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• MEPs hold “Freedom for Ocalan, end the isolation” demonstration 

  A group of deputies from the European Parliament held a demonstration against the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• French public calls on CPT for Ocalan: Fulfill your duty! 

  Solidarity with the hunger strikes launched to break the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan is reaching an international level.
• Yagiz’s health deteriorates on day 56 of hunger strike 

  Nasir Yagiz’s health deteriorates day after another. In protest against the aggravated isolation against the Kurdish people’s leader, Abdullah Ocalan, Yagiz is on a hunger strike for the 56th day in Hewler.
• 45 French MPs issue call for Rojava 

  MPs from various political factions in France have issued a call for President Emmanuel Macron against the Turkish state threats of invasion against Rojava and said, “Let us not allow the massacre of our Kurdish allies”.
• Kurdish MP chairs first session in Armenian Parliament 

  In the early elections of December 9, 2018 in Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan’s “My Steps” bloc came first after winning 70.4% of the vote.
• Strasbourg hunger strikers continue their fast against isolation 

  Visitors continued to pay their respect to hunger strikers.
• Hunger strike in Wales reached day 30 

  Sis, who could not join the hunger strike action in Strasbourg, due to bureaucratic problems, has been on hunger strike in Wales for 30 days.
• Solidarity actions with hunger strikes in Wuppertal and Aachen 

  Leyla Güven's demands were stated to be the demands of the Kurdish people.
• Sinn Fein: stop isolation against Ocalan 

  The Mid Ulster MP said: "This policy of isolation against Abdullah Ocalan must end and he must be released immediately along with all Kurdish political prisoners."
• Die Linke member: Isolation of a people's leader is unacceptable 

  Kornau stated that Öcalan is a leader accepted by a great majority of the Kurdish people and that he can direct a peace process as he achieves freedom.
• French Communist Party calls on Europe to act 

  “We vow to defend political prisoners in Turkey, and reiterate our total solidarity with them and all the people who are demanding peace and democracy in Turkey," said the Communist Party of France.
• Sister of Mazlum Doğan arrested in Istanbul 

  Sister of one of PKK’s leading cadres Mazlum Doğan, has been imprisoned.
• Solidarity visits to the hunger strikers in Strasbourg continue  

  The visitors also saluted the hunger strike carried out by HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, who is nearing death and the growing hunger strike action in prisons.
• Tuncel and Irmak to go on indefinite hunger strike in prison 

  As DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven’s hunger strike against the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 68, Tuncel and Irmak will also join the action.
• Imrali isolation on German Federal Parliament’s agenda 

  The ongoing aggravated isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan has been brought to the attention of the German Federal Parliament’s agenda. Die Linke MP Brandt asked the Merkel government: “Will you make the CPT take action?”
• Vigil in Dublin for Leyla Güven 

  Sinn Fein has shown since the beginning of Leyla Güven’s action extreme sensibility and support.
• Arrests following meeting with Swiss committee in Amed and Mardin 

  It has recently come to light that most of the participants of a meeting with a Swiss delegation in Amed and Mardin last October have been arrested. MP Fabian Molina said, “People who met with us are accused of supporting terrorist organizations.
• Trump vows to “devastate Turkey economically if Kurds are hit" 

  US President Donald Trump threatened Turkey that they will “devastate Turkey economically” if Turkey was to hit Kurds. 
• Kurdish musician Ferhat Tunç arrested in Istanbul 

  Ferhat Tunç has been arrested at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport.
• MEPs and lawyers from Europe denied meeting with Leyla Güven 

  A foreign delegation, including European Parliament deputies, is in Amed to express their support to DTK co-chair Leyla Güven.
• Internationalists face repressive measures in Italy 

  Five internationalist Italian activists who have been in Rojava faced repressive measures as police asked Court to decide on expulsion orders and special surveillance.
• KCDK-E calls on people to join January 16 demo in Strasbourg 

  The KCDK-E called on “all international institutions to take action. On 16 January we will be in front of the CPT, Council of Europe, European Parliament to demand these institutions that are playing the three monkeys.”
• HDP co-chair: Local elections are the beginning of a new process 

  HDP’s Temelli saluted the HDK congress and pledged to continue strengthening congress policies.
• Thousands marched in the Basque country for political prisoners 

  The main demands of the march were that the prisoners are brought to jails in the Basque country and the release of ill prisoners.
• Ilhan Sis to continue his indefinite hunger strike in Wales 

  Ilhan Sis, who is hunger strike in Galler for 28 days, stated that he will continue his action.