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• Internationalist action week for Öcalan’s freedom kicks off in Hanau 

  The alternative program to the internationalist long march for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, which was cancelled due to pandemic, has begun in Hanau. On Saturday, a demonstration will take place in Frankfurt.
• Prosecutor both "victim" and accuser in Demirtaş trial 

  One of many insult trials against Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has continued in Ankara. The alleged victim is Prosecutor General Yüksel Kocaman, who is also the prosecutor in the current case.
• Mobile Öcalan Library in Hamburg 

  One of 22 minibuses touring Europe as mobile Öcalan libraries under the slogan "The time is ripe: Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan" is currently in Hamburg-Altona. Among the visitors is the left-wing politician Cansu Özdemir.
• Solidarity with Boğaziçi University struggle for academic freedom growing 

  Protests launched by Boğaziçi University students and academicians against the trustee system at Turkey’s universities are continuing on the 33rd day.
• Norwegian organizations support the campaign for Öcalan 

  The Red Party and organizations like Red Youth, Changemaker and solidarity with Kurdistan say they are behind the demand to release Öcalan and find a peaceful solution to the conflicts in the Middle East.
• HDP visits opposition party CHP 

  The delegations of the HDP and CHP addressed the core issues in Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decisions and proposals on the establishment of democracy.
• British Kurdish People's Assembly calls on people to join actions for Öcalan 

  The British Kurdish People's Assembly issued a call to all revolutionary, democratic, patriotic, left and socialist forces to join the actions and activities to mark the anniversary of the 15 February conspiracy.
• Professors at University of Calabria join "Time for Freedom" campaign  

  74 professors and associate professors at the faculty of political and social sciences ofthe University of Calabria, Italy, signed the letter demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• EU says "hate speech" by high-level Turkish officials against LGBTI "unacceptable" 

  Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano expressed concern over Boğaziçi university and said that "hate speech displayed by high-level officials against LGBTI students and the closing of a LGBTI association is unacceptable."
• Court sends two students to prison 

  Two students remanded in custody for the action held in Kadıköy against the appointment of a trustee rector to Boğaziçi University.
• Mobile libraries tour to spread the thoughts of Abdullah Öcalan worldwide 

  In order to make the philosophy of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan known worldwide, mobile libraries are touring Europe, Canada and Australia. In Germany, the bus tour has started in Bremen.
• Mobile Öcalan Library in Oldenburg 

  The mobile Öcalan library, which is touring northern Germany under the slogan "The time is ripe: Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan", was in Oldenburg today.
• Resistance continues at Boğaziçi University despite police siege 

  The protests organised by students against the appointment of a trustee rector to Boğaziçi University continue to grow. The university has become a police headquarter and the action of the students continues with great determination despite the blockade.
• Police in Bursa detain 20 students  

  Police attacked students who wanted to make a statement in Bursa to support the resistance of Boğaziçi University students and detained at least 20 activists.
• Vigil for Öcalan’s freedom continues in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg, France has entered its 450th week. Kurdish patriots in Strasbourg took over the vigil this week.
• FEY-KOM announces actions in Austria to mark 15 February and demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Actions are taking place in several Austrian cities to mark the 22nd anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan's abduction in Turkey on 15 February 1999.
• Britain's NUS sends message of solidarity to Bogazici University students 

  Britain's National Union of Students (NUS) sent a message of solidarity to their counterparts at Istanbul's Bogazici University.
• Academics worldwide in solidarity with Boğaziçi University students for academic freedom 

  A global solidarity campaign has been launched with the students of Turkey’s Boğaziçi University who have been protesting for a month against the appointment of an AKP supporter as rector.
• KONGRA-GEL: We will defeat fascism and achieve freedom 

  KONGRA-GEL called for actions on the anniversary of the abduction of Abdullah Öcalan and said: "In this strategic phase, our struggle will determine the situation of the peoples of Kurdistan and the Middle East."
• Kurds in Geneva vigil call on the UN to act 

  Kurdish activists have once again marched in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva, demanding support for political prisoners in Turkey and the fight against Erdogan's dictatorship.
• Students in solidarity with their detained friends at Istanbul Courthouse 

  Boğaziçi students gathered in front of the Istanbul Courthouse to demand the release of their detained friends and stated that they would never submit.
• Solidarity hunger strikes in Lavrio and Limassol 

  Solidarity hunger strikes in support of political prisoners in Turkey are taking place in Greece and Cyprus.
• Unionists march to Ankara: We won’t surrender to the darkness 

  BTS and HABER-SEN unionists are marching to Ankara against dismissals and exiles of their colleagues. The workers stress that they will not surrender to the AKP-MHP government.
• Police attack protest in solidarity with Boğaziçi in Izmir 

  Police forces attacked masses in Izmir province who wanted to make a statement to show solidarity with the protesting students of Boğaziçi University. Many were detained in the crackdown.
• Hearing of HDP former co-chair Demirtaş held in Istanbul 

  The hearing of HDP former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who was held hostage in prison, was held. Demirtaş hailed the ongoing prison resistance in Turkey’s prisons against the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.