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• Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg in its 604th week 

  The vigil for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, which has been carried out in Strasbourg, France since 2012, was taken over by a group from the Draguignan region of France in its new week.
• Iranian President in Ankara 

  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has travelled to Ankara for talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• US confirms airstrikes in Iraq, Baghdad reacts 

  Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin announced that the United States is carrying out attacks against pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq in retaliation for recent attacks on US and coalition troops in Iraq and Syria.
• Jailed Kurdish politician Saka goes on hunger strike in Hamburg 

  Kurdish politician Kadri Saka, who is in prison in Hamburg, has been on hunger strike for a week to protest the political approach of the German judiciary against him.
• Young activists in Zurich protest Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria 

  TCŞ members carried out an action in Zurich against the attacks by the Turkish state against Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Call for participation in the "Journey to Freedom" in Mannheim 

  Long marches for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question are taking place in France, Switzerland and Germany.
• DEM Party Co-Chairs visit jailed Kurdish politicians in Sincan Prison 

  DEM Party Co-Chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan announced that they exchanged ideas with the politicians held in Sincan Prison and received their suggestions.
• 83-year-old woman detained in Amed 

  83-year-old Sıdıka Süleymanoğlu was detained in a political genocide operation in Amed.
• Long March in Paris continues 

  The Long March launched in France yesterday to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and justice for Kurds continues with various events.
• Afghan soldiers and ISIS members who took refuge in Turkey are sent to fight in Rojava 

  Some soldiers belonging to the Afghan army and ISIS gangs who fled from the Taliban and took refuge in Turkey are sent first to Erzurum and then to the Major Mete Yıldırım Base Zone on the border with Rojava.
• New agreement won by United Metal Workers' Union  

  The United Metal Workers' Union reached an agreement on 17 January with the Metal Industrialists' Union of Turkey.
• ESP activists on hunger strike in solidarity with prisoners 

  ESP party activists went on hunger strike in solidarity with PKK/PAJK prisoners.
• Long March from Paris to Strasbourg continues on second day 

  The second day of the 25-day Long March from Paris to Strasbourg to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, will go to Invalides-République.
• Bodies of 41 Yazidis exhumed from mass graves and handed over to families 

  The bodies of 41 Yazidis exhumed from mass graves and taken to Baghdad for identification were handed over to their families after a ceremony.
• 25-day Long March from Paris to Strasbourg kicks off 

  CDK-F and TJK-F are organising a 25-day march from Paris to Strasbourg with the slogan "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Justice for Kurds".
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 25,295 

  The Hamas Health Ministry announced that 25,295 people have been killed in the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.
• Week-long actions in Toronto end with a march 

  Kurdish people continue their actions worldwide demanding an end to the Turkish state’s genocidal campaign in Kurdistan.
• KCDK-E calls for mobilisation for the 25-day march in France 

  KCDK-E called for mobilisation for the 25-day march from Paris to Strasbourg for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Peace in Kurdistan stands in solidarity with human rights activists in Nairobi 

  Human rights activists in Nairobi denounce attacks by police.
• MEPs: The solution lies in the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  MEPs Lydie Massard and Chris MacManus demanded freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds in Strasbourg join the "100 thousand cards to Imralı" campaign 

  Kurds got together in Strasbourg for the "100 thousand cards to Imralı" campaign.
• 25-day march from Paris to Strasbourg to demand 'Freedom for Öcalan, Justice for Kurds’  

  CDK-F and TJK-F are organising a 25-day march from Paris to Strasbourg with the slogan "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Justice for Kurds".
• At least 2 killed, 7 wounded in Israeli attack in Lebanon 

  It was reported that at least 2 people were killed and 7 people were wounded in an attack by an Israeli drone on a vehicle in Kafra in southern Lebanon.
• Schieder: Öcalan will play a key role in the solution to the Kurdish question 

  EMP and Social Democratic Group member Andreas Schieder spoke about Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question.
• Kurdish associations in France organize long march demanding freedom for Öcalan  

  Kurdish associations in France organize a long march demanding the release of Abdullah Öcalan, held hostage on a prison island in Turkey since 1999.