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• Two Hashd al-Shaabi members killed in ISIS attack in Iraq 

  Two members of the Hashd al-Shaabi armed groups in Iraq were reportedly killed in an attack claimed by ISIS north of Baghdad on Saturday evening.
• Politicians tried in Kobanê Case will remain in jail 

  The politicians tried in the Kobanê Case will remain in jail.
• Paris rally: ‘Lift the state secret on massacres, free Abdullah Öcalan, delist the PKK’ 

  Tens of thousands of people gathered in Paris against the massacres of 9 January 2013 and 22 December 2022, demanding the lifting of the state secret order on the investigation information and the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Paris rally at the Place de la Republique begins 

  Tens of thousands of Kurds and their friends marching from Gare du Nord against the Paris massacres reached Republique Square.
• Tens of thousands march in Paris demanding justice for the Kurdish massacre victims 

  Kurds and their friends are marching in Paris to mark the eleventh anniversary of the murders of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez.
• DEM co-chairs visit politicians in prison 

  DEM co-chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan visited politicians imprisoned in Turkey, including former HDP co-chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş, to exchange views on current issues.
• Today in Berlin a demonstration will demand justice for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  A demonstration will take place today in Berlin to mark the eleventh anniversary of the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez by the Turkish Secret Services in Paris.
• Demonstration for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla to kick off in Paris in a few hours 

  The central demonstration to mark the eleventh anniversary of the murders of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez will be held today in Paris.
• KCK: Erdoğan’s administration is responsible for the ISIS attack in Kerman 

  Condemning the ISIS massacre in Kerman, KCK said: “It is the Turkish state and the Tayyip Erdoğan administration that supports ISIS and directs it for its own purposes. They want the war in the Middle East to deepen.”
• Baghdad 'determined' to end the presence of the International Coalition in Iraq 

  Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani reiterated his "firm" determination to end the presence of the international anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq, a day after a US strike killed the commander of a Hashd al-Shaabi affiliated group in Baghdad.
• MP Dindar: Imrali prison should be closed 

  DEM Party Van MP Mahmut Dindar called on the government to lift the isolation of Öcalan and to hear the voices of the mothers on Justice Vigil and demanded the closure of İmralı.
• Preparations for the Paris march continue 

  Preparations are underway for the march to be staged in Paris for the victims of the massacres on 9 January 2013 and 23 December 2022,
• Mothers of prisoners at Justice Vigil in Amed: We will break isolation 

  The Justice Vigil in Amed supports the hunger strike carried out by political prisoners as part of the initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question”.
• Letter written by a prisoner to Öcalan sent to Imralı after some sentences were crossed out 

  A letter written to Abdullah Öcalan by a prisoner was accepted to be sent to Imralı, on the condition of crossing out some sentences.
• IRNA: First explosion in Kerman was caused by a suicide bombing 

  According to the state news agency, a suicide attack is to blame for one of the two explosions that killed dozens in Iran’s southeastern city of Kerman on Wednesday.
• Political prisoner released after 30 years: We need to increase the struggle 

  Released after 30 years, Mehmet İldem stated that freedom is possible only through struggle and said, "We need to increase the struggle inside and outside of prisons."
• KONGRA-GEL calls for participation in Paris rally on 6 January for justice 

  Commemorating the Kurdish revolutionaries murdered in Paris, KONGRA-GEL said, "Everyone should be in Paris on 6 January to raise our anger against darkness."
• HBDH publishes balance sheet of actions carried out in 2023  

  The HBDH announced the balance sheet of the actions they carried out in 2023 and said that "2024 will be the year of victory."
• TJK-F and CDK-F: Let's fill the streets of Paris on Saturday 

  Kurdish organization called everyone to protest the Paris killings on Saturday.
• Demirtaş: Öcalan must be included in the process if the Kurdish question is to be resolved 

  In the so-called Kobanê trial in Ankara, former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş called for Abdullah Öcalan to be included in negotiations on a political solution to the Kurdish question.
• Black wreath laid in front of the French embassy in Berlin 

  With the slogan "Sara Rojbîn Ronahî, Jin Jiyan Azadî!", activists protested in front of the French embassy in Berlin against the attacks on Kurdish institutions in Paris and demanded investigations free of political influence.
• Letter sent to international organizations, calling for action for Öcalan 

  Kurdish people and their friends continue their actions worldwide, demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for nearly three years.
• Dozens killed in twin bomb blasts at memorial service for Qassem Soleimani in Iran 

  At least 73 people were reported killed in twin blasts at a memorial service to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of General Qassem Soleimani in Kerman in southern Iran, according to state media reports.
• KCDK-E calls for strong participation in the central march in Paris on 6 January 

  KCDK-E invites people to Paris on 6 January with the spirit of mobilisation to protest the Paris massacres on 9 January 2013 and on 23 December 2022.
• Mural in Bogotá in solidarity with Kurds 

  The Kurdistan Solidarity Committee in Colombia has expressed its support for the resistance of the Kurdish people with a mural in Bogotá after Turkey's attacks in Northern and Eastern Syria.