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• Germany’s weapons sales to Turkey increased threefold 

  Germany has increased its weapons sales to Turkey threefold, reaching a total of 200 million Euros in 2018.
• US-led coalition says withdrawal from Syria has begun 

  Withdrawal from Syria has reportedly begun.
• International call for Öcalan and political prisoners in Turkey 

  A call for ending the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and all political prisoners in Turkey.
• Taşdemir: Women should give voice to Leyla Güven 

  HDP deputy Dilan Dirayet Taşdemir said: “As Kurdish women, we must give voice to Leyla Güven.”
• Petition to the CPT to end the isolation of Öcalan 

  “I declare the demand of these strikers as mine and urgently call upon your excellency to take necessary measures in this respect.” 
• Right violations amid ongoing hunger strike in Tarsus prison 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners are on hunger strike. They demand the end of the isolation regime imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• French Foreign Minister: We need to support the SDF 

  Le Drian said that the SDF are “our most important ally in Syria. They are fighting against DAESH on the field. The US decision to withdraw from Syria is serious because it leaves the SDF in a very difficult position."
• Motion on hunger strikes at UK Parliament 

  A motion tabled by UK Parliament members called for “urgent dialogue for the hunger strikes to end and for a tragedy to be avoided.”
• HDP: Leyla Guven is in life-threatening situation 

  HDP MP Ayse Acar Basaran pointed out that Leyla Guven's health during her hunger strike has reached the point where her life is in danger.
• Updated list of 226 prisoners on hunger strike against isolation 

  A total of 226 prisoners in North Kurdistan and Turkey are on hunger strikes to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan and to demand his freedom.
• Oluç: Guven is a MP, the Assembly should take action 

  "Steps should be taken to remove the isolation that has been going on since April 2015, in an illegal way and inhuman manner."
• Sakine, Fidan and Leyla remembered in Stockholm 

  Activists gathered in front of the French embassy in Stockholm.
• Civil disobedience action for Öcalan at Marseille Airport 

  Protests continue all around the world demanding an immediate end to the isolation regime executed against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Will Germany demand the wanted ISIS member back from the YPG? 

  One of the 8 foreign ISIS members captured alive by the YPG in the Hajin town of Deir ez-Zor, German citizen Lucas Glaß turns out to have an outstanding warrant in his country.
• Turkey’s mercenaries turn over Idlib to HTS 

  An agreement has been reached in Idlib following clashes among Turkish state allied gangs. The gang groups directly under Ankara’s protection have left control of the Idlib region to Hayat Tahrir al Sham.
• Support for Guven from European and Middle Eastern MPs 

  In a statement they released, European and Middle Eastern MPs have offered their support for DTK Co-chair Leyla Guven who is on an indefinite and non-alternate hunger strike to end the isolation.
• DITIB now officially a branch of MIT  

  Religious Affairs Atache in the Cologne Consulate Ahmet Dilek, chief of the exposed MIT operatives in the DITIB, has been appointed Vice President of DITIB. 
• Youth organisations call for participation in Paris march  

  Justice is yet to be done for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla.
• Hunger strikers delegation met CPT in Strasbourg 

  The hunger strike in Strasbourg, France, aimed at ending the isolation regime imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan has reached day 25.
• HDP deputy Piroğlu supported Flormar workers 

  HDP Istanbul deputy Musa Piroğlu supported Flormar workers in their action in front of Yves Rocher in Kadikoy Bahriye.
• HDP announced candidates for 41 cities and towns 

  Local elections will take place in Turkey on March 31.
• Strasburg hunger strikers will be in Paris on January 12 

  Strasburg hunger strikers will join the January 12 march in Paris.
• Call for actions to stop Erdoğan's war in Northern Syria 

  #RiseUp4Rojava! Support the International Days of Resistance on January 27th and 28th!
• Mosques reject HPG guerrilla’s funeral 

  When none of the mosques agreed to take in HPG guerrilla Abdullah Aygun's body, the family had to fulfill their religious obligations in a Cemevi and held the burial there.
• South African executive: many similarities between Mandela-Öcalan 

  The South African National Assembly Spokesperson spoke about the similarities between South Africa at the time of racist apartheid regime with today’s Turkey's current regime and the need for an international campaign demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan