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• 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.
• Newroz investigation against HDP Co-chair Mithat Sancar 

  The Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation against HDP Co-chair Mithat Sancar, accusing him of terrorist propaganda in connection with a speech at the Newroz celebrations.
• SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance in solidarity with HDP 

  Growing international solidarity with the HDP which is facing yet another genocidal campaign seeking to silence the elected representatives of the Kurdish people.
• Detention period extended for 10 politicians in Ankara 

  The detention period of 10 politicians, including HDP executives, who were detained on Friday in political genocide operations in Ankara, has been extended.
• Six-day boycott of classes at Boğaziçi University 

  The resistance at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul continues. The students have started a six-day strike for the release of their imprisoned fellow students.
• HDP MP Gergerlioğlu summoned to “surrender” 

  A prosecutor has sent summons to HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, whose parliamentary seat was usurped by the AKP-MHP government.
• Newroz celebrated in Rome 

  Hundreds of people celebrated Newroz at the Ararat Kurdish Cultural Center in Rome, Italy.
• President of National Federation of Cypriots condemns attempts to close the HDP 

  National Federation of Cypriots in the UK President Christos Karaolis spoke about the repression and closure procedure against the HDP and isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Two children lose their life after stepping on a mine in Uludere 

  Two children playing in the garden behind the police station in Uludere district of Şırnak lost their lives when they stepped on a mine.
• Kurds in Berlin celebrate Newroz with the spirit of Garê 

  Newroz was celebrated in Berlin by thousands of people.
• Kurds in London celebrate Newroz 

  Hundreds of people gathered in London to celebrate Newroz and underlined that the resistance against AKP-MHP fascism will achieve victory.
• Kurdish student murdered at Amed Newroz 4 years ago remembered 

  Four years ago, Kurdish student Kemal Kurkut was shot dead by a Turkish policeman on the sidelines of Newroz celebrations in Amed. The 23-year-old has been remembered at the site of his death today.