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• Intellectuals, writers and poets speak up for Leyla Guven 

  Intellectuals, writers and poets gathered in Ankara to speak up in support for imprisoned HDP MP Leyla Guven who has been on a hunger strike demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Leyla Guven’s mother laid to rest 

  Leyla Guven’s mother Cevriye Guven has been laid to rest in Cihanbeyli, Konya.
• Controlled clashes in Idlib 

  The gang groups Turkey acts as a guarantor for have been clashing in Idlib. The HTS has intensified their attacks in the border regions in the north, while the NLF has opened new fronts in the south. Turkey is reported to allow controlled clashes.
• International solidarity with hunger strikes for Ocalan 

  Women’s organizations in France are showing support for the hunger strike in Strasbourg.Meetings were held with women’s organizations and Senator Laurence Cohen has saluted the protest. MP Danielle Simonnet took the hunger strike to the Parliament agenda.
• Leyla Guven’s mother passes away 

  Cevriye Guven, mother of DTK Co-chair Leyla Guven who has been on a hunger strike for 58 days demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Ocalan, passed away. HDP Istanbul MP Ahmet Sik’s father Huseyin Sik (81) also lost his life.
• Demonstrations in Europe to support hunger strikers for Öcalan 

  Kurds in Europe and allies are holding demonstrations in cities throughout Europe this Saturday to support the hunger strikes.
• Clashes among gangs continue in Idlib 

  Clashes that broke out among gang groups allied to the Turkish state continue in Idlib. Dozens of gang members have died in the clashes where a migrant staying in the Atme Camp to the north of the city was also wounded.
• Dramatic fall in the rate of union members in Turkey 

  DIH lawyers visited Flormar workers who are resisting in front of the factory in Gebze for 234 days.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg visited by many organisations 

  Hunger strikers in Strasbourg are receiving solidarity visits by many organisations from all over Europe.
• Catalan Republic leaders on trial 

  12 Catalan political and social leaders are on trial for their political responsibility in the unilateral declaration of the independent Catalan Republic, at the beginning of November of the year 2017.
• Fighting among Turkish-backed mercenaries leaves dozens dead 

  Clashes between the Turkish-backed mercenaries in Syria have spread to a wider region, leaving dozens dead.
• 2.262 migrants lost their lives in the Mediterranean in one year 

  According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2.262 migrants lost their lives in attempts to cross into Europe over the Mediterranean Sea in 2018.
• Amed Bar Association: Leyla Guven couldn’t come to our last visit 

  The Amed bar Association pointed out that Leyla Guven’s condition is so critical that she couldn’t come to their last visit, and demanded an immediate end to the isolation.
• Freedom for Ocalan Vigil on week 341 

  Activists from the Freedom for Ocalan Vigil, the longest running Kurdish demonstration to date, said they will raise the struggle for Ocalan’s freedom in the new year on the 341st week of the protest.
• Women visit hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  For 17 days a hunger strike has been held in Strasbourg against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. On Wednesday, women from different cities have visited the hunger strikers.
• Söderhamn Municipality wrote to Turkish government 

  The municipality of Söderhamn protested the occupation of Nusaybin Municipality and the arrest of co-mayor Sara Kaya.
• Yüksekdağ: The isolation of Öcalan is an obstacle to solutions 

  Former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Figen Yüksekdağ, said the isolation imposed on the Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan is a serious obstacle to resolving the main problems in Turkey.
• Doctors: Critical threshold crossed by hunger strikers in prisons 

  A group of medical and physicians’ institutions warned that critical threshold has been crossed by hunger strikers in prison.
• Parties eligible for the election in Turkey announced 

  The Supreme Board of Elections has announced the political parties eligible to participate in the local elections.
• Mosul tribes respond to those asking Turkey to strike Shengal 

  Arab tribal leaders in Mosul responded to Sheikh Muzahim al-Huwaidi, asserting that he represented only himself.
• US and Egypt agree to continue cooperation in Syria, Yemen, Libya 

  The two leaders discussed the latest developments in the Middle East and the joint efforts to restore stability in the region in order to reach political solutions to the current crises, especially in Libya, Syria and Yemen.
• Toil and trouble in Idlib: Turkey’s gangs fight each other 

  As the Turkish state goes back and forth between Washington and Moscow to attack Manbij in order to push Idlib off the agenda, the gangs they guarantee in Idlib are at each others’ throats.
• Day 16 of the hunger strike in Strasbourg 

  The hunger strike continues in the Democratic Kurdish Community Center in Strasbourg.
• US President said withdrawal from Syria will take four months 

  There are still important events to take place in the next few days: one is the trilateral meeting among Russia, Turkey and Iran which should happened before the bilateral meeting between Turkey and the United States.
• Kurds in Lebanon go on hunger strike against isolation 

  Kurds in Lebanon have gone on a hunger strike against the Imrali isolation.