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• DBP conference opens in Amed 

  Thousands of people gathered for the DBP conference held with the slogan "Let's establish a free life with an organized society".
• HEDEP co-chairs: Political coup carried out on 4 November 2016 continues today 

  Seven years ago today, the arrest of Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş initiated a coup against democratic politics in Turkey that continues to this day.
• Kurdish music as evidence of terror trial 

  In Mersin, charges have been brought against eleven HDP activists who are accused of PKK membership. Kurdish-language music, among other things, is used as evidence.
• VDJ demands the lifting of the ban on the PKK in Germany 

  The Association of Democratic Lawyers demands the lifting of the ban on the PKK's activities that was issued in Germany thirty years ago, saying: "The criminalisation of the Kurdish opposition must come to an end."
• Hüda Kaya held in solitary confinement 

  Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya, who was imprisoned three days ago in connection with the Kobanê trial, is held in solitary confinement in Silivri Prison.
• World Youth Conference on its second day 

  "In today's world of chaos, wars and crisis, it is again the Youth that will lead the way to a free world!"
• French Parliamentary Delegation for Intelligence says Turkey interfering in Europe  

  The French Parliamentary Delegation for Intelligence says Russia, China, Turkey and Iran are leading the way in terms of foreign interference in France and Europe.
• Livorno Municipality and Heyva Sor launch joint project for Maxmur Camp 

  Livorno Municipality and Heyva Sor launched a joint project called "A School for Everyone" for Maxmur Camp.
• At least 32 killed in fire at detox centre in Iran 

  At least 32 people have died in a fire at a detox centre for drug addicts in northern Iran. The cause of the fire in the city of Langarud in the province of Gilan is still unknown.
• Trial against Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz begins in Germany 

  The trial against Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz, who was extradited from Cyprus to Germany, has opened in Hamburg on Friday.
• Figen Yüksekdağ attends the funeral of her brother in Adana 

  Figen Yüksekdağ was taken by plane from the Kandıra Prison in the northwestern Kocaeli province to the southern province of Adana where her family resides.
• U.S. investigating whether New York City Mayor received illegal donations from Turkey 

  Federal law enforcement is looking into whether a Brooklyn construction company with ties to Turkey made improper donations to the mayor's 2021 campaign.
• Women at Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg: Let's expand 10 October's international campaign 

  The group, which continued its uninterrupted Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg in its new week, called for people to embrace the campaign launched on 10 October, saying "Isolation is a policy of torturing the Kurdish people and surrendering their will."
• HEDEP Co-Chairs and MPs apply to the Ministry of Justice to meet with Abdullah Öcalan 

  No news has been received for 32 months from Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is held in incommunicado detention on the island prison of Imrali.
• Internationalists remember PKK guerrilla Andrea Wolf 

  Andrea Wolf, who gave her soul to the revolution in the mountains of Kurdistan and became immortal 25 years ago, was commemorated in the mountains of the Swiss Jura in the memorial grove for the internationalists who died in Rojava and Kurdistan.
• Death toll in Gaza exceeds 9,000 

  Death toll in Gaza rose to 9,061, including 3,760 children and 2,326 women, while the number of injured surpassed 32,000.
• Nine people from the delegation monitoring guerrillas' withdrawal in 2013 sent to prison 

  Nine people who were part of the delegation that monitored the withdrawal process of the HPG guerrillas in 2013 were sentenced to 6 to 7 years in prison.
• Police take 9 people into custody at Idil Cultural Center in Istanbul 

  The police raided the İdil Cultural Center in Okmeydanı and detained 9 people, 8 of whom were members of Grup Yorum.
• Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya remanded in custody 

  Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya was sent to prison after being taken into custody at Istanbul Airport.
• Activists from Switzerland take over the 'Freedom for Öcalan' vigil in Strasbourg on its 593rd week 

  Activists from Switzerland have taken over the permanent vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg, ongoing since 2012.
• Activists on vigil in front of the UN headquarters salute World Kobanê Day 

  Kurdish activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 saluted World Kobanê Day on 1 November, which has been celebrated since 2014 during the ISIS onslaught on the northern Syrian town.
• Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya detained in Istanbul 

  Former HDP MP Hüda Kaya was detained at Istanbul airport for “taking part in an unauthorised demonstration and resisting state officials.”
• KCDK-E: Human dignity was defended in Kobanê 

  On the occasion of World Kobanê Day, the Democratic Kurdistan Society Congress in Europe saluted the resistance of 2014 and the fight against ISIS as a struggle for dignity and humanity.
• HEDEP salutes the victory of humanity over the darkness of ISIS in Kobane 

  “We will never give up our solidarity with the peoples of Rojava, where a common and democratic life is growing,” said the Co-Chairs of HEDEP.
• HEDEP Ağrı Provincial member Özgür lost his life as a result of a work accident 

  HEDEP Ağrı Provincial General Assembly member Kutbettin Özgür lost his life as a result of a work accident.