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• Vehicle that hit and killed a woman in Kızıltepe on 11 January belonged to Turkish Armed Forces 

  The vehicle that hit and killed a woman in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin on 11 January belonged to the Turkish Armed Forces and the driver was a sergeant.
• 12 summaries of proceedings arrive at Joint Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Constitution 

  12 summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the parliamentary immunity of nine HDP deputies and one DBP deputy were referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Constitution on Wednesday.
• Decision has already been made in HDP closure case 

  HDP party assembly member and lawyer, Doğan Erbaş, said that it is a legal scandal that the Constitutional Court has requested an opinion from the HDP over the closure case without taking the defence of individuals involved.
• International Coalition: ISIS is a global problem 

  Major General John W. Brennan, the commander of the International Coalition against ISIS, said that ISIS is a global problem that must be permanently solved. He made the declaration after the successful operation carried out by the SDF in Sina prison.
• Şenyaşar family on vigil for justice for 324 days 

  Şenyaşar family holding a vigil for justice for their murdered relatives in Urfa said, “We have been crying out for justice for 324 days. When will justice finally be done?”
• HDP delegation visits Ambassador of South Africa 

  Co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Mithat Sancar paid a visit to Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba, Ambassador of South Africa in Ankara.
• Kurdish activists arrested in the Netherlands released 

  Kurdish young activists who were arrested while staging a protest outside the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Netherlands have been released after two months of detention.
• German Federal Administrative Court to decide on Kurdish ban 

  Germany’s Federal Administrative Court will bring a verdict in the lawsuit against the banning of the Mesopotamia Publishing House and Mir Muzik. Kurds and their friends held a demonstration in front of the courthouse to give support to both institutions.
• Children of Fire set fire to several targets in 7 cities 

  The Children of Fire Initiative claimed responsibility for multiple actions in seven cities where many factories and workplaces belonging to fascists were set on fire.
• New information appears in case of Gülistan Doku 

  It has been learned that Cemile Yücer, the mother of Zainal Abarakov, the main suspect in the disappearance of Gülistan Doku, wrote a petition to CIMER saying that she wanted to leave the country.
• Turkish police raid Democratic Regions Party in Amed 

  Turkish police raided the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Amed provincial building.
• Police take 6 people into custody in Kızıltepe  

  At least 6 people were taken into custody in house raids carried out by Turkish state forces in Kızıltepe, in the province of Mardin.
• Communist Revolutionary Movement calls for protests against those seeking to resurrect ISIS 

  The Communist Revolutionary Movement (TKŞ) called the Turkish state and international forces responsible for the recent ISIS attack in Heseke, and urged the people and all democratic circles to take to the streets against those seeking to resurrect ISIS.
• HDP executive receives jail time for a speech delivered 8 years ago 

  İskenderun district co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Abdurrahim Şahin, has been sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison for a speech he delivered in 2014.
• Prosecutor demands 16 people, including relatives of Roboski dead, to be punished 

  The prosecutor demanded 16 people, including the relatives of those killed in Roboski, to be sentenced because of their participation at a commemoration of the massacre.
• Trial for the murder of Deniz Poyraz postponed to 29 April 

  The trial over the killing of Deniz Poyraz at Izmir Provincial Organization Office of the HDP on 17 June 2021 was postponed to 29 April.
• Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced for insulting former prime minister 

  HDP politician Selahattin Demirtaş, imprisoned in Turkey since 2016, has been sentenced to another prison term for allegedly insulting the former prime minister.
• Riseup4Rojava initiative calls on people throughout Europe to mobilize 

  The Turkish state has been intensifying its attacks on the Autonomous Administration in Northern and Eastern Syria and Shengal for weeks. Riseup4Rojava initiative called on people throughout Europe to mobilize.
• Swiss academic Ueli Mäder says PKK should be removed from EU list of terrorist organisations 

  Eric Fromm Award-winning Swiss academic Ueli Mäder said that the PKK should be removed from the EU list of terrorist organizations, and that problems have to be solved by establishing relations on the right basis.
• Izmir Women's Platform: We will establish the country of freedom Deniz Poyraz dreamed of 

  The Izmir Women's Platform made a statement in front of the courthouse before Deniz Poyraz's hearing and said: "We gave our word to Deniz; we will establish the country of freedom she dreamed of."
• French associations hold solidarity meetings in Brittany 

  French associations in solidarity with the Kurds held meetings with the participation of internationalist activists in many cities in Brittany.
• PUK says its presidential candidate will be Barham Salih 

  Eta Serawi, a member of the PUK Politburo, announced that the PUK presidential candidate should be Barham Salih.
• Campaign to remove PKK from EU list of terrorist organisations continues in Switzerland 

  The signature campaign launched in Switzerland to demand the removal of the PKK from the EU list of terrorist organizations continues. About 6 thousand signatures have been collected so far, but activists aim to collect 150,000.
• Attack on two Syrian citizens in Bursa leaves one dead 

  Two Syrians were attacked with guns in the Osmangazi district of Bursa. One of the Syrians died.
• Aarau Rojbin Women's Council rallies against isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  A rally promoted by Aarau Rojbin Women's Council was organised to draw attention to the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and to demand his freedom.