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• Van under military siege on the eve of President Erdogan's visit 

  Before Turkish President Erdoğan's visit to Van this weekend, the city has been surrounded by police and soldiers. It was learned that Erdoğan will open a new police building.
• Police take 3 HDP members into custody in Istanbul 

  Three HDP members were detained in simultaneous operations carried out in Sultanbeyli, Gaziosmanpaşa and Esenler in Istanbul.
• ILPS prepares 'Kurdistan Solidarity Month' in the Philippines 

  The The International League of Peoples' Struggle, will organize a number of events in the Philippines in November under the label of "Global Solidarity Month with Kurdistan".
• Strasbourg vigil activists condemn KDP collaboration with Turkey 

  During the sit-in action in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, information dossiers have been handed over to the member countries. A statement was made at the rally site against the Turkish-KDP cooperation.
• Austrian company will not produce engines for Turkish drones 

  Austrian company Rotax announced that it will no longer produce engines for Turkey’s drones. Rotax has been breaking  arms embargo on Turkey for years via Italian and Canadian companies.
• Dossiers submitted to the CoE representatives in Strasbourg 

  Activists carrying out sit-in protest in Strasbourg within the scope of “Stop Isolation, Fascism, Occupation; Time for Freedom” are submitting dossiers to the representatives of the permanent member countries of the CoE.
• France warns citizens in Turkey 

  The French embassy has issued a warning to French citizens in Turkey and called on them to avoid "open spaces and gatherings".
• Panels and conferences at sit-in in Strasbourg 

  A panel discussion on the "Be Hev Ra Serhıldan" initiative was held during the sit-in protest that the youth took over in Strasbourg.
• Former UK MEP Ward expresses concern about latest HDP arrests 

  Human rights defender and former Labour MEP for the North West, Julie Ward, wrote to Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, regarding the latest mass arrests of members of the HDP.
• PUK rejects statement made on behalf of Public Security Council  

  Members of the PUK in the Kurdistan Region Public Security Council rejected the statements made on behalf of the Kurdistan Region Public Security Council and stated that they did not have information about the operations named in the statement.
• Police arrest BDP former MP Binici and HDP member Bağcık 

  BDP former deputy Ibrahim Binici and HDP Party Council member Mesut Bağcık were detained within the scope of the "Kobanê investigation".
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit their client in Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader applied once again to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a visit with their client.
• Bodies of HPG guerrillas not given to their families 

  The bodies of HPG guerrillas held in the morgue of Şırnak State Hospital are not delivered to their families, although the families already provided DNA samples.
• Deposed co-mayor of Siirt sentenced to over 10 years in prison 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against democratically elected political representatives of the Kurdish people continues increasingly.
• Youth take over the sit-in for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  Young people took over the ongoing sit-in protest for the freedom of the Kurdish People's Leader in Strasbourg. Young people called for ‘Serhildan’ (Kurdish rebellion), saying "It is time to strike the final blow to power".
• High prison sentence sought for deposed co-mayor of Sur 

  The trial against the deposed co-mayor of Sur, Filiz Buluttekin, continued in Amed. The public prosecutor's office is demanding a prison sentence of up to 15 years for the Kurdish politician.
• Chileans vote to rewrite the Constitution 

  Chileans rejected Pinochet’s constitutional legacy.
• Colombian President Duque says army killed ELN commander Uriel 

  ELN commander Uriel killed by army, said Colombian President Duque.
• People in Iraq take to the streets again 

  People in Iraq have gathered in Tahrir Square in Baghdad to mark the first anniversary of anti-government protests.
• Activists in Cyprus and Armenia pay tribute to Martyrs of October 

  October martyrs were commemorated in Limassol, Cyprus and in the village of Araski in Armenia.
• Peace in Kurdistan writes to UK Foreign Secretary about Shengal  

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign wrote to Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and to Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs about Shengal.
• Armenians and Kurds in Montpellier protest attacks on Artsakh 

  Armenians living in Montpellier protested against Azerbaijan and the Turkish state attacks against Artsakh (Upper Karabakh Republic).
• Two former FARC guerrillas killed in Colombia 

  Two more former FARC guerrillas killed in Colombia. Since the signing of the Final Peace Agreement 236 former guerrillas have been murdered.
• Over 500 Yazidis sign Joint Declaration for Shengal  

  A joint declaration, signed by 511 people, rejected the agreement on Shengal.
• Mithat Sancar: Kurdistan Alliance is being made permanent 

  The "Kurdistan Alliance" formed last year in the run-up to the local elections no longer limits its activities to elections. In order to strengthen the Kurdish national unity, the front is to be maintained permanently.