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• Ömer: International forces are not fulfilling their responsibilities 

  Ebdulkerim Ömer, executive officer of the Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration, said that international forces do not take responsibility for the trial of ISIS members and families and warned that "the situation is very serious."
• Mahir Doğan: We will exist with our resistance 

  PKK Education Committee Member Mahir Doğan said that Turkey’s economic crisis is linked to the AKP-MHP regime's war policies and underlined that they " will strongly oppose these war policies. We will survive thanks to the resistance."
• These lands are not unclaimed, a review of recent films and series on Rojava 

  Director and producer Diyar Hesso reviews recent films and series about Rojava and the Kurds
• Kurdistan National Congress: Act For Öcalan’s Freedom! 

  The KNK called on the UN to ensure that the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes Öcalan and all Kurds and called on all friends of the Kurdish people to Act For Öcalan’s Freedom.
• Will there be a change in Germany's Kurdish policy? 

  After 16 years of Merkel's rule, during which she has collaborated with the AKP-MHP fascist bloc in every field, one wonders what the new German government under Scholz's leadership will do in Kurdish politics.
• Conditions of Aysel Tuğluk worsening, says her lawyer 

  Reyhan Yalçındağ, the lawyer of Aysel Tuğluk, whose health condition has badly deteriorated, said that their application to the ATK Supreme Board for a re-examination of contradicting reports has gone unanswered.
• KONGRA-GEL calls for participation in 'International Day of Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan' 

  The KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency Council said that 10 December is the International Day of Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and called for participation in the mass demonstrations to be held on 11 December.
• Öcalan’s Paradigm: Redefining the Revolution 

  Revolutions need to be based on the material and non-material structures of an alternative understanding of modernity. In Öcalan’s paradigm and conception, this is Democratic Modernity.
• Peace Mothers: The KDP refuses to hand over bodies of our martyrs 

  Peace Mothers went to Semalka Border Gate and wanted to meet with the KDP authorities once again. They said that they would protest until the bodies of their martyrs were delivered and called on the Kurdish people to "not remain in silence".
• David Mackenzie: International investigation needed to prove Turkey's war crimes 

  David Mackenzie, from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, said that there should be an international investigation until Turkey's war crimes are proved.
• "Turkey is out of control," says Simon Dubbins from UNITE the Union 

  Simon Dubbins, Director of International and Research of British trade union UNITE said that "Turkey is out of control."
• KCK Education Committee says demands made by students in South Kurdistan should be met 

  The KCK Education Committee said in a statement that the demands made by students in South Kurdistan are legitimate and should be met.
• KCK: Let's increase the fight for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The KCK Executive Council co-presidency issued a statement about the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decision about aggravated life sentences considered a violation of legal norms of the CoE.
• Lawyer Uysal: We are worried about Abdullah Öcalan's health 

  Lawyer Newroz Uysal said: "We're even wondering if he's in Imrali. The decision of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers will have an impact on the Turkish government's attitude."
• Old Sur residents can't even recognise their old houses and streets in their destroyed borough 

  Lokman Bakır, the former headman of Savaş Mahallesi, one of the 6 neighbourhoods in the borough of Sur in Amed, said that he was willing to open a tent and live in Sur.
• What does the decision of the EC Committee of Ministers tell? 

  The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers has neglected the urgent situation of Kurdish people's leader Öcalan and other detainees in Imralı. No decision has been made to stop the inhuman and degrading treatment that has been going on for years.
• Roussopoulos calls for international delegation to investigate use of chemical weapons by Turkey 

  Political activist Dimitrios Roussopoulos calls for the formation of an international delegation to investigate the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish state.
• Mayor of Durango: This Municipality institutionally recognises the Autonomous Administration 

  The municipality of Durango welcomed Nariman Evdike, Rawda Hasan and Manal Mohammad on Tuesday with an official reception at the City Hall. Mayor, Ima Garrastatxu, said: "We institutionally recognize the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria."
• ‘If the CoE’s norms do not exist only on paper, it must do what is necessary’ 

  "If the legal norms and values of the Council of Europe do not exist only on paper, it must do what is necessary to ensure that they are implemented," said lawyer Ibrahim Bilmez of Abdullah Öcalan's defense team.
• Delegation from Rojava arrives in Durango, Basque Country 

  A delegation from Rojava has arrived in Durango, Basque Country, to attend the Book Fair in the city and carry out a number of cultural and diplomatic events.
• Six years ago today, lawyer Tahir Elçi was murdered in Amed 

  On 28 November 2015, Tahir Elçi, a lawyer and President of Diyarbakır Bar Association, who spent his life defending people from the violence and abuse of the Turkish state repression machine, was murdered in Amed.
• Australian politicians demand removal of PKK from list of terrorist organisations 

  Support for the campaign Justice for the Kurds demanding the removal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations continues to grow. Australian politicians joined the call to delist the PKK.
• PKK: We will bring victory to life on the 44th anniversary of our party 

  Inviting people to celebrate the anniversary of its foundation, the PKK Central Committee said: "We call on all our people and friends to make the 44th year of the PKK's struggle a year of greater victory."
• PAJK urges women to revolt against male domination 

  In a statement to mark the 43rd anniversary of the PKK, the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PAJK) Coordination called on all women to revolt against the dominant systems.
• ‘Femicide will not end until the occupation is over’ 

  The Turkish state and its gangs carry out femicide in Afrin, Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî, where murder, torture and rape continue as a systematic policy. According to female activists, femicide will continue until the occupation is over.