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• ‘We will fight harder for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom’ 

  Speaking at a panel discussion in Bellinzona, Dr Beppe Savary-Borioli said: “Öcalan is an important actor not only for Kurds but for all peoples and he should be free as soon as possible. We will fight harder to ensure his freedom.”
• Reading event by the Internationalist Youth Collective in Lausanne 

  The Internationalist Youth Collective organised a reading event as part of the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question’ campaign.
• Court rules for the release of all detainees in the Şenyaşar family attack case 

  A decision has been made to release all detainees in the Şenyaşar family attack case.
• Constantine Gedig remembered on the 5th anniversary of his death 

  Five years ago, Konstantin Gedig died in a Turkish air strike in northern Syria. The Federal Prosecutor General has refused to investigate, apparently out of political consideration for NATO partner Turkey. The parents cannot bury their son.
• Civil disobedience action in Marseille demands "Freedom for Öcalan" 

  In Marseille, a civil disobedience action was organised by TCŞ members to demand ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan”.
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 42,438 

  The Hamas Ministry of Health announced that the death toll in Israel's attacks since 7 October 2023 has risen to 42,438.
• DEM Party İnegol district building attacked 

  The İnegol District Organisation of Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) was the target of an attack at night.
• Nechirvan Barzani in Ankara for talks with Erdoğan 

  Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani has arrived in Ankara for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• At least 16 people detained in Amed and Malatya 

  Many houses in Amed were raided this morning and at least 15 people were detained. In Malatya, the 76-year-old DEM Party district co-chair was taken into custody.
• Economist Müftüoğlu: AKP's armament expenditures are too high 

  Economist Özgür Müftüoğlu said that while savings were being made due to the economic crisis, armament expenditures were increasing, and that the AKP directed most of its investments and incentives to this area.
• Political genocide: 269 people detained in 36 cities 

  As many as 269 people were detained in house raids in 36 cities as part of political genocide operations.
• CÎK members take over the Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg 

  Members of the Kurdistan Islamic Community (CÎK) took over the 12-year-long vigil in Strasbourg demanding the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in its 643rd week.
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 42,289 

  The Health Ministry of the Hamas government reported that the death toll in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023 has risen to 42,289.
• 32-year-old prisoner dies  

  İbrahim Boğurcu, 32, who was arrested in Kızıltepe, lost his life in prison.
• Basque senator and deputies: Free Öcalan! 

  In a message on the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan” campaign, Basque politicians said: “He is a peace broker. We want to express our solidarity with Abdullah Öcalan and all those who struggle with him.”
• 4 DEM Party members, including district co-chair, detained in Kahya, Adıyaman 

  The Turkish state’s political genocide campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ events in the autonomous regions of Spain 

  Women's, youth and trade union organisations in Murcia, Aragon and Catalonia organised various events as part of the global campaign for ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’.
• Panel discussion in Bremen: Our own struggle will lead us to success 

  In the panel discussion organised by the Sêvê Women's Assembly on the International Conspiracy and the right to hope, it was stated that it is the Kurdish people's own struggle that will lead them to success.
• Jineoloji meetings in southern France 

  Events organised by the Jineoloji Committee in the town of Le Vigan and the city of Montpellier were attended by a wide range of people, from academics to farmers.
• Artist Berger: The stronger we struggle here, the stronger the revolution in Kurdistan will be 

  “The stronger the revolutionary struggle in Kurdistan, the stronger the revolutionary struggles in the world will be," said Mark Berger from the delegation, which visited Shengal and Maxmur.
• The state's approach to the Kurdish question is its approach to İmralı’ 

  ÖHD Diyarbakır Branch Co-Chair Gizem Miran stated that the government has taken on a fascist form and said, “The state's approach to İmralı is its approach to the Kurdish question.”
• Activists in Valencia demand freedom for Öcalan 

  March in Valencia to demand freedom for Öcalan.
• KCDK-E calls for strong participation in 12-13 October protests 

  KCDK-E called for a strong embrace of the actions to be held on 12-13 October under the leadership of TJK-E against the International Conspiracy and İmralı isolation.
• ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ events in Barcelona and Granada 

  Seminars and artistic events were organised in Barcelona and Granada as part of the global campaign for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Scholz to travel to Turkey: Middle East on the agenda 

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Turkey next week to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the escalating war in the Middle East, it was announced.