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• Election campaign support for left-wing top candidate Özdemir 

  A new state parliament will be elected in Hamburg on 23 February. Cansu Özdemir is the top candidate of the left-wing parliamentary group. Prominent Kurdish politicians in exile support her election campaign.
• Long March activists urge the CPT and UN to act for Öcalan 

  A four-day long march has been started in Switzerland ahead of the traditional massive rally held by the Kurds and their friends in Europe every year in the French city of Strasbourg.
• Co-mayors of İpekyolu remain in prison 

  A Turkish court ruled continuation of detention for the suspended co-mayors of Van’s İpekyolu district municipality.
• HDP MP denounces increasing pressure against Syriac Christians 

  The Syriac MP of the HDP for Mardin called for support for his community in southeast of Turkey.
• Activists of Geneva-Strasbourg march call for increased struggle 

  Over a hundred people have started a long march from Switzerland to France for national unity under the motto “Freedom for Öcalan, status for Kurdistan”.
• Co-mayor of Amed remains in prison 

  The second hearing in the trial against the deposed co-mayor of Amed, Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı took place under high security precautions. The democratically elected and unlawfully dismissed mayor remains in prison.
• Long march for Öcalan continues in Darmstadt 

  Despite police provocations, the long march of the Kurdish youth in Darmstadt continues with unbroken enthusiasm.
• March for national unity against international conspiracy begins 

  Over a hundred people have started a long march in Switzerland for national unity under the motto “Freedom for Öcalan, status for Kurdistan”.
• Unemployment rate in Turkey growing 

  According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜIK), Turkey's unemployment rate was 13.3 percent in November 2019.
• Internationalists march from Luxembourg to Strasbourg 

  The internationalist long march kicked off under the motto "Freedom for Öcalan, status for Kurdistan, shoulder to shoulder against fascism".
• KESK: AKP turns precarious work into "normal" practice 

  The economic crisis in the country stemming from the war policies of the AKP government is getting deeper.
• German internationalist in the Long March arrested by the police 

  The German police continue with provocations against the Long March for Öcalan. A German activist has been taken into custody today.
• Counting resumes in Ireland as Sinn Féin clearly in the lead 

  Counting is expected to last at least two days to fill 159 seats. 
• Long March activists pay tribute to HPG guerrilla Fırat Çiçek 

  HPG guerrilla Fırat Çiçek (Baran Kaya) was commemorated at the Darmstadt Democratic Kurdish Community Center at the end of the second day of the Long March.
• Demonstration for Öcalan in Geneva to welcome the Long March 

  A demonstration demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan will kick off in Geneva today. The demonstration will join the Long March which begins today.
• Coronavirus deaths reach 811  

  China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic.
• Three students arrested for protesting increase in exams fees 

  High school students from DEV-LIS protested increase in fees for exams.
• Second day of the Long March ends with enthusiasm 

  Young people arrived at Darmstadt Luisenplatz thus ending the second day of the Long March.
• An unstoppable Sinn Féin top the polls in Ireland! 

  Scenes of jubilation in count centres across Ireland as a number of poll-topping Sinn Féin candidates have been declared elected on the first count.
• Memorial event for HPG guerrilla Baran Kaya in Münster 

  The fallen guerrilla fighter Baran Kaya was commemorated in Münster. He had joined the HPG from Germany and died in December during a Turkish air attack in southern Kurdistan.
• Paris march for Öcalan concluded with a rally 

  The demonstration ended with a call for strongest participation in the massive rally to be held in Strasbourg on February 15.
• 3 detained as German police attack long march for Öcalan 

  German police attacked the activists of the long march for Öcalan in Frankfurt. Three were taken into custody.
• Paris march against international conspiracy continues 

  Kurds in Europe stage long marches in protest at the February 15 international conspiracy against Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the isolation imposed on him by the Turkish state.
• Two-day march for Öcalan in Belgium 

  Kurds in Europe stage long marches in protest at the February 15 international conspiracy against Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the isolation imposed on him by the Turkish state.
• HBDH claims action against military barracks in Istanbul 

  An urban guerilla group has claimed responsibility for an action that targeted a Turkish military barracks in Istanbul. The attack was a retaliation for Kurdish civilians killed by security forces in Cizre, Şırnak four years ago, said the group.