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• HDP group’s justice vigil in parliament continues 

  HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has continued to hold out in parliament in Ankara since being stripped of his mandate yesterday. He is threatened with immediate arrest if he leaves the building.
• KONGRA-GEL: Our people should respond to Turkey’s threats at Newroz 

  Newroz should be an occasion for the peoples of Kurdistan to respond to the threats of Turkish state fascism, said KONGRA-GEL.
• EMEP President: Constitutional Court should reject application demanding the closure of the HDP 

  EMEP President Ercüment Akdeniz said that the case filed for the closure of the HDP shows how the AKP-MHP fascist ruling bloc is actually influencing the judiciary.
• Civil society organisations in Van reject lawsuit for the closure of the HDP 

  Civil society organisations operating in Van reacted to the Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Public Prosecutor Bekir Şahin filing a lawsuit at the Constitutional Court with the request of the HDP to be closed.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign writes to UK Foreign Secretary about Shengal 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign sent an open letter to the UK Foreign Secretary Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP calling on him and the International Community to support the Yazidi people’s right to organise autonomous self defence forces.
• CRED/GIGI writes to the UN expressing concern for Öcalan 

  The Center for research and elaboration on democracy/International Legal Intervention Group (CRED/GIGI) wrote to the UN expressing concern over the health state of Kurdish peoples’ leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Rifondazione Comunista in Italy urges international community to act for Öcalan 

  Rifondazione Comunista in Viterbo (Italy) has issued a statement expressing its concern about the rumours spread on social media regarding the health of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Sit-in protest by HDP deputies in parliament continues 

  HDP parliamentary group launched a sit-in at the General Assembly after HDP MP Gergerlioğlu was stripped of his parliamentary status earlier today.
• MEPs: Gergerlioğlu case undermines the trust in Turkey’s parliamentary democracy 

  Nacho Sánchez Amor and Sergey Lagodinsky released a statement following the decision to expel HDP MP Gergerlioğlu from the Turkish Parliament, vowing to continue to support civil democratic aspirations of civil society and all citizens in Turkey.
• HDP: Termination of parliamentary membership another practice of AKP’s civil coup 

  HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has been stripped of his deputyship by the order of the AKP government despite the judicial process still being uncompleted.
• Turkish state moves to shut down Peoples’ Democratic Party  

  Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court demanding the closure of Peoples Democratic Party (HDP).
• HDP MPs start sit-in protest in parliament 

  While the ruling AKP and MHP parties left the General Assembly, HDP parliamentary group launched a sit-in at the General Assembly after HDP MP Gergerlioğlu was stripped of his parliamentary status.
• Newroz event in the Sydney Parliament 

  Deputies, clergymen, writers and former deputies attended the Newroz event organized by Kurds and their friends in the Sydney Parliament.
• Kurds in Armenia protest for Öcalan 

  Kurds in Armenia announced that they would stage protests until the situation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is clarified.
• Sit-in in Amed condemning Imrali isolation 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) members called attention to the isolation on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the hunger strikes in Amed as they staged a sit-in protest after police intervention.
• Deposed HDP mayor of Bulanık sentenced to 8 years in prison 

  The HDP mayor of the Bulanık, Adnan Topçu, who was deposed by the Turkish Interior Ministry, was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for "membership in a terrorist organization" and "terrorist propaganda."
• HDP MP Gergerlioğlu stripped of parliamentary status 

  Gergerlioğlu has been stripped of his MP status after the court verdict was read out at the General Assembly of the Parliament today.
• Red Wednesday celebrations in Iran: 9 dead, 1900 injured 

  At least 9 people lost their lives and nearly 1900 people were injured during the celebrations of Çarşema Sor (Red Wednesday) in Iran.
• Kurds in Stockholm call on the CPT to take action for Öcalan 

  Kurds in Stockholm called on the CPT to take action after the worrying news spread on social media about the health of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Italian mayor urges Turkey to let lawyers visit Öcalan 

  Fabio Tarantino, mayor of the city of Martano in Italy, has issued a statement expressing concern for the lack of information about the state of health of Mr Abdullah Öcalan.
• Platform of Solidarity with Kurdistan in the Basque Country calls for contact with Öcalan 

  The Platform of Solidarity with Kurdistan in Euskal Herria denounced the system of isolation and torture applied in Imrali against Öcalan and demand the international community to act.
• Öcalan's lawyer Bilmez: We want to meet with our client 

  Responding to the statement of the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the allegations against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, one of his lawyers, Ibrahim Bilmez, said: "We want to see our client in person."
• Sancar: We stand behind the Newroz Declaration of 2013 

  The demand for just peace is not a sign of weakness or cowardice, said HDP Co-chair Mithat Sancar, making it clear that his party stands by the contents of the Newroz Declaration issued by Abdullah Öcalan in 2013.
• Civil disobedience by Kurdish activists at France TV in Paris 

  Activists of the Kurdish youth movement have carried out an action of civil disobedience at France Télévisions in Paris. The background is rumors about the death of Abdullah Öcalan on the Turkish prison island of Imrali.
• Demirtaş to court board: “Don’t sacrifice yourselves for government” 

  The main trial of jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş continued at the Ankara 19th Heavy Penal Court. Handing down its judgement on this case, the ECtHR previously gave a ruling of right violation and immediate release.