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• Solidarity with Kurdistan Committee in Colombia will organize a week of events to celebrate Newroz  

  The Solidarity with Kurdistan Committee in Colombia held meetings to prepare the celebrations for Newroz.
• HDP Pazarcik District co-chair dies as a result of a heart attack 

  HDP Bazarcix District Co-chair Erdal İper died as a result of a heart attack.
• “European Union, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds” conference kicks off today 

  The 17th International Conference on “the European Union, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds” will kick off today at the European Parliament in Brussels.
• Internationalist Ivana Hoffmann commemorated in Switzerland 

  In Switzerland, the Fédération libertaire des Montagnes commemorated internationalist Ivana Hoffmann, who had joined the defence of Rojava and died eight years ago today in the fight against ISIS.
• More than 3,000 buildings heavily damaged by earthquakes in Amed 

  The Urban Protection and Solidarity Platform reported that 3,252 buildings were heavily damaged by the recent earthquake in Amed (Diyarbakir).
• Chain poisoning kills four more school kids in Iran 

  Four school kids have been killed by a toxic gas attack in Iran.
• Earthquake exposes corruption in Turkey's health system 

  Corruption in Turkey’s health system has been exposed following the massive earthquake that struck 11 provinces, killing more than 45 thousand citizens and injuring hundreds of thousands of others.
• Authorities want to remove people's solidarity areas 

  Following the removal of Sevgi Park in Hatay, other people's solidarity areas are at risk of being removed in Serinyol. Purple Solidarity members said: "We will continue to fight until we build free cities."
• Newroz to be celebrated in 6 Italian cities 

  The Italian Kurdistan Information Office called on the Kurdish community affected by the earthquake tragedy to gather around the Newroz celebrations to be held in 6 cities of the country.
• 17th Conference on “European Union, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds” at European Parliament 

  The 17th International Conference on “the European Union, Turkey, the Middle East and the Kurds” will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 March.
• Nation Alliance says its presidential candidate will be CHP chair Kılıçdaroğlu 

  The Presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance became CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
• KCDK-E: The responsible for the attack against Amedspor is the AKP-MHP government 

  The KCDK-E issued a statement to condemn the attack on Amedspor in Bursa, and blamed the AKP-MHP government and Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu for it.
• Young people march in Drancy demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Kurdish young people marched from the Drancy Democratic Kurdish Community Center to the municipality, demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Rojava University holds "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî and the revolution of the peoples" symposium  

  The Rojava University organized a symposium in collaboration with the Academy of Jineoloji, the Collective Work Initiative of Rojava and Bremen Students (MIS) and the Roza Luxemburg Foundation.
• HDP co-chairs condemn racist attack against players and supporters of Amedspor in Bursa 

  HDP co-chairs, Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar issued a written statement condemning the racist attack carried out against players of Amedspor in Bursa on Sunday.
• Arab Alevis in Hatay try to heal their wounds 

  The Arab Alevi community in Hatay tries to heal their wounds after Maraş-centered earthquakes that hit 11 provinces on February 6.
• Demo against Turkish government in Zurich: "We do not forgive, we demand accountability!" 

  Several organisations demonstrated against the Turkish government in Zurich against Ankara's organised irresponsibility in dealing with the earthquake, calling for the tyrannical Erdogan system to be smashed.
• Kurdish Youth Movement in Vienna protests isolation of Öcalan  

  Members of the Kurdish Youth Movement (TCŞ) protested the Turkish state and the isolation of Öcalan in a march in Vienna.
• Activists in Vienna protest Turkish government 

  The Turkish state was protested in Vienna for its mishandling of the earthquake.
• TEHIS spokesperson says that water shortage in Hatay continues  

  TEHIS spokesperson and TOP member Tolga Kubilay Çelik rejected the Hatay Governor's statement that there is no water shortage, saying that the "people want clean water to drink."
• Earthquake survivor: The government left me to die, the workers saved me! 

  Malik Dalyan waited for help for two days after the earthquake, trapped under the rubble of his home in the borough of Armutlu in Hatay. He asked: "Have we been abandoned because we are Alevis?"
• IYI party withdraws from electoral alliance 

  Two months before the parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey, the IYI party has withdrawn from the electoral alliance with the CHP and other parties.
• Constitutional Court to hear HDP’s complaint against suspension of treasury funds 

  The Turkish Constitutional Court will hear the HDP's complaint against its exclusion from state party funding next week.
• French Communist Party calls for the annulment of proceedings to ban the HDP 

  “We strongly condemn the ban and assure the HDP of our full solidarity. We demand the annulment of the current proceedings, respect for the rule of law and freedom for all peoples of Turkey,” stated the French Communist Party.
• Parliamentary question on Turkey earthquake tabled in Switzerland 

  A parliamentary question has been tabled in the Swiss Parliament over the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Kurdistan.