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• "Trustees are meant to erase the will of Kurds" 

  Responding to the replacement of HDP's legally and democratically mayors with trustees, Kurds living in Istanbul said that their will was ignored and pointed out that every day there was a new municipality seized.
• Women join the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  TJK-E women, who took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe, said that they will not accept Öcalan captivity, and called on European institutions to "stop playing three monkeys."
• United Labor Congress calls for general strike 

  Days before the announcement of the minimum wage, the United Workers' Assembly organized an action in Kadikoy and called for a general strike.
• HPG guerrillas commemorated in Bielefeld 

  A memorial event was held in Bielefeld for two HPG guerrillas who fell as martyrs.
• Revenge Unit targets police in central Van 

  Martyr Baran Dersim Revenge Unit targeted plainclothes police vehicles in Van province.
• Mustafa Nazif Aktaş commemorated in Paris 

  PKK member Mustafa Nazif Aktaş was murdered by Turkish racist chauvinist groups in Paris on 23 December 1985.
• Co-mayor of Kızıltepe transferred to Tarsus 

  Democratically elected political representatives of the Kurdish people are systematically imprisoned and transferred to jails far away from their hometowns and constituencies.
• Turkish diplomat’s car set on fire in Greece 

  The incident came at a time of escalated tensions between Athens and Ankara over drilling operations in the Mediterranean.
• Co-mayors of Sur remanded in custody 

  Sur co-mayors Filiz Buluttekin and Cemal Özdemir, who were brutally detained by the police on December 20, have been remanded in custody.
• Israeli attack on Syria: three pro-Iranian fighters killed 

  The Syrian Human Rights Observatory reported that at least three pro-Iranian fighters have been killed in an attack by Israel in Syria.
• Nusaybin mayor Kaya transferred to Tarsus T-Type Closed Prison 

  Former Mayor of Nusaybin Sara Kaya was transferred to Tarsus T-Type High Security Closed Prison.
• HPG guerrilla Abdullah Osmanoğlu commemorated in Stockholm 

  HPG guerrilla Abdullah Osmanoğlu was commemorated in Stockholm on the first anniversary of his martyrdom.
• Venezuela Defense Minister denounces attack at a military base 

  Venezuelan Defense minister confirmed that police and military agents were deployed in the area and managed to capture some of the attackers.
• Dangerous game in Iraq 

  While the protests in Iraq against the corrupt ruling system continue, the Bina coalition of pro-Iran Shiite forces and some Sunni groups has taken steps that could lead to a further deepening of the crisis.
• Libya: Haftar warns Turkey against supporting Tripoli 

  Turkey strongly supports the Tripoli-based government and is ready to dispatch troops to help defend the capital at the request of the Government of National Accord (GNA).
• Kurdish children in Essen protest against war 

  The group denounced massacres caused by wars, and the destruction of children and nature in Kurdistan territory.
• Solidarity actions with Rojava in Marseille and Hanau 

  The invasion and genocide attacks carried out by the Turkish state in North East Syria were protested in Marseille and Hanau.
• ISIS mercenaries escalate their attacks in Iraq 

  ISIS mercenaries launched two different attacks in Iraq during the night, killing 5 people, including 4 police officers and 1 Hashd al-Shaabi member.
• Victims of Turkish massacres commemorated in Cologne 

  A rally was held on Saturday in Cologne to pay tribute to those who were murdered in the massacres of Maraş and Roboski, as well as those murdered in prisons and currently in Rojava.
• Two children held in Al-Hol camp reach Finland 

  Two children who where held in Al-Hol camp, under control of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, were brought to Finland on Saturday evening.
• From Bergamo to Naples, Italy for Rojava 

  While activists organised a blockade of Turkish airline Pegasus in the North of Italy, in the South activists marched for Rojava.
• Maraş and Roboski massacre commemorated in Bordeaux 

  A protest was organized in Bordeaux to mark the 40th anniversary of the Maraş Massacre.
• “Free jailed MPs” demo in Vienna 

  Action demanding freedom for Selahattin Demirtaş, Figen Yüksekdağ and other MPs of the HDP who are behind bars.
• Victims of the Maraş massacre commemorated 

  In Maraş the victims of the anti-Alevi massacre of 41 years ago have been commemorated. According to official figures, 111 people died in the attacks, according to unofficial figures up to 1,000 people.
• Syrian Democratic Council holds talks in the Vatican 

  Riyad Dirar and Ilham Ehmed of the Syrian Democratic Council met with Archbishop Paul Gallagher in Rome. They discussed the consequences of the Turkish invasion of northern Syria.