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• The state's approach to the Kurdish question is its approach to İmralı’ 

  ÖHD Diyarbakır Branch Co-Chair Gizem Miran stated that the government has taken on a fascist form and said, “The state's approach to İmralı is its approach to the Kurdish question.”
• Activists in Valencia demand freedom for Öcalan 

  March in Valencia to demand freedom for Öcalan.
• KCDK-E calls for strong participation in 12-13 October protests 

  KCDK-E called for a strong embrace of the actions to be held on 12-13 October under the leadership of TJK-E against the International Conspiracy and İmralı isolation.
• ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ events in Barcelona and Granada 

  Seminars and artistic events were organised in Barcelona and Granada as part of the global campaign for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Scholz to travel to Turkey: Middle East on the agenda 

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Turkey next week to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the escalating war in the Middle East, it was announced.
• Scottish Trades Union Congress writes to the UK Secretary of State, calling for action for Öcalan 

  The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) sent a letter to the UK Secretary of State, David Lammy, asking him to ‘take action for Abdullah Öcalan’, calling the Kurdish leader ‘a freedom fighter.’
• Collective Luna joins global days of action for ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ 

  "Political solution for Kurdistan is equivalent to saying that a world is possible in which the social order is not based on the logic of borders, racial discrimination, patriarchy, the exploitation of nature and workers and the repression of dissent."
• Senator Gavan: Abdullah Öcalan must be released 

  PACE member Senator Paul Gavan, from Sinn Féin, said that the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is of central importance to achieving peace and justice for the people of Kurdistan.
• Kurds and friends demonstrate for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom in London 

  Margaret Owen emphasised that Abdullah Öcalan was the only leader in the world who put women's freedom at the centre of his paradigm and said, “My only hope is to see Abdullah Öcalan free and the Kurdish people living in peace before I die.”
• Motion on Abdullah Öcalan submitted to the Spanish Senate 

  The pro-independence coalition Izquierdas por la Independencia Parliamentary Group in the Spanish Senate submitted a motion for a hearing on the situation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Victims of Ankara massacre commemorated: “We will keep you alive in our struggle” 

  Speaking at the commemoration for the victims of the Ankara Train Station Massacre, DEM Party Co-Chairperson Tülay Hatimoğulları said: “We will not forget you, and we will keep you alive in our struggle and in every field.”
• Eight people including DEM Party provincial co-chair detained in Iğdır 

  Turkish police raided the DEM Party's provincial organisation in Iğdır in the morning and detained eight people, including Mehmet Selçuk, the provincial co-chair.
• HBDH: The fascist state is responsible for the Ankara massacre 

  “Nine years have passed since the Ankara Train Station Massacre. Our pain is still fresh and our anger is growing day by day. The task before us is to organise this growing righteous anger correctly, said the HBDH.
• Thomas Schmidt: Turkey violates all rules with isolation 

  ELDH Co-Secretary General Thomas Schmidt said that the Turkish government violated both international rules and its own laws with the special and discriminatory isolation it implemented in Imrali.
• Police raid DEM Party Iğdır Provincial Organization building 

  Police raided the DEM Party Iğdır Provincial Organization building.
• ELA demands freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question 

  The Basque trade union ELA demanded freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question.
• Event in Indonesia as part of global days of action for ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ 

  On the anniversary of the global campaign launched a year ago demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, days action for freedom for the Kurdish leader are being organised all over the world.
• Preparations for Freedom Rally in Amed continue 

  Politicians and civil society representatives called on people to attend the 'Freedom Rally' to be held in Amed on Sunday 13 October.
• CI and CGT Catalunya demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan  

  The Confederación Intersindical and CGT Catalunya demanded the release of Abdullah Öcalan on the anniversary of the international conspiracy that led to his kidnapping and handover to the Turkish state.
• LAB: Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is key to finding a democratic solution to the Kudish question 

  Basque trade union LAB said in a message that “the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is key to finding a democratic solution to the Kurdish question.”
• Young activists start 3-day march in London 

  In London, the Revolutionary Youth Movement started a 3-day long march to support the global campaign for Öcalan’s freedom and protest against the 9 October conspiracy.
• KCDK-E calls on the Kurdish people and their friends to embrace Öcalan more strongly 

  In a statement about the 9 October conspiracy, KCDK-E said, ‘The physical freedom of Leader Öcalan is of vital importance. We call on the Kurdish people and their friends to embrace Leader Öcalan more strongly.”
• Tülay Hatimoğulları: We want an honourable peace no matter the cost 

  DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları said that the isolation in İmralı should be lifted, adding: “We are ready for negotiation for an honourable peace. There should be a solution in substance, not in words, and a concrete programme should be announced."
• Galician Unions' Confederation calls for international action to ensure the release of Öcalan 

  The Galician Unions' Confederation urges international authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure that Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan is released.
• Activists from Paris take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The Paris group of activists which took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg condemned the 9 October 1998 Conspiracy and called on people to support the action.