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• Mobile Öcalan Library opens in Zurich 

  The mobile library, which set off in Zurich on Saturday, was welcomed with great interest by Swiss people. CDK-S co-chair Selma Sürer said that they will organize panels, seminars and conferences in addition to the mobile library until 4 April.
• Iraqi presidential election adjourned again 

  Iraq fails again to elect a new president.
• Doğan: Kurds endorsed the ‘Third Way’ on Newroz  

  HDP Van Provincial Co-Chair Fikret Doğan said that the Kurdish people manifested their stance for with the ‘Third Way’ in the Newroz areas in opposition to the psychological war waged by the government against the HDP.
• Urfa Governor's Office imposes new 15-day ban on actions and activities in the city 

  Urfa Governor's Office imposed a 15-day ban on actions and activities in the city.
• "The PKK does not belong on the terror list" 

  "It is unacceptable that Europe recognizes the Taliban and puts the PKK on its terror list. The classification of the PKK as terrorist allows Turkey to carry out massacres and occupation of Kurdish territories abroad," co-chairs of the KCDK-E stated.
• Newroz reception in Vienna Municipality 

  Austrian politicians and leaders from non-governmental organizations attended the reception in the metropolitan city hall of Vienna.
• Kurdish activists collect signatures against the PKK ban in Marseille 

  Activists of the Kurdish Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ) collected signatures In Marseille, France demanding the removal of the PKK from the list of "terrorist organizations".
• Turkish police detain dozens of people in Izmir 

  Turkish police raided many addresses in Izmir in the morning and detained dozens of people.
• Court sentences HDP Van MP Murat Sarısaç to 1 year and 6 months in prison for his social media posts 

  HDP Van MP Murat Sarısaç was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison for his social media posts.
• Families of Öcalan, Konar, Yıldırım and Aktaş apply for a visit to Imrali 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı F Type Prison Directorate for a visit.
• Well known actress Nur Sürer joins campaign demanding immediate release of Aysel Tuğluk 

  Well known actress Nur Sürer, joined the campaign demanding the immediate release of Kurdish lawyer and politician Aysel Tuğluk.
• Arrest warrant issued for HDP Amed MP Semra Güzel after her parliamentary immunity was lifted 

  An arrest warrant was issued for HDP Amed MP Semra Güzel, whose parliamentary immunity was lifted.
• Former HDP co-mayors in Amed condemn their dismissal by the government 

  On the second anniversary of their dismissal by the AKP government, former HDP Amed co-mayors made a press statement.
• Newroz reception in Brussels 

  Figures in support of the Kurdish people, as well as European legislators, attended the Newroz reception in Belgium.
• Kurdish Friendship Group demands European action for ISIS prisoners in North-East Syria 

  The Kurdish Friendship Group in the European Parliament ask for European action to deal with ISIS prisoners in North-East Syria.
• ISIS returnee sentenced to six and a half years in prison in Hamburg 

  The verdict in the trial of ISIS returnee Stefanie A. was announced today. The defendant was sentenced to six years and six months in prison.
• Amed citizens speak about a spectacular Newroz festival  

  After the Newroz festival in Amed attended by around one million people, citizens spoke about the celebration. “Women, mothers, young people and even children resisted and went to the festival. This Newroz was imbued with the spirit of serhildan.”
• 'Appointing trustees to HDP municipalities is against international law' 

  The 42nd Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities adopted a report underlining a degrading situation in terms of local self-government in Turkey.
• HDP executive asked what her relations with Mazlum Doğan, Deniz Gezmiş, Mahir Çayan was 

  HDP Eskişehir Provincial co-chair Şükriye Ercan was taken into custody for the speech she made at the Newroz celebration. Ercan was asked "What is your relationship and contact with people named Mazlum Doğan, Deniz Gezmiş, Mahir Çayan?"
• Police take former court president of Kobanê trial into custody 

  Bahtiyar Çolak, former court president of the Kobanê trial, in which HDP former co-chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş together with 108 politicians are on trial, has been taken into custody.
• French and Kurdish politicians attend Newroz reception in Paris 

  A reception held in Paris, brought many people from the political world of France and Kurdistan together. Nesrin Abdullah, one of the YPJ commanders, made a speech and called for an international struggle against reaction.
• Mobile 'Öcalan Library' to travel Swiss cities  

  As the 'Freedom Stand', which opens every Wednesday in Lausanne, enters its 5th month, the 'Öcalan Library' will tour the cities of Zurich, Lucerne, Solothurn, Lausanne and Geneva between 26 and 31 March.
• Violent explosion on Amed Urfa Road leaves at least 15 injured 

  A violent explosion occurred in the 3rd Industrial Estate on Amed Urfa Road, leaving at least 15 injured. It is alleged that a tube exploded.
• Kurdish activists’ vigil in Geneva enters its 14th month 

  Every Wednesday for over a year, activists have been protesting in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva demanding the release of Abdullah Öcalan and a democratic solution to the Kurdish question.
• Police storm the HDP building in Kartal, Istanbul 

  The HDP headquarters in Istanbul's Kartal district has been searched by police. Photos of Deniz Gezmiş and Ibrahim Kaypakkaya as well as the magazines "Democratic Modernity" and "Jineolojî" were confiscated.