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• Police operation against DEM Party in Suruç, at least 12 taken into custody 

  At least 12 people, including the DEM Party district co-chair and municipal council member candidates, were taken into custody during house raids in Suruç, in the province of Urfa.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkey on day 100 of hunger strike 

  The hunger strike launched by political prisoners in Turkey demanding the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is on its 100th day.
• Gaza death toll rises to 30,631 as ceasefire negotiations continue 

  The Hamas Health Ministry announced that the death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 30,631. Mediators continue to negotiate a ceasefire.
• YPJ and Autonomous Administration delegation meets with Italian politicians in Rome 

  The Autonomous Administration delegation and YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mihemed met with politicians in Italy. During the meeting, attention was also drawn to the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• Turkish police take 19 people into custody in Ankara 

  19 people were taken into custody in house raids carried out by Turkish police in Ankara on Tuesday morning.
• Court upholds acquittal of 18 defendands tried for murders of the 1990s 

  Ankara 1st Heavy Penal Court acquitted 18 defendants, including Mehmet Ağar and Korkut Eken in the case of 18 killings of the 1990s, on the grounds that "the defendants were not proven to have committed the crime."
• Attack on DEM Party Inegöl district building 

  An attack was carried out on the DEM Party Inegöl district building on Monday night.
• ABM Youth League expresses solidarity with the Kurdish struggle, calling for freedom for Öcalan 

  Calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Abdullah Öcalan, Abahlali BaseMjondolo (ABM) youth league expressed their heartfelt solidarity with all the Kurdish people in their struggle for peace and freedom against oppression.
• PUK President: We will not make concessions to Turkey who martyred our friends 

  PUK leader Bafel Talabani said, "Three of my friends were martyred by Turkey. We will not make concessions to Turkey."
• ‘Isolation will be broken, Öcalan will be freed in the second phase of the international campaign' 

  The Kurdish People's Democratic Assembly of Britain saluted the second phase of the global campaign for freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and said, "In the second phase of the campaign, the isolation will be broken and Abdullah Öcalan wi
• Iranian elections marked by boycott 

  With the lowest turnout in the 45-year history of the Islamic Republic, Iran's elections left little doubt that the conservatives would further consolidate their control of parliament.
• South African movement calls for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The global campaign demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish question is spreading more and more. In South Africa, a socialist movement with 120,000 members called for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Three people imprisoned in Istanbul 

  Three of 15 people who were detained in Istanbul on February 27 in a political genocide operation were remanded in custody.
• Activists in Nottingham pay tribute to martyr Erik Scurfield  

  Erik Scurfield, who fell as a martyr in the war against ISIS in Northern and Eastern Syria in 2015, was commemorated at his grave in Nottingham on the anniversary of his death.
• Conference in Berlin: The Middle East peace process will advance if Kurds win 

  On the second day of the conference "Rethinking the World: Challenges, Transitions and Kurdish Perspectives" in Berlin, the topics “Germany, Turkey and the Kurds” and “A Different World Order: New Impulses and Perspectives” were discussed.
• KNK: We will keep our companion Erling Folkvord alive in our struggle 

  The KNK Executive Council said that they will keep Erling Folkvord alive in their struggle, calling him "our friend, companion and ambassador for peace and democracy", who has always stood by the Kurdish people with his ideas and active participation.
• Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour sentenced to prison for his song ‘Baraye’ 

  The Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for his song "Baraye". The regime's judiciary accused him of creating "music against the system".
• Elections in Iran: 41 percent turnout 

  In Iran, the turnout in the elections was 41 percent according to unofficial data. It is stated that the boycott was effective in Kurdish cities.
• Nechirvan Barzani meets with Turkish President, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister in Antalya 

  KRI President Nechirvan Barzani met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Defense Minister Yaşar Güler in Antalya. The lively diplomatic relations of recent weeks have been accompanied by a military and intelligence escal
• Former Norwegian MP and close friend of the Kurdish people passes away 

  Former Norwegian Member of Parliament, Oslo City Council member and close friend of the Kurdish people, Erling Folkvord, passed away in Stockholm at the age of 74.
• DEM Party Youth Council member Cavğun taken into custody  

  DEM Party Youth Council member Harun Cavğun was taken into custody by the Turkish police after a raid on his house.
• Kurdish Red Crescent provides aid to earthquake victims in Japan 

  The humanitarian organization Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê, in cooperation with Kurdish business people in Japan, provided hot meals and supplies to earthquake victims in the city of Suzu on the Noto peninsula.
• Global campaign: We will force the Erdoğan regime to open the doors of Imrali! 

  The Global Campaign for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, announcing the second phase of the campaign launched on October 10, said, "We will definitely force the Erdoğan regime to open the doors of Imrali Prison, where President Apo is imprisoned."
• Second phase of the ‘Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ campaign launched 

  The second phase of the global campaign launched on October 10, 2023 demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, has been launched.
• International Delegation of Lawyers Against Isolation visits Öcalan’s lawyers 

  Having ended their programme in Amed, members of the International Delegation of Lawyers Against Isolation moved to Istanbul.