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• Security forces begin voting for parliamentary elections in Federal Kurdistan Region 

  Security forces have begun voting for the parliamentary elections to be held in the Federal Kurdistan Region on 20 October.
• Women from Maxmur appeal to South Kurdistan voters 

  Women in Maxmur Refugee Camp called on the people of South Kurdistan (North Iraq) to go to the polls and cast their votes carefully in the upcoming Kurdistan Region Parliamentary elections.
• Peace Mothers: We will continue to be human shields until the war stops 

  Members of the Peace Mothers Assembly, who held a three-day vigil for peace against war in Silopi district of Şırnak province, ended their protest with a statement. The mothers stated that they will continue to be human shields until the war stops.
• Peace Mothers deported 9 days before hearing 

  An indictment was being prepared against the three Peace Mothers who were arrested after the military attack in the village of Bilêxşe. The mothers were deported to another prison 9 days before the hearing, without informing their families and lawyers.
• Many detained as soldiers attack Peace Mothers demonstrating in Silopi 

  Peace Mothers took to the streets against war in Silopi district of Şırnak. Turkish soldiers attacked the demonstration and detained many mothers.
• Five kolbars tortured by Iranian forces in Mariwan, one in serious condition 

  Iranian state forces brutally tortured five kolbars in Mariwan, Eastern Kurdistan.
• Footage of guerrilla action in Zap region 

  Gerîla TV continues exposing the blows suffered by the invading Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan.
• Bafil Talabani to Barzanis: You sold out the Yazidis and Kurdistan lands 

  Bafil Talabani addressed Barzanis at the PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) rally in Duhok and said that Barzanis sold out the Yazidis and Kurdistan lands and this is a dishonourable situation for Kurds.
• DBP: A clear stance against isolation was demonstrated in Amed 

  The Democratic Regions Party (DBP) thanked the participants of the freedom rally in Amed and stated that a clear attitude against isolation was demonstrated.
• KDP places photo traps for the Turkish state against guerrilla forces 

  RojNews published new images proving the KDP's complicity with the occupying Turkish state against the guerrilla forces.
• Bakırhan: Peace cannot be achieved through isolation and locking the doors of İmralı 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan condemned the ban on the freedom rally in Amed and stated that peace will not be possible by isolation and locking İmralı.
• Press statement in Amed: Stop the torture, open the doors of İmralı! 

  Speaking at the demonstration in Amed demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish question, lawyer Rezan Sarıca appealed to the government: “End the torture, open the doors of İmralı.”
• The way to the freedom of the peoples is through İmralı! 

  Speaking at the demonstration for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, DBP Co-Chair Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar said: “The way for the Kurdish people and the peoples of Turkey to be free is through İmralı and Abdullah Öcalan.”
• Thousands march in Amed before the rally for ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ 

  Thousands of people gathered in Amed to demand the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and started a march from many points of the city, chanting ‘Bijî Serok Apo’ and ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’.
• Batûfa Çekdar: People do not forget the taste of freedom 

  Batûfa Çekdar from the Central Command of the YJA Star (Free Women’s Units) spoke about the state of the war in Kurdistan. "The last eight years represent a new phase in our struggle," said the guerrilla commander.
• KCK: Elections in South Kurdistan important for Kurdistan's liberation from occupation and genocide 

  The KCK said that the elections in South Kurdistan are important for Kurdistan to be saved from occupation and genocide.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Ezda Isyan  

  Guerrilla Ezda Isyan fought for ten years in the mountains of Kurdistan. She fell as a martyr in Botan in January.
• HPG: 5 Turkish soldiers killed, one excavator destroyed 

  According to the HPG, five Turkish soldiers in South Kurdistan were shot dead by guerrilla snipers in the past two days. The Turkish Air Force, meanwhile, has bombed dozens of areas.
• YPJ: The conspiracy and occupation will not achieve their goal 

  YPJ vows to continue their struggle to achieve the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, end the occupation, and ensure the protection of women’s values and the peoples of the region.
• One kolbar killed, another injured by Iranian forces in Piranshahr 

  The Iranian regime forces continue their deadly attacks against load carriers with impunity.
• HPG reports 76 Turkish air strikes in three days 

  According to HPG, guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan have been bombed 76 times by the Turkish air force within three days. Guerrillas are continuing their resistance, and a soldier was killed in Zap.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Azad Özgür, Delîla Rojevîn Garzan and Lorîn Bîşeng  

  Guerrillas Azad Özgür, Delîla Rojevîn Garzan and Lorîn Bîşeng fought for freedom against the Turkish army and ISIS. They died five years ago in South Kurdistan.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Şiyar Cûdî and Nûda Êrîş Andok 

  The HPG paid tribute to guerrillas Şiyar Cûdî and Nûda Êrîş Andok, who died seven years ago in the Zap region, and published information about their identities.
• Filiz Budak: Kurds in Maxmur have been organizing, resisting, defending and living their culture 

  Turkey bombed the Kurdish refugee camp of Maxmur as Iraqi officials went house-to-house to conduct a census at the request of the UN. It was no coincidence, says People's Council chair Filiz Budak.
• Military operation in Van countryside 

  The Turkish state declared many areas in Başkale district of Van province in Northern Kurdistan as ‘Temporary Special Security Zone’ and launched a military operation.