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• Volunteers in Batman open their homes to earthquake victims  

  The Crisis Coordination Center set up by the Labor and Democracy Platform on the first day of the earthquake in Batman, continues its work.
• Lausanne Municipality makes a donation to Heyva Sor to help earthquake victims 

  The Municipality of Lausanne said that they will donate 80,000 Francs to Heyva Sor and Medair to be delivered to the earthquake victims.
• Earthquake victims in Adiyaman: We have nothing left 

  While the earthquake survivors in Adiyaman are trying to hold on to life in difficult conditions, they want their basic needs to be met.
• Turkish authorities say 38,044 people lost their lives in earthquake 

  AFAD said that the number of people who lost their lives in the earthquakes increased to 38,044.
• Activists in Drancy protest International Conspiracy 

  The International Conspiracy against Kurdish people's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was protested in the Paris suburb of Drancy.
• HDP co-chair Buldan calls on Erdogan and his entire cabinet to resign 

  As the earthquake relief work of the HDP and other opposition organisations has been systematically obstructed by the state for days, HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan has called on Erdogan and his entire cabinet to resign.
• No electricity, water, stove and toilet in tent camps in Iskenderun 

  Electricity, water, heating and toilet problems are reported in the tent camps established by the Turkish Red Crescent and the state-run AFAD in Iskenderun.
• What's going on in Hatay? 

  The Turkish state which entered Hatay province with its armed forces on the fourth day of the earthquake engage in provocation attempts. The increase in looting and theft in Hatay coincided with the arrival of armed forces in the city.
• Turkish government obstructs and confiscates humanitarian aid for earthquake victims 

  HDP invites the international community to closely follow the government’s destruction of the networks of social solidarity and humanitarian aid when they are needed the most by the victims.
• HDP in South Kurdistan says aid confiscated by Turkish institutions given to gangs 

  HDP Southern Kurdistan representative Nahide Ermiş said that the aid confiscated by Turkish institutions was given to the gangs, not the victims, and added: "Everything donated to the HDP will definitely reach the victims and those in need."
• Turkish authorities seize HDP crisis coordination center in Pazarcık  

  The HDP crisis coordination center for earthquake relief in Pazarcık has been seized by the Turkish authorities and stormed by soldiers. The volunteer relief teams were threatened with arrest.
• Meeting in Milan demands freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The International People's Tribunal, Società INformazione/Diritti Globali, and UIKI organized a meeting to condemn the International Conspiracy.
• Activists in Geneva protest the international conspiracy 

  Kurdish people are protesting the international conspiracy that led to Abdullah Öcalan’s abduction from the Greek embassy in Kenya and handover to Turkey on 15 February 1999.
• State-backed gangs sabotage solidarity work in Elbistan 

  In the earthquake-ravaged district of Elbistan, the coordinated solidarity work of the HDP and the leftist organisation Partizan is being sabotaged by state-backed gangs and observed by the anti-terror police.
• Kurdish activists protest for Abdullah Öcalan in the European Parliament 

  Activists of the Kurdish youth movement have demanded the release of Abdullah Öcalan with a civil disobedience action in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. There has been no sign of life from the Kurdish leader for two years.
• MP Hatimoğulları: Disinformation in earthquake-hit areas intends to displace local people 

  HDP Adana Deputy Tülay Hatimoğulları said that the aim of the disinformation campaign in the earthquake-hit areas was to force local people to migrate.
• Vigil in Strasbourg: “Freedom of Öcalan is the freedom of our peoples’” 

  Zülfü Bingöl from the Freedom Vigil Organizing Committee saluted all activists who have participated in the Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• House of Lords hosts Annual Abdullah Öcalan Conference 

  The 2nd Annual Abdullah Öcalan Conference will take place at the House of Lords in London today.
• PYD members take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg  

  PYD members took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on its 556th week.
• 70 percent of buildings in Adiyaman destroyed or damaged 

  A total of 11,000 people lost their lives in the damaged buildings of the city center of Adiyaman (Semsûr). 70 percent of the buildings collapsed or were heavily demolished.
• Young people in Greece demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young people in Greece left behind the second day of the march demanding freedom for Kurdish people's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The activists also spoke about the earthquake in Kurdistan.
• Official authorities in Malatya say 1,386 people have lost their lives in the earthquake 

  Official authorities in Malatya reported that 1,386 people have lost their lives, 6,444 people have been injured and 1,154 buildings have been destroyed in the city as a result of the earthquake.
• The time has come for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom 

  The International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan—Peace in Kurdistan!” released a statement to mark the 24th anniversary of the International Conspiracy.
• Mithat Sancar: Every collapsed building is a crime scene 

  HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar has travelled to the earthquake zone to participate in the relief work. "Our most important instrument for healing the wounds caused by this destruction is solidarity," the politician said in Malatya.
• Saçılık: The palace has been looting for twenty years 

  In the wake of the earthquake disaster, a racist hate discourse against Syrian refugees is raging in Turkey, accompanied by excesses of violence. HDP politician Veli Saçılık sees this as a means to divert attention from the responsibility of government.