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• Call for the Long March: Let our voices be heard! 

  CDK-S co-chair, Ismail Kardaş and Basel DKTM co-chair Zeynep Kayra called for strong participation in the Long March to be carried out in Basel.
• KCDK-E calls for increased protests against Turkish attacks over the weekend 

  The Kurdish European umbrella organization KCDK-E called for the expansion of the protest against the Turkish attacks on Rojava and South Kurdistan.
• Activists cover Italian cities' walls with huge posters of Öcalan to mark the 15 February conspiracy 

  Walls in many Italian cities are being covered with posters portraying Abdullah Öcalan as part of the actions planned for the anniversary of his abduction in Kenya.
• Parliamentary committee votes to strip HDP MP Güzel of immunity 

  The lifting of the parliamentary immunity of HDP deputy Semra Güzel is imminent. The parliamentary preparatory committee has voted in favour of the immunity revocation. Now the Constitutional and Judicial Commission will decide.
• U.S. kills ISIS leader backed by Turkey in Syria raid 

  US President Joe Biden announced that ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in an operation in northwest Syria near the Turkish border.
• 17 detained as police attack rally for sick prisoners in Istanbul 

  At least eleven people have died in prison in Turkey since the beginning of December. In Istanbul, a rally in front of the Forensic Medicine Institute was attacked to raise awareness about deaths in prisons.
• Lawyers apply again 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.
• HDP: Latest attacks demonstrate Turkey’s failure to treat the Kurdish issue 

  A return to peace negotiations in the context of the Kurdish issue is essential for Kurds, Turks, and other peoples of the Middle East and also beyond, stated the HDP.
• Rocket attack against Turkish military base in Mosul  

  A rocket attack was carried out against the Turkish military base in the town of Bashika in Mosul, Southern Kurdistan.
• Britain resumes arms exports to Turkey, Declassified UK reveals 

  Britain has quietly resumed arms exports to its NATO ally Turkey, whose brutal operation in Syria targets the UK’s key Kurdish allies fighting Islamic State, said a report in Declassified UK.
• Kurds in France protest the attacks carried out by Turkey against Shengal, Maxmur and Rojava 

  Kurds in France took to the streets to protest the attacks carried out by the Turkish state against Shengal, Maxmur and Rojava.
• Turkish police carries out raid at Human Rights Association in Amed premises 

  The Turkish police have surrounded the headquarters of the Human Rights Association in Amed and started searching the premises.
• Erdoğan receives Barzani at his palace after attacks on Bashur and Rojava 

  After the Turkish army's cross-border air strikes in northern Iraq (Bashur) and northern Syria (Rojava), Erdogan received South Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani at his palace in Ankara.
• CoE starts infringement proceedings against Turkey over Kavala's imprisonment 

  The ECtHR will now decide whether Turkey has abided by its ruling and fulfilled its obligations as a party to the European Convention on Human Rights.
• Kurds in France take to the streets against Turkish attacks in Kurdistan 

  Today, Kurds in France take to the streets against the Turkish attacks in Kurdistan territory.
• Turkish airstrikes in Kurdistan to be protested across Switzerland 

  The aerial attacks of the Turkish army against Maxmur, Shengal and Rojava will be protested in several cities of Switzerland today.
• Action against February 15 conspiracy in Paris 

  Activists have started to stage protests against the international conspiracy against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in Paris, France.
• Police take three people into custody in Idil 

  Three people were detained during a political police operation in İdil, province of Şırnak.
• Activists from Bern take over Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  A group of activists from Bern took over the Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg on week 502.
• KNK: Stop Turkey’s Aerial Genocide Against the Kurds 

  The Kurdistan National Congress said Tuesday night's simultaneous attacks on Kurdistan were a coordinated war crime by Turkey that took place just days after Erdoğan’s regime attempted to rescue thousands of ISIS fighters from Sina’a Prison in Hesekê.
• 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.