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• Merchants and shopkeepers on strike in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Merchants and shopkeepers in Iran and Rojhilat launched a general strike against the economic crisis.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: 20 years after the conspiracy  

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign has issued a press statement to mark the 20th Anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan’s expulsion from Syria.
• Assad: The Idlib agreement is temporary  

  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the buffer zone deal in Idlib is temporary and added that they will establish control in this region. 
• Actions and demo for Öcalan across Europe 

  Several actions and protests are taking place around Europe to remark the 20th anniversary of the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Jelpke: Licensing the Turkish state is complicity 

  Die Linke MP Ulla Jelpke protested the Federal German Government licensing the Turkish army to manufacture missiles and tanks. Jelpke said, “Licensing rights is complicity in their crimes.”
• Protests in Greece, Germany, United Kingdom 

  Protests and actions have been organised in different places around the world to mark the 20th anniversary of the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Al-Sadr set conditions to PM Mahdi 

  It was clear from the beginning that the road for the new Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was not an easy one.
• Explosions in Baghdad 

  Several explosions have been reported in the Iraqi capital and villages around it.
• Former FARC guerrillas building spaces for Peace 

  A special communication course took place in the Territorial Space for Reincorporation Carlos Perdomo, in Colombia.
• Erdoğan hints a coup on local elections 

  Turkish President threatened to appoint trustees to the municipalities he expects to lose in Kurdish cities in the local elections of 2019.
• Turkey: 157 people died at work during September 

  Turkey is a dangerous workplace. Last month alone, at least 157 people died in work-related accidents. Since the beginning of the year, there have been at least 1,450 workers who lost their lives at work.
• MIT activity in Germany considered “state secrets” 

  The Merkel government has responded to Die Linke’s written inquiry on MIT activity in Germany and said 13 investigations have been launched in 2018. But the government didn’t provide details, saying the investigations are “state secrets”.
• At least 49 people detained  

  A new political genocide operation led to detention of over 49 people.
• HDP MP, Güven: Isolation of Öcalan must end 

  “It is clear that Turkey’ social problems can be solved with the end to the isolation imposed on Öcalan", said the jailed HDP MP Leyla Güven.
• Five people detained in Ankara and Urfa 

  Two people have been taken into custody in Urfa and three in Ankara.
• Legal action to lift the immunity of 15 MPs from HDP and CHP 

  The Turkish regime continues to target opposition MPs.
• October 9th protests in France and Norway 

  In Mantes-la-Jolie, Marseille and Marignane in France, as well as in the Norwegian capital Oslo, protests were staged against the international conspiracy against PKK founder Abdullah Öcalan on 9 October 1998.
• Turkey arrests Belgian citizen in Mersin 

  Arrest warrants were issued against two out of eleven people detained in Erzurum and Mersin. One of those jailed is a Belgian citizen.
• October 9 international plot to be protested in various centers 

  The October 9 International Plot will be protested in demonstrations throughout Europe.
• Antiracist campaign in Switzerland uses Erdogan on posters   

  The Socialist Party (SP) will run a counter-campaign against the racist campaign in Switzerland with the motto, “We don’t want a Switzerland like Erdogan’s dictatorship”.
• Protest against the isolation of Ocalan in Switzerland 

  Kurds and their friends in the Solothurn city of Switzerland protested the October 9 international conspiracy against Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Arrests in raids in Adana 

  Six people were arrested in raids in Adana one day before the anniversary of the Kobanê revolts in northern Kurdistan and Turkey.
• Protest against the isolation of Ocalan in Vienna 

  The international conspiracy against Abdullah Ocalan is protested in Vienna.
• Court issues forced appearance warrant for Buldan 

  The court issued a forced appearance warrant for HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan.
• Demirtas to remain a hostage 

  The court has ruled for the continuation of Selahattin Demirtas’s arrest.