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• Two-week vigil for Shengal launched in Hanover 

  A two-week vigil demanding autonomy for Shengal began in Hanover on Saturday. The protest is supported by Yazidi organizations in the German territory.
• Germany-wide solidarity actions with the prison resistance in Turkey 

  Solidarity actions with the hunger strike of political prisoners in Turkey have taken place again in several German cities on Saturday.
• Turkey takes exception to mural with Öcalan quote in Oslo 

  The Turkish Foreign Ministry is annoyed by a mural in Oslo with a quote by Abdullah Öcalan on the liberation of women. The Norwegian capital, however, does not want to remove it, saying that Oslo stands for freedom of expression and democracy.
• ESP protests the arrest of its members and executives 

  ESP deputy chair, Beycan Taşkıran, called for a joint struggle against of the opposition after the latest arrests.
• Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal 

  Mark Rutte and his ministers will stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new coalition is formed.
• Journalists at Morning Star union make Leyla Güven honorary member 

  Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Morning Star Chapel made Leyla Güven a “symbolic member” following a meeting held on Zoom on Thursday night.
• Solidarity action for political prisoners on hunger strike continues in Berlin 

  For the fourth day in a row, activists in Berlin have drawn attention to the hunger strike of political prisoners in Turkey. The prisoners demand an end to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and inhumane prison conditions.
• Germany: We brought ISIS members with the help of the Kurdish administration 

  The German government is considering further repatriations of children of German ISIS members from North-East Syria. Minister Michael Roth said: "We brought ISIS members with the help of the Kurdish administration."
• LNA: Turkey will not withdraw from Libya through negotiations or mediation 

  In Libya, the official spokesperson of the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar criticised the Turkish state for not withdrawing from Libya, either through negotiation or mediation.
• Kurdish youth in Drancy protest isolation 

  Kurdish youth in Drancy protested against isolation and the Turkish occupation attacks.
• Court sentences lawyer Mehmet Emin Aktar to 6 years in prison 

  Mehmet Emin Aktar, the former President of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for allegedly "being a member of a terrorist organization".
• Police seize music albums, computers, cameras and money in today's searches 

  Turkish police seized albums, computers and money in the operations they carried out against ESP, SKM, SGDF, Kaldıraç and ETHA.
• Basque organization in solidarity with university students in Turkey 

  “From the Basque internationalists we commit ourselves to echo the struggle and to bring it to the young fighters of Euskal Herria so that we build internationalist bridges among the people,” says Basque internationalist organization Askapena.
• Political genocide against ESP: 48 detained, including co-chair 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the opposition continues unabated.
• “Time for Freedom” demo in Brussels 

  Dozens of people joined a demonstration organised by PJAK in Brussels, Belgium.
• British company Andair halts supply for Turkish drones 

  British company Andair has stopped selling accessories to Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar Makina after components produced by Andair were found in downed killer drones in Nagorno-Karabakh.
• Berlin vigil in solidarity with hunger strikes in prisons on day 3 

  A vigil was initiated on January 11 at Alexanderplatz in Berlin with the call of the European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) for solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike against isolation and rights violations in Imrali and other prisons
• Summary of proceedings against 10 HDP deputies  

  A summary of proceedings was issued for nine HDP deputies, including co-chair Pervin Buldan, on the grounds that they were serving in the party’s central executive board during the time of Kobanê protests.
• 5 detained as police attack students' protest in Ankara 

  Ankara police attacked action for Deniz Baran Erbudak, whose leg was broken during the Boğaziçi University protests. 5 students were detained in the crackdown.
• Ankara seeks to calm tensions with EU 

  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will visit Brussels on 21 January to calm tensions with the EU.
• KCDK-E launches "letters to the UN" campaign 

  The KCDK-E co-presidency Council greeted the South African Kurdish Working Group (KHRAG) and the South African Trade Union Confederation (COSATU) and called on activists to send letter to the UN Secretary General.
• Full page call for Freedom for Öcalan in Junge Welt 

  In today's issue of the daily Junge Welt newspaper published in Germany, a full page call issued by the British trade unions' "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, peace for Kurdistan" campaign was published.
• Israel 18 air strikes against Syria leave 23 dead 

  The Israeli air force launched an attack against eastern Syria leaving 21 Syrian army and its allied forces and 2 civilians dead.
• Organizations join the campaign for Öcalan's freedom 

  The lawyers' association ELDH, the New Word Summit and the human rights organization AIDL have joined the fight for Öcalan's freedom as part of the "Time for Freedom" campaign.
• Deposed co-mayor faces up to 15 years in prison 

  Up to 15 years in prison asked for Yenişehir District Municipality co-mayor İbrahim Çiçek, who was removed from office and replaced by a trustee.