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• Global Action Day: Defend Rojava – Defend the Revolution! 

  Today is a Global Action Day for Rojava.
• Solidarity with Rojava in Bologna 

  Làbas and TPO in Bologna held an action in Bologna in solidarity with Rojava.
• FED-KURD: Join actions to protect Rojava on Saturday 

  FED-KURD issued a statement against the invasion attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria and called on everyone to "join the actions to protect Rojava on 14 December."
• People in Amed protest attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria 

  The attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria were protested in Amed.
• DEM Party co-chairs meet diplomatic representatives from 31 countries 

  DEM Party co-chairs met with diplomatic representatives from 31 countries. The meeting drew attention to isolation in Imrali and attacks on Kurds.
• Police take 18 people into custody in Van and Ankara 

  Turkish police took 18 people into custody in raids carried out in Van and Ankara.
• Families apply once again to visit Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's family and guardian applied to the Bursa Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate requesting a visit.
• Five politicians and human rights defenders taken into custody in Mersin 

  DEM Party Provincial co-chair Reşat Aşan and 5 politicians and human rights defenders were taken into custody within the scope of a police operation carried out in Mersin.
• Demo in front of the Danish Parliament calls for urgent action for Rojava 

  Kurds and their friends gathered in front of the Danish Parliament in protest at the invasion attacks against Rojava and called on the government to urgently protect Rojava.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to the CPT requesting an urgent visit to İmralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers made an application to the CPT requesting an urgent visit to İmralı Prison where the Kurdish leader is held in isolation.
• Dutch woman who enslaved a Yazidi woman sentenced to 10 years in prison  

  For the first time in the Netherlands, a Dutch woman accused of using a Yazidi woman as a slave was sentenced to 10 years in prison for ‘committing a crime against humanity’.
• Women urge the UN to take measures against massacres and crimes in North-East Syria 

  Kurdish women addressed the UN against the attacks of the occupying Turkish state and the gangs it feeds against North and East Syria and called on the UN to ‘take measures against war and crimes against humanity as soon as possible’.
• Kurds march to the European Parliament, calling for action for Rojava 

  Kurds marched to the European Parliament against the invading Turkish state's occupation attacks against Rojava. KNK Co-President Ahmet Karamus warned of a human tragedy if the attacks are not stopped and demanded the EP to play its role.
• London: 5 Kurdish activists released on parole, one faces arrest warrant 

  5 of the Kurdish activists detained in London two weeks ago were released on parole and are to be monitored with electronic tags and other restrictions, while an arrest warrant was issued for one activist.
• Kurdish activists detained in London appear in court 

  6 Kurdish activists, who were detained on 27 November in an operation by the British police, are being brought to court after 14 days of detention.
• Meeting in Rome to discuss events in Syria 

  Rete Kurdistan and UIKI Onlus called on everyone to attend a rally in Rome on 12 December to defend the Rojava Revolution and the right of their people to participate in the construction of a new Syria.
• Internationalists in Sheffield express their solidarity with Rojava 

  A demonstration for Rojava took place in Sheffield.
• Esquerra Republicana: The fall of al-Assad's dictatorship, an opportunity for change for Syria 

  The Catalan party Esquerra Republicana said in a statement that "the fall of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship is an opportunity for change for Syria.
• French MPs: Rojava offers a model and must be protected from Turkey's attacks and threats 

  In a statement on the developments in Syria, parliamentarians of the New Popular Front in France said that Rojava offers an important model in this process and called for the protection of this system from Turkey's attacks.
• Zübeyir Aydar: We must be the voice of Rojava 

  Zübeyir Aydar from the Executive Council of the KCK warns of a major war in Syria. There is a risk that the forces that overthrew Assad will start a new civil war.
• 35 parties and organizations call for protection of achievements of Autonomous Administration 

  35 parties and organizations called on people to protect the achievements of the Autonomous Administration.
• KCDK-E: We call on our people to stand up for Manbij 

  In view of Turkey's air and ground attacks on the self-governed canton of Manbij in Northern Syria, the Kurdish European association KCDK-E has called for continuous protests in front of parliaments, consulates and EU and UN institutions.
• Assad and his family are in Moscow 

  It was announced that ousted President of Syria, Bashar Assad, and his family are in Moscow.
• MP Fabian Molina: Rojava, a stronghold of democracy and stability, must be protected 

  Bringing up the developments in Syria at the Swiss Federal Parliament, MP Fabian Molina emphasised that Rojava is a bastion of democracy and stability in the region and called for the support of this structure.
• Russia confirms Assad's departure from Syria 

  The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Bashar al-Assad has left Syria giving instructions for a peaceful political transition.