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• Sakharov Prize awarded to Jina Mahsa Amini and the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ movement in Iran 

  The European Parliament honours Jina Mahsa Amini and Iranian women protesters.
• Sentas calls for support for the international campaign for Öcalan’s freedom  

  Sydney UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice lecturer Dr Vicki Sentas joined the campaign for freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and released a video message.
• TEV-DEM calls on international institutions to put pressure on Turkey to allow visits to Imrali 

  The Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) supported the global initiative demanding freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question and called on everyone to put pressure on the Turkish state.
• Activists in London organize reading of Abdullah Öcalan's books in front of Amnesty International 

  A file was presented to Amnesty within the scope of Abdullah Öcalan Books Day in London. 91-year-old human rights defender Margaret Owen said that Abdullah Öcalan is different from all leaders in the world because of his women's freedom paradigm.
• Man gives himself up following attack on DEM Party executive Gün 

  Four people, including 3 village guards, were wanted in connection with the attack against DEM Party executive Ahmet Gün and his son. Late on Monday night, one of them, a 60-year-old man, surrendered to the gendarmerie.
• ‘Öcalan Books Day’ event in Sydney 

  As part of the international campaign Freedom for Öcalan – A Political Solution to the Kurdish Question" , 10 December was designated ‘Global Öcalan Books Day’, which was marked by masses all around the world.
• Özak Tekstil workers protesting in Urfa attacked by gendarmerie 

  Özak Tekstil workers, who have been protesting against pressure, mobbing and dismissals in Urfa for 15 days, were subjected to a gendarmerie attack for the second time, and many workers were taken into custody.
• Öcalan Books Day events in England, Scotland and Ireland 

  As part of the global 'Öcalan Books Day', Abdullah Öcalan's books were read in London, Hull, Sheffield in England as well as in Cork in Ireland. The message given was "Öcalan holds the key to equality, freedom and peace."
• Public meetings in Germany to demand "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan" 

  Public meetings were held in Germany within the framework of the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish question" campaign.
• Event on Global Öcalan Books Day in The Hague 

  As part of the international campaign, 10 December was designated ‘Global Öcalan Books Day’, which is joined by masses all around the world.
• Mexican academics and students read Abdullah Öcalan 

  A group of academics and students in Creel, Mexico, read a chapter from Abdullah Öcalan's analyses on women's revolution and discussed the Democratic Confederalism paradigm as part of the 10 December Öcalan Books Days.
• German police prevent a demonstration for "Freedom for Öcalan" in Berlin 

  The police prevented a demonstration in Berlin in support of the worldwide campaign "Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question".
• Kurdish Revolutionary Youth Movement holds 3rd Congress in Paris 

  The Kurdish Revolutionary Youth Movement held its 3rd Congress in the French capital Paris with around a thousand participants.
• Öcalan Books Day kicks off in Latin America 

  A group of members of the Mazhauga community living as immigrants in Mexico City came together to support the "Freedom for Öcalan, political solution for Kurdistan" campaign.
• Today is Öcalan Books Day  

  10 December has been designated Öcalan Books Day. KCDK-E will be doing a global hashtag campaign at 14:00 European time.
• Kurds take to the streets in Zurich for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Demonstration in Zurich as part of the international campaign "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish question".
• International Women's Delegation visits Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers 

  International Women's Delegation visited Asrin Law Office. During the visit, the isolation of Öcalan was discussed and attention was drawn to the hunger strikes in prisons.
• Final resolution of the 18th EUTCC Conference 

  The international EUTCC conference “The European Union, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds” was held in the European Parliament for the 18th time on 6-7 December.
• Hunger striker Tatlı: We need a struggle network against isolation in Imrali 

  Gülgeş Tatlı, who is on hunger strike in Bünyan Women's Closed Prison, said that a struggle network should be established against the isolation in Imralı.
• President of EFA: Isolation of Öcalan must end 

  President of the European Free Alliance, Lorena Lopez de Lacalle, described Abdullah Öcalan as a charismatic leader who fought for the freedom of his people and called for an immediate end to the aggravated isolation imposed on him.
• Öcalan Books Day kicks off in Geneva 

  The Öcalan Books Day kicked off in Geneva.
• Attack on two US military bases in Hewlêr and Hesekê 

  An attack was carried out on the US military bases in the city of Hewlêr in South Kurdistan and in the city of Hesekê in Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Peace In Kurdistan welcomes Öcalan Books Day 

  10 December has been designated Öcalan Books Day. Peace In Kurdistan welcomed the initiative.
• HEDEP member severely tortured by the police in Istanbul 

  Edanur Ibrahimoğlu, spokesperson for the HEDEP Youth Council, was severely beaten in police custody in Istanbul.
• Kurdish activists in London protest against Turkish crimes in Rojava 

  Kurdish youth organized a march in London against the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.