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• Armed attack on DEM Party building in Istanbul 

  DEM Party Sultangazi District Organisation building was targeted by an armed attack.
• MED-DER’s former co-chair Rıfat Roni sent to prison 

  MED-DER’s former co-chair Rıfat Roni, who was detained in raids targeting Kurdish institutions, was sent to prison.
• DEM Party First Region co-spokesperson Dilber Demir sent to prison 

  Five DEM Party, DBP, HDK and MATUHAY-DER executives were released, while DEM Party First Region co-spokesperson Dilber Demir was sent to prison.
• Amed hosts International Symposium on Historical Buildings 

  An international symposium on ‘Strengthening Historical Buildings and Transferring them Safely to the Future’ started in Amed (Diyarbakır) on Friday.
• HBDH militia set fire to a furniture factory belonging to an AKP member in Istanbul 

  HBDH Şiyar Efrin Militia announced that they set fire to a furniture factory belonging to an AKP member in Istanbul.
• Panel on Abdullah Öcalan at the University of Geneva 

  A panel on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan will be held at the University of Geneva.
• MRAP calls on the UN to visit Imrali 

  MRAP brought the Imrali isolation issue to the UN Human Rights Council sessions, calling on the UN Committee Against Torture to urgently visit the prison island.
• Sultan Yaray: Intolerance towards Kurdish language confirmed by arrests 

  DBP Amed Provincial co-chair Sultan Yaray pointed out the state’s intolerance towards the Kurdish language and culture, and drew attention to the fact that oppression is not independent of the Imrali isolation.
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 41,534 

  At least 39 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.
• Detention period of 29 people detained in Amed extended 

  The detention period of 29 people, including Kurdish language teachers, detained in Amed on 24 September was extended.
• Fîraz Dağ commemorated on the anniversary of his martyrdom in Raqqa 

  Director and journalist Fîraz Dağ (Mehmet Aksoy), who was martyred in Raqqa, was commemorated by his comrades, friends and family at his grave on the anniversary of his martyrdom.
• Austrian parties: Isolation of Abdullah Öcalan is a violation of human rights 

  In the run-up to the Austrian parliamentary elections on Sunday, the Kurdish umbrella organisation FEYKOM asked the parties standing for election about their stance on the subject of Kurdistan. Around 150,000 Kurds live in Austria.
• DBP condemns the call for assassination of PUK Leader Talabani 

  DBP condemned the call for ‘the assassination’ of PUK Leader by the former Chief of Intelligence of the General Staff, and said, “AKP-MHP plans to intervene in the elections in the Kurdistan Region and to make the results serve its occupation policies."
• Four people tortured in police station yard imprisoned 

  Four people who were tortured while lying face down in the police station yard in Halfeti were imprisoned after the verdict against them was upheld by the Court of Cassation.
• Call for assassination against PUK leader Bafel Talabani on Turkish TV 

  Participating in a television programme in Turkey, İsmail Hakkı Pekin, former Chief of Intelligence of the General Staff, called for the assassination of PUK leader Bafel Jalal Talabani.
• Molly Dhlamini: We support the Kurds as they fight for the release of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Stating that Abdullah Öcalan must be free, SACP Central Committee Member Molly Dhlamini expressed their support for the Kurdish people fighting for their culture and language.
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' Vigil in front of the UN Office in Geneva enters its 45th month 

  The sit-in vigil demanding the lifting of the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and his freedom in Geneva has entered its 45th month.
• Four people, including a journalist, detained in İzmir 

  Four people, including a journalist, were detained in house raids carried out by the police in İzmir province.
• Gündüz: We will shout our demands from Amed to the whole world 

  On 13 October, a large rally will take place in Amed as part of the campaign "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question". Despite the threat of repression, mobilization is in full swing.
• Former wife of ISIS emir on trial in France accused of ‘genocide’  

  Sonia M., the ex-wife of one of the founders of the ISIS’ foreign operations cell, is suspected of enslaving a Yazidi girl and accused of genocide.
• ‘Our struggle against cultural genocide will never stop’ 

  Protesters against the police raid on language and cultural institutions in Amed and detentions said, “What is being practised is cultural fascism. Kurds have been struggling for their language and culture for decades. This struggle will never stop.”
• ‘Kurds’ and ‘isolation’ on the agenda at the ruling Labour Party Conference in the UK 

  Kurdish representatives met with members of the House of Lords and MPs to discuss the political developments, attacks and occupations in Kurdistan, as well as the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hundreds of books and magazines seized during raid on bookstore in Amed 

  During the raid on Payîz Pirtûk bookstore, 409 books and 144 magazines were seized.
• 22 people detained during police raids on language and culture associations in Amed 

  The Anka Language and Art Education Cooperative was also raided in Amed. The number of detainees increased to 22.
• KCK: We salute the democratic success of the peoples of Sri Lanka 

  “We consider the achievements of the Sri Lankan peoples in their struggle for freedom and democracy important, and we would like to express our support for their struggle on the basis of women’s freedom, democracy, and ecology,” KCK said.