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• Kurds in Europe take to the streets against Turkish attacks  

  Kurds in Europe took to the streets after the call of the KCDK-E to protest the simultaneous air attacks carried out by the Turkish state in Maxmur, Shengal and Rojava.
• High price increases in Istanbul 

  According to the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, price increases in January were 13.78 per cent compared to the previous month. Year-on-year, prices have increased by 50.91 per cent.
• Turkish Constitutional Court finds Yüksekdağ's detention 'reasonable' 

  The Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM) has ruled that former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party Figen Yüksekdağ's lengthy imprisonment, which has been going on for 3 years and 1 month, is “reasonable”.
• Kobanê Trial: History will write about the Turkish judiciary! 

  Bülent Parmaksız who made his defence in the latest hearing of the Kobanê Trial said that “History will write about the Turkish judiciary.”
• Lawyers apply to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place two and a half years ago.
• Constitutional Court tells HDP's Beştaş that planting trees in Fis was a crime 

  The Constitutional Court considered the tree planting activity in the village of Fis a crime, and rejected HDP's Meral Danış Beştaş's application.
• HDP Diyarbakır MP Güzel to present her defense against lifting of her immunity on Wednesday 

  The preparatory commission that evaluates the demand to strip HDP Diyarbakır Deputy Semra Güzel of her parliamentary immunity, will listen to her defense statement tomorrow, Wednesday.
• Investigation against HDP co-chair Buldan is with chief public prosecutor's office in Ankara 

  The investigation against the HDP chair Pervin Buldan is with the chief public prosecutor's office in Ankara. Charges are expected to be brought against the politician.
• Farewell to political prisoner who died after 30 years in jail 

  The funeral ceremony of Mehmet Hanefi Bilgin who died in prison 5 months before his release has been held in his hometown Bingöl.
• Kurdish Red Crescent holds annual conference in Germany 

  The Kurdish Red Crescent, which carries out world-wide humanitarian activities, held its annual conference in Germany.
• Kobanê Trial: Tuğluk will be held in forensic medicine institution for 3 weeks 

  During the latest hearing of the Kobanê Trial, the court said that jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk who has serious health issues will be kept under observation at the forensic medicine institution (ATK) for 3 weeks.
• Peace Mothers in Van call for the lifting of isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  Peace Mothers called for an end to the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and for the release of ill prisoners.
• Internationalists Long March to kick off in Frankfurt 

  Internationalists from many countries of the world will march from Frankfurt to Strasbourg this year to mark the anniversary of 15 February 1999. Young people, who will start the march on 6 February, will demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police take 200 Farplas workers in Kocaeli 

  Farplas workers protesting the dismissals and demanding their union rights in Kocaeli were attacked by the police. 200 workers were detained.
• Basque MP says work being done to recognise Autonomous Administration 

  Following the visit to the Basque Country by a Rojava delegation last December, Basque Parliamentarian Oihana Etxebarrieta said that work is being done to recognise the Autonomous Administration.
• Kobanê Trial resumes today 

  The 9th hearing of the Kobanê Case, in which HDP former co-chairs Figen Yüksekdağ, Selahattin Demirtaş and over 100 party members are tried, will be held in Sincan today.
• Signatures collected in several cities for international campaign to “delist the PKK” 

  In Germany and Switzerland, Kurds have collected signatures for the campaign of the international initiative "Justice for Kurds". The aim of the campaign is to remove the PKK from the terror list.
• Free Student Initiative says Kurdish language should be defended  

  Özgür Abul from the Free Student Initiative said that the language should be defended in this process in which the cultural genocide continues to be carried out intensely.
• Hotz: The PKK is misrepresented in Europe 

  Artist and teacher Simon Hotz said that "those who label the PKK a terrorist organization are trying to cover up the fact that the PKK is a feminist movement based on local democracy."
• Conference against Turkish use of chemical weapons says to EU that 'Silence is complicity' 

  A conference about the use of chemical weapons by Turkey in Kurdistan was held in Geneva. "Silence is complicity," said most panellists.
• 4 members of HDP Youth Council detained 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish population and their elected representatives continue unabated.
• Four Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIS attack 

  Last night, four soldiers of the Iraqi army were killed in an ISIS attack in Salahaddin.
• Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeal upholds prison sentence against Yüksekdağ 

  Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a one-year prison sentence against HDP politician Yüksekdağ for alleged terrorist propaganda. The verdict is based on a speech about the capture of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police detain DBP Amed Provincial co-chair Seval Gülmez  

  DBP Amed Provincial co-chair Seval Gülmez was taken into custody by the police this morning.
• No news about Kurdish man arrested in Bokan 

  There is no news from Huseyin Qureyshi, who was detained by Iranian state forces in Bokan.