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• U.S. urges Turkey not to retain Russian S-400 air defense system 

  Washington has long criticised NATO ally Turkey's purchase of the advanced S-400 air defence system from rival Russia, arguing it threatens the alliance's defences.
• Sit-in protest against Imrali isolation in Amed 

  HDP Amed Provincial Organization started a sit-in action after the police intervened in an event organised to raise concern over the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Swedish Left Party urges the police to end crackdown on Kurds 

  Swedish Left Party MP and Foreign Policy Spokesperson Håkan Svenneling demanded that the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) put an end to the oppression and profiling of the Kurds.
• Indonesian party sends solidarity message to the HDP 

  People's Democratic Party PRD of Indonesia condemned the ban proceedings against the HDP.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply once again to visit their client in Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client in Imrali.
• Solidarity actions with Saturday Mothers in Stuttgart and Berlin 

  Solidarity actions with the Saturday Mothers took place in Stuttgart and Berlin.
• Şenyaşar family receives visits of support at their Vigil for Justice 

  Dilan Izol, who lost her family following an attack carried out by relatives of AKP former deputy Zülfükar Izol, visited Emine and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who continues their “Vigil for Justice” in front of Urfa Courthouse.
• PCF and La France Insoumise ask: Did Macron promise Erdogan a crack down on Kurds? 

  French Communist Party and La France Insoumise strongly condemned operation carried out in Marseille, Paris and Draguignan against Kurds.
• Alevi and Kurdish organizations in exile: Turkish government wants to abolish democracy 

  Alevi and Kurdish organizations in exile call on the EU to respond to Ankara's provocations with tough sanctions. They say that the recent events are a first step of the AKP/MHP dictatorship towards the subjugation of the whole society.
• KON-MED: Germany should end its cooperation with the Erdogan regime 

  Several of the numerous Newroz events over the weekend in Germany were overshadowed by police attacks. The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED vows to defend itself politically and legally.
• Kurds urge France to lift the “state secret” on Paris killings 

  Kurds in France will organize a demonstration on Wednesday to urge French intelligence to provide the investigation team with information on the murder of three Kurdish female revolutionaries in Paris, in January 2013.
• KCDK-E calls on France to end the criminalization of Kurds 

  Kurdish establishments and apartments have been searched in Marseille and Paris, and nine people have been arrested. The KCDK-E protests against the attitude of the French government and points to the murders in Paris.
• HBDH set Grey Wolves office on fire in Mersin 

  The HBDH Baran Serhat Militia set a Grey Wolves office on fire in Mersin. Their statement said, "We will not leave any crime unpunished."
• HDP appeals to the Constitutional Court for Gergerlioğlu 

  HDP has appealed to the Constitutional Court to have the revocation of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu's mandate reviewed.
• Kurdish organisations in France condemn the crackdown on Kurds 

  The Democratic Kurdish Council of France and the Kurdish Women's Movement in France condemn the latest crackdown on the Kurds after the arrest of 12 activists in three cities earlier today.
• 12 Kurds detained in three cities in France 

  At least 12 people were detained during simultaneous raids against Kurds in Paris, Marseille and Draguignan regions of France.
• HDP Justice Vigil continues at party’s headquarters 

  The Justice Vigil launched by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) after Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was stripped of his deputyship and after the demand to close the party was filed, continues at the party's headquarters in Ankara.
• Police in Amed take six people into custody  

  Six people were taken into custody in Amed for joining the Newroz celebrations.
• Police raid houses in Marseille, Kurdish activists detained 

  At least 6 houses, one association and a market belonging to Kurds were raided in Marseille. Around 10 people were detained.
• Young activists take over Feedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  This week the Kurdish youth movement takes over the Feedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture.
• Online panel tonight will talk about Öcalan and the Road to a Peaceful Political Solution 

  The Centre for Kurdish Progress will host a webinar titled ‘Öcalan and the Road to a Peaceful Political Solution of the Kurdish Question’.
• ELDH lawyers demand the EU to respond to the threat of HDP ban 

  The ELDH European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights issued a statement in support of the HDP.
• HDP to appeal to the Constitutional Court for Gergerlioğlu 

  The HDP plans to have the revocation of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu's mandate reviewed by the Turkish Constitutional Court. An appeal to this effect is to be filed on Tuesday.
• Demirtaş sentenced to 3,5 years in prison for “insulting Erdoğan” 

  HDP politician Selahattin Demirtaş has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for “insulting the president”. The background is criticism of Turkey's behavior following the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet in Syria at the end of 2015.
• Teens detained for celebrating Newroz in Konya 

  11 teens including minors who wanted to celebrate Newroz in Konya were detained.