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• Lawyers demand immediate access to Imralı after fire outbreak 

  According to media reports, a fire has broken out on the prison island of Imrali. Abdullah Öcalan's defense team demands immediate access to the island and states that the report is to be taken seriously given the isolation of her client.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply once again to visit their client  

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers applied to meet with their clients.
• Fire breaks out in Imrali - FLASH 

  A forest fire broke out on Imralı Island, where Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and three other prisoners are held.
• Iran orders restrictions on free movement due to coronavirus 

  The center of the virus outbreak has been identified in the city of Qom, 150 kilometers southwest of Tehran. According to official data across the country, 139 cases were identified and a total of 19 people died.
• HDP’s Oluç: Prosecutors receive orders from party leaders 

  An investigation has been initiated following the HDP's congress last Sunday. HDP’s Saruhan Oluç said: "The prosecutors are acting on the orders of certain party leaders."
• First batch of coronavirus vaccine sent for clinical studies 

  U.S. biotech company Moderna said that it has shipped its first batch of novel coronavirus vaccine to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for further research.
• University student with financial difficulties denied education 

  Atakan Atalar, a second year student at Özyeğin University Pilot Department, was deprived his right to education. The university denied having promised on the internet scholarships to students with limited financial means.
• From Sofia to Kurdistan: No Pasaran! 

  Antifascists in Bulgaria protested against nazi march and sent solidarity greetings to people in Rojava resisting Turkish fascim.
• Coronavirus threat grows in Iran and Iraq 

  While death toll from Coronavirus is on the rise in Iran, first Covid-19 infections have been reported from Iraq and Southern Kurdistan.
• Öcalan's lawyers apply once again to visit Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet their client.
• Paramilitaries in Colombia force displacement of 120 families 

  Human rights organizations accused Colombian President Ivan Duque´s administration of being irresponsible for not implementing the peace agreements to solve the illicit crops situation. 
• Recount in Hamburg elections confirms rejection of far right 

  Die Linke achieved a small upswing electing Özdemir among other deputies.
• Revenge Unit targets workplace belonging to fascists 

  The group stated that their actions will continue with "determination" until Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan is freed.
• Third death from coronavirus in Italy as WHO warns of pandemic 

  WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the word “pandemic” did yet not fit the facts.
• 122 murders in Brazilian state of Ceara 

  Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, deployed military forces to maintain order.
• Court publishes reasoned decision in Gezi Trial 

  The Court has ruled for the acquittal of defendants as no lawful, concrete and definite evidence were actually obtained.
• Three HDP activists imprisoned in Tarsus 

  Three HDP activists have been arrested in Tarsus on terror charges. Seven HDP politicians who were arrested in Mersin on Saturday remain in custody.
• Dozens injured as car drives into crowd in Germany 

  More than 30 people have been injured after a car drove into a carnival parade in Germany in what has been described as a deliberate crash, local media has reported.
• Kurdish victim of Hanau attack laid to rest 

  Ferhat Ünvar was laid to rest in Hanau. He was one of the nine victims of last week's racist attack. The funeral service for another victim, Mercedes Kierpacz was held at Neuen Friedhof in Offenbach.
• Protests continue in Dominican Republic after elections fraud 

  Citizens of the Dominican Republic promoted a new national 'cacerolazo' to demand transparent elections after the municipal elections of 16 February were suspended due to problems in electronic voting, four hours after the elections began.
• 11 detained after the HDP congress in Ankara 

  HDP held its 4th Ordinary Congress in Ankara on Sunday.
• HDP elects new co-chairs: Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar 

  Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar were elected unanimously as the party's new co-chairs along with the Party Assembly.
• Turkey closes four border crossings, suspends flights from Iran 

  Four people suspected to have been infected with the coronavirus have been taken under treatment at hospitals in Van so far.
• Thousands in Hamburg protest the massacre in Hanau 

  Thousands of people gathered in Hamburg to protest the massacre in Hanau.
• International guests: The gates of Imralı gates should be opened 

  International guests from various countries who are attending the HDP congress in Ankara saluted the Kurdish people’s resistance and stressed that Erdoğan will lose. They called for access to Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan who is held in isolation.