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• Man shot dead at police checkpoint in Urfa 

  During an identity card control in a coach in the province of Urfa, a traveler was killed by a shot from a police vehicle 50 meters away.
• Hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan in Hewler 

  A hunger strike was launched at the HDP office in Hewler, southern Kurdistan, to raise awareness of hunger strike of HDP MP Leyla Güven and to protest Abdullah Öcalan's isolation.
• HDP: Demirtas must be released immediately 

  “Demirtas, unlawfully held hostage for the last 2 years, must be released without delay. The ECHR ruling must be considered a precedent for all elected officials. Turkey has been the subject of a ruling on the violation of Article 18 for the first time."
• Former ECHR Judge: Turkey is obliged to comply with the ECHR 

  Former ECHR Judge and CHP Izmir MP Riza Turmen stressed that Turkey is obliged to comply with the ECHR’s Demirtas ruling.
• Last two leaders of the Red Khmers condemned for genocide 

  The trial against the two began in 2011 with charges of crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity between 1975 and 1979 in the Asian country.
• British MPs and unionists concerned over FARC’s Santrich 

  Santrich was one of the chief negotiators in the dialogues leading up to the peace agreement of 2016.
• German MP Hunko: Turkey must release Demirtaş 

  Commenting on the judgment of the ECtHR on Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, German parliament member Andrej Hunko said Turkey is obliged to implement the Strasbourg judgments.
• Demirtas: The tutelage on judiciary is a threat for democracy 

  Commenting on the ECHR decision, Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas said his hostage position has been legally registered with the ruling.
• CoE official: ECHR ruling on Demirtas is binding for Turkey 

  Council of Europe official opposes that the ECHR ruling on HDP’s Demirtas is not binding.
• Lawyers appeal to visit Öcalan   

  Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers have appealed to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for the 765th time to visit their client. 
• ECHR: Demirtas should be released, his rights were violated 

  The European Court of Human Rights has decided on 20 November on the lawfulness regarding the pre-trial detention of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş.
• Sinn Fein: Colombia must deal with peace agreement threat 

  Over 400 people, political, community and human rights activists including 80 members of the FARC, have been killed by right wing paramilitaries.
• California: Looking for culprits in the fires 

  While strong fires continue to burn in California, the balance of this phenomenon is the deadliest in California’s history, and the search for culprits had begun after over 10 days of fires.
• Hunger, malnutrition and obesity growing in Latin America 

  In Latin America 250 million people suffer from obesity, no less than 60% of the population.
• Bavarian police’s Kurdophobia continues 

  The investigation started after Bavarian police raided the camp a Kurdish refugee was staying at in July and confiscated a poster of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a Ciwanen Azad flag continues.
• Gangs backed by Turkey attack the regime in Aleppo 

  The gang groups that Turkey assumed guarantor status for in Astana and Sochi have launched an attack against the regime in the peripheral neighborhoods to the west of Aleppo yesterday evening. Intense clashes continue in the region.
• Scenarios after the elections in Donetsk and Lugansk 

  The results confirmed the forecasts, that is to say, the victory of the parties that postulate their integration to the Russian Federation.
• Will Berlin ask for repatriation of al-Qaeda leader held by YPG? 

  German citizen Mohammed Zammar, one of the surviving members of the team that organized the attacks in the US on 11 September 2011, and who is in YPG custody at the moment, wants to return to Germany.
• British PM under pressure as DUP reject Brexit deal 

  Theresa May's leadership of the Conservative Party is again under pressure as a series of Ministers resigned and the DUP rallied opposition to a negotiated Brexit deal.
• Demo against the US decision and isolation of Öcalan in Sydney 

  The aggravated isolation on Öcalan and the US decision against PKK executives was condemned in Sydney city of Australia.
• US decision against PKK leaders protested in Italy 

  A press statement read during the demo called for the US to revoke the decision against Kurdish leaders.
• Cuba recalled its doctors from Brazil after Bolsonaro threat 

  Cuban medical cooperation in Brazil began with a framework agreement during the term of former President Dilma Rousseff.
• ECtHR to rule on Demirtaş on 20 November 

  The European Court of Human Rights will decide on 20 November on the lawfulness regarding the pre-trial detention of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş.
• Hunger strikes spread to new cities 

  Hunger strikes have been launched in Amed, Van, Hakkari, Urfa and Adana to support Leyla Guven against the Imrali isolation.
• Families’ appeal to visit İmralı rejected 

  The appeals to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office by families of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and 3 other prisoners in Imrali to visit their relatives have been rejected.