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• KCDK-E calls for participation in protest demo against Erdoğan in Paris 

  The European Kurdistan Democratic Societies Congress called on all Kurds and democratic circles to participate in the protest to be held during the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Berlin on January 27.
• Protests continue in Iran and East Kurdistan 

  Anti-government protests continue in East Kurdistan and Iran despite the cold weather and state crackdown.
• KNK: The status and security of Yazidi people must be guaranteed 

  The KNK said that the German Bundestag's recognition of the crimes carried out against the Yazidi people as genocide is an important decision, but it is insufficient. The next step, it said, must be the recognition of their status.
• Kurdish young people in Berlin call for participation in Long March 

  Kurdish young people in Berlin called for participation in the Long March, which will start from Heilbronn on 5 February and end in Freiburg five days later.
• New YouTube channel ahead of IV Challenging Capitalist Modernity Conference in Hamburg 

  Network for an Alternative Quest launched a new YouTube channel ahead of the IV Challenging Capitalist Modernity Conference to be held in Hamburg in April.
• European Democratic Forces Union calls on everyone to attend rally in Berlin to protest Erdoğan 

  The European Democratic Forces Union called on all democratic, progressive, internationalist and migrant peoples to participate in the protest actions against Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, who will arrive in Germany on 27 January.
• Number of asylum applications in EU rises by almost half 

  According to the EU's Situation Report, "Applications from Turkish nationals more than doubled (in 2022) compared to the previous year, while applications from people from Venezuela and Colombia almost tripled."
• ‘Erdogan Not Welcome’ Initiative calls for protest in Berlin on Friday 

  The ‘Erdogan Not Welcome’ Initiative calls for protest action next Friday in front of the Office of the Federal Chancellor in Berlin, saying: "We don't want this fascist dictator in Berlin or in Turkey!"
• Thousands rally in Stockholm to protest Sweden’s policy of concessions to Turkey 

  Swedish and Kurdish organizations rallied in Stockholm to protest Sweden’s accession to NATO and the concessions made to Turkey.
• Activists in Hagen protest isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  Activists in Hagen protested the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Thousands in Marseille protest the isolation of Öcalan and the silence of Europe 

  Masses took to the streets in Marseille in protest at the aggravated isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, criticising the European silence and inaction.
• KNK: Isolation in Imrali must end 

  In its last meeting, the Kurdish National Congress put the isolation regime in Imrali on the main agenda and said: "We call on the CPT and the European Parliament to fulfill their duties. The isolation of Mr. Öcalan must be lifted."
• Federal court in Canada rules that 4 Canadian ISIS mercenaries held in Rojava should be brought back 

  The federal court in Canada has ruled that four Canadian ISIS mercenaries detained in Northern and Eastern Syria should be brought to the country.
• Former Italian YPG fighter laid to rest in Pombia 

  Former YPG fighter Riccardo Nicodano has been buried in Pombia, northern Italy. The internationalist called himself "Botan" in Rojava and fought against the Islamic State in Raqqa and Tabqa.
• KCDK-E calls for participation in sit-in for Öcalan’s freedom in Strasbourg 

  The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) called for strong participation in a sit-in protest for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abudullah Öcalan to be held on January 23-25 in Strasbourg.
• 10 detained in police attack during ESP press statement in Istanbul 

  Istanbul police detained ten ESP members while they were making a press statement on the occasion of a solidarity hunger strike for political prisoners. They now face charges and fines for violation of the right of assembly.
• Germany says 24 activists were blocked from attending Paris commemoration 

  The German Interior Ministry admitted that 24 German citizens had been blocked at the border, who set out to participate in the mass demonstration in Paris on January 7.
• Peköz says HDP MPs will continue vigil until isolation is lifted 

  HDP MP Kemal Peköz said that the HDP parliamentary group would continue their protest until the isolation of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan is lifted.
• Ipekyüz: Labor and Freedom Alliance will play an important role at next elections  

  HDP Batman MP, Necdet Ipekyüz, talked about the successful turnout at the rally in Kartal and said that the Labor and Freedom Alliance will play an important role at the next elections.
• Solidarity event with protesters in Iran takes place at Mozart University  

  A solidarity event with the Iranian peoples was held at Mozart University in Salzburg.
• HBDH: Hrant Dink was the idea and voice of freedom 

  Stating that Hrant Dink was the idea and voice of freedom, HBDH said, "There is no other way but to resist, unite and fight in the lands where every dissenting voice is wanted silenced."
• Armenian journalist Hrant Dink commemorated in Malatya where he was born  

  The murdered Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was commemorated in front of the house where he was born in Malatya province.
• Thousands commemorate Hrant Dink in Istanbul 

  Commemorating Armenian journalist Hrant Dink who was murdered by an ultra-nationalist in Istanbul 16 years ago, thousands in Istanbul said, "We are all Hrant, we are all Armenians.”
• HBDH militia strikes a police vehicle in Amed 

  "Based on the strength we get from our martyrs who set their bodies on fire to protest the crackdown in Turkey’s prisons, we hit the enemy forces and draw the attention of the whole world to the brutal policies of isolation and destruction in prisons!"
• German Parliament recognises the ISIS genocide against Yazidis in Shengal 

  The German Parliament has recognised the ISIS massacres of the Yazidi community in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as genocide, stating that the crimes committed by ISIS in Shengal in 2014 constitute genocide in the sense of the UN Convention.