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• Captured ISIS member: Turkey and ISIS made an agreement 

  Savaş Yıldız connected with ISIS/MİT said the Turkish state and gangs entering ISIS-occupied Jarablus without shooting a single bullet was a clear sign of the agreement between Turkey and ISIS.
• Visitors banned from attending the HDP group meeting in parliament 

  The political genocide against HDP continues. The government has banned visitors from attending the party’s group meeting.
• Bomb-laden vehicle of ISIS destroyed 

  SDF and YPG/YPJ forces have confiscated and destroyed two ISIS bomb-laden vehicles in Hishe village.
• Demirtaş kept with Al-Qaeda convicts and ordinary prisoners 

  HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP MP Abdullah Zeydan are kept in the Edirne Type F Closed Prison in a cell on the C Block where the Al-Qaeda convicts and problematic non-political prisoners are.
• Al-Sanadid Forces join the Operation Wrath of Euphrates 

  Al-Sanadid Forces have announced their participation in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates to liberate Raqqa alongside the Wrath of Euphrates fighters.
• Balance sheet of the 'Operation Wrath of Euphrates' for 10 days 

  167 ISIS members were killed and 34 villages were liberated during the first 10 days of the 'Operation Wrath of Euphrates'.
• Lawyer Levent Pişkin detained after visiting Demirtaş in prison 

  Lawyer Levent Pişkin has been detained in Istanbul after his visit to HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş in prison last week.
• Massive rally in Cologne against AKP fascism 

  A massive rally took place in Cologne against the AKP government’s political genocide operations targeting Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the free press in Turkey and Kurdistan.
• 24 associations raided and sealed in Van 

  24 associations operating in Van were sealed by police officers today.
• 370 NGOs shut down 

  Interior Affairs shut down 370 non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Many of these NGOs are Kurdish associations.
• Protests continue: Kurds will topple your reign! 

  Kurdistanis abroad continue their protests against the AKP and the state’s political genocide against the HDP and the Kurdish people. In these protests, activists sent out the message that the AKP reign would soon be toppled.
• 7 parties in Sweden issue call for the release of HDP members 

  The Human Rights Group consisting of MPs from 7 political parties in the Swedish parliament issued a statement and condemned the human rights violations in Turkey and the pressure against the HDP.
• 38 people detained regarding the action against appointed trustee in Derik 

  38 people have been detained regarding the action against Derik governor Muhammet Fatih Safitürk, who was recently appointed as trustee to Derik Municipality.
• Support for HDP and Kurdish people from the Philippines parliament 

  MAKABAYAN, the group of leftist parties in the Philippines House of Representatives, strongly condemned the fascist attacks on HDP and called upon all defenders of human rights and democracy to stand with the Kurds.
• HDP group advisors detained 

  After the arrests of HDP parliamentarians, police officers began to detain HDP group advisors that had been dismissed with the recent emergency decrees this morning.
• NAV-DEM and FEDA call for participation in the protest in Cologne 

  NAV-DEM and FEDA have called for strong participation in the march and protest to be held in Cologne on November 12.
• Brigade Commander: ISIS gangs use civilians as human shields in Raqqa 

  Raqqa Eagles Brigade Commander Feyad al-Xanim stated that ISIS gangs use civilians as human shields, and the two branches of the Wrath of Euphrates Initiative would soon unite near Belîx River.
• Footage of civilians freed in Raqqa operation 

  Dozens of civilians have been freed from ISIS gangs and transported to free lands in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates launched on November 5 by SDF, YPG and YPJ forces.
• SPA sends solidarity message to HDP and Kurdish people 

  Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (SPA) has sent a solidarity message to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), 11 MPs of which have been arrested, including Co-chairs.
• HDP Headquarters in Ankara under blockade for 5 days 

  HDP Headquarters has been under police blocakde since the night of November 4 and entrance to the building still hasn’t returned to normal. Pedestrians are not allowed through the barricades.
• Joan Ryan MP condemns the arrest of HDP MPs in Turkey 

  Joan Ryan, Labour Member of Parliament for Enfield North, has condemned the arrest and detention, in Turkey, of the two joint leaders of the HDP along with at least 10 other HDP parliamentary colleagues, in the early hours of Friday 4th November.
• Ammunition seized from ISIS gangs in Operation Wrath of Euphrates 

  In offensives within the Operation Wrath of Euphrates launched by SDF, YPG and YPJ forces on November 5 to liberate Raqqa, some ammunition has been seized from ISIS gangs.
• 40 inmates in Adana forcibly transferred to other prisons 

  40 inmates in Adana Kürkçüler Type F Closed Prison have been transferred to various prisons across Turkey.
• Wrath of Euphrates fighters advance 25 km to Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates fighters have advanced 25 km and have liberated 1 more village and 3 hamlets.
• Kurds and European parliamentarians show support for HDP in Brussels 

  Kurds and European parliamentarians showed support for HDP in Brussels and protested AKP’s political genocide.