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• South African movement calls for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The global campaign demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish question is spreading more and more. In South Africa, a socialist movement with 120,000 members called for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Three people imprisoned in Istanbul 

  Three of 15 people who were detained in Istanbul on February 27 in a political genocide operation were remanded in custody.
• Activists in Nottingham pay tribute to martyr Erik Scurfield  

  Erik Scurfield, who fell as a martyr in the war against ISIS in Northern and Eastern Syria in 2015, was commemorated at his grave in Nottingham on the anniversary of his death.
• Conference in Berlin: The Middle East peace process will advance if Kurds win 

  On the second day of the conference "Rethinking the World: Challenges, Transitions and Kurdish Perspectives" in Berlin, the topics “Germany, Turkey and the Kurds” and “A Different World Order: New Impulses and Perspectives” were discussed.
• KNK: We will keep our companion Erling Folkvord alive in our struggle 

  The KNK Executive Council said that they will keep Erling Folkvord alive in their struggle, calling him "our friend, companion and ambassador for peace and democracy", who has always stood by the Kurdish people with his ideas and active participation.
• Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour sentenced to prison for his song ‘Baraye’ 

  The Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for his song "Baraye". The regime's judiciary accused him of creating "music against the system".
• Elections in Iran: 41 percent turnout 

  In Iran, the turnout in the elections was 41 percent according to unofficial data. It is stated that the boycott was effective in Kurdish cities.
• Nechirvan Barzani meets with Turkish President, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister in Antalya 

  KRI President Nechirvan Barzani met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Defense Minister Yaşar Güler in Antalya. The lively diplomatic relations of recent weeks have been accompanied by a military and intelligence escal
• Former Norwegian MP and close friend of the Kurdish people passes away 

  Former Norwegian Member of Parliament, Oslo City Council member and close friend of the Kurdish people, Erling Folkvord, passed away in Stockholm at the age of 74.
• DEM Party Youth Council member Cavğun taken into custody  

  DEM Party Youth Council member Harun Cavğun was taken into custody by the Turkish police after a raid on his house.
• Kurdish Red Crescent provides aid to earthquake victims in Japan 

  The humanitarian organization Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê, in cooperation with Kurdish business people in Japan, provided hot meals and supplies to earthquake victims in the city of Suzu on the Noto peninsula.
• Global campaign: We will force the Erdoğan regime to open the doors of Imrali! 

  The Global Campaign for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, announcing the second phase of the campaign launched on October 10, said, "We will definitely force the Erdoğan regime to open the doors of Imrali Prison, where President Apo is imprisoned."
• Second phase of the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ campaign launched 

  The second phase of the global campaign launched on October 10, 2023 demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, has been launched.
• International Delegation of Lawyers Against Isolation visits Öcalan’s lawyers 

  Having ended their programme in Amed, members of the International Delegation of Lawyers Against Isolation moved to Istanbul.
• KCK: The attack on the Assyrian Defense Forces must be condemned 

  The Turkish state’s murderous mindset and politics have become so ingrained that it has a profound fear of the liberation of the peoples and uses this fear to target all peoples alike, said the KCK in a statement on the Turkish attack on Sotoro forces.
• International Delegation of Lawyers visits Diyarbakır Bar Association 

  The International Delegation of Lawyers, which continues its talks against the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, visited the Bar Association in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• İnşaat-İş trade unionists did not recognize 'house arrest' decision 

  The executives of the Construction Workers Union, who were taken into custody and released on house arrest for performing their duties as unionists, rejected the unlawful practice and got together with the workers.
• Political prisoners in Turkey on day 94 of hunger strike 

  As part of the global campaign demanding freedom for Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, the alternating hunger strike launched by PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish prisons continues on its 94th day.
• DEM Party calls for a return to the 'Dolmabahçe Consensus' 

  The DEM Party Central Executive Committee stated that the rejection of the Dolmabahçe Consensus closed the doors to democratic politics and a democratic solution.
• Letter sent by imprisoned writer Bayhan to Öcalan confiscated 

  The letter sent by imprisoned writer Zeki Bayhan to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was confiscated.
• Politicians react to racist threats against Bremen Kurdish Community Center  

  Politicians reacting to the threat against the Bremen Kurdish Community Center asked for joint action against fascist and racist attacks.
• Kurdish activist Ferit Çelik arrested in Sweden on German arrest warrant 

  Ferit Çelik was reportedly arrested in Sweden on the basis of a German arrest warrant and is in custody pending extradition. The Kurdish association NCDK-Sweden is calling for his immediate release.
• House of DEM Party MP Çiçek Otlu raided by the police 

  DEM Party MP Çiçek Otlu's house in Istanbul was raided by the police. The police broke the door and searched the house.
• Several socialists detained in Izmir and Istanbul 

  Turkey continues to tighten the screws of repression against left-wing and socialist circles. At least twelve people from the ESP, SMF and Partizan structures were taken into custody on Tuesday.
• Israeli attacks kill 217 Hezbollah members 

  While Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have killed tens of thousands of people, nearly 220 Hezbollah members have reportedly been killed in attacks in Lebanon and Syria.