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• 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.
• Lawyers: The Court of Justice disregarded the CoE’s PKK decision 

  Case lawyers issued a statement on the European Court of Justice verdict and said, “The Luxembourg Court has ruled that the decisions between 2014-17 for the PKK to remain on the European Union’s terrorist organizations list are to be annulled.”
• Kurds in Europe protest the US decision against PKK leaders 

  The US decision against PKK executives was protested in various European cities.
• AKP admits to plundering the olives of Afrin 

  A minister of Turkish AKP regime has admitted that they sought to generate an income from Afrin.
• Argentina Senate approves controversial government budget 

  The accounts already approved have naturally provoked a strong rejection among the workers and the most disadvantaged sectors of Argentine society, but they can also affect sectors of the large urban middle class of the South American nation in short term
• Political genocide in Amed: 74 detentions, 38 arrests 

  38 people previously detained in the political genocide operations in Amed, Hakkari and Elazig have been arrested.
• New President of Mexico sets positions 

  The future President of Mexico, Antonio Manuel López Obrador, who will take office in the first days of December, has begun to set positions, giving a hint of what his mandate could be.
• Many academics taken into custody 

  Several people including academics have been taken into custody.
• Ballymurphy Inquest opens 

  Families fight for justice in Belfast massacre win inquest.
• “PKK’s inclusion in EU Terror Organisations not motivated enough" 

  The Court of Justice argued that the arguments to include the PKK in the European Union Terror Organisations List were not sufficient.
• Police bans backpacks in Van 

  Following the notice the Turkish Interior Minister Soylu issued, police have started to visit shops and confiscate backpacks.
• There are 260 thousand people in Turkey prisons 

  The number of detainees in Turkish prisons reached 260,000. There are 3,000 children in prison and 37 of them are under 6 months.
• Germany forgets about 35 ISIS-member citizens in YPG custody 

  Germany has been ignoring their 35 ISIS-member citizens in YPG custody. The Rojava administration called on Berlin once more, saying: “Get a hold of your citizens in our custody, take over their trials or we will have to seek other paths.”
• German court issues scandalous sentence over protest for Afrin 

  Kurdish activist Ahmet Cakmak was issued a 1000 € fine for participating in a demonstration in Munich to protest the Turkish state’s invasion attacks against Afrin.
• Demonstration in Switzerland: PKK is the people 

  Kurds and their friends are taking to the streets in protest at the US putting a bounty on three leaders of the Kurdish Freedom Movement.
• Turkey sentences Kurdish artist from Germany to 6 years in prison 

  Kurdish musician Hozan Cane has been sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.
• Brexit deal 'moves on' as May wins cabinet support 

  Negotiations on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union have reached a decisive moment as a draft agreement won the support of the Tory government in London.
• London against the US decision and isolation of Öcalan 

  In London, Kurds and lawmakers have protested against the decision of the US to put a bounty on three PKK senior figures as well as the isolation in Imrali.
• Syrian jets strike Kafar Hamra village under FSA control 

  The Syrian regime bombed a village held by the FSA mercenaries.
• Hearing of HDP’s Demirtaş held in Istanbul 

  The trial for former HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtas was heard today. Demirtas saluted Leyla Guven, who is on a hunger strike, and the court ruled for lack of jurisdiction, sending the case to the Istanbul Criminal Court of General Jurisdiction No.2.
• At least 5 people detained in Amed 

  Police has detained at least 5 people in house raids in Amed.
• Demo for Öcalan in Cardiff 

  Protests for Kurdish leader Öcalan continue all around the world.
• German MP: The US wants the war in Kurdistan to deepen 

  Speaking about the Washington administration putting a bounty on three leaders of the PKK, German Left Party MP Ulla Jelpke said: “The US wants the war between Turkey and the PKK to deepen.”
• Summaries of proceedings against HDP co-chair and deputies 

  New summaries of proceedings were initiated against HDP co-chair and deputies seeking lifting of the immunity.
• Call for support for jailed workers of Istanbul 3rd Airport 

  HDP deputy Dilşat Canbaz Kaya called on people to attend first hearing of trial against 31 jailed workers who defended right to work in fair and human conditions.