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• Vengeance Unit destroys business in Istanbul 

  The group vowed to continue with their actions "until the international conspiracy is torn down".
• HDP’s Kubilay: Turkey must withdraw unconditionally from Syria 

  HDP spokesperson Günay Kubilay has called for an unconditional withdrawal of Turkey from Syria. He said Erdoğan must respect the Syrian peoples’ right to self-determination and explain what Turkish soldiers are dying for in Idlib.
• Stuttgart 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.
• KCK vows to continue their struggle until Ocalan is freed 

  KCK: All the struggling forces of our Freedom Movement, especially guerrillas, will continue their struggle to get Rêber Apo free.
• Coronavirus claims 723 lives 

  The number of deaths from China's coronavirus outbreak has risen to 723 on Saturday.
• Police arrests two Kurdish artists in Adana 

  Kurdish artists Ilyas Arzu and Jiyan Savcı were detained in Adana as a result of a new political genocide operation.
• Voters going to the polls in the Republic of Ireland 

  Voters in the Republic of Ireland have began going to the polls to cast their vote in what many said will be a historical election.
• March for Öcalan in Paris continues on day 2 

  The second day of the March in Paris will continue today at 11 am in front of the municipality of Ivry-Sur-Sein.
• Second day of the march for Öcalan in Düsseldorf 

  The 21st anniversary of the 15 February International Conspiracy against Öcalan is being marked by marches carried out by Kurdish people living in Europe.
• Pardon of Madimak massacre perpetrator protested in Strasbourg 

  ATIK called for a joint fight to avoid the covering up of the truth.
• Final Resolution of the 16th EUTCC Conference in EP 

  The conference was successfully held on 5th and 6th of February 2020 in the European Parliament in Brussels.
• Call to “Boycott Turkey” at the tourism fair in Hamburg 

  The Hamburg committee of the Women Defend Rojava campaign call for a boycott of Turkey tourism together with Tatort Kurdistan and #RiseUpForRojava at the tourism fair in Hamburg.
• Two-day march for Öcalan in Vienna 

  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.
• Long march for Öcalan in Stuttgart 

  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.
• Three-day march for Öcalan in Paris 

  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.
• Families apply to visit Imralı 

  Families of Abdullah Öcalan and the other political prisoners in Imralı applied for a visit to the Prosecutor's Office.
• 4-day march in Switzerland for Öcalan and national unity 

  More than a hundred people, including intellectuals, artists, politicians and representatives of institutions, will march together for 4 days in Switzerland to join the Long March which will kick off on Saturday.
• Sinn Féin says Saturday is set to be a historic day 

  Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald is calling on people to come out in their hundreds of thousands and to vote for change on Saturday.  
• Police try to kidnap brother of HDP Dersim MP Dağ 

  Police attempted to kidnap Azad Dağ, older brother of HDP Amed MP, Dersim Dağ.
• Many taken into custody in Istanbul in new police operation 

  A large number of people have been taken into custody in Bahçelievler, Küçükçekmece, Esenyurt and Beyoğlu boroughs of Istanbul in the latest of the political genocide operations.
• Protest in London condemns release of Madimak massacre author 

  The British Alevi Federation protested the decision to pardon Ahmet Turan Kılıç, one of the authors of the Madımak Massacre, in front of he Turkish embassy in London.
• Release of author of the Madimak Hotel fire protested in Zurich 

  The release of Ahmet Turan Kılıç, one of the authors of the massacre carried out in Sivas Madımak Hotel on 1 July 1993, was protested with a demonstration in Zurich.
• Ölçen family not given body of their relative for 96 days 

  The body of Erhan Ölçen, who fell martyr in a clash in Lice, has not been given to his family for 96 days.
• HDP Amed: There is no local government in this city! 

  HDP Amed provincial co-chairs said that there is no local government in the city, and that the AKP only promotes chaos.
• IHD Istanbul co-chair released 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch co-chair, lawyer Gülseren Yoleri, was released after giving her statement. She had been taken into custody today.