day of the hunger strike. An action I began on my own free will. I am willing to be doing something against the isolation regime that I think is a crime of humanity. I know this is the demand of millions.”
• Political genocide operations in 3 cities: At least 55 detained 

  At least 55 people have been detained in house raids in Istanbul, Malatya and Urfa as part of the political genocide operations.
• Astana meeting: much of the same 

  As representatives of Russia, Iran and Turkey meet in Astana on 28 and 29 November, the Syrian Democratic Council prepares the second opposition working meeting in Ayn Isa to find a Syrian solution to the Syria crisis.
• Basque Parliament seeks transfer from Fallen Valley  

  Basque Parliament seeks to transfer to the Basque Country the remains of all “the republicans, militias, gudaris -soldiers- and citizens of Basque origin buried unjustly in the place known as Fallen Valley”.
• The Spanish stone in the Brexit shoe 

  There are too many interests at stake for a second-line power to impose rules and conditions in a Europe in crisis.
• “Notes for Women” in Irish National Cultural Heritage 

  A one-day Music Symposium questioned why female musicians are under-represented in Irish cultural history.
• KESK: Workers and union members will fight for peace 

  KESK co-chair reacted to detention of trade union executives.
• Several people detained in political genocide operations 

  Several unionists, politicians and lawyers including SES Co-chair Gonul Erden and former HDP MP Mulkiye Birtane have been detained in political genocide operations.