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• Internationalists remember PKK guerrilla Andrea Wolf 

  Andrea Wolf, who gave her soul to the revolution in the mountains of Kurdistan and became immortal 25 years ago, was commemorated in the mountains of the Swiss Jura in the memorial grove for the internationalists who died in Rojava and Kurdistan.
• Death toll in Gaza exceeds 9,000 

  Death toll in Gaza rose to 9,061, including 3,760 children and 2,326 women, while the number of injured surpassed 32,000.
• Nine people from the delegation monitoring guerrillas' withdrawal in 2013 sent to prison 

  Nine people who were part of the delegation that monitored the withdrawal process of the HPG guerrillas in 2013 were sentenced to 6 to 7 years in prison.
• Police take 9 people into custody at Idil Cultural Center in Istanbul 

  The police raided the İdil Cultural Center in Okmeydanı and detained 9 people, 8 of whom were members of Grup Yorum.
• Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya remanded in custody 

  Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya was sent to prison after being taken into custody at Istanbul Airport.
• Activists from Switzerland take over the 'Freedom for Öcalan' vigil in Strasbourg on its 593rd week 

  Activists from Switzerland have taken over the permanent vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg, ongoing since 2012.
• Activists on vigil in front of the UN headquarters salute World Kobanê Day 

  Kurdish activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 saluted World Kobanê Day on 1 November, which has been celebrated since 2014 during the ISIS onslaught on the northern Syrian town.
• Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya detained in Istanbul 

  Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya was detained at Istanbul airport for “taking part in an unauthorised demonstration and resisting state officials.”
• KCDK-E: Human dignity was defended in Kobanê 

  On the occasion of World Kobanê Day, the Democratic Kurdistan Society Congress in Europe saluted the resistance of 2014 and the fight against ISIS as a struggle for dignity and humanity.
• HEDEP salutes the victory of humanity over the darkness of ISIS in Kobane 

  “We will never give up our solidarity with the peoples of Rojava, where a common and democratic life is growing,” said the Co-Chairs of HEDEP.
• HEDEP Ağrı Provincial member Özgür lost his life as a result of a work accident 

  HEDEP Ağrı Provincial General Assembly member Kutbettin Özgür lost his life as a result of a work accident.
• Father of Leyla Şaylemez, on trial for attending commemoration for his daughter, acquitted 

  The father of Leyla Şaylemez, who was killed in Paris alongside Sakine Cansız and Fidan Doğan in 2013, was acquitted in the trial he stood for participating in a commemoration for his daughter.
• CPJ: At least 31 journalists killed in Israel-Hamas conflict 

  The Israel-Hamas war has become the deadliest period for journalists covering conflict since CPJ began documenting journalist fatalities in 1992.
• Lawyer Arricale: Isolation is outside of all national and international legality 

  Michela Arricale, a lawyer and member of the Research Center for Democracy in Italy, said that isolation is outside of all national and international legality.
• Türkdoğan: A new constitution should support a decentralized system 

  HEDEP deputy chair Öztürk Türkdoğan called for an active discussion about the process of a new constitution.
• Demonstration in Vienna on the occasion of World Kobanê Day 

  A demonstration took place in Vienna on the occasion of the upcoming World Kobanê Day. The demonstrators protested against Turkey's ongoing attacks on Rojava and against the AKP/MHP dictatorship.
• HEDEP MPs to apply to the Ministry of Justice to meet with Abdullah Öcalan 

  No news has been received for 32 months from Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is held in incommunicado detention on the island prison of Imrali.
• More than 3,257 children killed in Gaza and Israel in three weeks 

  3,195 children killed in Gaza in three weeks surpasses the annual number of children killed in conflict zones since 2019.
• TEV-ÇAND artists in Paris protest isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  TEV-ÇAND artists in Paris carried out a protest for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Demonstrations in France demand “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Activists in France demand that Abdullah Öcalan be allowed to meet with his lawyers and family and, ultimately, freed under conditions that allow him to play a role in finding a just and democratic political solution to the decades-old Kurdish question.
• Two HEDEP members imprisoned in Mersin 

  The Turkish regime’s political extermination campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• HEDEP calls for the democratization of the Republic of Turkey 

  HEDEP co-chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan called for the democratisation of the country and equal rights for all sections of the population on the centenary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey.
• KCDK-E: Mazlum Dora's hunger strike achieved its purpose 

  The KCDK-E made a statement about artist Mazlum Dora, who is on hunger strike in Stammheim prison in Stuttgart, and said, "The hunger strike has achieved its purpose."
• HEDEP executive Bulğataken into custody  

  HEDEP executive Naif Bulğa was taken into custody at the police station where he went to give a statement. Bulğa is expected to be referred to the courthouse today.
• Civil disobedience action at Frankfurt Airport denounces Turkish attacks on Rojava 

  Kurdish people and their friends continue their actions worldwide in response to the Turkish state's never-ending attacks on the lands of the Kurds.