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• Father of Leyla Şaylemez, on trial for attending commemoration for his daughter, acquitted 

  The father of Leyla Şaylemez, who was killed in Paris alongside Sakine Cansız and Fidan Doğan in 2013, was acquitted in the trial he stood for participating in a commemoration for his daughter.
• CPJ: At least 31 journalists killed in Israel-Hamas conflict 

  The Israel-Hamas war has become the deadliest period for journalists covering conflict since CPJ began documenting journalist fatalities in 1992.
• Lawyer Arricale: Isolation is outside of all national and international legality 

  Michela Arricale, a lawyer and member of the Research Center for Democracy in Italy, said that isolation is outside of all national and international legality.
• Türkdoğan: A new constitution should support a decentralized system 

  HEDEP deputy chair Öztürk Türkdoğan called for an active discussion about the process of a new constitution.
• Demonstration in Vienna on the occasion of World Kobanê Day 

  A demonstration took place in Vienna on the occasion of the upcoming World Kobanê Day. The demonstrators protested against Turkey's ongoing attacks on Rojava and against the AKP/MHP dictatorship.
• HEDEP MPs to 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.
• More than 3,257 children killed in Gaza and Israel in three weeks 

  3,195 children killed in Gaza in three weeks surpasses the annual number of children killed in conflict zones since 2019.
• TEV-ÇAND artists in Paris protest isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  TEV-ÇAND artists in Paris carried out a protest for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Demonstrations in France demand “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Activists in France demand that Abdullah Öcalan be allowed to meet with his lawyers and family and, ultimately, freed under conditions that allow him to play a role in finding a just and democratic political solution to the decades-old Kurdish question.
• Two HEDEP members imprisoned in Mersin 

  The Turkish regime’s political extermination campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• HEDEP calls for the democratization of the Republic of Turkey 

  HEDEP co-chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan called for the democratisation of the country and equal rights for all sections of the population on the centenary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey.
• KCDK-E: Mazlum Dora's hunger strike achieved its purpose 

  The KCDK-E made a statement about artist Mazlum Dora, who is on hunger strike in Stammheim prison in Stuttgart, and said, "The hunger strike has achieved its purpose."
• HEDEP executive Bulğataken into custody  

  HEDEP executive Naif Bulğa was taken into custody at the police station where he went to give a statement. Bulğa is expected to be referred to the courthouse today.
• Civil disobedience action at Frankfurt Airport denounces Turkish attacks on Rojava 

  Kurdish people and their friends continue their actions worldwide in response to the Turkish state's never-ending attacks on the lands of the Kurds.
• Demo in Evry demands “Freedom for Öcalan, Status for Kurdistan” 

  Kurds and their friends continue their actions demanding demands freedom for Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan who has not been heard from for 32 months.
• Joint appeal for peace calls for an end to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  78 personalities, including politicians, journalists, intellectuals and artists, called on the government to end the unlawful practices of isolation against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Spokesperson of HEDEP Youth Council in Mersin detained 

  The Turkish regime's political extermination campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• First World Youth Conference to kick off in Paris on 3 November 

  Ronahî – Youth Center for Public Relations’’ and the network ‘‘Youth Writing History’’ call for participation in the internationalist World Youth Conference to be held in November, 2023.
• HEDEP executive Ateş taken into custody for her posts on social media 

  HEDEP executive Hülya Ateş was taken into custody following a raid on her home. She was detained for her posts on social media.
• Ciaccheri: We need Abdullah Öcalan to be free! 

  Rome 8th District municipality mayor Amadeo Ciaccheri said: "We need Abdullah Öcalan's freedom."
• Families of Öcalan and three fellow prisoners on Imrali apply for a visit to their relatives 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the three fellow prisoners on Imrali Prison Island applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• Turkish drone targets military post belonging to Damascus government forces in Manbij 

  The Turkish state attacked a military post belonging to the Damascus government forces in the west of Manbij with a drone, injuring two soldiers.
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' vigil in Strasbourg on its 592nd week 

  Activists from Liege, Belgium took over the permanent vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg.
• Danieli: Now is the time for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Former Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Danieli said: “Now is the time for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan."
• 3-day tent protest in Berlin to demand freedom for Öcalan 

  A 3-day tent protest was launched in front of the German Federal Assembly (Bundestag) within the scope of the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Political Solution to the Kurdish Question" initiative.