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• Öcalan’s family appeals to visit him in Imrali prison 

  The families of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in the Imralı prison, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş have appealed to Turkish authorities to visit them.
• Özgüneş: If Öcalan’s isolation is lifted, Turkey will get rid of its oppressive regime 

  HDP Deputy Hasan Özgüneş said that by "putting an end to the isolation of Öcalan, the country can be saved from this oppressive regime."
• Long-time prisoner deported from Patnos to Ankara 

  Vahyettin Sarı has been in prison for 25 years. He was deported from Patnos to Ankara. Sarı, who was kept in a solitary cell, was not even given hot water for a week.
• Internationalist young people call on everyone to attend march in Paris on Saturday 

  Internationalist young people called everyone to attend the march and rally to be held in Paris tomorrow, 7 January.
• Trial of Özgür A. in Koblenz continues 

  On the fourth day of the hearing in the proceedings against Özgür A. before the Koblenz Higher Regional Court, two State Criminal Police officers (LKA) were questioned.
• 30 people arrested at funeral of artist Mir Perwer will remain in custody for extra 24 hours 

  The detention period of 30 people taken into custody at the funeral of artist Mir Perwer, who was murdered in Paris on 23 December, has been extended until Saturday.
• Police in Mersin take 8 people into custody 

  Eight people were detained in a new political police operation carried out in Mersin.
• Young activists in Athens protest Turkish war crimes 

  TCŞ members blocked Patision Street in Athens to the traffic to protest the war crimes carried out by the Turkish state against Kurds.
• Kurdish institutions in Switzerland mobilize to attend march in Paris on Saturday 

  Kurdish institutions in Switzerland said that they will attend the march to be held on Saturday, 7 January for the 3 Kurdish women revolutionaries who were murdered in Paris, the capital of France, on 9 January 2013.
• Constitutional Court decision signals closure of the HDP 

  The Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday to block the HDP’s bank accounts holding Treasury grants upon the prosecutor's request seeking to close the party.
• Mehmet Öcalan: The gates of Imrali must be opened immediately 

  "Abdullah Öcalan is the key to a solution. If the Kurdish question is solved, all other problems will be solved too,” said Mehmet Öcalan, brother of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Constitutional Court blocks treasury grants to the HDP 

  The Constitutional Court of Turkey (AYM) has ruled to freeze the treasury aid to the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
• After attack in Paris, the mistrust of the Kurds is great 

  The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) published an article about the triple murder of Kurdish activists in Paris. We publish the article written by political correspondent Michaela Wiegel, based in Paris.
• 'Isolation should be protested everywhere' 

  Kurdish politicians Hasan Basri Fırat and Abdullah Demirbaş said that the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan should be protested everywhere.
• KCDK-E calls on Kurds and their friends to attend march on Saturday to protest Paris massacres 

  KCDK-E called on the Kurdish people and their friends from all over Europe to attend the march to be held in Paris on 7 January to protest the Paris massacres and stand up for the martyrs.
• Turkish army sets fire to forests once again 

  The Turkish army set fire to forests in the operation it carried out in the rural areas of Amed, Çewlik, Muş and Êlih in North Kurdistan.
• Anti-government protests continue in Iran and East Kurdistan 

  Despite the Iranian state's brutal crackdown, anti-government protests continue in dozens of cities.
• Human chain between the scenes of 2013 and 2022 Kurdish massacres in Paris 

  A commemorative demonstration from the Ahmet Kaya Cultural Centre to the Kurdish Information Office in Paris drew attention to the link between the two attacks of 2013 and December 2022.
• Paris martyrs to be buried in their hometowns 

  Mîr Perwer and Abdurrahman Kızıl, two of the victims of the attack on the Kurdish community in Paris, are to be buried at their homes in Northern Kurdistan, while Evîn Goyî will be laid to rest in the Maxmur refugee camp in southern Kurdistan.
• HDP deputies continue their protest demanding immediate meeting with Öcalan 

  HDP MPs continue to protest in Ankara against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and demand an immediate visit to the prison island of Imrali.
• Lawyer Demir: People want to have news of Öcalan 

  Lawyer Cemal Demir drew attention to the anxiety caused by the fact that no news had been received from Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and said: “Society is on its toes. People want to have news as soon as possible."
• Travel ban imposed on 131 German citizens between 2018 and 2022 

  Between 2018 and 2022, the security units in Germany arbitrarily imposed a travel ban on 131 German citizens.
• Farewell to the martyrs of Paris 

  The funeral service for Evîn Goyî, Mîr Perwer and Abdurrahman Kızıl took place in Paris. Thousands of people bid farewell to the Kurds who were murdered in a targeted attack.
• New footage shows police violence in Amed 

  After footage of police violence last weekend in the Amed (Diyarbakir), new footage from the city shows state forces resort to violence in the middle of a street in the central Yenişehir district.
• Women-led uprising in Iran on day 110  

  Despite the brutal crackdown by Iranian state forces, the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" uprising continues. According to human rights activists, at least 516 protestors have been killed since September 16.