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• 83-year-old woman detained in Amed 

  83-year-old Sıdıka Süleymanoğlu was detained in a political genocide operation in Amed.
• Long March in Paris continues 

  The Long March launched in France yesterday to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and justice for Kurds continues with various events.
• Afghan soldiers and ISIS members who took refuge in Turkey are sent to fight in Rojava 

  Some soldiers belonging to the Afghan army and ISIS gangs who fled from the Taliban and took refuge in Turkey are sent first to Erzurum and then to the Major Mete Yıldırım Base Zone on the border with Rojava.
• New agreement won by United Metal Workers' Union  

  The United Metal Workers' Union reached an agreement on 17 January with the Metal Industrialists' Union of Turkey.
• ESP activists on hunger strike in solidarity with prisoners 

  ESP party activists went on hunger strike in solidarity with PKK/PAJK prisoners.
• Long March from Paris to Strasbourg continues on second day 

  The second day of the 25-day Long March from Paris to Strasbourg to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, will go to Invalides-République.
• Bodies of 41 Yazidis exhumed from mass graves and handed over to families 

  The bodies of 41 Yazidis exhumed from mass graves and taken to Baghdad for identification were handed over to their families after a ceremony.
• 25-day Long March from Paris to Strasbourg kicks off 

  CDK-F and TJK-F are organising a 25-day march from Paris to Strasbourg with the slogan "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Justice for Kurds".
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 25,295 

  The Hamas Health Ministry announced that 25,295 people have been killed in the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.
• Week-long actions in Toronto end with a march 

  Kurdish people continue their actions worldwide demanding an end to the Turkish state’s genocidal campaign in Kurdistan.
• KCDK-E calls for mobilisation for the 25-day march in France 

  KCDK-E called for mobilisation for the 25-day march from Paris to Strasbourg for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Peace in Kurdistan stands in solidarity with human rights activists in Nairobi 

  Human rights activists in Nairobi denounce attacks by police.
• MEPs: The solution lies in the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  MEPs Lydie Massard and Chris MacManus demanded freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds in Strasbourg join the "100 thousand cards to Imralı" campaign 

  Kurds got together in Strasbourg for the "100 thousand cards to Imralı" campaign.
• 25-day march from Paris to Strasbourg to demand 'Freedom for Öcalan, Justice for Kurds’  

  CDK-F and TJK-F are organising a 25-day march from Paris to Strasbourg with the slogan "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, Justice for Kurds".
• At least 2 killed, 7 wounded in Israeli attack in Lebanon 

  It was reported that at least 2 people were killed and 7 people were wounded in an attack by an Israeli drone on a vehicle in Kafra in southern Lebanon.
• Schieder: Öcalan will play a key role in the solution to the Kurdish question 

  EMP and Social Democratic Group member Andreas Schieder spoke about Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question.
• Kurdish associations in France organize long march demanding freedom for Öcalan  

  Kurdish associations in France organize a long march demanding the release of Abdullah Öcalan, held hostage on a prison island in Turkey since 1999.
• March in Paris demands freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Demonstrators gathered in front of the Corbeil Municipality in Paris and demanded the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan for a solution to the problems that have become a deadlock.
• Hunger strike in prisons to demand freedom for Öcalan enters day 55 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners in jails in Turkey and Kurdistan to demand freedom for Leader Abdullah Öcalan has entered its 55th day.
• "100 Thousand Cards to Imrali" campaign kicks off in Berlin 

  Kurds came together within the scope of the "100 Thousand Cards to Imrali" campaign in Berlin.
• Six people imprisoned in Şırnak and Osmaniye 

  The Turkish regime’s political extermination campaign continues unabated.
• German Interior Minister calls for close monitoring of the AfD 

  German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser compared the ideology of the far-right party AfD to that of the Nazis and said that it should be closely monitored by intelligence.
• Commemoration of Hrant Dink marked by anger against fascism 

  Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was commemorated in front of the Agos newspaper building on the anniversary of his murder in Istanbul. During the commemoration, messages against fascism were given and prisoners were saluted.
• Call for participation in Cologne rally to “stop the quarter century of torture against Öcalan 

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation in Germany, KON-MED, calls for participation in a Europe-wide demonstration for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Cologne on 17 February, demanding; “Stop the 25 years of torture and arbitrary rule immediately!”