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• Trial against TTB President Şebnem Korur Fincancı adjourned 

  The imprisoned President of the Medical Association Şebnem Korur Fincancı reiterated her demand for an independent investigation into Turkey's chemical weapons use in Kurdistan on the second day of the trial in Istanbul.
• Three activists murdered by the regime commemorated in Eastern Kurdistan 

  Despite all the repression by the Iranian regime, protests again took place in Bokan and Mahabad in Eastern Kurdistan at memorial services for three activists murdered by the regime.
• Kurdish man attacked by Turkish fascist in France: He wanted to kill me because he hates Kurds 

  Kurdish hairdresser Avşin Zikrî has been seriously injured by a Turkish fascist in Roubaix in northern France. "He wanted to kill me because he hates Kurds," said Zikrî in hospital in Lille.
• HDP deputies’ vigil demanding immediate meeting with Öcalan continues 

  The vigil of MPs of the HDP parliamentary group in Ankara continues. The MPs demand an immediate visit to Imrali and call the total isolation an "execution in instalments".
• Visitors flock to Justice Vigil in Paris 

  The Justice Vigil launched in protest at the Paris killings continues. Numerous people and institution representatives visited the vigil today.
• Kurdish politicians receive up to 12 years in prison 

  Kurdish politicians who were detained during the political genocide operation against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul branch on December 12, 2016, were sentenced to between 6 and 12 years in prison during the final hearing today.
• Paris killer placed in solitary confinement 

  The man who murdered three Kurdish activists in Paris on Friday was placed in solitary confinement.
• 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.