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HDP Dersim MP Alican Önlü has been detained at airport.

HDP İstanbul MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu and HDP Muş MP Ahmet Yıldırım have been replaced for the arrested group deputy chairs.

Detained and released afterwards, HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca has been arrested upon prosecutor’s office’s objection. The number of arrested HDP MPs has increased to 12 with the arrest.

HDP Group Deputy Chair Demirel has been arrested on charges of “Being a member of a terror organization”, “Propagandizing for terrorism”. The number of arrested HDP MPs has risen to 11 with the arrest.

HDP Group Deputy Chair and Diyarbakır MP Çağlar Demirel and Siirt MP Besime Konca have been taken into custody in Ankara.

118 people from the HDP have been detained during operations launched against HDP’s provincial and district executives in İstanbul, Ankara, Adana, Manisa and Mersin.

Imprisoned since November 4, HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş has stated in his letter that his morale and spirits is high despite relocation.

HDP delegation hasn’t been allowed to meet HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş and Hakkari MP Zeydan, who are arrested in Edirne, for not having a permission from the Ministry of Justice despite having one from Edirne Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

HDP Vice Co-Chair in Charge of Foreign Affairs Hişyar Özsoy has called Leonard Viohl, who was subjected to police violence for having papers reading “Free Demirtaş” in his pocket.

In a letter he has sent from prison, HDP co-Chair Demirtaş has asked the Parliamentary Speakership to answer six questions about the arrested HDP Deputies.

HDP Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen has announced that they have decided to abandon their decision not to attend the Parliamentary studies to respond to the arrests of the co-Chairs and seven deputies of the party on November 6.

Not permitted to meet HDP’s arrested Co-Mayor Demirtaş, Party of European Socialists Chair has said arrests are not acceptable.

Five advisors of HDP MPs have been in custody for over 10 days. Of the advisors, Olcay Çelik is on hunger strike.

Co-Mayors of Dersim Municipality Mehmet Ali Bul and Nurhayat Altun as well as the co-Mayor of Siirt Municipality Tuncer Bakırhan have been taken into custody in house raids towards this morning.

A part of the guests who wanted to attend the HDP Group Meeting were not allowed in the reception. Other guests, deputies and consultants did not attend the meeting to protest the practice. HDP Spokesperson Bilgen has commented “This picture is the fault of the Parliament”.

Commenting on attorney and LGBTI activist Levent Pişkin being taken into custody, İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week Committee has described the incident as an “ illegal practice of investigation and detention [which] is a deliberate violation of the right to defense and to fair trial” and noted that they would be following the trial.

Attorney and LGBTI activist Levent Pişkin taken into custody in a house raid is expected to be sent to Bursa.

Arrested HDP Hakkari MP Akdoğan has said Kurtulmuş’s claim are not true and said that he was “not detained at Hakkari border but city center”.

Detained in the wake of the protest organized following arrest of HDP MPs and got his L4 bone in his spine broken by being pounded in custody, Cihad Ebrari, the son of HDP MP Hüda Kaya explained to bianet what happened.

A bill of indictment has been drafted against HDP Deputy Kürkçü and CHP Deputy Tanal demanding up to 7 years in prison on charges of “opposing to the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations” and “resisting in order to hinder fulfilling duty” in demonstration against lift incident killing ten people 2 years ago.