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• Demo for Leyla Güven in Saarbrucken 

  Kurds took to the streets in Germany.
• What was the Bogota attackers looking for? 

  All the country's parties have repudiated and condemned the deadly attack, as have all the countries of the region without exception.
• Rally for Leyla Güven in Den Haag 

  The HDP Hakkari MP is demanding an end to the isolation against Öcalan.
• Kurdish press paid tribute to hunger strikers 

  On Thursday the hunger strikers were visited by Kurdish press workers.
• Rally for Leyla Güven in Stuttgart 

  Güven has been on hunger strike for 73 days while hundreds are fasting in Turkish and Kurdish prisons as well as in Europe and Canada.
• Leyla Güven’s hunger strike on day 73 

  Güven’s lawyers stated that the Kurdish politician is in critical condition.
• Colombian president calls off peace talks with ELN 

  After the deadly attack at the police school in Bogota, president Duque has called off peace talks with the ELN.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Several meetings in EP and CoE 

  Several meetings have been held with MEPs this week as part of the hunger strike in Strasbourg, France protesting the isolation against Ocalan, currently on day 33, and informative files have been submitted to permanent representation offices in the CoE.
• Hunger striker in Canada: Isolation turned our world into prison 

  Yusuf Iba has been on hunger strike for six days in the city of Toronto, Canada.
• Merkel government issues statement on Ocalan 

  The Federal German Government called for an end to the aggravated isolation imposed upon Ocalan. Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth called on Ankara for Ocalan to meet with his lawyers and his family.
• Call to make 20 January World Afrin Day 

  “It is not possible to build peace in the region while Afrin remains under occupation. This refers both to the Turkish army and its mercenary jihadist groups", said many organisations and associations in Oslo, Norway.
• German Left Party calls for immediate action for Leyla Güven 

  A delegation of the HDP visited yesterday the parliamentary group of the German Left Party DIE LINKE. The members of parliament said that something must be done immediately as the hunger strike by Leyla Güven has reached a critical phase.
• 15 people including Peace Mothers detained in İzmir 

  The number of those detained in today’s political genocide operation in İzmir rose to 15.
• Kurdish youth call for action on 19 and 20 January 

  Kurdish youth organisations called on young people in all four parts of Kurdistan and elsewhere to take part in the actions to be promoted on 19 and 20 January with the slogan ‘We are rebelling against isolation!’”
• SPD: Leyla Güven and other elected politicians must be released 

  A delegation of the German representation of the HDP met with representatives of the Bundestag faction of the SPD. The foreign policy spokesman Nils Schmid called for the immediate release of Leyla Güven.
• French doctor visits hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  French doctor Anny Zorn has visited the hunger strikers in the Kurdish community center in Strasbourg to find out about their goals and their state of health.
• Teachers’ strike in Los Angeles paralysed public schools 

  The teachers’ strike in the Californian city of Los Angeles has completely paralyzed the second largest public education system in the US.
• Swedish Left Party opens way to Social Democratic government 

  The leader of the Swedish The Left Party Jonas Sjöstedt said its party will abstain in the vote to elect Social Democratic Party leader, Stefan Löfven, as PM.
• German Green Party in solidarity with Leyla Güven 

  A delegation of HDP Germany held a warm meeting with Green officials who expressed their solidarity with hunger strikes against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Declaration in solidarity with Rojava in Stockholm 

  Numerous associations signed a solidarity declaration with Rojava.
• French MPs and politicians visited hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  MEP Emmanuel Maurel stressed that the resistance and belief of the Kurdish people is something to be admired and reiterated their support.
• HDP met Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner 

  After the information given to Commissioner Mijatović about human rights violations in Turkey, said Yağızay, the delegation asked Europe to act for the prevention of human rights violations.
• St. Gallen Church sends message of support for Guven 

  The Swiss St. Gallen Church’s administrator Suzi Alter stated that they are in solidarity with Leyla Guven and demanded an end to the isolation imposed upon Ocalan.
• Germany: We are working to prevent Turkey’s attack 

  Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Michael Roth responded to Die Linke’s inquiry in today’s Federal Parliament and said they are working to prevent a Turkish state attack against northern Syria.
• Simonnet: For peace, PKK must be removed from the list 

  National Spokesperson for La France Insoumise, the largest left wing organization in France, Danielle Simonnet stressed that the Kurdish people’s resistance against fascism is exemplary.