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• Police attack the demonstrators for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  The demonstrating crowd in Strasbourg were attacked by the French police with tear gas. KCDK-E has protested the attack and called all Kurds to Strasbourg.
• Demonstration in Strasbourg: "Öcalan’s freedom is our freedom" 

  Demonstrations to be held in front of the Council of Europe demanding Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom kicked off with a press statement.
• Civil disobedience action by Kurdish youth in the EP 

  Kurdish people continue their actions for Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP’s Bilgen: Turkey needs to solve crises, not exploit them 

  Bilgen said: “We do not accept to see any more politician held as hostage."
• HDP presented Higher Education Report 

  According to the Labor Force Statistics of the Turkish Statistic Institute in June 2018, the rate of unemployment is 12.7 percent among people with higher education, while 28 percent of all unemployed people are university graduates.
• Actions for Kobane in Latin America 

  Among the actions and demonstrations held around the world to celebrate Kobane World Day, several were organized in various countries of Latin America.
• HDP and DBP executives remanded in custody in Kars 

  A number of HDP and DBP executives who had been taken into custody following raids on several houses on 26 October, were remanded in custody.
• Rally for Rojava in Stuttgart 

  Representative of the Stuttgart Democratic Kurdish Society Center (DKTM) said that the summit held in Istanbul on 27 October among Turkey, Germany, France and Russia was followed by the attacks on Rojava.
• House raids and detentions in Istanbul and Izmir 

  Readers of Kızıl Bayrak (Red Flag) magazine were targeted in Tuesday’s political genocide operations.
• Internationalists marched for Rojava in Germany 

  The activists followed the banner carrying the slogan "Freedom for Kurdistan - Protect Kobanê" and carried YPG flags.
• Group from Bordeaux takes over the Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  "The CPT is silent, the ECHR is deaf. This is unacceptable. Why is the whole world silent when it comes to Kurdish and Kurdistan?”
• Demonstrations in the US for Kobane and Rojava 

  Demonstrations against Turkish aggression in Rojava were held in Los Angeles, California and Washington, DC over the past several days.
• Tons of mandarina left to rot as crisis deepens in Turkey 

  Failure to provide adequate support to farmers, combined with economic and political crises has led Turkey to the point of finishing off with its agricultural products.
• Aid sent to Riqban Camp not enough 

  Officials from the Riqban Camp on the Syrian-Jordanian camp announced that the food and vital aid sent to the camp on November 3 is not enough for even a month.
• October report: 177 workplace murders in Turkey 

  The Worker Health and Work Safety Assembly announced that at least 177 workers lost their lives in October.
• Kurdish youth in Münster start new commune 

  Kurdistani youth in Münster, Germany declared a new commune named Martyr Atakan Mahir Youth Commune and called for organizing against the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Rouhani: We will break US sanctions 

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said they will break the US sanctions.
• 4 Swiss citizens unable to leave Turkey 

  Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry announced that the Turkish state arrested one Swiss citizen and issued travel bans for 3 others.
• Iranian workers not getting better 

  Economists said that workers' purchasing power decreased by 50 to 80 percent.
• Actions for Öcalan at the Louvre and Gare du Nord 

  Demonstrators attracted tourists’ attention by exposing the attacks of the Turkish state and the isolation regime imposed on Öcalan.
• HDP’s Yüksekdağ to remain in prison 

  A Turkish court has decided for the continuation of arrest for HDP former co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ.
• Working as fruit pickers 

  Workers in gardens and orchards are doing a heavy job for little money and with no insurance.
• Mysterious death of fish in Babil area 

  Iraqi authorities are investigating what caused the death of thousands of carps.
• Explosion kills two mercenaries in Idlib 

  Two mercenaries were killed by an explosion in occupied Idlib city.
• Police attacks HDP MPs in solidarity with jailed deputies 

  The HDP deputies were giving a press conference in solidarity with politicians in Edirne and Kandira prisons.