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• Israeli air forces target Damascus posts in South Syria, killing 8 soldiers 

  Israeli air forces targeted posts where Damascus forces were located in southern Syria, killing 8 Damascus soldiers.
• Information stalls promote the "Freedom for Öcalan" campaign in Europe 

  The global campaign for the freedom of Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question is being publicized at street stalls in European cities. Activists provide information about the background and invite people to participate in the campaign.
• Crespo: We insist on Abdullah Öcalan's freedom 

  Matheus Crespo, Director of the Brazilian Central Sindical e Popular Conlutas National Secretariat, said that they insist on Abdullah Öcalan's freedom and that it is essential to defend this request.
• Police search HDP Cizre District building  

  The HDP Cizre District building was raided by the police in the morning hours.
• Political extermination campaign continues unabated 

  The Turkish regime continues its campaign of political extermination to eliminate the Kurdish and democratic opposition. Five politicians and activists of the HDP and DBP and a journalist have been detained today.
• Call for solidarity with hunger striker Dora at panel against ban on PKK in Stuttgart 

  A call was made to express solidarity with hunger striker Dora in Stuttgart.
• Police take DBP Party Assembly Member Gültepe into custody  

  DBP Party Assembly Member Ali Gültepe was taken into custody in a police political operation carried out in Istanbul.
• Paula Martin Ponz: Isolation is a cruel obliteration of the most basic human rights 

  Activist and lawyer Paula Martin Ponz said that the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Öcalan is a punishment against the Kurdish people.
• New "disciplinary" penalty given to Öcalan and other prisoners in Imrali 

  It was learned that a new "disciplinary" penalty was given to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• IHD demands the UN to work to stop wars 

  The Human Rights Association sent letters to the UN Secretary-General and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights demanding them to stop wars.
• 4,137 killed, more than 13,000 wounded in Gaza in 14 days 

  At least 4,137 Palestinians have been killed and more than 13,000 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the health ministry said on Friday.
• Families of Öcalan and three other prisoners on Imrali apply to visit their relatives 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other three 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.
• German Minister of Justice says Turkish attacks on Rojava violate international law 

  The German Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann answered a question about the Turkish state's attacks on Rojava and said: "These attacks, which violate international law from a humanitarian perspective, are unacceptable."
• Kurdish youth organisations join the international campaign “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Activists from Kurdish youth organisations announced their participation in the global campaign for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question.
• Italian academic demands “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Growing international support for the global campaign “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish question”.
• 58-year-old woman detained in Batman 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide campaign against the Kurdish population continues unabated.
• Australian MP calls for “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  MP Boyd pointed out that Abdullah Öcalan and the PKK have been key players in fighting for justice for Kurdish people through decades of political and violent conflict inflicted by the Turkish government.
• Sakharov Prize awarded to Mahsa Amini and “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising 

  MEPs awarded the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Jina Mahsa Amini and the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” Movement in Iran.
• Italian internationalists deported from Turkey speak of their experience 

  The internationalists detained and mistreated by the Turkish police talked about what they witnessed during their travel through Turkey and Kurdistan and described especially the strength of the Kurdish movement.
• Mıhçı: HEDEP congress increased our responsibility 

  Murad Mıhçı, member of the council of the HEDEP party spoke about the congress and the perspective of the new political project. HEDEP should become a real grassroots party that includes all marginalized and oppressed people.
• KNK condemns the attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza 

  The KNK condemned the attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza.
• Lawyer Sarıca: Repression in Imrali is an attack on Abdullah Öcalan  

  Lawyer Rezan Sarıca said that the increasing repression in Imrali must be viewed as an attack on Abdullah Öcalan.
• Activists on vigil in front of the UN headquarters salute the global campaign for Öcalan 

  Kurdish activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 saluted the international initiative launched last week demanding freedom for Öcalan.
• Israel tells citizens to leave Turkey as soon as possible 

  Israel called on its citizens in Turkey to leave the country after the deadly strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
• CPJ says 17 journalists have been killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict 

  As of October 18, at least 17 journalists were among the more than 4,000 dead on both sides since the war began on October 7.