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• Soldiers beat me and then shot me, says Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları 

  A twenty-year-old was allegedly shot in the back by soldiers in Van. Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları reports on the army attack, in which he was heavily injured.
• Peace in Kurdistan's Women Alliance says Öcalan release essential to a solution of Kurdish question 

  Öcalan immediate release is essential to bring an end to conflict and a peaceful resolution to the so-called Kurdish question, said Peace in Kurdistan’s Women Alliance.
• ECtHR: HADEP politicians wrongly convicted 

  Turkey wrongfully convicted ten HADEP politicians from Siirt twenty years ago over a sit-in against state "disappearances" and must now pay compensation. The ECtHR considers the right to freedom of assembly to have been violated.
• Ill prisoner Tenzile Acar should be released, says her mother 

  Tenzile Acar, a sick prisoner in Bakırköy prison, was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Her mother Rasmiye Acar stated that her daughter was "on the verge of death" and asked for her to be released immediately.
• IHD: The tear gas canister that killed baby Mehmet was destroyed! 

  The Human Rights Association has revealed that the gas canister that killed 16-month-old Mehmet Uytun disappeared. Mehmet Uytun lost his life as a result of a gas canister thrown by a soldier hitting his head while he was in his mother's lap.
• Five people were executed in Iraq 

  Five people convicted of "terrorism" and held in Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq were executed.
• Medical condition of young man shot by the Turkish soldier still critical 

  The medical condition of Mehmet Ali Nametoğulları, who was injured by the fire opened by Turkish soldiers in Van, is still critical.
• Police in Cizre attack people paying tribute to those killed in "basements of horror" 

  Those who were killed in the basements by the Turkish state in Cizre were commemorated today. Police attacked the commemoration event. Participants said "Fascism has a short life span; we will get rid of this hell".
• HDP to march against isolation on 15 February 

  HDP Spokesperson Ebru Günay announced that marches will be held in 3 cities on 15 February with the slogan "End Isolation, Justice for Life".
• 37 Syriac, Chaldean and Assyrian institutions demand truth about Christian couple killed  

  A year ago a Christian couple was kidnapped Şırnak. Two months later, Şimoni Diril's body was found but there is still no trace of Hürmüz Diril. 37 Chaldean and Assyrian institutions have written an open calling for the crime to be investigated.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply for a visit to Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a visit to their client.
• UN calls on 57 countries to repatriate their nationals held in Hol camp 

  Fifty-seven countries have women and children living in detention camps in northeast Syria, a United Nations expert Fionnuala Ni Aolain said, calling on states to repatriate their nationals immediately.
• Family applies to prosecutor to establish whether body found in Sur belongs to their son 

  The body found in Sur during the excavation is believed to belong to Hakan Arslan. The Arslan family applied to the Prosecutor General's office to get a DNA test result.
• HDP promotes "Justice for All" campaign 

  With the "Justice for All" campaign, the HDP declares the abolition of the social structure of inequality in Turkey to be the core of its political work: "It is in our hands to remove the injustices."
• UK campaigners launch 'Free Selahattin Demirtas' petition 

  The “Free Selahattin Demirtas” campaign launched in the UK is gathering signatures on a petition demanding that Turkey complies with December’s European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that the former HDP co-chair should be released.
• Four more students arrested in Istanbul 

  Four other students have been arrested in the wake of the protests at Boğaziçi University. The number of students sent to prison since the beginning of the year has increased to eight.
• Saturday Mothers: Where is the grave of Maksut Tepeli? 

  At their weekly vigil, the Istanbul Saturday Mothers addressed the fate of Maksut Tepeli, a teacher who disappeared 37 years ago after being arrested. His family wants to know where his grave is.
• Hunger strike in Turkish jails reached 72nd day 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners entered the 72nd day of hunger strike against isolation. Solidarity hunger strikes are being carried out in Maxmur Camp and Lavrio Refugee Camp in Greece.
• Two young women strip searched  

  Two young women who were detained during a demonstration in support of Boğaziçi University in Izmir were strip searched.
• Cizire Region Lawyers Association joins "Freedom for Öcalan" campaign 

  Cizire Region Lawyers Association has joined the "Freedom for Öcalan" campaign. The lawyers say they want to defend Öcalan in courts.
• Prisoner in Maraş Türkoğlu prison denounces beating and torture 

  A prisoner in Maraş Türkoğlu L Type Closed Prison, Sedat Karak, denounced that he and four of his friends were tortured by the guards and that they had fractures in their hands, feet and heads.
• Call for international action against arbitrary detentions of Kurds and activists in Iran 

  Joint Letter: Urgent international action needed to secure release of Kurdish activists and others arbitrarily detained in Iran.
• Musa Anter case may end up being dropped due to the statute of limitations 

  Dicle Anter says his father’s case faces risk of being dropped in 18 months due to statute of limitations.
• European human rights ambassadors call for immediate release of Osman Kavala 

  Eight European rights ambassadors have in a joint declaration called for the immediate release of renowned activist Osman Kavala, expressing “great concern” over negative developments regarding the rule of law, human rights and judiciary in Turkey.
• Trade Unionists arrived Ankara: We will not obey the AKP 

  The Confederation of Public Employees' Trade Unions (KESK) members, who protest dismissals and deportation of their colleagues, arrived in Ankara. The unionists emphasized that they would not obey the AKP-MHP government saying "Together we will win".