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• Another former deputy of AKP resigns from the party 

  Resignations from the ruling AKP continue.
• HDP co-chair Temelli: We must re-read Öcalan 

  Co-chair Sezai Temelli explains at an HDP conference in Ankara: "Especially with regard to social organisation, we need to read Öcalan again. Our option is the uprising of the peoples."
• Hundreds of thousands take to the streets in Baghdad 

  Hundreds of thousands of people have followed the call of the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr and are demanding the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces on Baghdad's streets.
• Families’ appeal to visit Imralı rejected 

  An appeal by the families of Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoners in Imrali to visit their relatives was rejected by Turkish authorities.
• Boycott Turkey campaign spreads in Finland 

  In Finland, a campaign has been launched to boycott tourism in Turkey, Turkish imports and companies producing in Turkey. The campaign is also demanding an end to all arms sales between Finland and Turkey.
• European Parliament to vote on Brexit next Wednesday 

  European Parliament’s Constitutional Affairs Committee voted on Protocol on Ireland.
• Chancellor Merkel meets President Erdogan 

  The two leaders are also expected to exchange views on regional and international issues, particularly Libya and Syria.
• Metal workers to go on strike on 5 February 

  The Birleşik Metal-Iş Union will go on strike on 5 February.
• US sanction companies "helping" Iran 

  The US imposed new sanctions on companies accused of helping Iran's state-owned National Iranian Oil Company export millions of dollars of goods in violation of US sanctions.
• The UN will discuss Turkey's human rights record 

  Turkey's human rights record will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group.
• 13 people including an HDP member jailed in Amed 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue unabated.
• HBDH destroys business center of pro-AKP member of TFF 

  HBDH vowed to hit capitalist-colonialist forces during the year 2020.
• Lawyers appeal to visit Öcalan on Imralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet their client.
• Fascist attack against the German Left Party in Bremen 

  The party will respond to the increasing attacks and threats with a rally on Friday.
• Court decision lands to the Council of State 

  The court decision to halt the execution of trustees which was suspended after the objection of the Ministry of the Interior, was brought to the Council of State.
• Architect Yapıcı: Kanal Istanbul project must be rejected 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has gone at great length to defend the project to build a canal bypassing the Bosporus Strait, Canal Istanbul.
• British Parliament approves Brexit agreement 

  The final text must now be promulgated by Queen Elizabeth II.
• Militia commander killed in Iran 

  One of the most important militia forces of the regime in Iran, Besic, and commander of the Revolutionary Guards in the province of Khuzestan has allegedly been killed in an armed attack.
• Twelve bar associations say law is ignored in Gezi Trial 

  Twelve bar associations underlined that the law was ignored in the Gezi Trial and stated that the court applied unprecedented practices.
• Iraqi female activist shot dead during protests in Basra 

  More and more people are being deliberately killed during the protests in Iraq. In the southern Iraqi city of Basra, an activist who was shot from a vehicle by armed men has been buried.
• Week 396 in the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg has been taken over by Kurdish women from Germany.
• Demo against Iran in Brussels 

  The demonstration was organised by KJAR.
• Iraqi Hezbollah threatens President Barham Salih 

  The Iran-backed Iraqi Hezbollah is threatening Iraqi President Barham Salih not to meet with US President Trump, saying that otherwise he would be chased out of Baghdad.
• Thousands in Colombia say: Let's Defend Peace! 

  Thousands took to the streets once again in Colombia demanding to defend peace and stop the assassination of social leaders.
• Sinn Féin presents its 42 candidates to the 8 February elections 

  Sinn Féin is running 42 candidates in 38 constituencies at the elections to be held on 8 February in the Republic of Ireland.