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• Lithuania sends almost 100 migrants back to Iraq 

  About a hundred Iraqi nationals were brought back to their homeland on a repatriation flight from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius at the weekend. In addition to Baghdad, the plane also headed for Hewlêr in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Attacker on HDP office in Istanbul released 

  The attacker on the HDP office in Istanbul's Bahçelievler district has been released.
• Two drones targeting Coalition forces shot down in Baghdad 

  It is reported that two drones targeting the US-led Coalition forces have been shot down in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
• Turkey: Official inflation rate at 36 percent 

  Inflation in Turkey keeps shooting up to new heights. According to official figures from the Turkish Statistical Authority, the inflation rate rose from 21.31 to 36.08 percent in December. The real figures are most likely higher.
• Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights registers surge in suicides in Kirkuk  

  According to the data of the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights Kirkuk Office, there were 98 cases of "suicide" registered in 2021 in the northern province, 78 of which involved women over the age of 20.
• Guards try to strangle prisoner 

  Reşit Ilhan, who is held in Gümüşhane E Type Closed Prison, said that the guards tried to strangle him.
• KCK: Desmond Tutu will live on in a free and democratic Kurdistan 

  “As a friend of the Kurdish people, Desmond Tutu has always made every effort to ensure that the Kurds achieve a free and democratic life. He has always resolutely fought for the physical freedom of Rêber Apo.”
• "Remembering means objection, forgetting means denial" 

  At their first vigil of the year against "disappearances" in state custody, the Istanbul Saturday Mothers vowed continuation of their struggle for truth and justice.
• Judge in Osmaniye send 5 people from Afrin to prison 

  Five of the 15 people from Afrin, who were detained during the political operations carried out in 6 provinces based in Osmaniye, were sent to prison accused of being "members of a terrorist organization".
• Norwegian politician Ask says removal of PKK from 'terror lists' will help achieve peace 

  Norwegian politician Arnljot Ask, one of the signatories of the campaign to remove the PKK from the list of ‘terrorist organizations’, said that the PKK should be removed to achieve a democratic solution and just peace.
• Female guerrillas buried in 'Cemetery of the nameless' before DNA test is performed 

  The remains of four female guerrillas who fell as martyrs in the middle of December on Bagok Mountain in Nusaybin, province of Mardin were buried in the "Cemetery of the nameless" without DNA testing.
• Russian planes hit village in Hatay, kill 8, says SOHR 

  SOHR reported that Russian planes attacked a village in Hatay, on the border with Syria, and 8 people lost their lives.
• Deniz Poyraz commemorated at her grave on her 39th birthday 

  If she had not been murdered by a Turkish fascist, Deniz Poyraz would be celebrating her 39th birthday today. In her memory, family members, friends and companions commemorated her at her grave in Izmir.
• KOMAW calls for the PKK ban to be lifted 

  KOMAW said that lifting of the PKK ban would benefit everyone and urged countries to stop Turkish crimes against humanity.
• MLKP vows resistance in 2022 

  The Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) released a New Year message, saying, "We welcome the year of 2022 with a commitment to enhance our national struggle for freedom with class anger.”
• Children of Fire Initiative sets fire to factories in 5 cities 

  The Children of Fire Initiative announced that they set fire to several factories in 5 cities.
• Şenyaşar family’s vigil for justice on its 298th day 

  Şenyaşar family continues their justice vigil in Urfa for family members who were killed in 2018.
• KON-MED wishes that 2022 will be a year without war and violence 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED wished the world a 2022 without war and violence.
• Petition demands release of Aysel Tuğluk 

  The KulturForum TurkeyDeutschland is demanding clear signals from the new German government towards Erdoğan and has started a petition for the release of the seriously ill Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk.
• Activists in Frankfurt and Bremen demand release of ill prisoners 

  Demonstrations were held in Frankfurt and Bremen demanding the release of ill prisoners.
• Şenyaşar family: This case is the bleeding wound of the country 

  Ferit Şenyaşar holding a vigil for justice with his mother in Urfa said, “Those who remain silent are accomplices to this massacre. This is not only our case.”
• Iraqi parliament to hold its opening session on January 9 

  The new Iraqi parliament will begin its first session on January 9th, according to the decree passed nearly three months after the elections.
• Buldan: We will win against fascism! 

  HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan, who visited the attacked Bahçelievler building, said, "We will definitely win against these oppressors, this understanding of fascism."
• Prisoner who witnessed Gezer’s death is on hunger strike 

  Deniz Tepeli, a prisoner who witnessed Garibe Gezer's execution, went on an indefinite hunger strike in protest at not being heard as a witness.
• Activists send fax to ministry of justice demanding Tuğluk's release 

  The Union for Democracy (DIB) sent a fax to the Ministry of Justice to demand the release of Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk who is held in Kandıra prison.