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• Qamishlo uprising provided the basis for the Rojava Revolution 

  Seventeen years ago today, nine people were killed when clashes erupted at a football match in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishlo between supporters of a local team and those of an Arab team based in Deir Ezzor.
• Last letters of the Turkish POWs killed in Gare 

  In the last letters of the POWs killed during the Turkish invasion of Gare, the soldiers, policemen and intelligence officers ask why the state does nothing for them and their captivity is not an issue in Turkey.
• Jan Fermon: Europe is playing a dangerous game with Turkey 

  European countries are playing a dangerous game, said Belgian lawyer Jan Fermon says in light of European governments' failure to respond to threats by Turkish ex-intelligence agent Ismail Hakkı Pekin.
• Imrali Peace Delegation publishes full report 

  On the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the abduction of the leader of the Kurdish freedom movement, Abdullah Öcalan, an international peace delegation convened for the purpose of a virtual fact finding mission.
• Remembering Lorenzo ‘Orso’ Tekoşer with his writings 

  On the occasion of the second anniversary (18 March 2019) of the death of Lorenzo ‘Orso’ Tekoşer the family will present a book of his writings from Northeast Syria.
• Abdullah Öcalan: The Revolution is Female 

  Thinking and writing about the issue of women, means calling into question all of history and society. The reason for this is the unprecedented scale of the systematic exploitation of women.
• Let’s Talk About Öcalan, a video comment by academics and politicians 

  Let’s Talk About Öcalan is the title of a series of video realised by the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan - Peace in Kurdistan” as part of the "The Time has Come" campaign.
• Economic crisis deepens in Rojhilat, government builds police station 

  As poverty grows in Rojhilat and people are unable to bring home bread, the state decides to spend money in building a police station.
• Global arms trade operates above the law, says Andrew Feinstein 

  Director of Shadow World Investigations and author Andrew Feinstein said that global arms trade operates above the law.
• Irish republicans pay tribute to Bobby Sands by reading his diary entries 

  Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams says that to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Bobby Sands hunger strike, 17 activists will read one of Bobby's 17 diary entries.
• Motions to strip HDP deputies of immunity reach parliament's justice committee 

  Nine HDP deputies could soon be stripped of their immunity, as the corresponding motions have been referred to the parliamentary justice committee.
• The time has come to end isolation and free Öcalan, says Imrali delegation 

  The International Peace Delegation Imralı could not physically visit Turkey in 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and carried out a virtual fact finding mission.
• Footage and accounts of guerrillas: What happened in Gare? 

  Footage from Gare shows the traces of the Turkish invasion operation in Gare, the objects left behind by the soldiers, and the cave where 13 prisoners of war died. Three guerrilla fighters recount their experiences.
• HPG commander Êrsî: Our goal is the liberation of Öcalan 

  “We see the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan as the basis of our struggle. So this year we will use modern guerrilla tactics, drive the enemy out of Kurdistan and free Reber Apo,” says HPG commander Rizgar Êrsî.
• German intelligence expert: France can punish Turkish state terrorism 

  Commenting on former Turkish Official Pekin's words about the murder of 3 Kurdish women revolutionaries by the Turkish state in Paris, Germany's intelligence expert Schmidt-Eenboom said: "After this confession France can punish Turkish state terrorism."
• Aydar: Pekin’s confession is serious, Europe should take it seriously 

  KCK Executive Council member Zübeyir Aydar said confessions of İsmail Hakkı Pekin, former Head of the General Staff Intelligence Department, regarding the Paris killings and his call for new assassinations are serious.
• PKK has complied with the Geneva Conventions since 1995 

  On January 24, 1995, the PKK announced at a press conference that it would comply with the Geneva Conventions. Since then, the Kurdish guerrilla forces have adopted the convention as one of the guidelines of their practice.
• The State was preparing the end of the soldiers in PKK captivity 

  Some of the soldiers and policemen killed in the Turkish airstrike on Gare warned back in 2018 that the Turkish state was disregarding their lives and putting them in danger.
• Protests in Russia: deep roots and problems 

  The images of mass protest actions in Russia were spreaded over the world. The events of January 23 became the most massive.
• International Initiative launches "Let’s Talk About Öcalan" videos 

  Raúl Zibechi, Norman Paech, John Holloway, and Stina Bergsten talk about Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish leader held in solitary confinement since 1999 in a video released by the International Initiative.
• The 15 February 1999 international conspiracy in Abdullah Öcalan's words 

  Öcalan: "My intention was to find a democratic platform for the Kurdish question. Had I found support for this, it would also have been possible to push Turkey in this direction. However, Europe seemed not interested in a solution to the Kurdish problem."
• Salih Muslim: The conspiracy against Öcalan and the Kurdish people has failed 

  Salih Muslim, a member of the PYD co-presidency council, said: "Every moment Leader Apo continues to remain under those conditions is a great shame for us."
• Let's take to the streets with the spirit of Garê 

  The anniversary of the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan will be protested around the world. KCDK-E co-chair Yüksel Koç and internationalist Delal Katalan called for participation in the marches to be held today.
• Lola from Catalonia, marching shoulder to shoulder with Kurds 

  Kurdish youth and internationalists in Germany have been mobilising for a week to protest the international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds in UK fear new persecution as pro-Erdogan peer named to investigate extreme left and right 

  Kurdish community living in Britain fears a new wave of political persecution after a pro-Erdogan peer was tasked with leading an investigation into the “extreme left and right”.