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• Demirtaş: State institutions responsible for the fire that killed 12 in Adana 

  HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş emphasized the role of negligence and lack of supervision in the fire in Adana that claimed the lives of 12 people, and called for the creation of humane life and education environment.
• Kurdish women continue their diplomatic efforts in Germany 

  SARA-Women’s Commune had a series of meetings in Germany’s Munich and Bavaria regions, and met with Bavaria Parliamentary Presidency, CSU and the Green Party officials.
• Six million voices kept in cell 

  10 MPs including HDP Co-chairs arrested by the AKP on the path to the one-man regime are still kept in solitary confinement cells. HDP MPs had started their journey with the motto “New Life”, and represented the will of more than 6 million people.
• Kurds in Frankfurt protest the ban on PKK 

  Kurds held a rally in the German city of Frankfurt to demand an end to the ban on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
• New peace agreement in Colombia approved in the Parliament 

  The new final peace agreement that ended the 52 year long civil war was approved unanimously in the Senate on Tuesday, and has now been approved in the sub-wing of the Congress, the House of Representatives as well.
• Tuğluk calls for the release of Kurdish politicians held as hostages 

  HDP Deputy Co-President Aysel Tuğluk demanded the immediate release of arrested politicians.
• Turkish National Security Council discusses new invasion plan 

  The National Security Council (NSC) of Turkey held the last meeting of the year and discussed the invasion of Southern Kurdistan and Shengal following the invasion of some areas in Rojava.
• Man arrested during the identification of his brother martyred in Dersim 

  Brother of TKP/ML TİKKO guerrilla Hasan Ali Karakoç who was recently martyred in a clash in Dersim, was arrested during the identification of his brother.
• Sweden-Kurdistan Parliamentary Network urges the release of HDP MPs 

  Sweden-Kurdistan Parliamentary Network protested the ongoing imprisonment of elected HDP MPs and called for their immediate release.
• Bombing leaves 2 policemen injured in Urfa 

  3 people including 2 policemen were injured as a result of a bombing in Urfa Wednesday afternoon.
• 32 people arrested in Van 

  32 people have been arrested in Van and 2 others in Bursa as part of the increasingly ongoing operations of political genocide.
• Police stops HDP members from going to Kandıra Prison 

  The HDP Committee is prevented from going to the Kandıra Prison where Figen Yüksekdağ and HDP MPs are being held.
• Demirtaş: Freedom will prevail 

  In his letter from prison, HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş said "We will mobilize with intelligence, emotion and excitement, enhance social consciousness and awakening, and get out of this spiral."
• North Syria-Rojava Federation Conference in Athens 

  North Syria-Rojava Federation Conference was held in the Greek capital Athens. PYD representative Saleh Moslem spoke during the conference, and demanded the recognition of the federation.
• HPG: 1 soldier and 5 police officers killed during metropolitan actions 

  HPG metropolitan units carried out a series of actions. It has been determined that 1 soldier and 5 police officers were killed in the actions.
• SNC gangs shell Sheikh Maqsoud: 6 civilians dead 

  6 civilians died and many others got injured when SNC affiliate gang groups shell the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo today.
• Tahir Elçi commemorated in Amed 

  Tahir Elçi was commemorated on the anniversary of his murder in Amed, and was described as "oppressed people’s guide in their search for justice and the voice of peace."
• Narrating the Rojava Revolution: This Is Kobanê 

  Filmed by Canadian Brandon Gamblen, Nadim Fetaih and Tashi Pietrzykowsa, work on the documentary “This Is Kobanê”, about the Kobanê Resistance and the system in Rojava, continue in Stockholm.
• Öcalan’s ‘Liberating Life: Women’s Revolution’ published in Tamil 

  Pragnai Publications published “Liberating Life: Women’s Revolution”, a collection of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s essays, in Tamil.
• Message for Castro from KCK 

  KCK issued a written statement in memory of the leader of the Cuban revolution who lost his life last week.
• 6 thousand civilians in Aleppo take refuge in Sheikh Maqsoud 

  Thousands of civilians trapped in between the clashes in Aleppo took refuge in Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.
• Turkey plots to assassinate Rojava administrators 

  Unable to implement its anti-Kurdish policies in Rojava and across Syria, the Turkish state is reported to be plotting to assassinate important Rojava administrators.
• Protests against the PKK ban in Saarbrücken, Hamburg and Vienna 

  People of Kurdistan and their allies organized protests against the PKK ban in Germany’s Saarbrücken and Hamburg cities as well as the Austrian capital Vienna.
• Rojava Representation Office opens in Oslo 

  Rojava Democratic Autonomous Region representation office has opened in Oslo, capital city of Norway.
• PYD and Êzidî Movement members on three-day hunger strike in Ulm 

  Members of PYD and Êzidî Movement have started a three-day hunger strike in the German city of Ulm to protest the Turkish state's political genocide attacks against the Kurds.