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• Leyla Güven transferred to Elazığ 

  Kurdish politician Leyla Güven has been transferred to a prison in Elazığ. For several hours her whereabouts were unknown, lawyers received no information about the transfer.
• AKP/MHP lobbyist caught with 100 kilograms of heroin at EU border 

  Veysel Filiz, AKP/MHP lobbyist and press officer of the Turkish Embassy in Brussels, expelled for espionage, has been arrested upon entering the EU with a hundred kilograms of heroin in his luggage.
• Hunger strike in prisons on day 27 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners to end the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and violations in prisons entered its 27th day.
• Sinn Féin MLA Anderson calls for the release of Leyla Güven 

  Leyla Güven should be released immediately along with Abdullah Öcalan to assist the peace process in the region, said Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson.
• KCDK-E: Expose the fascist Turkish regime wherever you are 

  KCDK-E stated that the women's freedom line and the freedom struggle are taken prisoner in the person of Leyla Güven.
• Demo for Leyla Güven in Frankfurt 

  Women from different organizations joined the action at Hauptwache Square Tuesday afternoon, including Women Defend Rojava.
• Yazidi Coordination: Only resistance can make fascism retreat 

  The European Yazidi Coordination cricised Leyla Güven's arrest and gave a message of resistance.
• Protest against the arrest of Leyla Güven in Brussels 

  The arrest of DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven was protested in Belgium on Tuesday.
• Police attack DBP protest in solidarity with Leyla Güven 

  Police attacked a group of people who protested the arrest of DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven. Many people were detained during police intervention in which HDP MPs were also battered.
• Motion in UK parliament over transparency and democracy in KRG 

  Motion in the UK parliament calls on the Foreign Secretary to "express concerns and support calls for transparency and accountability in the region with his Kurdish Regional Government counterpart as a matter of urgency."
• HDP rejects hostile sentence imposed on Leyla Güven 

  The HDP said in its statement: "The sentence of 22 years and 6 months in prison in the legal case in Diyarbakır against Ms Leyla Güven is the result of the applied enemy law."
• Two HDP members taken into custody in Balıkesir 

  Two HDP members were detained in a home raid in Balıkesir.
• Leyla Güven taken into custody in Amed 

  Kurdish politician Leyla Güven, who was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison yesterday, has been arrested in an apartment in Amed and transferred to the court last night.
• 10 more people detained in Batman over Kobanê protests in 2014 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish population continues unabated.
• EU calls on Turkey to release Osman Kavala 

  EU’s Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Massralı has criticized the continued imprisonment of Osman Kavala: “The decision last Friday runs against Turkey’s stated commitment to the rule of law and the respect of fundamental rights.”
• Five seasonal workers from Kobanê arrested in Adana 

  Five seasonal workers from Kobanê have been arrested in the Turkish province of Adana on terror charges.
• Despite protocol, Germany did not mention the NES Administration 

  Only one of the ISIS women handed over by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria was detained upon entering Germany. Despite the protocol signed for the delivery of ISIS members, German officials did not mention the Administration of NES.
• Police take down HDP flags in Van 

  The Turkish police removed the flags hung by the HDP to mark the congress to be celebrated in Van saying that "the governorship had mistakenly given the permission".
• 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.