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• Kurds in Marseille call on everyone to attend march for Paris victims 

  A demonstration will take place in Marseille to pay tribute to the Kurdish activists killed on 23 December 2022.
• Families of Imrali prisoners apply for visit 

  Families of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imralı applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imralı Prison Directorate, requesting a visit.
• Three members of Dem Party Youth Council taken into custody in Istanbul 

  Three members of the DEM Party's Youth Council were taken into custody in Istanbul and are denied access to lawyers.
• Rally in Geneva marks the third year of the vigil for ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ 

  Kurds have been holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021.
• DBP Islahiye co-chair remanded in custody  

  DBP Islahiye District co-chair Zeki Manas was remanded in custody accused of being a member of an illegal organization.
• KCDK-E calls for participation in march to be held today in Geneva 

  The KCDK-E called for participation in the central march to be held today to mark the third anniversary of the vigil for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Geneva.
• 'Reading Days' continue in Latin America 

  Abya Yala feminists read excerpts from Öcalan's book 'Killing the Man'. In Mexico children participated in a discussion of Öcalan's childhood memories and his relationship with nature, and in Bogota the paradigm of democratic modernity was introduced.
• International Women's Delegation in Amed 

  International Women's Delegation visited the Justice Vigil activists, MED TUHAD-FED, ÖHD and the Medical Chamber in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' vigil in Strasbourg on its 598th week 

  Activists from Britain have taken over the permanent vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg, ongoing since 2012.
• Sakharov Prize awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ movement in Iran 

  The European Parliament honours Jina Mahsa Amini and Iranian women protesters.
• Sentas calls for support for the international campaign for Öcalan’s freedom  

  Sydney UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice lecturer Dr Vicki Sentas joined the campaign for freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and released a video message.
• TEV-DEM calls on international institutions to put pressure on Turkey to allow visits to Imrali 

  The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) supported the global initiative demanding freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question and called on everyone to put pressure on the Turkish state.
• Activists in London organize reading of Abdullah Öcalan's books in front of Amnesty International 

  A file was presented to Amnesty within the scope of Abdullah Öcalan Books Day in London. 91-year-old human rights defender Margaret Owen said that Abdullah Öcalan is different from all leaders in the world because of his women's freedom paradigm.
• Man gives himself up following attack on DEM Party executive Gün 

  Four people, including 3 village guards, were wanted in connection with the attack against DEM Party executive Ahmet Gün and his son. Late on Monday night, one of them, a 60-year-old man, surrendered to the gendarmerie.
• ‘Öcalan Books Day’ event in Sydney 

  As part of the international campaign Freedom for Öcalan – A Political Solution to the Kurdish Question" , 10 December was designated ‘Global Öcalan Books Day’, which was marked by masses all around the world.
• Özak Tekstil workers protesting in Urfa attacked by gendarmerie 

  Özak Tekstil workers, who have been protesting against pressure, mobbing and dismissals in Urfa for 15 days, were subjected to a gendarmerie attack for the second time, and many workers were taken into custody.
• Öcalan Books Day events in England, Scotland and Ireland 

  As part of the global 'Öcalan Books Day', Abdullah Öcalan's books were read in London, Hull, Sheffield in England as well as in Cork in Ireland. The message given was "Öcalan holds the key to equality, freedom and peace."
• Public meetings in Germany to demand "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan" 

  Public meetings were held in Germany within the framework of the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish question" campaign.
• Event on Global Öcalan Books Day in The Hague 

  As part of the international campaign, 10 December was designated ‘Global Öcalan Books Day’, which is joined by masses all around the world.
• Mexican academics and students read Abdullah Öcalan 

  A group of academics and students in Creel, Mexico, read a chapter from Abdullah Öcalan's analyses on women's revolution and discussed the Democratic Confederalism paradigm as part of the 10 December Öcalan Books Days.
• German police prevent a demonstration for "Freedom for Öcalan" in Berlin 

  The police prevented a demonstration in Berlin in support of the worldwide campaign "Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question".
• Kurdish Revolutionary Youth Movement holds 3rd Congress in Paris 

  The Kurdish Revolutionary Youth Movement held its 3rd Congress in the French capital Paris with around a thousand participants.
• Öcalan Books Day kicks off in Latin America 

  A group of members of the Mazhauga community living as immigrants in Mexico City came together to support the "Freedom for Öcalan, political solution for Kurdistan" campaign.
• Today is Öcalan Books Day  

  10 December has been designated Öcalan Books Day. KCDK-E will be doing a global hashtag campaign at 14:00 European time.
• Kurds take to the streets in Zurich for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Demonstration in Zurich as part of the international campaign "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish question".