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• Lawyer Necat Çiçek taken into custody  

  ÖHD executive and lawyer Necat Çiçek was taken into custody during a new police political operation.
• Doctor who fled North Kurdistan for political reasons shot dead in Sulaymaniyah 

  In Sulaymaniyah, a doctor who fled North Kurdistan for political reasons was shot dead in the middle of the street. The circumstances of the crime indicate a targeted attack, and Turkish authorship is considered likely.
• Residents in Maxmur Camp: What KDP did to us was worse than what the enemy did 

  The KDP is particularly brutal against residents of the self-governing refugee camp in Maxmur. Residents report torture and threats.
• Shengal Autonomous Administration on deadly Turkish attack: We will not bow down 

  Shengal Autonomous Administration condemned the Turkish attack on Friday and announced that Sadun Mîrza Alî, the driver of the Martyrs' Families Institution, who was wounded in the attack, lost his life.
• Turkish state establishes a new base in Amadiya 

  Turkey continues to expand its military presence in the Kurdistan region of Iraq more than ever in recent years and has established a new military base in the Amadiya region.
• A villager killed, a child wounded in Turkish attack on Shehba 

  The Turkish occupying state shelled a village in Shehba region, killing a villager and injuring a child.
• Turkish UCAV strikes a car in Shengal 

  The Turkish state continues its attacks against the Yazidi settlement Shengal in northern Iraq since its liberation from ISIS and establishment of self-defense forces to prevent another genocide.
• Turkish military operation and bombardment in Bagok  

  The Mount Bagok countryside in the Nusaybin district of Mardin was bombed during an operation involving thousands of Turkish soldiers. The area was forcibly evacuated.
• Gerîla TV publishes footage of Martyr Doğa Viyan Revolutionary Operation  

  Gerîla TV published part of the footage of the Martyr Doğa Viyan Revolutionary Operation carried out in Zap.
• Journalist Herkî: The voice of freedom cannot be suppressed 

  Journalist and activist Pîran Herkî spoke about the conditions in the KDP prisons and said: “The voice of freedom cannot be suppressed in prison.”
• International Delegation of Lawyers visits Justice Vigil and the DBP 

  The International Delegation of Lawyers Against Isolation visited the Justice Vigil for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the DBP in Amed.
• PKK Youth Committee: Our fallen comrades passed on to us a torch that will never be extinguished 

  The PKK Youth Committee commemorated 2 fallen guerrillas with respect, saying: "They passed on to us a torch that will never be extinguished, this torch is getting more and more lush every day with the fire of revenge of our martyrs."
• International Delegation of Lawyers Against Isolation visits Amed 

  Members of the International Delegation of Lawyers Against Isolation visited ÖHD and Rosa Women's Association in Amed.
• Iranian forces kill a Kurdish kolbar in East Kurdistan 

  Iranian forces murdered another Kurdish kolbar named Kawan Majidi in Eastern Kurdistan.
• Iranian forces kill another Kurdish kolbar 

  Apart from systematic attacks directed against them, kolbars are struggling to make a living under harsh weather conditions, dangerous geographical locations and mines.
• One killed and twelve injured in avalanche in Van 

  An avalanche broke loose in Van yesterday evening and hit a high mountain road. A minibus was caught in the avalanche and pushed into a ditch by the masses of snow. One woman was killed and twelve people were injured.
• KDP betrayal under the guise of border security 

  The KDP is deploying more and more troops near the guerrilla areas. In order to avoid reactions from the Kurdish public, this military deployment by the collaborators is taking place under the guise of border security.
• KCK: The KDP’s collaborative policy is the greatest danger 

  The KCK Foreign Relations Committee called on the people in all four parts of Kurdistan to take a stand and fight against these dangerous games of the KDP.
• Victims of Cizre basement massacre commemorated 

  The commemoration of Rohat Aktaş, Editor-in-Chief of Azadiya Welat newspaper, DBP PM Member Mehmet Yavuzel and Mazlum Yeşil, who were murdered by the Turkish state in a basement in Cizre, was prevented by the police.
• Access ban to Mount Gabar extended once again 

  A ban on access to Mount Gabar in Şırnak, which has been in force since last year, is not lifted. Measures such as these cut off entire regions from the outside world and subject them to the control and arbitrariness of the military.
• Turkey shells Mount Garê in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its attacks in various parts of the Kurdistan territory as part of its genocidal campaign against the Kurdish people.
• HPG calls on the Iraqi army to act with awareness regarding the troop deployment in South Kurdistan 

  HPG called on the Iraqi army to act with awareness with regard to the deployment of troops in parts of the Zap and Avashin regions of the Medya Defense Zones where an intense war is going on between the guerrilla forces and the Turkish army.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of revolutionary operation in Zap 

  A short video of the large-scale revolutionary operation carried out by the guerrillas in the Zap region on 17 February has been released.
• Background to the troops deployment in South Kurdistan 

  The Erdoğan government is using the instability in Iraq to include Baghdad alongside the KDP in the war against the Kurdish freedom movement. The Barzani private army acts as an Iraqi border protection unit in guerrilla territory.
• Six detained at DEM Party election campaign event in Şırnak 

  At the end of a well-attended DEM Party campaign event in Şırnak, Turkish police intervened in the crowd and detained six people, including the deposed co-mayor of the İdil district.