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• HDP to present new campaign "Justice for all" 

  The HDP will present the program of its new campaign "Justice for All" on Monday. The initiative will illuminate the entire spectrum of conflicts in Turkey and offer ideas for alternative solution perspectives.
• Mobile Öcalan Library in Rome 

  In order to make the philosophy of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan known worldwide, 22 mobile libraries are currently touring Europe, Canada and Australia. One of the minibuses is currently in Italy's capital Rome.
• Demonstrations worldwide: "The time has come - Freedom for Öcalan!" 

  Kurdish and internationalist people worldwide are demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan. The commitment is great, the forms of action are diverse.
• Vaccination rates in Northern Kurdistan and Turkey 

  According to the Ministry of Health, over two and a half million people in Turkey have been vaccinated with the Chinese vaccine Sinovac. A map shows the disparity in the distribution of the vaccine.
• Two youth activists arrested in Istanbul and Izmir 

  Turkish police have stormed apartments in Istanbul and Izmir and arrested two people. A member of the HDP Youth Council is accused of social media posts, and a student in Izmir is said to have founded a WhatsApp group.
• Online event on Monday to introduce key issues of Abdullah Öcalan's work 

  As part of the Long March in the UK, the Kurdistan Solidarity Network will host a series of events calling for an end to the isolation of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement's leader, Abdullah Öcalan. The first is a zoom meeting on Monday.
• Diyarbakır Police Department admits secret witness does not exist 

  Political trials in Turkey are based almost entirely on statements made by prosecution secret witnesses. In a trial in Amed, the police now had to admit that such secret witness does not even exist.
• 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.