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• 65 women write to OPCW to investigate claims of Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  Women from different countries wrote to OPCW Director-General Fernando Arias about the accusations of Turkey having used internationally prohibited weapons.
• 44 Arab intellectuals call on OPCW to send team in areas of Turkish alleged use of chemical weapons 

  44 Arab intellectuals called on the OPCW to conduct investigations in the areas where Turkey has allegedly used chemical weapons.
• 5-year-old run over by armored vehicle and seriously injured in Urfa 

  In Urfa, a five-year-old girl crashed into a Turkish army armored vehicle and was run over. The seriously injured girl is no longer in danger of death. The Amed Bar Association is calling for a ban on armored vehicles in residential areas.
• Turkey’s use of chemical weapons brought up in the Italian parliament 

  Italian parliamentarian Erasmo Palazzotto submitted a parliamentary question about the Turkish state’s use of chemical weapons against Kurds.
• Constitutional Court justifies the state violence in Gezi trial 

  Turkey’s Constitutional Court rejected the application which claimed that the penalties for those who participated in the Gezi Park protests “violated the right to organize meetings and demonstrations”.
• 'Religion should not be used as a tool in dirty politics' 

  Mele Yusuf Andan, a member of the Democratic Islam Congress (DIK), stated that dirty politics is mixed with religion and presented to people, and that the manipulation of religion should not be accepted.
• Şenyaşar family: There can be no life without justice 

  Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar are continuing their resistance and said that “this is a struggle for justice', without it, there is no life. It is like bread and water.”
• Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria thanks parliament of Catalonia 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria thanked the parliament of Catalonia for recognizing the Autonomous Administration.
• Police detain 17 people in Izmir in operation targeting HDP members 

  17 people were detained during house raids carried out in Izmir targeting HDP members.
• Young activists in Villiers Le Bel demand freedom for Öcalan 

  TCŞ activists blocked the traffic for 15 minutes in the suburb of Villiers Le Bel and demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan. The young activists also protested the chemical gas attack by the Turkish state against the HPG guerrillas.
• Provocative commemoration of partition of Ireland today in Armagh 

  Today in Armagh there will be a provocative commemoration of the partition of Ireland involving Prime Minister Boris Johnson. England’s Queen Elizabeth has announced she has withdrawn from the event, citing health problems.
• Parliament of Catalonia recognizes the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria 

  The Parliament of Catalonia, on Wednesday, approved a motion recognizing the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
• Kurdish activists’ vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva continues 

  The sit-in demonstration in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva, which has been ongoing since January 25, demands an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP MP: A quarter of Turkey’s budget goes to war 

  The Turkish state has spent a quarter of its budget on military expenditures in 2021. HDP deputy Erol Katırcıoğlu says next year's budget will also be primarily a war budget.
• Şenyaşar family blames Turkish judiciary for being complicit 

  The Şenyaşar family said that the Turkish judiciary is complicit in the massacre against the family.
• Autonomous Administration Representation meets parties and organisations in Sweden 

  The Northern and Eastern Syria Region Autonomous Administration Representation held a series of meetings with Swedish parties and organizations.
• Bomb attack on a military minibus leaves at least 13 dead in Damascus 

  At least 13 people were killed in a bomb attack on a military minibus in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
• European Commission says that deterioration of human and fundamental rights in Turkey continues 

  The European Commission has said in its Turkey Report on European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations process that there are “serious deficiencies in the functioning of Turkey's democratic institutions.”
• Kurdish activist sentenced to prison in Stuttgart for “PKK membership” 

  Kurdish activist Kamuran Vesek has been sentenced to two years and seven months imprisonment for PKK membership at the Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart.
• Turkey seeks to extend mandate for cross-border operations 

  The Iraq, Syria and Lebanon mandates are expected to be discussed at the General Assembly this week.
• Turkey summons ten ambassadors over Osman Kavala 

  Ten embassies in Ankara have demanded the release of Osman Kavala, a patron of the arts who has been imprisoned for four years. The Turkish Foreign Ministry is outraged and has summoned the ambassadors.
• TEV-ÇAND artists take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil  

  TEV-ÇAND artists took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 487.
• Kobanê trial to resume on Tuesday 

  The lawyers of the defendants in the Kobanê trial called on the prosecution to disclose how the "secret witnesses" were allegedly identified. One of them also appears as a witness in the closure case against the HDP.
• Hozan Canê sentenced to over three years in prison in Turkey 

  Cologne-based singer Hozan Canê has been sentenced in absentia in Turkey to more than three years in prison - for allegedly supporting the PKK. Facebook content and her music videos were used as evidence.
• Children of Fire set fire to 6 vehicles in Izmir and Istanbul 

  The Children of Fire Initiative announced the details of their latest actions in Turkish cities.