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• Baghdad 'determined' to end the presence of the International Coalition in Iraq 

  Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani reiterated his "firm" determination to end the presence of the international anti-ISIS coalition in Iraq, a day after a US strike killed the commander of a Hashd al-Shaabi affiliated group in Baghdad.
• MP Dindar: Imrali prison should be closed 

  DEM Party Van MP Mahmut Dindar called on the government to lift the isolation of Öcalan and to hear the voices of the mothers on Justice Vigil and demanded the closure of İmralı.
• Preparations for the Paris march continue 

  Preparations are underway for the march to be staged in Paris for the victims of the massacres on 9 January 2013 and 23 December 2022,
• Mothers of prisoners at Justice Vigil in Amed: We will break isolation 

  The Justice Vigil in Amed supports the hunger strike carried out by political prisoners as part of the initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question”.
• Letter written by a prisoner to Öcalan sent to Imralı after some sentences were crossed out 

  A letter written to Abdullah Öcalan by a prisoner was accepted to be sent to Imralı, on the condition of crossing out some sentences.
• IRNA: First explosion in Kerman was caused by a suicide bombing 

  According to the state news agency, a suicide attack is to blame for one of the two explosions that killed dozens in Iran’s southeastern city of Kerman on Wednesday.
• Political prisoner released after 30 years: We need to increase the struggle 

  Released after 30 years, Mehmet İldem stated that freedom is possible only through struggle and said, "We need to increase the struggle inside and outside of prisons."
• KONGRA-GEL calls for participation in Paris rally on 6 January for justice 

  Commemorating the Kurdish revolutionaries murdered in Paris, KONGRA-GEL said, "Everyone should be in Paris on 6 January to raise our anger against darkness."
• HBDH publishes balance sheet of actions carried out in 2023  

  The HBDH announced the balance sheet of the actions they carried out in 2023 and said that "2024 will be the year of victory."
• TJK-F and CDK-F: Let's fill the streets of Paris on Saturday 

  Kurdish organization called everyone to protest the Paris killings on Saturday.
• Demirtaş: Öcalan must be included in the process if the Kurdish question is to be resolved 

  In the so-called Kobanê trial in Ankara, former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş called for Abdullah Öcalan to be included in negotiations on a political solution to the Kurdish question.
• Black wreath laid in front of the French embassy in Berlin 

  With the slogan "Sara Rojbîn Ronahî, Jin Jiyan Azadî!", activists protested in front of the French embassy in Berlin against the attacks on Kurdish institutions in Paris and demanded investigations free of political influence.
• Letter sent to international organizations, calling for action for Öcalan 

  Kurdish people and their friends continue their actions worldwide, demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for nearly three years.
• Dozens killed in twin bomb blasts at memorial service for Qassem Soleimani in Iran 

  At least 73 people were reported killed in twin blasts at a memorial service to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of General Qassem Soleimani in Kerman in southern Iran, according to state media reports.
• KCDK-E calls for strong participation in the central march in Paris on 6 January 

  KCDK-E invites people to Paris on 6 January with the spirit of mobilisation to protest the Paris massacres on 9 January 2013 and on 23 December 2022.
• Mural in Bogotá in solidarity with Kurds 

  The Kurdistan Solidarity Committee in Colombia has expressed its support for the resistance of the Kurdish people with a mural in Bogotá after Turkey's attacks in Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Demirtaş: Resistance against oppression is legitimate and we will resist 

  Speaking at the hearing of the Kobanê Case, former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş said, "We resist; we resist in prison, we resist in parliament. Resistance against oppression is just and legitimate."
• KCK calls for 2024 the be made the year of victory 

  In 2024, the historical responsibility that awaits us is to overthrow the genocidal colonialist fascist order, to push back capitalist modernity and to make Democratic Modernity more viable, said the KCK.
• Head of Iraqi Turkmen Front meets with Turkish Foreign Minister in Ankara 

  Turkey and the Iraqi Turkmen Front, which acts according to the interests of the Turkish state, are cooperating to implement the plans of the Turkish state in Iraq and the region.
• Prisoner on hunger strike says action will continue until isolation is lifted 

  Ethem Göktürk, who is on hunger strike in Yozgat Type T Prison No. 2, said that they will continue their actions with determination and called for sensitivity.
• Dem Party calls for freedom for Öcalan at Amed Provincial Congress 

  DEM Party Co-Chairperson Tülay Hatimoğulları called for the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan to be lifted immediately and his physical freedom to be ensured.
• KCDK-E calls for mobilization to make 2024 the year of free leader and free Kurdistan 

  KCDK-E wishes a new year for the people of Kurdistan and their friends, all humanity who are struggling for freedom, equality and democracy, calling on everyone to mobilize to make 2024 the year of free leader and free Kurdistan.
• Demirtaş: Don't worry father, our heart is bigger than this cell 

  Former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş sent a message for his deceased father and said, "Don't worry father, our heart is bigger than this cell".
• Father of Selahattin Demirtaş passes away in Amed 

  Tahir Demirtaş, father of Kurdish politician Selahattin and Nurettin Demirtaş, has died in Amed. Neither of his sons could be by his side at the last moment.
• 'Abdullah Öcalan' postcards left at houses and workplaces in England 

  On the occasion of Christmas and New Year, postcards were left in thousands of houses and workplaces in many cities of the UK to draw attention to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and convey his wishes for peace and democracy.