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• Week of action for Öcalan’s freedom continues 

  For weeks the Kurdish movement in Europe has been staging actions for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan with rallies, vigils, demonstrations, sit-ins, information tables, banner drops, cultural programs, leaflets, flash mobs, mobile libraries.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ vigil in Paris on day 4 

  The five-day vigil in Paris demanding freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan will be concluded with a rally on Friday.
• Italian coalition Potere al Popolo in solidarity with HDP 

  Growing solidarity with the HDP which is facing yet another wave of arrests conducted as part of the Turkish regime's political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• Arbitrary ban of Assyrian national flag in Dusseldorf 

  At a rally in Dusseldorf for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, the police banned the display of the Assyrian national flag.
• HDP-HDK: We will resist with culture and art 

  HDK and HDP's Culture and Art Commissions and Youth Assemblies said, "We will resist the government that targets peoples with assimilation, denial and annihilation policies and reduces culture and art into cages."
• "Tank protest" in Berlin: “We give you back your weapons!” 

  "Germany is the fifth largest arms exporter in the world. The prosperity of our country is based on the oppression and murder of people in other countries," said a group of people protesting in Berlin.
• HDP Deputy Sezai Temelli: No step back! 

  HDP Deputy Sezai Temelli said that the government's attacks on his party stemmed from fear and anxiety and added, "We are the right one, we stand in the right place and we will not back down."
• Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office rejecs visit application by Öcalan's lawyers 

  Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office rejected visit application filed by Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers.
• MIT member Heysem Topalca allegedly dies in car accident 

  It is reported that Heysem Topalca, who is claimed to be linked to ISIS and Al Nusra and is accused of organizing the Reyhanlı bombings, has died suspiciously in Konya.
• Kurds in Sweden meet new leader of Swedish Left Party 

  Kurdish Democratic Society Center-Sweden (Navenda Civaka Demokratîk a Kurd li Swêd- NCDK) co-chair Rıdvan Altun had an online meeting with Nooshi Dadgostar, who was elected as the leader of the Swedish Left Party on 31 October last year.
• Former HDP co-chair’s case merged with Kobanê file 

  Former HDP co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ’s case has been merged with the newly opened Kobanê case.
• KBDH Eylem Ataş Militia hits two buses in Bursa 

  Two buses were destroyed in Bursa by KBDH Eylem Ataş Militia. The militias called all women to resist AKP-MHP fascism.
• Eight people sentenced to 56 years in prison in Kocaeli 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli provincial and district co-chairs among people sentenced to 56 years in prison.
• Memorial in London for martyr Mehmed Aksoy 

  YPG press unit journalist and film director Mehmed Aksoy was murdered by ISIS mercenaries in 2017. Today he was remembered by his family and loved ones at London Highgate Cemetery on the occasion of his birthday.
• Second day of sit-in in Frankfurt demands freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The demonstration in Frankfurt for the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan is on its second day.
• Autonomous Administration in Jazira canton imposes rent increase cap 

  The Autonomous Administration of the Jazira canton has decided to impose rent increase cap in the region.
• Riots in three prisons in Ecuador result in at least 75 dead among inmates 

  At least 75 inmates died and several were injured in riots at three jails in Ecuador's overcrowded prison system, authorities said.
• Egyptian politician Habashi to the HDP: You are not alone 

  Emphasizing that the HDP members will not "lose much" by lifting their immunity, Mamduh Habashi, a Politburo member of the Party of People's Socialist Alliance of Egypt, said, "It is the people who give you real, reliable and sustainable immunity."
• South Kurdistan intellectuals demand removal of PKK from US terror list 

  Over seventy intellectuals from South Kurdistan in exile demand in an open letter that the PKK be removed from the US terror list. The maintenance of the PKK in the list represents a legitimation of Ankara's anti-Kurdish war policy.
• German MP Gökay Akbulut receives death threat again 

  A left-wing member of the German Parliament, Gökay Akbulut has again been threatened with death. The sender again signed the threatening message "Jitem" - the informal secret service of the Turkish military police.
• Investigation against 5 deputies of the HDP 

  The Turkish state’s political annihilation campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues growing.
• Second day of the action week for Öcalan in Düsseldorf 

  On the second day of the action week for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Düsseldorf, the Kurdish exile politician Besime Konca spoke about women's liberation, which is the basis of the model of a democratic society put forward by Öcalan.
• EU “gravely concerned” about the continuing pressure against the HDP 

  Turkey must safeguard its democratic system, including respect for human rights and the rule of law and the freedom of political association, said EU Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
• Buldan: “Imrali, Qandil and Dolmabahçe were pillars of the solution process” 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan has commented on the defamation campaign against her party and blamed the government for the Turkish prisoners of war killed in Gare.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ vigil in Paris on day 2 

  The five-day vigil in Paris demanding freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan will be concluded with a rally on Friday.