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• Disciplinary investigation against jailed HDP MP on hunger strike 

  A disciplinary investigation was launched against DTK Co-Chair Leyla Güven, who is on an indefinite hunger strike in protest against the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Öcalan.
• Saturday Mothers met once again despite the repression 

  The Saturday Mothers met in front of the Human Rights Association (İHD) Istanbul Branch building to stage week 711 of their action.
• 85 years old Kurdish woman sent back to prison after treatment 

  Sise Bingöl had been receiving treatment in hospital for eight days, and was sent back to prison.
• IHD: Guards tried to suffocate a child prisoner in Amed 

  The Human Rights Association in Amed has received a complaint by a child prisoner stating a guard had tried to suffocate him.
• France bans actions for Ocalan, KCDK-E calls for resistance 

  The KCDK-E said actions will be staged in front of US consulates three days a week.
• The International League for Human Rights awards Imret 

  The International League for Human Rights awarded the 2018 Carl von Ossietzky Medal to Cizre Co-mayor Leyla Imret and human rights defender Ottmar Miles Paul.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign writes to Theresa May for Öcalan 

  "The absolute isolation of Abdullah Ocalan is tied to the war that the Turkish state forces have been waging against the Kurdish people in Turkey and Syria", said the letter.
• Sick prisoner loses his life 

  Burhan Karatay (67) on remand in the Giresun Type E Closed Prison lost his life after a heart attack.
• Signature campaign demanding the release of Sisê Bingöl 

  One of the seriously ill prisoners is 85 years old Sisê Bingöl who has been denied freedom despite her condition.
• Lawyers appeal again to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers appealed to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for the 761st time to visit their client.
• Thousands gather in Strasbourg for Öcalan 

  Thousands of Kurds and their allies continue to flock to Strasbourg to attend a massive rally organized with the motto “Öcalan’s freedom is our freedom”.
• 85 years old Kurdish prisoner Sise Bingol hospitalized 

  Sise Bingol (85), held in the Tarsus Type T Closed Women’s Prison, was hospitalized after intense protests.
• Ongoing violations in Turkish prisons 

  Prisoners are subjected to many rights violations and arbitrary practices, such as torture, ill-treatment, refusal of referrals, censorship of letters, confiscation of books.
• Protest against Öcalan's isolation in Zurich 

  In Zurich people demonstrated on Saturday against the tightened isolation conditions of Abdullah Öcalan. Numerous Kurds and solidary friends called on international forces and the CPT to act.
• Saturday Mothers, reclaiming the right to bury their loved ones 

  The Saturday Mothers have been fighting for 23 years for the truth about the fate of their relatives who disappeared while in detention to be revealed and for the perpetrators to be punished.
• HDP’s Bilgen: CPT shares responsibility on Öcalan's isolation 

  No news has been received on the health and general situation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. Any connection with the outside world has been completely cut off.
• Civilian from Afrin: I was tortured by the invaders for 6 months 

  A civilian abducted by the Turkish army and their allied gangs spoke about the torture he was subjected to. The civilian who wishes to remain anonymous said women were resisting torture.
• Russian association calls for an end to the isolation of Öcalan 

  The human rights of the imprisoned leader of Kurdistan Abdullah Ocalan are violated.
• Violation in Sincan and Burhaniye women’s prisons exposed 

  Women prisoners exposed violations and repression they are subjected to.
• “Now it’s Öcalan’s turn” 

  Campaigners for Mandela’s freedom are now working for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan. Their joint view is, “Like we worked for Mandela in the past, now we must work for Öcalan.”
• The AKP policy of systematic harassment 

  The AKP government is pursuing a policy of systematic harassment against people demanding justice and truth.
• Kurds to gather in front of the CPT and ECHR for Öcalan 

  KCDK-E called for strong participation in the demonstrations to be held for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom on November 6-18. 
• 76-year-old Kurdish woman remains in custody on terrorism charges 

  The seriously ill 76-year-old Kurdish woman Sisê Bingöl has been in prison since April 2017 for "terrorism allegations."
• Ankara's war on the dead 

  The corpses of at least 707 fallen members of the Kurdish Freedom Movement and victims of the Turkish military blockade in Northern Kurdistan in 2015 and 2016 are still not given to families for burial. Turkey is waging a war against the dead.
• MSD Youth Council condemns violations of children rights in Afrin 

  The occupying Turkish state and their mercenary allies have murdered children in Afrin, deprived them of their rights to study, denied them their security and homes.