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• Series of demos in Greece against Öcalan's isolation and AKP's attacks 

  Kurds living in Greece are in the streets against the isolation imposed upon Öcalan and the AKP’s attacks on municipalities and the free press.
• Specialist sergeants captured by HPG guerrillas speak to ANF 

  Ümit Gıcır and Mevlüt Kahveci, the specialist sergeants captured by HPG guerrillas in Çelê where the guerilla have control, called on the politicians and their families: “Act now to stop the bloodshed.”
• Bomb attack kills over 20 militants in Atma Camp 

  More than 20 gang members were killed in a bomb attack conducted during the changing of the guards in the Atma Camp on Syria-Turkey border.
• US Lieutenant Colonel: Turkish soldiers’ presence in Iraq is illegal 

  US Lieutenant Colonel Dorrian objected to Turkish soldiers’ presence in Iraq and described it as illegal. The Iraqi Parliament had recently described Turkey as occupant.
• Amri: We will treat all other land forces as if they were ISIS 

  Hashd al-Shaabi Director Hadi Amri stated that they reject Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan’s participation in Mosul operation.
• Iraqi parliamentarians: All relations with Turkey must end 

  Iraqi parliamentarians called for ending all relations with Turkey, expelling the Turkish ambassador from Iraq, and calling back the Iraqi ambassador from Turkey.
• Iraqi Parliament adopts decision for the leave of Turkish troops 

  Iraqi parliament has adopted a decision for the leave of Turkish military forces from Iraqi land.
• JINHA reporter Filiz Zeyrek sentenced to 15 months in prison 

  JINHA reporter Filiz Zeyrek has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and the execution of the sentence has been suspended.
• Italians voice support for Öcalan and the Kurdish people 

  Kurdish and Italian demonstrators held a demonstration for solidarity with the Kurds against the Turkish state’s isolation and attacks.
• Historic peace treaty refused in referendum in Colombia 

  The peace treaty signed between the government and FARC was refused in the referendum held in Colombia.
• Iraqi MPs: Turkey aims to invade Iraq with the extended mandate 

  Iraqi parliamentarians reacted against the Turkish cross border mandate that was renewed last week and said that Turkey aimed to invade Iraqi territory with this mandate.
• Parliament's first action has been to extend the cross-border mandate 

  Turkey's cross-border mandate has been extended for another year.
• Witnesses to Cizre massacre speak out in the UN 

  Two of the witnesses of the Cizre massacre spoke about the extent of the massacre committed under orders from Turkish president Tayyip Erdoğan s to the representative from the Special Unit formed in United Nations High Commissary for Human Rights.
• FARC-EP Guerrilla Conference sends a greeting of solidarity to PKK 

  The X National Guerrilla Conference of the FARC-EP "For national reconciliation, peace with social justice and advanced democracy" has sent a greeting of solidarity to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK.
• SNC-affiliated gangs bomb Sheikh Maqsoud 

  SNC-affiliated gangs are bombing the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo.
• ISIS hands over more villages to Turkish backed gang groups 

  ISIS groups have looted villages in Shehba region, and handed over these villages to 'Euphrates Shield' group within the scope of their occupation game.
• Access to Özgür Radyo's website blocked 

  Access to the website of Özgür Radyo, which broadcasts on 95.1 in Istanbul, has been blocked. Today, the Information and Communications Technologies Authority decided to block access to the radio’s website.
• Özgür Güneş Radio shut down in Malatya 

  Özgür Güneş Radio which broadcasts in Malatya province was shut down as a result of a statutory decree issued during the State of Emergency.
• Details of Öcalan's September 11 meeting with his brother on İmralı 

  Mehmet Öcalan said his brother Abdullah Öcalan made significant evaluations regarding the most recent developments in Turkey and Kurdistan during their most recent meeting in İmralı Island Prison earlier this month.
• Police raid the office of local Radio Dünya in Adana 

  Police forces have raided the Radyo Dünya (Radio World) which broadcasts in the southern province of Adana.
• AKP suspends the broadcast of 10 TV channels with a decree law 

  10 TV channels including those broadcasting in Kurdish were removed from Turkish satellite company Türksat and their broadcast was suspended in line with a decree law.
• Iraqi PM: We don’t want Turkish soldiers on our land 

  Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Abadi demanded Turkish soldiers leave their lands and said their presence hindered the fight against ISIS.
• Demirtaş: EP could take initiatives for resolution process in Turkey 

  After the meeting with EP President Schulz, Demirtaş said: "The EP could take official initiatives regarding the peace and solution process in Turkey, and establish a commission on how a lasting solution can be reached."
• HDP delegation meets with EP President Schulz in Brussels 

  Invited to Brussels by the European Parliament President Martin Schulz, HDP delegation led by Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş began their official visits in Europe. HDP officials and Schulz are currently in a meeting in Brussels.
• Demo by Kurdish youth in Stockholm for the freedom of Öcalan 

  Jinen Ciwanen Azad members have set up a tent in Swedish capital Stockholm’s Medborgarplatsen Square to protest the Turkish state’s genocidal operations in Northern Kurdistan and to support the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.