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• Sinn Féin Anderson: No backsliding on EU regulations after Brexit 

  Martina Anderson spoke after meeting with the Freight Transport Association of Ireland. 
• Court suspends lay-off of over a 1,000 Brazilian workers 

  Parana's regional labor court temporarily suspended the lay-off of more than 1,000 workers of the fertilizer factory Fafen-PR until at least 6 March, following a collective strike that lasted more than two weeks.
• HDP's Parlak: We are trying to establish dialogue 

  HDP Ankara Provincial co-chair Vezir Coşkun Parlak pointed out to the possibility of early elections and said: “As HDP, we are actually open to all segments and are trying to establish dialogue”.
• Acquitted in Gezi trial, Kavala re-arrested over coup attempt 

  Human rights activist Osman Kavala who was acquitted in Gezi trial on Tuesday, has been re-arrested on Wednesday over the failed coup attempt.
• Three countries call on Syria to cease the Idlib operation 

  After Turkish President’s threat to occupy Idlib, the US, Britain and Germany have called on Syria in the UN Security Council to stop the military operation.
• Judges who acquitted defendants in Gezi trial to be investigated 

  After the surprising acquittal of all defendants in the Gezi trial in Istanbul, the Turkish Judicial Council has approved an investigation against the judges. Civil rights activist Osman Kavala was arrested again immediately after the verdict.
• ENKS representatives meet with Turkish Foreign Minister 

  The ENKS which has opened offices in North-East Syria, has visited the Foreign Minister of the Turkish state which is responsible for the massacre of thousands of Kurds in ongoing attacks against Rojava.
• Government crisis and protests continue in Iraq 

  For five months, people in Iraq have been protesting against corruption and the political elite. The Prime Minister had to resign, Mohammed Allawi was tasked with forming a new government. This is proving difficult.
• HDP MP: The government has lost all legitimacy 

  HDP MP Ayşe Acar Başaran said that the government had lost all legitimacy by issuing a renewed arrest warrant for civil rights activist Osman Kavala who had been acquitted yesterday.
• IHD executive detained in Amed 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue unabated.
• Montpellier group run Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 400 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, held in front of the Council of Europe since 2012 and demanding freedom for the Kurdish people's leader has reached week 400.
• Sinn Féin steps up preparations for government of change 

  Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has said that Sinn Féin are stepping up preparations to bring about a Government of Change.
• Journalist Botan and HDP's Alçiçek detained in Amed 

  Journalist Hakkı Boltan and HDP Provincial Organization executive Abdurrahim Alçiçek were taken into custody in yet another political genocide operation in Amed.
• Three bodies found in mass grave in Colombia 

  More than fifty possible victims of extrajudicial executions are thought to have been buried clandestinely in the mass grave.
• Five months in prison for promoting education in mother tongue 

  Trade unionists and activists sentenced to 5 months in prison for carrying out activities in Izmir demanding education in the mother tongue.
• New arrest warrant for Kavala acquitted earlier today 

  Renewed arrest warrant for Osman Kavala who was acquitted in Gezi trial earlier today.
• Gezi trial: Court acquits all defendants, rules release of Kavala 

  A Turkish court in Istanbul has acquitted the civil rights activist and cultural patron Osman Kavala and 15 other defendants in the Gezi trial of all charges. The judges also ordered Kavala's release from prison.
• Libyan army destroys Turkish ship loaded with weapons in Tripoli 

  The presence of the Turkish ammunition ship comes despite the European Union's attempts to enforce an arms ban on Libya.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  The appeals of the lawyers for a meeting with Öcalan have gone unanswered since August 7.
• KON-MED calls on people to vote Die Linke candidates 

  The Kurdistan Communities Confederation (KON-MED) in Germany called on Kurdish voters and democracy forces to go to the polls for the Hamburg state elections to be held on Sunday (23 February). KON-MED wished success to Die Linke and its candidates.
• Revenge Unit claims actions in two neighborhoods in Istanbul 

  In order to condemn the 15 February conspiracy against Ocalan two vehicles were reported to be set on fire and explosives thrown at a grocery store in two neighborhoods of Istanbul.
• HDP to work for National Unity and Alliance for Democracy  

  HDP MP Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit said the party will carry out vital work focused on two principal axes: Kurdish national unity and alliance for democracy in Turkey.
• HDP condemns arrest of Kurdish politician and writer Mahmut Alıak 

  The HDP issued a statement to condemn the arrest, for the tenth time, of Kurdish politician and writer Mahmut Alıak. The HDP demanded that the "political genocide operations be terminated".
• Portrait of Öcalan hung on public building in Stuttgart 

  A portrait of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was hung on a public building in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Seven and a half year prison sentence for holding books 

  The case against 10 students of Kocaeli University ended with a sentence to seven and a half years in prison.