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• Second “Democracy and Freedom Conference” publishes final statement 

  The Second “Democracy and Freedom Conference” gathered in Berlin published its final statement.
• Buldan at HDP congress: Every war is a problem of all humanity 

  At her party's congress in Antep, HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan denied any credibility to the Erdogan government's calls for peace in Ukraine.
• AKP-run municipality turns districts of Van into a dump 

  In the districts of Tusba and Saray in Van, the AKP municipality does not collect the garbage. The people and shop keepers protested, saying that infectious diseases may occur in the near future.
• Democratic Student Council founded in Istanbul to defend autonomy of universities 

  The declaration of the student council founded in Istanbul outlines the vision of a society based on the principles of equality, democracy and women's liberation. The first step towards this is the fight for university autonomy.
• Prof Felix Padel: Öcalan’s freedom is of immense importance 

  Prof Felix Padel said that "Öcalan’s freedom is of immense importance."
• Heyva Sor launches membership campaign 

  The Red Crescent organisation Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê wants to recruit new members and proposes that at least one person from each household regularly makes a self-determined contribution.
• Conference in Berlin: Democracy and Freedom in Turkey 

  A two-day conference for the democratisation of Turkey has begun in Berlin. Under the slogan "Democracy and Freedom", dozens of well-known opposition figures from Turkey and Kurdistan are discussing possible solutions.
• Journalists killed, arrested and attacked in Turkey in February 

  One journalist was killed, three others attacked and three more arrested, according to a February report of the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG).
• Turkey bombs villages in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Migrants at Belarus-Poland border are left to die  

  With the Russian aggression on Ukraine, the migrants trapped in the buffer zone at Belarus-Poland border are virtually left to die.
• Mazlum Dinç: International forces are accomplices of policy of isolation against Öcalan 

  Mazlum Dinç, guardian of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, said that the policy of isolation, which continues in violation of international law and Turkey's laws, is also under the auspices of the forces of the conspiracy.
• Four young people from Van died in work-related murders in the construction sector 

  Four young people from Van became victims of work-related murders in the construction sector.
• Police go to the house of HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel 

  The police went to the house of HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel, who was stripped of her parliamentary immunity this week.
• Charges brought against female ISIS member in Germany 

  The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against the German-Iranian Solale M. The woman from Hamburg, who was brought back to Germany from north-eastern Syria in October, is accused of ISIS membership, among other things.
• Stripped of parliamentary immunity, HDP MP Semra Güzel faces investigation 

  An investigation has been officially opened against HDP deputy Semra Güzel, whose parliamentary immunity was recently lifted. The chief public prosecutor of Ankara has been appointed to file charges of treason and terror.
• Ata on Kobanê Trial: Autonomous Kurdistan is indispensable 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former MP and Free Women’s Movement (TJA) activist Ayla Akat said that an autonomous democratic Kurdistan is indispensable for a democratic Turkey.
• House raids and detentions in Amed 

  The Turkish regime’s political extermination campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated. In Amed, the week ends with a new wave of arrests, including HDP members.
• Russia captures Europe's largest nuclear power station in Ukraine 

  Russian forces on Friday captured Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine, Europe's biggest nuclear power station.
• Families submit another application to visit Imrali 

  The family and legal guardian of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan renewed the application to Turkish authorities to pay a visit to İmralı prison where Öcalan is held under aggravated isolation.
• ‘The struggle of the PKK cannot be criminalized’ 

  BastA Party Secretary General Franziska Stier said that Europe's insistence on keeping the PKK on its "terror list" proceeds from economic interests and stressed that the struggle for democracy cannot be criminalized.
• Police detain 5 people in Cizre, including 75-year-old  

  Police detained 5 people in Cizre, including 75-year-old Hasan Malgaz.
• Bachelet: All of humanity at risk from nuclear threat over Ukraine 

  Bachelet said her office had recorded 227 civilian deaths, including at least 15 children, but stressed that the real numbers were likely far higher.
• Emine Şenyaşar awarded the 'Peace, Friendship and Democracy' prize 

  The Amed Medical Chamber awarded the "Peace, Friendship and Democracy" prize to Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were murdered by an AKP group accompanying a deputy of the party.
• Lavrov says West is considering 'nuclear war' 

  Russia and Ukraine delegations will meet for a second round of negotiations on the Belarusian border on Thursday.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply for a visit to Imrali 

  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.