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• 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.
• Villo Sigurdsson: “PKK is a freedom movement” 

  Former Mayor of Copenhagen, Villo Sigurdsson, stated that the removal of the PKK from the "terror list" is one of the most crucial prerequisites for peace in the Middle East, saying, "The PKK is a freedom movement."
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply for a visit 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place more than two years ago.
• Lawyers of Öcalan complain to Council of Judges and Prosecutors about forbidden visits to Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan complained to the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) that they had been prevented from meeting with their clients.
• Stand for Öcalan in Lausanne reaches week 6 

  The stand organised by young activists in Lausanne to explain the paradigm of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and collect signatures to demand that the PKK be removed from the list of terrorist organisations, continues.
• Protests in North Kurdistan against attack on HDP members in Istanbul 

  People of North Kurdistan protested against the attack on the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in Bahçelievler, Istanbul.
• HDP Youth Assembly: We will strengthen our resistance in every field 

  The HDP Youth Assembly vowed resistance and declared, "The anti-Kurdish attitude is the source of Turkey's multiple crises."
• Deniz Poyraz case: Murderers will be brought to account 

  The trial of Onur Gencer who murdered HDP member Deniz Poyraz began in Izmir. Gencer's laughter during the hearing sparked reaction among the audience. The slogan “murderers will account before the public” was frequently chanted in the courtroom.
• KCDK-E: 2022 shall be the year of free Kurdistan and Öcalan 

  In its new year message, the KCDK-E Co-Presidency Council wished 2022 to be the year of “free Kurdistan, free Öcalan.”
• Poyraz's mother says her daughter’s case concerns all Kurdish people 

  Deniz Poyraz's mother, Fehime Poyraz said that “This case is not just my personal case, it concerns all Kurdish people and those who support them.”
• KCDK-E Foreign Relations Committee takes over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The KCDK-E Foreign Relations Committee took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg.
• Buldan: The killer of Deniz Poyraz and the forces behind him would be held accountable 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan made a statement before the trial for the murder of Deniz Poyraz opened. She said that the killer and the forces behind it would be held accountable.
• More Bashur refugees died as two boats sank off the Greek coast 

  The Summit (Lutke) Foundation for Refugee and Displaced Affairs announced that 9 immigrants from Bashur Kurdistan lost their lives in 2 boats that sank off the coast of Greece, and the fate of 23 of them is unknown.
• Sancar: Responsible for these attacks against the HDP is the government! 

  Another armed attacker broke into an HDP office in Turkey and injured employees. HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar blames the government and warns of further attacks.
• Activists in Marseille protest conditions of ill prisoners in Turkish jails  

  A rally in Marseille pointed out that ill prisoners are left to die by the state in Turkish jails.
• Kurdish women’s movement commemorates victims of Roboski massacre 

  The Kurdish Free Women’s Movement (TJA) commemorated 34 people, 19 of whom were minors, who lost their lives in the Roboski Massacre carried out by the Turkish state on 28 December 2011.
• HDP and CHP hold joint press conference 

  After a series of talks between the HDP and the other opposition parties in Turkey, CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and HDP leaders Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar held a joint press conference in Ankara.
• Protest against attack on HDP members in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, an armed attacker injured two HDP members with a knife. Street protests are taking place in the Bahçelievler district against the systematic attacks on the party.
• Leyla Güven calls for common struggle for ill prisoners 

  Co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), Leyla Güven sent a message to the Vigil for Justice in Amed and called for urgent action for ill prisoners.
• YPJ commemorates Desmond Tutu 

  Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) General Command commemorated Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu who died aged 90 on December 26, saying that “he was a symbol of resistance against the racist regime.”
• Twelve taken into custody in Antalya 

  Twelve people have been detained in Antalya in connection with an HDP rally.
• Two injured in armed attack on HDP in Istanbul 

  In Bahçelievler, people armed with knives entered the building of the HDP district association. Two party members were injured.
• KNK issues message of condolences for Desmond Tutu 

  "It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a tireless fighter for global human rights and a hero of the victorious struggle against apartheid in South Africa", said the KNK in a message of condolences.