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• Court in Urfa sends 10 people to prison 

  Ten people were detained in house raids in 10 provinces within the scope of the Urfa-based political genocide operation were arrested.
• Court sends 11 adults and 3 children to prison 

  Three children and 11 adults were remanded in custody out of the 26 people taken into custody in the political genocide operations organized in Istanbul.
• HDP deputy Gergerlioğlu: This sentence is political 

  HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, whose sentence was approved by the Supreme Court, said that the decision was political.
• "In Erdogan's name": Kurdish activist sentenced to prison in Germany 

  Kurdish activist Gökmen Çakil has been sentenced to three years and five months in prison for PKK membership at the Koblenz Higher Regional Court. Trial observers reacted angrily to the "verdict in Erdogan's name".
• German MP says Paris killings must be reinvestigated 

  “Pekin's remarks are an important confession on this issue, which should lead to a renewal of the case", said German Left Party deputy Ulla Jelpke.
• Court of Cassation upholds prison sentence for HDP deputy 

  Turkey's Court of Cassation has upheld a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence for HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu. If the sentence is read out in parliament, the politician will lose his mandate.
• Turkish state official admits Paris murders 

  The former head of the General Staff's intelligence department, Ismail Hakkı Pekin, admitted in a television broadcast that the murders of the three Kurdish women revolutionaries in Paris in 2013 were a state operation.
• Catalan students express solidarity with Boğaziçi protests 

  The Asociaciò d’Estudiants Progressistes (From the Association of Progressive Students-AEP) in Catalunya denounced in a written statement the situation that the students of Boğaziçi University.
• Le Monde Diplomatique Italy publishes appeal "The Time has come, Freedom for Öcalan” 

  The Italian version of the monthly Le Monde Diplomatique (which publishes in many different languages) has published the appeal “The Time has come, Freedom for Öcalan”.
• Swiss youth organizations in solidarity with Boğaziçi University students and academics 

  “In support of the students of Boğaziçi, left-wing organisations and the people of Turkey and Kurdistan, it is time to act and fight fascism. Solidarity is our weapon,” said youth organizations from Switzerland.
• IHD: Minister Soylu jeopardizes the safety of life and property of our members 

  Human Rights Association slammed Turkish Interior Minister Soylu over his accusations of the association in relation to the death of 13 soldiers during Turkish military operation in Gare region of Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq).
• Öcalan Mobile Library in Bielefeld 

  The Öcalan Mobile Library, which is currently touring Germany, has stopped in Bielefeld today.
• More HDP members detained on terror charges across Turkey 

  Several HDP members have been detained in Turkey on terror charges. Numerous people who were detained earlier this week are still in police custody.
• HDP visits Left Party aiming for democracy alliance 

  HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar visited the Left Party saying they are aiming for a democracy alliance and calling for opposition to the war policy.
• 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.