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• Investigation into Turkish threat against Minister in Belgium 

  An investigation has been launched after Flemish Region Justice Minister Zuhal Demir in Belgium received threats in Turkish. Demir is kept under police surveillance at her home.
• Germany finally takes action against Turkish fascists 

  After France, Germany is preparing to ban Bozkurt (Gray Wolf) Movement, the racist paramilitary force of the Turkish state. The draft laws of the ruling and opposition parties against the Idealist Movement will be discussed in the German Parliament today.
• HPG guerrilla Hamit Kartal laid to rest 

  Guerrilla Nûman Amed (Hamit Kartal) was buried in his hometown in Silvan, province of Amed.
• Three-day action tent in Den Haag 

  A three-day tent protest was launched in Den Haag, the Netherlands, to protest the Shengal agreement reached between Baghdad and Hewler, the cooperation between the KDP and the Turkish state, and the death sentence of two Kurdish men.
• Police detain 6 HDP and TUAY-DER executives in Istanbul - UPDATE 

  Six people were detained in the political genocide operations against HDP and TUAY-DER executives in Istanbul.
• France urges Russia to clear up Turkey's role in Karabakh deal 

  "The ceasefire was essential to save thousands of lives. But there are ambiguities," said Le Drian.
• Turkish parliament passes motion for deployment to Karabakh 

  An occupation motion against Armenia after South Kurdistan, Rojava and Libya.
• Kurdish youth to march to Stuttgart on December 5 

  TCŞ calls on the Kurdish youth living in Germany to join the march.
• Survivor of Suruç massacre dies of heart attack in Bern 

  Sezgin Dağ, a survivor of the ISIS massacre in Suruç, has died in Bern. His body was sent to Turkey today following a memorial ceremony. AvEG-Kon accuses the authorities of negligence.
• Youth spray walls of jihadist association supported by Germany 

  The DITIB is the extended arm of the Turkish religious authority Diyanet and one of the most powerful representatives of the AKP regime in Germany with almost 900 mosques.
• Kurdish activist murdered in Sweden 

  A young man from Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq is reported to have been killed in Sweden.
• Call for participation in actions against the PKK ban in Germany 

  KON-MED called for participation in the actions to be held on Saturday to call for an end to the ban of the PKK in Germany, which is now 27 years long.
• Lawyers apply to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan today applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a visit with their client.
• Court acquits police officer who murdered Kemal Kurkut  

  Police Y.Ş. was acquitted in the trial about the murder of Kemal Kurkut.
• What's happening in South Kurdistan?  

  As part of the series of interviews sponsored by Peace in Kurdistan Campaign, Connor Hayes speaks to Nilüfer Koç on Kurdish Unity and the Global War in the Middle East
• Left Party demands Sweden to apologise to Kurds for Palme murder 

  The Left Party asked Sweden to apologize to the Kurds, which it wrongly accused of killing Olof Palme in 1986.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ banners in France 

  The banners and posters campaign to protest the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continues throughout Europe.
• Iraq executes 21 men convicted of ‘terrorism’  

  Iraq ranks fifth among countries that carry out death sentences, according to Amnesty International, which documented 100 executions in the country in 2019.
• Armenia’s Foreign Minister resigns 

  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government has faced a popular backlash over the ceasefire accord that ended six weeks of fighting, with thousands of protesters last week demanding he resign.
• Signature campaign against death penalty for Er and Dağ 

  Abdurrahman Er and Mazlum Dağ were sentenced to death in February 2020 are accused of the killing of the Turkish vice consul Osman Köse in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan on 17 July 2019 in Hewler.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ banners in Helsinki 

  The banners and posters campaign to protest the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continues throughout Europe.
• Ten people taken into custody in Özalp 

  Ten people were detained in the political genocide operations carried out in Özalp in the morning.
• Young activists in Marseille demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan  

  Revolutionary Youth Movement (Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger-TCŞ) activists in Marseille demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem dies aged 79 

  Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem died on Monday.
• Slovenia wants to extradite Kurdish man to Turkey 

  Slovenia wants to extradite to Turkey a Kurdish patriot who was arrested last June.