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• Vigil by HDP MPs continues 

  The vigil of the HDP parliamentary group against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan continues.
• Pro-gov’t families protesting in Amed cited as evidence to close the HDP 

  The Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation cited the pro-government families who carry out a sit-in outside the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in Amed as evidence to close the HDP.
• Delegation from Shengal meets Speaker of Iraqi Parliament 

  A delegation from Shengal expressed the problems and needs faced by the local people in the region and offered solutions.
• Eksik: We can't remain silent about isolation 

  HDP Iğdır MP Habib Eksik said that they cannot be expected to remain silent about the unlawful isolation system, especially in Imrali, and demanded an immediate return of all usurped rights.
• HDP: We did not accept the AKP's appointment request 

  HDP Group Deputy Chair Saruhan Oluç said the party did not accept the AKP's appointment request for the constitutional amendment.
• Leyla Şaylemez commemorated in Mersin 

  Leyla Şaylemez who was killed in Paris alongside Sakine Cansız and Fidan Doğan ten years ago, was commemorated at her grave in Mersin province.
• "Closure case against the HDP is an assault on political opposition and democratic norms’ 

  The HDP is facing a ban following the cancellation of party funding in the run-up to elections in Turkey. A group of ten international and local NGOs sees the core principles of democracy at risk.
• HDP deputies on day 13 of vigil against the isolation of Öcalan 

  The HDP MPs continue their vigil for the 13th consecutive day for the lifting of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's isolation. The MPs demand an end to the isolation and the war policy.
• ‘Suspension of treasury funds to the HDP is another black mark in Turkey’s history of democracy’ 

  “This court decision doesn’t have any legitimacy and is null and void in the conscience of our millions of supporters as we prepare for our decisive political battle with Erdoğan’s authoritarian regime,” said the HDP.
• Tosun: Paris massacre was an attack on Abdullah Öcalan's philosophy 

  HDP Amed MP Remziye Tosun, in her interview on the 10th anniversary of the Paris massacre, said: “It was an attack on the ideology of women's liberation.”
• Activists in London will protest Paris Massacres in front of French Embassy 

  On the 10th anniversary of the First Paris Massacre, Kurds and their friends will gather in front of the French Embassy in London, to demand justice for all victims of state-backed femicides.
• Activists in Belgium protest executions carried out by the Iranian state 

  The execution by the Iranian state of two young people in Rojhilat and Iran was protested in a march in Ghent, Belgium.
• Activists in Bordeaux march for Paris Martyrs 

  During the justice march for the Paris Martyrs in Bordeaux, activists said: "Let the state secret be lifted and justice done."
• Activists in Nicosia protest the Paris massacre 

  Kurds and their friends protested in front of the French Consulate in Nicosia condemning the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in Paris ten years ago.
• ‘By covering up the 2013 massacre, France prepared the ground for the second Paris massacre’ 

  “If France does not want to become complicit with the AKP-MHP-IS attacks, it needs to shed light on the two massacres that took place within its borders, share the facts with the public and put those responsible on trial."
• HBDH: We will avenge Ahmet Şoreş and Firat Neval 

  The revolutionary movement HBDH said after the Turkish drone attack on MLKP fighters Ahmet Şoreş and Firat Neval in Rojava that the united struggle of the peoples cannot be stopped by assassinations of leaders.
• HDP to run its own candidate in the presidential elections  

  The HDP wants to run its own candidate in the presidential elections in Turkey. Party co-chair Pervin Buldan announced that the name would be announced shortly.
• Hundreds of people in London pay tribute to martyrs of Paris  

  Hundreds of people gathered in London to pay tribute to the martyrs of Paris and said: "Our revenge will be with the women's revolution."
• Paris massacres protested in front of the French consulate in Copenhagen 

  Kurds and their friends protested the Paris massacres in front of the French consulate in Copenhagen.
• Thousands march in Marseille and Hamburg for Paris martyrs 

  “In order to pay its debt to the Kurds, the French state should expose the dark forces behind these massacres,” demanded demonstrators.
• German police prevent activists from traveling to Paris to protest deadly attacks against Kurds 

  Participation in the demonstration against the attacks in Paris endangers Germany's reputation and security interests, according to the Federal Police. Activists were prevented from leaving the country in Aachen.
• Tens of thousands march for justice in Paris 

  Three Kurds were murdered in the heart of the French capital on 23 December 2022 before the upcoming 10th year anniversary of the triple murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in 2013.
• MLKP Kurdistan announces death of two of its members  

  The Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) Kurdistan announced that two of its members, Ahmet Şoreş and Fırat Neval, fell as martyrs in the attacks by the Turkish state.
• Lawyers for Freedom condemn blocking of treasury aids to HDP  

  The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) Amed Branch said that the blocking of treasury aids to the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was unlawful.
• KONGRA-GEL: Let's be the voice of our martyrs in Paris 

  The KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency Council called for participation in a march to be held in Paris on 7 January.