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• 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' resistance continues despite state crackdown in Iran 

  The 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' (Woman, Life, Freedom) resistance in Iran and Rojhilat (East) Kurdistan has marked its 135th day, despite the regime's fierce repression.
• HDP MPs: Imrali is the key to democratisation in the Middle East 

  The HDP MPs stress that Imrali is the key to democratisation in the Middle East, demanding that the isolation of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan be lifted immediately.
• Heyva Sor holds annual congress and celebrates the 30th founding anniversary 

  The Kurdish Red Crescent Heyva Sor, founded in Germany thirty years ago, held its annual congress in Troisdorf, at the same time celebrating the anniversary of its foundation.
• Despite warnings, Turkish government’s election campaign in Germany continues 

  It came out that politicians from Turkey’s AKP-MHP government have held at least 100 meetings in Germany in the last three months despite warnings from the Berlin government.
• Civil society organizations protest prison sentence for deposed mayor of Hakkari 

  Civil society organizations in Hakkari (Colemêrg) condemned the sentence to over 10 years in prison for deposed mayor Cihan Karaman as an example of how the entire population is being punished in the person of the politician.
• German and French embassies issue security warning for Turkey 

  The German and French embassies in Turkey simultaneously issued warnings of terrorist attacks in the wake of the Koran burnings in Stockholm and Copenhagen.
• 74-year-old jailed in Adıyaman 

  A 74-year-old Kurdish citizen has been jailed in Adıyaman on terror charges.
• Stripping HDP MPs of immunity as a way of silencing opposition 

  The Constitutional and Judiciary Committee in the Turkish Parliament has received numerous presidential motions to lift MPs' immunity, in particular those belonging to the HDP group.
• Camilo Torres: "We want to break isolation" 

  Next weekend the long marches for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish question will kick off. The internationalist march will take place in Switzerland, while the young people one starts in Heilbronn.
• Remains of YJA-STAR guerrilla Kutlak given to her family 

  The remains of YJA-STAR guerrilla Raife Kutlak were finally handed over to her family. On the contrary, the family of Evin Encü has not received her daughter’s remains despite having identified her.
• Three killed by special operations police in Bursa 

  A special operations police officer killed three relatives in the western province of Bursa.
• HDP deputies on day 27 of vigil against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies continue their vigil in front of the Turkish Parliament demanding an immediate end to the aggravated isolation regime imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Iraqi delegation to visit Turkey to discuss water problem 

  Iraq to engage in talks with Turkey and Iran over the water problem.
• International Delegation Against Isolation visits law associations in Ankara 

  The International Delegation Against Isolation visited the Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD), the Social Law Association and the Human Rights Centre of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations in Ankara on Friday.
• International Delegation Against Isolation visits DBP and TÖP 

  Members of the International Delegation Against Isolation visited the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) and the Social Freedom Party (TÖP) in Istanbul on Friday.
• Germany on AKP’s election campaigns: There is no place for hate speech and agitation 

  In response to a question by MP Gökay Akbulut, the Federal Government stated that there is no place in Germany for "hate speech and agitation" in view of threats of destruction at an AKP election campaign event in Neuss.
• KON-MED calls on Kurds living in Germany to attend march for Rojhilat in Cologne tomorrow 

  KON-MED called on all Kurds living in Germany to participate in the action that will be held tomorrow, Saturday, in Cologne to support the resistance in Rojhilat.
• Activists in London pay tribute to martyrs of massacre of Sheladize  

  Those who lost their lives in the massacre carried out in the city of Sheladize in South Kurdistan between 23 and 28 January 2019 by the Turkish state and the KDP were commemorated in London.
• Khor Mor gas field in Iraq hit by rockets 

  The Khor Mor gas field in Iraq was attacked by rockets.
• Martin: Isolation will be broken by solidarity 

  Paula Martin, from the international delegation against the isolation in Imrali, said that the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan is actually against both the Kurdish people and the opposition and that he can be broken "through struggle and solidarity."
• Data of deportees passed on to AKP-MHP regime 

  Germany not only deports asylum seekers to Turkey, but endangers their lives by passing on sensitive data to the AKP-MHP regime.
• KCDK-E calls on activists to attend delivery of signatures demanding to delist the PKK 

  The KCDK-E said that a high number of signatures were collected demanding the removal of the PKK from the European Union list of terrorist organizations and called on activists to attend the press conference to be held in Brussels.
• Huge response to HDP social media campaign "Our treasure is our people" 

  The HDP launched a campaign on social media as part of the campaign "Our treasure is our people" against the blockade of its accounts receiving Treasury aid.
• Union leader Bozgeyik: War policies lead to economic crisis 

  Co-Chair of the Confederation of Public Labourer’s Unions (KESK) Mehmet Bozgeyik said that the economic crisis, which deepened in 2022 because of the government's policies in favour of capital and war, will increase in 2023.
• International Delegation Against Isolation visits HDP and IHD in Ankara 

  The International Delegation Against Isolation visited the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Mithat Sancar and the Human Rights Association (IHD) in Ankara.