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• 127 workplace deaths recorded in Turkey in November 

  The Occupational Health and Safety Council announced that 127 workers died in workplace homicides in November. 1658 workplace deaths were recorded in Turkey in the last 11 months.
• Kurdish Culture House opens in Lanester 

  A Kurdish Culture House was opened in Lanester, where the people of Kurdistan living in and around Lorient, France, will come together and organize joint events.
• Demo in Athens against the isolation of Öcalan 

  March in Athens protested the aggravated isolation regime imposed on Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan by the Turkish state.
• Solidarity with Kurdistan at European Left Congress in Vienna 

  A congress of the Party of the European Left is taking place in Vienna this weekend. HDP MP Feleknas Uca, KNK representative Sinan Önal and Mustafa Dillice and Lorin Şahan from the Kurdish federation FEYKOM are taking part as guests.
• European Parliament VP Eva Kaili among four arrested over Qatar corruption probe 

  Kaili was among six suspects arrested in Brussels on Friday as investigators probed allegations that figures linked to World Cup hosts Qatar have been paying bribes to influence the EU policy debate.
• Meeting in Livorno draws attention to crimes against humanity committed by Turkey 

  At the conference held in Livorno on the occasion of 10 December, Human Rights Day, attention was drawn to the crimes against humanity committed by the Turkish state against the Kurdish people.
• Call from Latin America to the international community 

  On 10 December, World Human Rights Day, in Abya Yala (Latin America), over 200 organizations and individuals called on Latin American governments to take action against the Turkish state's attempt to Occupy Rojava and the use of chemical weapons.
• Kurds in Lausanne protest isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  Kurds living in Lausanne took to the streets against the aggravated isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the attacks carried out by the invading Turkish state in Kurdistan.
• HDP MP Özgüneş: 50 thousand village guards are involved in crime 

  “You produce crime machines,” said HDP member of parliament Hasan Özgüneş, referring to so-called “village guards”, as he criticized the government for budgeting for war.
• Report reveals that academic freedom is diminishing in Turkey 

  Academics from 13 universities have shared a report they prepared about the problems of higher education in Turkey.
• Kurdish activists conclude sit-in outside the CPT with a call for urgent action for Öcalan 

  “The CPT should acknowledge its responsibility and act quickly to ensure the enforcement of contact with Abdullah Ocalan on the Turkish prison island of Imrali. The Kurdish people are losing their patience, said Tahir Köçer of the KNK.
• Trittin: Erdogan's policy is unpredictable 

  Leading German politicians are calling for an end to Turkish attacks on Kurdistan. Most recently, Jürgen Trittin condemned the attacks on the PKK and northern Syrian military units as contrary to international law.
• Resistance in Rojhilat Kurdistan and Iran continues 

  The resistance of the peoples of Rojhilat Kurdistan and Iran against the Iranian state continues uninterrupted. On Saturday, in almost all cities, people took to the streets and expressed their reactions.
• Three reports demanding the lifting of immunity of HDP MP Uca sent to parliament 

  Three reports prepared for the lifting of the immunity of HDP Êlih MP Feleknas Uca were sent to the Parliament.
• Memorial for SDF fighter Dilxwaz Agir to be hold in Bielefeld on Saturday 

  A condolence and commemoration event will be held tomorrow, Saturday, in Bielefeld, where his family lives, for the SDF fighter Dilxwaz Agir, who fell as a martyr in the invasion attacks by the Turkish state against Northern and Eastern Syria.
• International outcry grows against Shekari's execution 

  There has been international outcry after Iran carried out its first known execution yesterday over the protests that have shaken the regime since September.
• Police take 7 relatives of ill prisoners into custody at Justice Vigil in Istanbul 

  Relatives of the prisoners did not give in to the police pressure and continued their Justice Vigil. 7 people were detained in the action.
• At least 458 people have been killed in protests in Iran and Rojhilat 

  At least 458 people including 63 children have been killed by security forces in the nationwide protests so far.
• Kurdish young man tortured to death while in custody of Iranian security forces 

  Kurdish young man Shadman Ahmadi was arrested by the Iranian secret service and killed by torture, said the human rights organization Hengaw.
• Taşçıer: We would voice the Kurds' demand for language and status everywhere 

  HDP deputy Imam Taşçıer, who was prevented from speaking Kurdish during the parliamentary budget negotiations, stated that they would voice the Kurds' demand for language and status on every platform.
• Defend Kurdistan and Women Defend Rojava activists hold rally in Dresden  

  Defend Kurdistan and Women Defend Rojava activists held a rally in Dresden and met with Deputy Merle Spellerberg to talk about the Turkish state's genocidal attacks, isolation and the ban on the PKK.
• British Parliament debates Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  Speaking at a session on Kurds under Turkish attack in the British Parliament, Labour MP Bambos Charalambous expressed their condemnation of the Turkish attacks and solidarity with the Kurdish people.
• Sit-in outside CPT demands immediate contact with Abdullah Öcalan 

  In front of the building of the Council of Europe's Committee against Torture (CPT) in Strasbourg, activists and exiled politicians demand immediate information about the condition of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Olaf Scholz calls for cessation of Turkish attacks in Syria and Iraq 

  "We are concerned about possible civilian casualties in the affected areas and call on Turkey to stop the attacks," said the German Chancellor's office on his behalf in view of the Turkish attacks on northern Syria and northern Iraq.
• Turkey uses European products to produce missiles 

  According to a report published by London-based Conflict Armament Research, electromagnetic brakes produced by a Dutch company to be used in ambulances in Turkey are used by Turkey in attacks in north-eastern Syria.