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• Families' request to visit Imrali rejected  

  The application filed by families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and other prisoner families to visit their relatives in Imralı was rejected once again.
• Actions in 8 Swedish cities to boycot holidaying in Turkey 

  Turkish tourism was boycotted in 8 cities of Sweden to protest the occupation of Rojava. 
• Cologne pays tribute to Nurcan Bakır  

  Bakır was caught wounded, and she was tortured. But she never spoke during the interrogation. She then went on a death fast.
• Activists in Nancy protest Turkish invasion of Rojava 

  Actions continue around Europe to protest the Turkish state invasion attacks on Rojava. Since 9 October 2019, when the occupation began, Kurds and their friends have been protested in Nancy, France, on a weekly basis.
• Two people demanding freedom for Öcalan to be retried 

  Constitutional Court said two defendants accused of distributing leaflets containing Öcalan's photographs, within the scope of the campaign demanding his freedom, are to be retried as their freedom of thought and expression rights were violated.
• HDP former MP Baydemir: Time for national unity 

  Speaking at a night in solidarity with Heyva-Sor, HDP former MP Osman Baydemir said: "There is no other way than national unity in front of Kurdish."
• FARC denounces plan to exterminate former guerrillas in Ituango 

  The FARC (Colombian Alternative Revolutionary People) party said that the execution of an extermination plan against former guerrilla fighters is underway in the Ituango Municipality, in Antioquia.
• Snow falls on the victims of the earthquake in Elazığ 

  Snow started to fall in the city center of Elazığ, eight days after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake suffered by the city.
• Four people including a DBP politician detained in Ankara 

  The political genocide operations of the Turkish regime continue increasingly.
• Co-mayor of Amed faces up to 15 years in prison 

  After his removal from post, Mızraklı was imprisoned based on a fiction statement by a confessor that lacked evidence.
• Three-day march kicks off in Hamburg 

  The march is staged to protest the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan and Turkish invasion of northern Syria.
• Families apply to visit their relatives on Imralı 

  Families of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other political prisoners in Imralı applied for a visit to the Prosecutor's Office.
• UN warns situation in Libya worsening 

  The ceasefire agreed earlier this month is being maintained in name only.
• Kurds in Paris condemn international conspiracy against Öcalan 

  The isolation and international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, were protested in Paris.
• Long March to kick off in a week 

  The organisers are expecting some 150 participants from different national background.
• Suruç Families Initiative in Urfa to attend new hearing  

  Today the 13th hearing of the Suruç Massacre case will take place in Urfa.
• Deposed co-mayor of Sur faces up to 15 years in prison 

  Filiz Buluttekin, the imprisoned co-mayor of the Sur District in Amed, has been charged with terrorism. She faces up to 15 years imprisonment.
• Hunger strike activists call on the CoE and CPT to act for Öcalan 

  Since August 2019 there has been no sign of life from Abdullah Öcalan. In Strasbourg, former hunger strikers have called on the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture to keep its promises and end the isolation on Imrali.
• "The Belgian PKK verdict should be a precedent in the EU" 

  The PKK is not a terrorist organisation, the Belgian Court of Cassation ruled on Tuesday. At a press conference in Brussels, politicians and parties to the proceedings have called for a new approach by the EU to the Kurdish question.
• ISIS attacks Iraqi military checkpoints 

  The ISIS has overrun two checkpoints of the Iraqi military near Kirkuk in northern Iraq. People were killed and injured.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Metal workers will go on strike on 5 February 

  Metal workers union, Birleşik Metal-Iş confirmed that over 10,000 workers will go on strike on 5 February.
• Brazilian Petrobras workers go on indefinite strike from tomorrow 

  The workers are protesting a plan by the state-controlled company to close the Parana Nitrogen Fertilizer plant firing its 396 workers.
• Coronavirus has already killed 170 

  The Coronavirus, which appeared in China in December, continues to spread rapidly. The number of those who lost their lives rose to 170, the number of cases reported exceeded 7,700.
• Basque Country comes to a standstill during general strike 

  Massive response to the general strike called in Euskal Herria (Basque Country) for a Charter of Social Rights in defense of pensions, employment and social rights.