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• Three schools in Van teach boys and girls separatedly 

  Eğitim Sen Van Branch protested three schools for teaching boys and girls in separate classrooms.
• Young people in Marseille protest isolation in Imrali and demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young people in Marseille protested the isolation in Imrali and demanded freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Germany claims there is no sufficient evidence that Turkey violates international law in Afrin 

  The German government made a statement regarding the invasion of Afrin saying: "We do not have sufficient information that international law has been violated," once again backing the Turkish state.
• Activists at Geneva vigil protest Paris massacres 

  Since the beginning of 2021, activists have protested the Turkish attacks on Rojava and other parts of Kurdistan with a vigil in Geneva, in front of the UN headquarters.
• Protests and regime crackdown continue in Iran and East Kurdistan 

  The crackdown of the Iranian state on women, demonstrators and journalists is growing. Despite the increase in the number of death sentences, the protests continue.
• Şebnem Korur Fincancı sentenced to prison term 

  The President of the Medical Association Şebnem Korur Fincancı has been sentenced to prison in Istanbul for her demand for an investigation into Turkey's use of chemical weapons in Kurdistan. At the same time, the arrest warrant was cancelled.
• Former German MP faces trial over solidarity with Kurdistan 

  On Thursday, the appeal hearing of Michel Brandt for his solidarity with Kurdistan will take place in Karlsruhe. Left Party MP Gökay Akbulut speaks of intimidation and declares solidarity with her former parliamentary group colleague.
• Diri: AKP-MHP alliance will be defeated in Hakkari 

  HDP Gever District co-chair Şoreş Diri said that they are preparing for the elections and that they will leave the AKP-MHP below the threshold in the 2023 elections in Hakkari.
• Ömer Öcalan: We will continue our Justice Vigil until we get results 

  HDP Urfa MP Ömer Öcalan said that they will continue their vigil in front of the Ministry of Justice until the absolute isolation is ended.
• Anti-government protests continue in Iran and East Kurdistan 

  Despite death sentences and arrests, the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising continues in Iran and East Kurdistan.
• Vigil by HDP MPs continues 

  The vigil of the HDP parliamentary group against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan continues.
• Pro-gov’t families protesting in Amed cited as evidence to close the HDP 

  The Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation cited the pro-government families who carry out a sit-in outside the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in Amed as evidence to close the HDP.
• Delegation from Shengal meets Speaker of Iraqi Parliament 

  A delegation from Shengal expressed the problems and needs faced by the local people in the region and offered solutions.
• Eksik: We can't remain silent about isolation 

  HDP Iğdır MP Habib Eksik said that they cannot be expected to remain silent about the unlawful isolation system, especially in Imrali, and demanded an immediate return of all usurped rights.
• HDP: We did not accept the AKP's appointment request 

  HDP Group Deputy Chair Saruhan Oluç said the party did not accept the AKP's appointment request for the constitutional amendment.
• Leyla Şaylemez commemorated in Mersin 

  Leyla Şaylemez who was killed in Paris alongside Sakine Cansız and Fidan Doğan ten years ago, was commemorated at her grave in Mersin province.
• "Closure case against the HDP is an assault on political opposition and democratic norms’ 

  The HDP is facing a ban following the cancellation of party funding in the run-up to elections in Turkey. A group of ten international and local NGOs sees the core principles of democracy at risk.
• HDP deputies on day 13 of vigil against the isolation of Öcalan 

  The HDP MPs continue their vigil for the 13th consecutive day for the lifting of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's isolation. The MPs demand an end to the isolation and the war policy.
• ‘Suspension of treasury funds to the HDP is another black mark in Turkey’s history of democracy’ 

  “This court decision doesn’t have any legitimacy and is null and void in the conscience of our millions of supporters as we prepare for our decisive political battle with Erdoğan’s authoritarian regime,” said the HDP.
• Tosun: Paris massacre was an attack on Abdullah Öcalan's philosophy 

  HDP Amed MP Remziye Tosun, in her interview on the 10th anniversary of the Paris massacre, said: “It was an attack on the ideology of women's liberation.”
• Activists in London will protest Paris Massacres in front of French Embassy 

  On the 10th anniversary of the First Paris Massacre, Kurds and their friends will gather in front of the French Embassy in London, to demand justice for all victims of state-backed femicides.
• Activists in Belgium protest executions carried out by the Iranian state 

  The execution by the Iranian state of two young people in Rojhilat and Iran was protested in a march in Ghent, Belgium.
• Activists in Bordeaux march for Paris Martyrs 

  During the justice march for the Paris Martyrs in Bordeaux, activists said: "Let the state secret be lifted and justice done."
• Activists in Nicosia protest the Paris massacre 

  Kurds and their friends protested in front of the French Consulate in Nicosia condemning the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in Paris ten years ago.
• ‘By covering up the 2013 massacre, France prepared the ground for the second Paris massacre’ 

  “If France does not want to become complicit with the AKP-MHP-IS attacks, it needs to shed light on the two massacres that took place within its borders, share the facts with the public and put those responsible on trial."