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• Italian academic demands “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Growing international support for the global campaign “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish question”.
• 58-year-old woman detained in Batman 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide campaign against the Kurdish population continues unabated.
• Australian MP calls for “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  MP Boyd pointed out that Abdullah Öcalan and the PKK have been key players in fighting for justice for Kurdish people through decades of political and violent conflict inflicted by the Turkish government.
• Sakharov Prize awarded to Mahsa Amini and “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising 

  MEPs awarded the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Jina Mahsa Amini and the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” Movement in Iran.
• Italian internationalists deported from Turkey speak of their experience 

  The internationalists detained and mistreated by the Turkish police talked about what they witnessed during their travel through Turkey and Kurdistan and described especially the strength of the Kurdish movement.
• Mıhçı: HEDEP congress increased our responsibility 

  Murad Mıhçı, member of the council of the HEDEP party spoke about the congress and the perspective of the new political project. HEDEP should become a real grassroots party that includes all marginalized and oppressed people.
• KNK condemns the attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza 

  The KNK condemned the attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza.
• Lawyer Sarıca: Repression in Imrali is an attack on Abdullah Öcalan  

  Lawyer Rezan Sarıca said that the increasing repression in Imrali must be viewed as an attack on Abdullah Öcalan.
• Activists on vigil in front of the UN headquarters salute the global campaign for Öcalan 

  Kurdish activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 saluted the international initiative launched last week demanding freedom for Öcalan.
• Israel tells citizens to leave Turkey as soon as possible 

  Israel called on its citizens in Turkey to leave the country after the deadly strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
• CPJ says 17 journalists have been killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict 

  As of October 18, at least 17 journalists were among the more than 4,000 dead on both sides since the war began on October 7.
• 26-year prison sentence sought for former HDP deputy 

  A former MP of the HDP faces 26 years in prison on trumped-up terror charges.
• Activists from Antwerp take over the vigil for the freedom of Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  Four Kurds from Belgium took over the permanent vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg.
• KCK: Attacks on the Palestinian people must stop 

  KCK expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just cause, saying: “The struggle of the peoples against oppression will surely succeed and all mass murderers will be held to account.”
• SDF commander Mazloum Abdi to speak at Catalan Parliament 

  The YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mihamed and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi will speak at the Catalan Parliament on the 2nd anniversary of the recognition of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Activists in New York protest Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria  

  The attacks by the Turkish state against Northern and Eastern Syria were protested in New York.
• Iran bans teaching of all foreign languages 

  The teaching of foreign languages is prohibited in kindergartens, nursery schools and primary schools in Iran.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers from the Asrın Law Office applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imralı Prison Directorate with a request to meet with their client, Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for 31 months.
• Saki: The AKP-MHP regime isolates everyone who doesn’t agree with it 

  Istanbul HEDEP MP Özgül Saki described the isolation on Imrali as an expression of Turkish state policy. “It started on the prison island, but now everyone who doesn't fit into the image of the regime is isolated.”
• KCDK-E joins 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan' international initiative 

  The KCDK-E announced that they have joined the international initiative launched on 10 October to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish problem.
• Police take 15 people into custody in Ankara 

  At least 15 people were taken into custody in house raids carried out in Ankara in the morning on charges related to the celebration of Newroz.
• 11 journalists killed in air strikes in the Israel-Gaza conflict 

  CPJ calls for journalists to be respected and protected during the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict.
• Tamil organisations support the global campaign for Öcalan 

  Growing international support for the global campaign “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish question”.
• Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF-05) in Myanmar sends solidarity message to Rojava 

  The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF-05) in Myanmar sent a solidarity message to Rojava.
• Activists in Leipzig protest Turkish state attacks on Rojava 

  The attacks carried out by the Turkish state and the hypocritical policies of the international community were condemned by activists in Leipzig.