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• Four-week “Freedom for Öcalan” camp in Strasbourg begins on 2 October 

  A four-week “Freedom for Öcalan” camp will take place in Strasbourg in October. Interested groups are invited to participate, activists from all over Europe are expected.
• HDP expresses solidarity with 'We can't shelter' campaign launched by students 

  The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) expressed its support for the 'We can't shelter' campaign launched by students and demanded that their demand be met immediately.
• Revolutionary Youth Movement expresses solidarity for members of Greek groups K*VOX and Rouvikonas 

  The Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ-Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger) called for solidarity for the members of K*VOX and Rouvikonas on trial in Greece.
• Activists on vigil in front of UN pay tribute to PKK member slain in Sulaymaniyah 

  The sit-in demonstration in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva, which has been ongoing since January 25, demands an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Tuncel: We will build a democratic republic against racist mentality 

  “We want to build a democratic republic which promotes women’s emancipation against the monist and racist mentality,” said former co-chair of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Sebahat Tuncel during the hearing of the Kobane Trial.
• Kobanê Trial: The court acts politically, not lawfully 

  According to the politicians in the Kobanê Trial, the court is attempting to make political choices rather than legal ones.
• Municipality of Rignano Flaminio confers honorary citizenship on Abdullah Öcalan 

  The Municipality of Rignano Flaminio, which had previously conferred honorary citizenship on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, held a ceremony to present the award to the Kurdish Committee.
• Parliament approves none of the 3,076 bills submitted by opposition parties in four years 

  Only 1,244 out of a total of 14,223 parliamentary questions were answered in due time.
• HDP politician Fırat Keser sentenced to 7,5 years in prison 

  HDP Party Council member Fırat Keser has been sentenced to seven years and six months in prison for "membership in a terrorist organization."
• Asrın Law Office: No solution without Abdullah Öcalan 

  Asrın Law Office said that talking about the solution of the Kurdish problem without Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan will bring no solution.
• Şenyaşar family calls for joint struggle against injustice 

  The Şenyaşar family called on the bar associations of Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara “to stop this injustice together”.
• Youth Movement Coordination presents 9-item solution to students' housing problem  

  The Youth Movement Coordination presented a 9-item solution to students' housing problem.
• Protest in front of NATO HQ: “Stop the war against Kurds!” 

  Kurdish activists protested in front of the NATO headquarters in Brussels in protest at Turkey’s occupation attacks and war crimes in Kurdistan, and the silence of NATO, urging it to “stop the war against Kurds".
• Racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers in Düzce 

  Another racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers has taken place in western Turkey. A mob gathered in front of their accommodation and made it clear with threats that they would not tolerate Kurds in the area.
• Jinen Tirejen Roje targets fascists in four cities 

  The Jinen Tirejen Roje Initiative announced that they carried out actions against vehicles belonging to watchmen and “fascists” in Istanbul, Balıkesir, Bursa and Tekirdağ provinces.
• Kobanê trial in Ankara adjourned due to quarantine 

  The Kobanê trial in Ankara has been adjourned because the judge is in quarantine. HDP co-chairwoman Pervin Buldan called for solidarity with the defendants and stated that the trial is political.
• Mother Şenyaşar: We need legal support 

  As the Şenyaşar family is continuing their struggle for justice, mother Emine Şenyaşar has called for legal support from lawyers.
• Curfew declared in Bitlis  

  A curfew was declared in Bitlis on the grounds that military operations would take place in two villages and many hamlets.
• Turkish police take 9 students into custody as 'We can't shelter' campaign spreads 

  Turkish police detained 9 students who wanted to sleep in the park to protest the exorbitant rents and dormitory fees in Ankara.
• Children of Fire burn a workshop and two vehicles 

  The Children of Fire Initiative announced that they set fire to a workshop and two vehicles “belonging to fascists” in Istanbul and Izmir.
• Fourth hearing in Kobani Trial continues 

  The Kobani Trial hearing continues with the defence of the lawyers. Defence Lawyer Nuray Özdoğan said that “Obviously, this trial began in an office room of a political party”.
• Police do not allow journalists and observers to attend Kobani Trial hearing 

  Journalists and observers have not been allowed to attend the latest hearing of the Kobani Trial, which targets the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and is considered a “conspiracy”.
• Activists from Mainz take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 483 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, was taken over this week, the 483rd, by a group of activists from the city of Mainz.
• HDP co-chair Sancar: We will use our strength to bring peace to this country! 

  HDP co-chair, Mithat Sancar, held a meeting in Bursa as part of the ‘We are the HDP, we are everywhere’ campaign.
• Kurdish refugees in Lavrio Camp call off hunger strike 

  The hunger strike carried out by Kurdish refugees in Lavrio Camp demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was called off after 259 days with a rally.