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• HDP wishes 2021 to be 'the year of freedom' 

  HDP co-chairs wished 2021 to be the "year of freedom".
• KONGRA-GEL: We will turn 2021 into a year of freedom and solution 

  Saluting the New Year and greeting the resistance, KONGRA-GEL said: "We can defeat Turkish state fascism in 2021 and turn this year into a year of freedom and solution."
• HPG guerrilla Robin Bakır laid to rest in Adana 

  HPG guerrilla Robin Bakır, who fell a martyr during clashes in Herekol, province of Siirt, was buried in Adana.
• Lawyers and families apply to visit Imrali 

  The lawyers and family of the Kurdish people's leader applied for a visit to Imrali.
• In Paris on 9 January to reclaim justice for Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  The French Solidaires Union called all workers to meet in Paris on 9 January to reclaim justice on the 8th year of the Paris Massacre.
• KCDK-E New Year's Message: Resistance will grow in 2021 

  The European Association of Kurdish Diaspora Associations issues a New Year’s message stressing the increase in patriarchal and announcing the expansion of resistance.
• New Year's greeting from Leyla Güven 

  Imprisoned Kurdish politician Leyla Güven spoke to her daughter Sabiha Temizkan on the phone from prison. She thanks everyone for their solidarity with her and wishes everyone that the new year will bring better developments.
• Charges filed against 108 defendants in "Kobanê trial” 

  108 HDP politicians are accused of terrorist crimes over the Kobanê protests of six years ago. Among them is Selahattin Demirtaş, who remains in custody despite an ECtHR ruling to the contrary.
• Arson attack on HDP building in Inegöl, Bursa 

  An arson attack was carried out last night on the HDP association in Bursa in western Turkey.
• Investigation against NAV-DEM in Berlin closed 

  Two and a half years after the police raid of the Kurdish association NAV-DEM in Berlin, the investigation has been closed by the public prosecutor's office.
• HDP politicians attacked outside the party headquarters in Amed 

  HDP politicians Vedat Dağ and Tarik Mercan were attacked outside the party headquarters in Amed. The attackers were participants in the state-staged sit-in in front of the building.
• Turkey’s 'legal lawlessness' 

  MLSA Co-Director Lawyer Veysel Ok said that the NGO bill, which paves the way for appointing trustees to NGOs, is introduced to suppress civil society.
• UK human rights lawyer says trade agreement with Turkey shameful 

  In a letter to Trade Secretary Liz Truss British human rights lawyer Margaret Owen said she was shocked to learn of the deal, Britain’s first since leaving the European Union, on the anniversary of the 2011 Roboski Massacre.
• PIK: Demirtas release pre-condition for any UK-Turkey trade deal 

  Former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtas must be released as a pre-condition of any trade deal signed between Britain and Turkey, Peace in Kurdistan said in a statement.
• Lawyers apply to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's team of lawyers has again applied to visit their client, who is imprisoned on the prison island of Imrali.
• DGB Europe calls for the immediate release of Demirtaş 

  The European Democratic Forces Union (DGB) demanded the release of ex-HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ and all political prisoners.
• Cologne in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike 

  In front of the Cologne Cathedral, a vigil has been held to draw attention to the resistance of political prisoners in Turkey.
• Continuation of detention ordered for 20 politicians 

  The HDP and DBP politicians arrested in the "Kobanê investigation" at the beginning of October remain in detention. Grounds for suspicion against the defendants have not been eliminated, the court said in justifying its decision.
• Unions say increase in minimum wage insufficient 

  The minimum wage in 2021 is to be increased to 2,825.90 Turkish lira (some 377 USD),
• Activists in Perth demand freedom for Öcalan 

  A small plane carried a banner demanding "Freedom for Öcalan" in the sky above the Australian city of Perth as part of the "Time for Freedom" initiative.
• HDP MP Feleknas Uca: The agreement aims to depopulate Shengal 

  "Shengal is a strategically important region. On one side is Rojava, and in the other direction is Iran. The US is pursuing its own plans in this area. No one has the right to play with the fate of our people," says Feleknas Uca.
• Turkish Parliament passes NGO law 

  The draft law on NGO regulation has been passed in the Turkish parliament. This marks the beginning of the planned dismantling of civil society.
• Young activists in Dortmund protest against the arrest of Güven 

  TCŞ and TEKO-JIN activists in Dortmund carried out an action against the dirty policies of the Turkish state towards political prisoners.
• Jinên Tirejen Roje Initiative claims actions against isolation 

  Jinên Tirejen Roje Initiative carried out different actions in many cities against the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali.
• Terrorism list politically motivated, says lawyer Alistair Lyon 

  Lawyer Alastair Lyon said Absullah Ocalan is "clearly a man who can bring peace, yet it is astonishing the silence surrounding his situation, even at international level."