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• Government crisis and protests continue in Iraq 

  For five months, people in Iraq have been protesting against corruption and the political elite. The Prime Minister had to resign, Mohammed Allawi was tasked with forming a new government. This is proving difficult.
• HDP MP: The government has lost all legitimacy 

  HDP MP Ayşe Acar Başaran said that the government had lost all legitimacy by issuing a renewed arrest warrant for civil rights activist Osman Kavala who had been acquitted yesterday.
• IHD executive detained in Amed 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue unabated.
• Montpellier group run Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 400 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, held in front of the Council of Europe since 2012 and demanding freedom for the Kurdish people's leader has reached week 400.
• Sinn Féin steps up preparations for government of change 

  Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has said that Sinn Féin are stepping up preparations to bring about a Government of Change.
• Journalist Botan and HDP's Alçiçek detained in Amed 

  Journalist Hakkı Boltan and HDP Provincial Organization executive Abdurrahim Alçiçek were taken into custody in yet another political genocide operation in Amed.
• Three bodies found in mass grave in Colombia 

  More than fifty possible victims of extrajudicial executions are thought to have been buried clandestinely in the mass grave.
• Five months in prison for promoting education in mother tongue 

  Trade unionists and activists sentenced to 5 months in prison for carrying out activities in Izmir demanding education in the mother tongue.
• New arrest warrant for Kavala acquitted earlier today 

  Renewed arrest warrant for Osman Kavala who was acquitted in Gezi trial earlier today.
• Gezi trial: Court acquits all defendants, rules release of Kavala 

  A Turkish court in Istanbul has acquitted the civil rights activist and cultural patron Osman Kavala and 15 other defendants in the Gezi trial of all charges. The judges also ordered Kavala's release from prison.
• Libyan army destroys Turkish ship loaded with weapons in Tripoli 

  The presence of the Turkish ammunition ship comes despite the European Union's attempts to enforce an arms ban on Libya.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  The appeals of the lawyers for a meeting with Öcalan have gone unanswered since August 7.
• KON-MED calls on people to vote Die Linke candidates 

  The Kurdistan Communities Confederation (KON-MED) in Germany called on Kurdish voters and democracy forces to go to the polls for the Hamburg state elections to be held on Sunday (23 February). KON-MED wished success to Die Linke and its candidates.
• Revenge Unit claims actions in two neighborhoods in Istanbul 

  In order to condemn the 15 February conspiracy against Ocalan two vehicles were reported to be set on fire and explosives thrown at a grocery store in two neighborhoods of Istanbul.
• HDP to work for National Unity and Alliance for Democracy  

  HDP MP Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit said the party will carry out vital work focused on two principal axes: Kurdish national unity and alliance for democracy in Turkey.
• HDP condemns arrest of Kurdish politician and writer Mahmut Alıak 

  The HDP issued a statement to condemn the arrest, for the tenth time, of Kurdish politician and writer Mahmut Alıak. The HDP demanded that the "political genocide operations be terminated".
• Portrait of Öcalan hung on public building in Stuttgart 

  A portrait of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was hung on a public building in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Seven and a half year prison sentence for holding books 

  The case against 10 students of Kocaeli University ended with a sentence to seven and a half years in prison.
• Tribute to four Kurdish patriots murdered in Berlin in 1999 

  Four Kurdish patriots who were murdered in front of the Israeli Consulate in Berlin while protesting the 15 February conspiracy in 1999, have been remembered.
• EU Foreign Ministers meet today to discuss Libya 

  Last Wednesday, the UN Security Council endorsed a 55-point road map for ending the war in Libya and condemned the recent increase in violence.
• Activists in Iraq want to see one of them as Prime Minister 

  Protesters in Iraq want one of the activists to become Prime Minister.
• Voting in Dominican Republic stained by huge delays  

  The municipal elections in Santo Domingo were marked by delays and failures in the automated voting system, according to several political parties spokespersons.
• TKP-ML condemns the international conspiracy against Öcalan 

  TKP-ML Middle East Party Committee demanded freedom from Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and all political prisoners.
• Protest in London against the international conspiracy 

  Hundreds of people gathered in London to protest the 15 February international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and held a march and rally.
• March and rally in Malmö demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  The long march in Malmö, Sweden, condemning the international conspiracy, ended with a rally on Sunday.