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• Court of appeals upholds Gezi Park protests verdict 

  The Court of appeals has upheld the verdict in the case concerning the 2013 Gezi Park protests.
• Young activists take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  Activists from Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg.
• At least 476 people have been killed by security forces in protests in Iran and Rohjilat 

  At least 476 people, including 64 children and 34 women, have been killed by security forces in protests in Iran and Rojhilat.
• French union CGT expresses "solidarity with the grieving Kurdish people"  

  The French union CGT expressed its "solidarity with the grieving Kurdish people" and demanded that the 23 December massacre be considered as a "terrorist attack" and that the confidential order imposed on the 9 January 2013 massacre be lifted.
• Peace in Kurdistan: Justice for the victims of Paris attack and all Kurds 

  Peace in Kurdistan demanded justice for the victims of the Paris attack and all Kurds.
• Yiğitalp: CPT should address concerns over Imrali prison 

  Sibel Yiğitalp, a former MP of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, said that the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture should make a statement about the İmralı prison as millions of people are worried about Abdullah Öcalan.
• Protest in front of the French Ministry of Justice 

  In front of the French Ministry of Justice, activists demanded that the deadly attack on the Kurdish community in Paris be classified as a terrorist attack.
• Political prisoners in Elazığ on hunger strike 

  In the T-type prison of Elazığ, five political prisoners have gone on hunger strike in protest against their conditions of detention, which violate human rights.
• Women meet with Argentinean government official to discuss Turkey’s chemical attacks in Kurdistan 

  A meeting was held with the Argentinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the chemical attacks of the Turkish state against guerrilla troops and the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' uprising continues in Iran and East Kurdistan 

  Despite killings, arrests, violence and executions, the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' uprising continues unremittingly in Iran and East Kurdistan.
• Kurdish Women’s Office for Peace calls for action: “We demand justice and truth!” 

  “Let us appeal together to the French state and the international community. We will fight until we know the truth about the attacks! We want the Kurdish community and Kurdish women to finally be protected instead of criminalised, deported and murdered."
• Turkish man who attacked Kurdish hairdresser in France arrested for 'racism' 

  A Turkish man who attacked a Kurdish hairdresser in Roubaix, France for playing Kurdish music, has been arrested for racism.
• HDP: Political operation against DBP is further step of AKP-MHP anti-democratic election campaign  

  The HDP said that the political operation against the DBP shows that the election strategy of the AKP-MHP government is based on war-oriented politics, repressing the opposition, silencing free media, and spreading violence across society.
• Actions in Bilbao, Barcelona and Valencia to protest Paris massacre 

  Protests in the Basque Country and Catalonia and the Valencian Country denounce the massacre in Paris and the policies of collusion with the Turkish regime by European institutions and states.
• EU Turkey Civic Commission: Stop Turkey’s attacks on European soil 
 

  The EU Turkey Civic Commission issued a statement to condemn the attack to the Kurdish Community Centre in Paris.
• The Spanish Confederacion Intersindacal issues statement of solidarity with Kurds 

  The Spanish Confederacion Intersindacal issued a statement of solidarity with the Kurdish people after the deadly attack in Paris.
• Kobanê Case defendants to remain in prison 

  At the hearing of the Kobanê Case, the prosecutor reiterated the decision to keep the politicians on trial in prison.
• KCK: Turkey will be held to account for its policy of genocide and colonialism 

  The KCK said that the 2nd Paris massacre was a continuation of the January 9 Paris massacre and the Roboski massacre and added that Turkey will be held to account for its policy of genocide.
• International Kürecik Assembly: Paris attack was a planned massacre 

  The International Kürecik Assembly said that it is unacceptable to degrade the massacre in Paris into a solitary racist attack.
• Murderer of Deniz Poyraz sentenced to life imprisonment 

  The murderer of HDP member Deniz Poyraz was sentenced to life imprisonment in İzmir.
• HDP deputies continue protest against isolation in Ankara 

  HDP MPs gathered in front of the parliament in Ankara as they continued their protest against the total isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. The police again blocked their way to the Ministry of Justice.
• Iraq continues to deploy forces to borders with Turkey and Iran 

  The spokesperson of the Iraqi General Staff said that Iraq continued to deploy border guard units to the borders with Turkey and Iran.
• ‘The murder of Kurds in Paris is not the problem of the Kurdish community alone’ 

  In an article titled “This is not a news story”, former Presidential candidate and leader of the La France Insoummise party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, addresses the murder of Kurdish activists in Paris.
• Beştaş: Court of Cassation under the command of government just like local courts 

  HDP MPs protested in front of the court in Amed following the detention of leading Kurdish politicians, among them the co-chair of the HDP member party DBP, Keskin Bayındır.
• French MP Guiraud: Protection of Kurds must be absolute priority 

  French MP David Guiraud requested the government to give an “absolute priority” to the protection of the Kurds after a Kurdish hairdresser in Roubaix, France was attacked by a racist Turk for playing Kurdish music.