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• Kurdish politician Mahmut Alinak jailed 

  Kurdish politician and writer Mahmut Alinak has been imprisoned in the Kars province. He is accused of membership to a terrorist organisation.
• Police in Amed blockade HDP statement on party congress 

  In Amed, the police prevented the HDP from publicly issuing a statement on the upcoming party congress. Police units are occupying the city center.
• Attack by Iranian forces kills a kolbar, injures nine others 

  In an attack by Iranian security forces on kolbars on the Iranian border between Eastern and Southern Kurdistan, one kolbar was killed and nine others were injured.
• Earthquake in Van 

  The epicenter was in the Başkale district.
• Turkish jets bomb guerrilla zones in southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands continue in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• KODAR calls on people to boycott Iranian elections 

  KODAR Coordination member Ehven Çiyako said that the elections in Iran should be boycotted otherwise the regime will legitimize itself. Çiyako urged the opposition to act jointly.
• Youth in Cizre protest the international conspiracy 

  A group of young people in Cizre condemned the February 15 international conspiracy against Öcalan.
• Guerrillas: We will make 2020 the year of victory 

  Guerrillas vowed to make 2020 the year of victory to achieve freedom for Öcalan and the people of Kurdistan, and an equal, democratic and free life.
• Demonstration for Öcalan in Sulaymaniyah 

  21 years ago Abdullah Öcalan was abducted and deported to Turkey. In Sulaymaniyah in South Kurdistan, youth organisations protested against the international secret service coup with a torchlight march.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Xakurke, South Kurdistan 

  Four soldiers of the Turkish army were killed in Xakurke region.
• HPG Commander: We won't allow the conspiracy to reach its goal 

  HPG commander Dersim said that the International Conspiracy will never reach its goal and said that the price necessary to ensure this will be paid.
• Soldiers storm villages, seize people's supplies, destroy caves 

  In the Northern Kurdistan province of Amed, soldiers storm villages, confiscate the people’s supplies and destroy the caves in the mountains.
• A commander and a soldier of the Turkish army killed in Iğdır 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Police detain 17 people in Van in new political operation 

  Following police raids in the morning in Van and its provinces, 17 people, including Kurdish politicians, were detained.
• Body of YJA Star guerrilla not given to family from Iran 

  The father came from Iran and returned without taking her daughter’s body.
• Five people taken into custody in Ağrı 

  Five people were detained during a new political genocide operations in Ağrı.
• Three HDP members detained in Varto 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the HDP continue unabated.
• Police put a gun to the head of a 3-year-old child in Amed 

  Turkish police officers raided a house in Amed and put a gun to the head of a 3-year-old child.
• Hakkari Governor declares five regions "special security zones" 

  Hakkari Governorate has banned entrance and exit to five regions for 15 days. The reason given was "special security" measures.
• Turkey's deadly eastern border 

  From the Northern Kurdish province of Wan, there are always new reports of refugees who die at the Turkish border. In the past twelve months alone, 50 people seeking protection who froze to death while crossing the border have been registered.
• 30 refugees found almost frozen on the shores of Lake Van 

  More than 30 refugees were found almost frozen in Gevaş, Van.
• KODAR and PJAK announce a boycott of elections 

  On February 21, the Iranian regime will hold elections to elect members of the parliament for the 11th term and the Assembly of Experts for the 5th term
• HPG discloses identities of two martyred guerrillas  

  The HPG disclosed the identity of two guerrillas who fell martyrs in Şırnak on 18 September 2019. "Our comrade Kandil and Tirej have led the way in the new era in the struggle for freedom with great determination until they reach martyrdom."
• 13 refugees found dead in Çaldıran 

  13 refugees have died in the town of Çaldıran in Van.
• Governor of Van orders 15 more days of ban on events and actions 

  The prohibition of actions and activities, which has already lasted for 176 days in Van, has been extended again.