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• KOMAW calls on international community to speak out against Turkish crimes in Kurdistan 

  KOMAW underlined that the Turkish state has openly committed crimes against humanity before the eyes of the world and said that no international humanitarian organization should remain silent about this.
• Lawyer Jan Fermon speaks about delisting the PKK from terrorist organisations list 

  Lawyer Jan Fermon speaks about delisting the PKK from the terrorist organisations list.
• TekoJIN activists in Vienna protest isolation of Öcalan and Turkish attacks on Kurdistan 

  TekoJIN activists gathered on Thursday evening in Vienna and organized an action against the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the invasion attacks in Kurdistan as part of the "Werin Cenga Azadiyê" campaign.
• Attack on Syrian refugees in Izmir 

  Houses and vehicles were set on fire in the attack on a site in Torbalı, Izmir, where Syrian refugees live.
• MSD delegation meets with US officials in Washington 

  The MSD and US officials discussed the Syrian issue and ways to solve it during a meeting at the US Department of State.
• ESP visits Şenyaşar family: We will expand the resistance everywhere 

  Co-chair of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) Şahin Tümtüklü said: “We will expand the resistance of Şenyaşar family everywhere.”
• Jinen Tirejen Roje set fire to two textile factories and 15 vehicles 

  The Jinen Tirejen Roje Initiative announced that they set fire to two textile factories and 15 vehicles, 10 of which belong to prison wardens.
• Support from North Africa for the 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan' campaign 

  Many well-known North Africans back the hashtag campaign for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, which the Kurdistan Digital Media Council will launch on October 8.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned on Imrali Island for 22 years under conditions of severe isolation.
• ANF correspondent Murat Kuseyri passes away 

  We mourn the death of our correspondent Murat Kuseyri. After a long and serious illness, the Sweden correspondent passed away in Stockholm at the age of 66.
• Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative calls on people to join rally in Strasbourg on Saturday 

  The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Initiative is organizing a central rally in Strasbourg on Saturday, 2 October with the slogan "To Dem Dema Azadiyê - Take Action for Öcalan".
• HDP activist Ezgi Orak in custody at anti-terror headquarters 

  HDP activist Ezgi Orak, kidnapped by plainclothes police in Ankara on Wednesday, is, contrary to what is claimed, in custody at the anti-terror headquarters in Ankara. What she is accused of is still unclear.
• The remains of guerrillas Vedat Öklü and Yücel Yıldız given to their families after 114 days 

  The remains of Vedat Öklü and Yücel Yıldız, who lost their lives in the clashes in Besta, were given to his family after 114 days.
• The family of HPG guerrilla Hamit Yazan waits to collect their son's remains 

  The family of HPG guerrilla Hamit Yazan, who fell as a martyr during clashes in Beytüşşebap, came to Şırnak to collect the remains of their son after giving a DNA sample.
• Kurdish young people in Marignane demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish young people in Marignane carried out their 'Werin Cenga Azadiyê' action on Wednesday evening.
• Italian senators visit Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  Italian senators Gianni Marilotti and Roberto Rampi visited the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg and expressed their support and solidarity.
• HDP youth council activist Ezgi Orak abducted in Ankara 

  HDP youth council activist Ezgi Orak was dragged into a vehicle in Ankara and abducted by people who said to be plainclothes police. Allegedly there is an arrest order, the anti-terror police do not know anything.
• Kurdish activists’ vigil in front of the UN headquarters enters its ninth month 

  The sit-in demonstration in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva, which has been ongoing since January 25, demands an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' session held at Labour Party conference 

  The ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ Campaign co-chairs stated that they would continue their solidarity with the Kurdish people by consolidating their practical activities in the new period.
• University students continue their protests: "We can't shelter" 

  Protests by students against rising rents and waiting times for dormitory places and the conditions continue. Meanwhile, the protesters are threatened by the president and called "liars".
• Military operation launched at 5 different sites in Şırnak 

  A military operation was launched at 5 different sites in Şırnak.
• Trustees in Van pay government media 

  Municipalities in Van, which are run by state-appointed trustees, pay approximately 300 TL per month to the ruling media.
• The governor's office bans actions and activities in Dersim for 15 days 

  The governor's office banned actions and activities in Dersim for 15 days.
• Kurdish women in Aarnau denounce Turkey for use of chemical weapons 

  Kurdish women met with some institutions in Aarau to draw attention to the poisonous and chemical gas used by the invading Turkish army against the Kurdish people and the environment in Kurdistan.
• Children of Fire set fire to a shopping mall and a supermarket 

  The Children of Fire Initiative announced that they burned a shopping mall in Antalya and a supermarket in Istanbul.