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• Court sentences Leyla Güven to 22 years and 3 months in jail 

  The court board sentenced Güven to 22 years and 3 months imprisonment and issued an arrest warrant against her.
• Trial against DTK co-chair Leyla Güven opens in Amed 

  The trial against DTK co-chair Leyla Güven, accused of 18 separate charges, began in Amed.
• Italians consider Turkey a threat to the world, says survey 

  Italians consider Turkey a threat to the world, said survey.
• CDK-F issues call for demo for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  CDK-F has issued a call to all activists to join the demonstration to be held in Paris on Sunday 9 January, the 8th anniversary of the killings. The demonstration will leave from the Gare du Nord at 2 pm.
• Demonstration for Öcalan in Kassel 

  A demonstration under the motto "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan" took place in Kassel. Hundreds of people marched through the city with banners, music and slogans on an eight-kilometer route.
• Beştaş: Insistence on Imrali isolation is despotism 

  Another hunger strike is taking place in Turkey's prisons. Öcalan criticizes this method. HDP politician Meral Danış Beştaş points out the situation of political prisoners.
• New summaries of proceedings against 6 deputies 

  Nine new summaries of proceedings were submitted to the parliament with the request to lift the immunity of 6 deputies.
• Earthquake in Van 

  An earthquake of 4.5 magnitude was registered in the village of Aydemir with epicenter in Başkale, province of Van.
• Activists condemn Turkish war crimes and Shengal agreement 

  The war crimes carried out by the Turkish state were protested in Marseille with an action supported by 14 institutions and organizations. The agreement on Shengal was protested in Bremen.
• No justice for victims of Maraş massacre for 42 years 

  In December 1978, a pogrom-like massacre of Alevis by right-wing Islamists and paramilitaries took place in Maraş province. Officially, 111 people died; according to unofficial figures, as many as 1,000 died. The murderers were never brought to justice.
• 23 detained in operation against CHP municipality in Adana 

  The dismissed mayor is among the 23 people detained by the police in Ceyhan district of Adana today.
• 'The power behind Barzani is Erdogan', says journalist Sweeney 

  Morning Star International Editor Steve Sweeney spoke about the latest developments of the protests in South Kurdistan.
• Police operation in Adana targets CHP  

  A "bribery operation" has been carried out against CHP's Adana Ceyhan Municipality, many people taken into custody.
• Maraş and 19 December 2000 prison massacres remembered 

  Those who lost their lives in the Maraş and prison massacres were commemorated in Ankara and Mersin.
• 5 prisoners on hunger strike in Konya Prison 

  Five more prisoners have undertaken a hunger strike in Konya to end the isolation on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Osman Kavala remains in prison 

  63-year-old civil rights activist Osman Kavala remains in prison. At the start of the new trial against the founder of the Anadolu Kültür Foundation, who has been imprisoned for three years, the continuation of pre-trial detention was ordered.
• Ten-year prison sentence for former MEBYA-DER co-chair Dicle 

  Former MEBYA-DER co-chair Ayşe Dicle was sentenced to 10 years and 7 months in prison.
• Swedish MP sends solidarity message to jailed HDP members 

  Born in Eastern Kurdistan, Swedish MP Amineh Kakabaveh sent messages of solidarity to HDP elected officials in prison in Turkey.
• Police carry out operation against People's Front in 5 provinces 

  A number of people was taken into custody as a result of the operation against the People's Front in five provinces.
• Political prisoners on day 22 of hunger strike 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners to end the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and violations in prisons entered its 22nd day.
• Öcalan's team of lawyers applies to visit their client in Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's team of lawyers has again applied to visit their client, who is imprisoned on the prison island of Imrali.
• Young people in Berlin and Stuttgart protest isolation of Öcalan 

  Kurdish youth movements TCŞ and TEKO-JIN organized protests demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in Berlin and Stuttgart.
• KON-MED calls for participation in Kassel march 

  KON-MED called for strong participation in a march to be held in Kassel for the freedom of the Kurdish People's Leader.
• Demo in Berlin in solidarity with political prisoners in Turkey 

  The initiative ‘Solidarity with the political prisoners’ has protested in Berlin against the isolation and arbitrariness in the prisons of Turkey.
• Four new summary of proceedings target three HDP deputies 

  Four new summary of proceedings about three HDP deputies have been submitted to the Parliament demanding to strip them of their immunity.