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• Italian politician Mantovani calls for support for Long Marches for Öcalan 

  A call to support the marches came from Italian politician Ramon Mantovani, who was on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's Russia-Rome plane during the international conspiracy.
• Castel: Öcalan's rights to defense have been violated for 25 years 

  Ezquerra Republicana senator Laura Castel said at the PACE meeting that "Öcalan's rights to defense have been violated for 25 years."
• New Social Contract by Democratic Autonomous Administration of NE Syria to be presented in Madrid 

  The New Social Contract approved by the Democratic Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria will be presented in Madrid.
• Long March in Rennes: Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan! 

  The long march demanding the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan reached Rennes on its sixth day.
• Tens of thousands take to the streets in Vienna against racism 

  Around 80,000 people protested against racism and the shift to the right in Vienna on Friday evening. A representative of the Kurdish association FEYKOM called for a joint movement with an internationalist perspective.
• Prison sentence for TTB President Fincancı upheld 

  Turkish Medical Association (TTB) President Şebnem Korur Fincancı is accused of terrorist propaganda because she called for investigations into the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish army against Kurdish guerrillas.
• Molloy: To release Öcalan fundamental to establishing peaceful, political, and democratic solution  

  Sinn Féin MP Francie Molloy said that the release of Öcalan is fundamental for a peaceful, political, and democratic solution to the Kurdish question.
• Thousand cards sent to Öcalan from Marseille 

  A thousand cards were sent to the Kurdish people's leader, Abdullah Öcalan. The initiative was organized by the Arin Mirkan Women's Assembly in Marseille.
• Kurds attend Invasion Day demonstration in solidarity with Aboriginals 

  Kurds attended the Invasion Day demonstration in Australia with the Aboriginal flag and their own green, red and yellow flag.
• Long March continues in Nantes on its fifth day 

  The Long March, which started in Paris on Monday demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and justice for Kurds, continues in Nantes on its fifth day.
• Political prisoners in Turkey on day 61 of hunger strike 

  As part of the global campaign demanding freedom for Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, the alternating hunger strike launched by PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish prisons continues on its 61st day.
• Young Struggle activists end three-day solidarity hunger strike  

  The hunger strike started by socialist youth from Young Struggle on 24 January will end today.
• Long March in France continues on its fourth day 

  The Long March, which started in Paris on Monday demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and justice for Kurds, continues with various events and activities.
• Demanding an urgent visit to Imrali, Öcalan’s lawyers meet with the CPT 

  Lawyers of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan met with the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in Strasbourg. Lawyer İbrahim Bilmez stated that they demanded an urgent visit of a delegation to İmralı.
• PACE concerned about rise in use of torture in Turkey 

  2024 Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), held from 22 to 26 January in Strasbourg.
• 5-day solidarity hunger strike begins today at DEM Party Ankara  

  A 5-day hunger strike will begin today at DEM Party Ankara Provincial Organization in support of the hunger strike that political prisoners have been carrying out for 60 days.
• 37th month of vigil in front of the UN: We will remain in action until we get results 

  In the 37th month of the vigil action in front of the UN in Geneva, activists called on the KDP administration, whose forces attacked the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas, to end its partnership with the invaders.
• Long March from Paris to Strasbourg on its third day 

  The Long March, which started in Paris demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and justice for Kurds, continues on its third day in Lorient, France.
• Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg in its 604th week 

  The vigil for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, which has been carried out in Strasbourg, France since 2012, was taken over by a group from the Draguignan region of France in its new week.
• Iranian President in Ankara 

  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has travelled to Ankara for talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• US confirms airstrikes in Iraq, Baghdad reacts 

  Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin announced that the United States is carrying out attacks against pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq in retaliation for recent attacks on US and coalition troops in Iraq and Syria.
• Jailed Kurdish politician Saka goes on hunger strike in Hamburg 

  Kurdish politician Kadri Saka, who is in prison in Hamburg, has been on hunger strike for a week to protest the political approach of the German judiciary against him.
• Young activists in Zurich protest Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria 

  TCŞ members carried out an action in Zurich against the attacks by the Turkish state against Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Call for participation in the "Journey to Freedom" in Mannheim 

  Long marches for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question are taking place in France, Switzerland and Germany.
• DEM Party Co-Chairs visit jailed Kurdish politicians in Sincan Prison 

  DEM Party Co-Chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan announced that they exchanged ideas with the politicians held in Sincan Prison and received their suggestions.