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• Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Malaysia confirms first person infected with coronavirus 

  Lab results confirmed that the man, along with a 63-year-old man from Wuhan who had been under observation, had contracted the virus.
• Activists from Lyon take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  Activists from Lyon condemned the silence of Europe against isolation against Kurdish people's leader, Abdullah Öcalan, while taking over the vigil for Freedom for the Kurdish leader. 
• Coronavirus: China counts friends and enemies 

  China accused the United States of spreading panic across the world over the coronavirus, which has caused over 360 deaths since early January.
• Timochenko writes open letter to Colombian president Duque 

  The President of the FARC party, Rodrigo Londoño Timochenko, sent an open letter to the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, in which he denounced the persecution of the former signatories of the peace agreement.
• Polls show large increase in Sinn Féin's vote share  

  Sinn Féin is now the joint most popular party state at 24% support.
• HDP Haliliye district co-chair Arslan detained 

  HDP Haliliye district co-chair Müslüm Arslan was detained and told he had to give a statement.
• Relatives of martyrs meet in Bielefeld 

  Innumerable Kurdish families have lost relatives in the liberation struggle. Some of them have met and exchanged information in Bielefeld over the weekend.
• Hannover march for Öcalan concluded with a rally 

  The three-day march protesting the international conspiracy against Öcalan has been concluded with a rally in Hannover, Germany.
• Long March for Öcalan in Hannover on day 3 

  For three days now, a demonstration for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan has been taking place in Hannover. Today's stage will end with a rally in front of the Lower Saxony state parliament.
• HDP issues urgent call for the hearing of Amed co-mayor Mızraklı 

  HDP issued urgent call for the hearing of the legal case against co-mayor of Diyarbakır Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı.
• Prayers for Rojava in Söderhamn 

  Prayers for the Rojava were read during the Sunday ritual held in a church in Söderhamn, Sweden.
• TurkStat can't hide increase in inflation rate 

  TurkStat announced in January that the price of 268 items out of 418 increased. Annual inflation increased by 1.35 percent to 12.15.
• HDP condemns ISIS attack against Maxmur 

  "This attack on Maxmur is a new warning that the ISIS threat is still alive," said the HDP in a statement regarding ISIS attack against Maxmur Camp.
• Sinn Féin urges Unionists to respect Stormont House Agreement 

  Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill has said the Stormont House Agreement must be implemented in full. 
• Travelogue from Rojava in Heilbronn 

  In the Kurdish cultural association in Heilbronn, an activist reported on his trip to Northern Syria and the work of the internationalist community in Rojava.
• Marches in Berlin and Hannover continue on day 2 

  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.
• Labor Peace and Democracy Forces support metal workers' strike 

  Istanbul Labo Peace and Democracy Forces supported metal workers who will go on strike on 5 February.
• German groups claim the action against ThyssenKrupp 

  German radical leftist groups have claimed responsibility for burning cars belonging to German iron-steel giant ThyssenKrupp. The groups said that ThyssenKrupp produces military equipment for the Turkish army used in the Rojava invasion.
• Coronavirus claims first death outside China 

  The death toll in China rose to at least 304.
• Scots ask the EU to "leave a light on for Scotland" after Brexit 

  Thousands of Scottish people took to the streets at the weekend to ask the European Union (EU) to "Leave a Light on for Scotland" because they want to stay within the European integration agreement.
• Sinn Féin: Talks about a united Ireland need to begin 

  Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said preparations for constitutional change on the island "needed to start". She spoke at a protest against Brexit on the Irish border on the day Britain leaves the EU, taking the northeast of Ireland with it.
• Erdoğan pardons a perpetrator of Sivas massacre 

  35 people, mostly of Alevi faith, died in the hotel Madımak in Sivas in an arson attack by an Islamist-nationalist mob in 1993. Now one of the people behind it was pardoned by Erdoğan.
• Long march for Öcalan in Hamburg continues 

  The march is staged to protest the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan and Turkish invasion of northern Syria.
• HDP youth activist detained in Amed 

  In Amed, a member of the HDP Youth Council has been detained during a house raid. Since the beginning of November, Turkish security authorities have been on a witch-hunt against opposition youth activists.