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• Resistance in Sur: Workers find body during excavation work 

  A body believed to belong to a person killed by the Turkish state during the autonomous-government resistance in 2015 was found in the borough of Sur, in Amed.
• Activists in Saarbrücken condemn 15 February conspiracy  

  The 15 February 1999 international conspiracy was protested with an information stand opened in Saarbrücken.
• Activists send letter to the UN from Duisburg, Oldenburg, Heilbronn and London 

  The people of Kurdistan are sending letters to the UN demanding the end of isolation and freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Day three of the Long March demanding freedom for Öcalan  

  Kurds and internationalists are holding a Long March to condemn the international conspiracy on 15 February 1999 which led to the capture of Abdullah Öcalan. The second day of the march was in Frankfurt.
• Swedish trade union calls for freedom for Öcalan 

  Swedish trade union SAC said that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan must be free for the achievement of a solution to the Kurdish problem.
• Yüksekdağ and Tuncel in solidarity with university students 

  Imprisoned politicians Figen Yüksekdağ and Sebahat Tuncel declared their solidarity with students in Turkey. It is the right time to organize and win, they said in greeting messages from Kandıra prison.
• United Struggle Forces: “Let's unite and organize against fascism” 

  The struggle against fascism in Turkey needs economic, political and social answers, as well as the solidarity of all revolutionary-democratic forces, says the new alliance "United Struggle Forces".
• Ghanaian organisation ACCP joins Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan campaign 

  The Ghanaian civil society organization ACCP joined the campaign for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and called on the UN to act to facilitate a just peace in Turkey.
• HBDH carries out action in support of prisoners on hunger strike 

  HBDH Militia carried out an action to draw attention to the hunger strike in prisons by closing a highway in the direction of Istanbul Beykoz-Ümraniye on 4 February at 11.45 pm.
• Independent MP Ahmet Şık under investigation for statement on Boğaziçi protests 

  The Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation against Ahmet Şık. The independent MP is accused of publicly calling for crimes in connection with the Boğaziçi protests.
• Kurds in Cologne send letter to the UN demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The worldwide campaign to demand freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan continues especially in Europe. Kurds in Cologne sent a letter to the UN Secretary General.
• 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.