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• Iraq establishes checkpoints across its borders with Turkey and Iran 

  The spokesperson of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced that Iraq has started to establish watchtowers and checkpoints across its borders with Turkey and Iran.
• Democratic Kurdish Community Centre opens in Winterthur, Switzerland 

  "Relying on patriotism, we will continue our resistance everywhere against the attacks that target the gains of the Kurdish people," said İsmail Kardaş, Co-Chair of the Democratic Kurdish Council in Switzerland.
• Resistance in East Kurdistan and Iran enters fifth month  

  The uprising launched by people in East Kurdistan and Iran enters its 5th month despite the oppression and persecution of the state forces.
• Alliance for Labour and Freedom holds election rally in Istanbul 

  With a rally under the slogan "Let's end war, poverty and oppression - Let's change together" and tens of thousands of supporters, the election campaign of the Alliance for Labour and Freedom was launched in Istanbul.
• Protest against isolation cancelled in Berlin due to ban on Öcalan pictures 

  A demonstration planned in Berlin against the isolation on Imrali was cancelled shortly before it was due to begin. The reason for the cancellation was an order by the Berlin police prohibiting the display of Abdullah Öcalan's pictures.
• Hakkari Bar Association applies to Ministry of Justice and TMM to be granted visit with Öcalan 

  The Colemêrg (Hakkari) Bar Association applied to the Ministry of Justice and the TMM to get a lawyer's visit to Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP Batman MP asks Ministry of Justice why a ban on visits has been imposed on Öcalan 

  HDP Batman MP Feleknas Uca asked in the parliamentary question she submitted to the Ministry of Justice regarding the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan: "Is there an explanation for the disciplinary penalties and the ban on visits?"
• Campaign against extradition of Ecevit Piroğlu to Turkey 

  Next Wednesday, the Court of Appeal in Belgrade will decide on the extradition of Kurdish internationalist Ecevit Piroğlu from Serbia to Turkey. A campaign is underway to try to prevent the deportation.
• Self-immolation in protest against Imrali isolation 

  In Mardin, 65-year-old Veysi (Bubo) Taş self-immolated in protest against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. Before his death, he appealed: "We as Kurds must stand up for our chairman."
• Paris martyrs commemorated in Argentina 

  In Argentina, the Kurds murdered in Paris were commemorated and the investigation of the attacks, which took place ten years apart, was demanded. Various organisations are calling for a meeting with the French ambassador.
• Former prisoner affected by Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome dies in exile in Greece 

  The communist activist Cafer Kurt died in exile in Greece. Before his remains were sent to Turkey, the long-standing struggle of the former political prisoner was saluted in the Kurdish cultural center in Athens.
• Anadolu University professor suspended for 3 months after asking question about HDP closure case 

  Anadolu University Faculty of Law lecturer associate professor Bülent Yücel was suspended from the university for 3 months because he asked a question about the closure of HDP in the exam.
• Families of Öcalan and other prisoners on Imrali apply for a visit 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting.
• HDP MPs call for action against the isolation of Öcalan 

  "As long as Mr. Öcalan's voice is not heard, the war will deepen. The key to the solution is on Imralı, the government must realise this," said the HDP MPs at their vigil in Ankara.
• Kurdish politician elected president of Basel Canton 

  Kurdish politician Bülent Pekerman has been elected as president of Basel Canton.
• Prisoners send letter to French Consulate about 'Paris Massacre' 

  Political prisoners in Adana Kürkçüler F Type Closed Prison sent a letter to the French Consulate to protest the Paris Massacre on December 23, 2022, which claimed the lives of three Kurdish activists; Evin Goyi, Mir Perwer and Abdurrahman Kızıl.
• Kurdish activists stage civil disobedience action in Greece 

  Kurdish activists organized a civil disobedience action in Greece to protest the war crimes of the Turkish state.
• ‘We will continue our protest until Öcalan meets with his lawyers’ 

  Contact with Abdullah Öcalan is being prevented by the forces that profit from war and chaos, says Kurdish MP Nuran Imir. The HDP parliamentary group demands that Öcalan be allowed to meet his lawyers.
• Trial against Michel Brandt over solidarity with Kurdistan adjourned 

  In front of the Karlsruhe Regional Court, dozens of people demanded the lifting of the PKK ban and an end to the persecution of solidarity with Kurdistan in Germany. The trial against former MP Michel Brandt was adjourned.
• HBDH calls on youth to organize in its ranks 

  The Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement (HBDH) called on the youth to organize in its ranks, saying that “It is time for the youth to take up arms.”
• Öcalan receives three-month ban on family visits 

  Lawyers from Asrın Law Office announced that they would apply to the Constitutional Court against the ban in question.
• HDP deputies continue vigil demanding to hear from Öcalan 

  The vigil of the HDP parliamentary group against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan continues.
• International solidarity with HDP against the latest crackdown and threatened closure 

  The HDP is facing a ban following the cancellation of party funding in the run-up to elections in Turkey.
• At least 58 riders died in Turkey in 2022 in work-related accidents 

  According to the 2022 Motorcycle Rier Deaths Report issued by the Courier Rights Association, at least 58 riers were killed on the job in 2022 in Türkiye and at least 30 lost their lives while working in 2021.
• Two Spanish ISIS women sent to prison without bail 

  The two Spanish women nationals married to two Islamic State jihadists and repatriated this week from Syria with the 13 children in their care, were sent to prison without bail.