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• Young people in Lausanne demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young people from TCŞ and TekoJIN demanded freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in an action in Lausanne.
• Vigil in Strasbourg concluded: We will break the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Lawyers and politicians attending the vigil against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg called for action.
• International Delegation Against Isolation meets families of Imrali prisoners 

  12 members of the International Delegation Against Isolation met in Amed (Diyarbakir) with the families of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, Veysi Aktaş and Ömer Hayri Konar who are held in isolation in İmralı.
• Constitutional Court rapporteur asks for rejection of HDP's request to postpone closure case 

  A Constitutional Court rapporteur has rejected the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) request to postpone the closure case against the party until after the upcoming elections.
• International Delegation Against Isolation visits Öcalan's lawyers 

  12 members of the ‘International Delegation Against Isolation’ consisting of 36 people from 7 different countries met with lawyers of the Istanbul-based Asrın Law Office which legally represents Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Justice for Kurds Initiative to hold press conference on Tuesday 31 January in Brussels 

  The Justice for Kurds Initiative will hold a press conference on Tuesday 31st January 2023 in Brussels.
• Labor and Freedom Alliance meets to discuss elections  

  The Labor and Freedom Alliance met to discuss the forthcoming Presidential and parliamentary elections, as well as the election process and ballot box security.
• International Delegation Against Isolation arrives in Turkey 

  The International Delegation Against Isolation, consisting of 36 people from 7 countries, went to Turkey to hold talks on the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• RND: Erdoğan’s planned visit to Berlin will not take place 

  The Turkish election campaign regularly causes tensions in Germany as well. A planned visit by Erdogan to Berlin has therefore immediately fuelled speculation about an election campaign appearance by the Turkish president.
• 6 ISIS members captured in Saladin 

  The Iraqi Intelligence Agency announced the capture of 6 ISIS members in Saladin.
• Dr. Brauns: The Kurdish policy of Germany encourages Turkish fascists and agents 

  German historian and editor of the Junge Welt newspaper, Dr. Nick Brauns, said that Turkish agents and fascist groups have a wide range of movement and freedom in Germany, adding that the crackdown on Kurds encourages these groups.
• Kurds continue vigil for Öcalan's freedom in Strasbourg 

  The vigil for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan continues in front of the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg.
• HDP launches "Our treasure is our people" campaign  

  The HDP launched the "Our treasure is our people" campaign after its accounts receiving Treasury aid were blocked.
• KON-MED calls on everyone to attend march in Berlin this Friday 

  KON-MED called on everyone to attend the march to be held this Friday in Berlin to protest Erdoğan's visit.
• Suspicious death in Yuksekova Courthouse 

  It was claimed that Ferhat Atılgan, killed himself by jumping out of the Prosecutor's Office after learning that he would be sent to prison. The family said his death is suspicious and called for an investigation.
• Constitutional Court to discuss request to postpone HDP closure case until after the elecions 

  The Constitutional Court (AYM) will discuss the request by the HDP that the closure case should be postponed until the 2023 elections are over.
• Central Newroz celebration in Germany to be held in Frankfurt on March 25 

  The central Newroz festival in Germany will take place in Frankfurt on March 25 this year.
• Vigil for Öcalan launched in front of the Council of Europe 

  Kurdish organisations have launched a three-day vigil in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg to call for measures to break the information and contact ban on Abdullah Öcalan.
• KCDK-E calls for participation in protest demo against Erdoğan in Paris 

  The European Kurdistan Democratic Societies Congress called on all Kurds and democratic circles to participate in the protest to be held during the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Berlin on January 27.
• Protests continue in Iran and East Kurdistan 

  Anti-government protests continue in East Kurdistan and Iran despite the cold weather and state crackdown.
• KNK: The status and security of Yazidi people must be guaranteed 

  The KNK said that the German Bundestag's recognition of the crimes carried out against the Yazidi people as genocide is an important decision, but it is insufficient. The next step, it said, must be the recognition of their status.
• Kurdish young people in Berlin call for participation in Long March 

  Kurdish young people in Berlin called for participation in the Long March, which will start from Heilbronn on 5 February and end in Freiburg five days later.
• New YouTube channel ahead of IV Challenging Capitalist Modernity Conference in Hamburg 

  Network for an Alternative Quest launched a new YouTube channel ahead of the IV Challenging Capitalist Modernity Conference to be held in Hamburg in April.
• European Democratic Forces Union calls on everyone to attend rally in Berlin to protest Erdoğan 

  The European Democratic Forces Union called on all democratic, progressive, internationalist and migrant peoples to participate in the protest actions against Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, who will arrive in Germany on 27 January.
• Number of asylum applications in EU rises by almost half 

  According to the EU's Situation Report, "Applications from Turkish nationals more than doubled (in 2022) compared to the previous year, while applications from people from Venezuela and Colombia almost tripled."