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• Prosecutor rejects request of Öcalan's lawyers to visit Imrali 

  The application filed by the lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan to meet with their client was once again rejected.
• Mobile Öcalan Library in Brussels 

  Since the beginning of February, buses have been traveling through Europe as mobile libraries with books of Abdullah Öcalan. One of the buses stopped in front of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in Brussels.
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake leaves 44 injured in Iran 

  At least 44 people were injured in a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Sisakht, Iran.
• Kurds and their friends to take to the streets for Afrin all over the world 

  Kurdish parties and institutions in Europe call for strong participation in the marches and rallies to be held on February 20 against the occupation of Afrin by the Turkish state.
• Protest in Baghdad against Turkish invasion attacks 

  A protest action against the Turkish invasion attacks took place in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
• Lawyers submit request to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's team of lawyers has again applied for a visit permit for their client, who is imprisoned on the prison island of Imrali.
• Protests for freedom of Öcalan in Germany and Switzerland 

  Protests for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan have taken place in Berlin and Hanover in Germany and Aarau in Switzerland.
• HDP: Defenders of democracy and peace will prevail 

  In the course of the invasion of the guerrilla region of Gare in Southern Kurdistan, hundreds of politically active people have been arrested in "anti-terror operations" throughout Turkey.
• 5 HDP members jailed in Yalova 

  Of the 8 HDP members who were detained in Yalova province, 5 were remanded in custody.
• 4 Kurds killed in front of the Israeli embassy in Berlin commemorated 

  The 4 Kurds who were killed during a demonstration in front of the Israeli Consulate in Berlin on February 17, 1999 against the international conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan were commemorated.
• Kolbar killed by soldiers in Iran 

  Iranian soldiers killed a kolbar from Balochistan on the Iran-Pakistan border.
• Soner: Our aim is to finally open the gates of Imrali 

  HDP Amed Provincial deputy co-chair Irfan Soner said that the 'Justice for All' Campaign will continue until May 1, and that the main item of the campaign is the Imrali isolation. Soner said, "We do not expect justice; we will provide it."
• Şaziye Köse talks about the HDP-run "meeting for bread and work" 

  The working commission of the HDP organizes “meetings for bread and work” in all parts of Turkey and Kurdistan. ANF spoke to Şaziye Köse, who is responsible for the committee, about ways out of the crisis and the role of the AKP government.
• Mobile "Öcalan Library" on its way to Bordeaux 

  The mobile library organised to promote Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and his ideas is on its way to Bordeaux.
• Kurdish patriot Halil Şen set his body on fire for Öcalan-Germany 

  Kurdish patriot Halil Şen fell martyr in Dresden, Germany. He set his body on fire on the anniversary of the February 15 conspiracy.
• Activists in three Russian cities condemn 15 February International Conspiracy  

  Kurdish activists condemned the 22nd anniversary of the international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in Stavropol, Tambov and Îvanova.
• Boğaziçi University teachers turn their back on the rector once again 

  The vigil by university staff against the rector appointed by presidential decree to  Boğaziçi University continues.
• Pierre Haski: Erdoğan's accusations may backfire 

  French Inter radio journalist Pierre Haski, who evaluated the political genocide operations against the Kurds following the invasion attacks of the Turkish state in Gare, drew attention to the fact that these attacks may backfire.
• Association of Working Migrants in Europe calls on activists to protest the arrests of HDP members 

  The Association of Working Migrants in Europe, AGEB, calls for a protest against the mass arrests of HDP executives and members in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• HDP co-chair Sancar: Government is responsible for Gare 

  HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar stated that the AKP-MHP government was responsible for the deaths of soldiers and police officers in Gare. Sancar said, "The government makes the HDP scapegoat to cover up its mistake."
• Bursa prosecutor rejects application made by lawyers to visit Öcalan 

  The application made by lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was once again rejected.
• Activists in Karlstad protest international conspiracy against Öcalan 

  The 15 February international conspiracy leading to the capture of Abdullah Öcalan was protested in Karlstad, Sweden.
• 100-vehicle convoy protests 15 February conspiracy in Toronto 

  A protest action involving 100 vehicles was carried out in Toronto against the 15 February 1999 international conspiracy which led to the capture of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• CDK-F demands end of criminalisation of Kurdish activists in France 

  The CDK-F demanded the end of repression carried out by France against Kurdish activists and called for participation to the demonstration organised for tomorrow, Wednesday.
• KBDH Aynur Yaşlı Militia carries out action in Istanbul 

  KBDH Aynur Yaşlı Militia destroyed two luxury yachts in Bebek, Istanbul.