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• KCDK-E: AKP issues death orders in Germany 

  Pointing to calls in Germany for the murder of Kurds and other opposition members on behalf of the Turkish dictator Erdogan, the Kurdish association KCDK-E demands that the public and the German government take action.
• Lawyers of Öcalan submit another application to visit Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison.
• Over 10,000 people express solidarity with Iranian people in Strasbourg 

  More than 10,000 people from all over Europe marched to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Monday to protest the Iranian government crackdown on protesters.
• Strong warning from Germany to AKP-MHP government 

  The German Foreign Ministry summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Berlin to denounce an AKP deputy’s election speech in Neuss that urged the audience to “find and destroy the terrorists in the holes they’re hiding.”
• Students protest 3-month suspension of professor Bülent Yücel  

  Students protested the 3-month suspension of professor Bülent Yücel after he mentioned the closure of HDP in a question he asked in the exams.
• Young person set his body on fire in Amed 

  A 25-year-old person set his body on fire in the borough of Sur in Amed. The seriously injured young man was taken to the hospital.
• Appeal for Ecevit Piroğlu facing extradition to Turkey 

  The Freedom for Ecevit Piroğlu campaign calls on the democratic public opinion and human rights organisations to interfere in the process effectively to free the Kurdish activist facing extradition from Serbia to Turkey.
• HDP calls for international observation of the 21st hearing of Kobanî case 

  HDP invites the international community and foreign missions in Turkey to observe the 21st hearing of the Kobanî case on 7-9 February 2023 in Sincan Prison Campus, Ankara.
• Call for participation in the Long March for Öcalan in February 

  The Long March Preparatory Committee called on “all young people to participate in the 2023 Long March to liberate Abdullah Öcalan.”
• 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.