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• Nazi threat against Kurdish association in Bremen 

  The Biratî association, which has been observed and frequently searched by the police, is now also threatened by Nazis. Cartridges bearing swastikas were found in the letterbox of the Kurdish association in Bremen's Neustadt district.
• CUP MP brings issue of isolation of Abdullah Öcalan in Catalan Parliament 

  CUP MP Montserrat Vinyets demanded the release of Abdullah Öcalan in the Catalan Parliament.
• Election campaign kicks off in Iran 

  As the general elections to be held in Iran on 1 March are just a short time away, the campaign has started.
• Civil disobedience action by Kurdish activists at CPT calls for action for Öcalan 

  Kurdish youths demanding the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan organised a civil disobedience action at the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in Strasbourg.
• Political prisoners in Turkey on day 88 of hunger strike 

  As part of the global campaign demanding freedom for Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, the alternating hunger strike launched by PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish prisons continues on its 88th day.
• Kurdish activists from Oldenburg take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil  

  A group of Kurdish activists from Oldenburg took over the vigil that has been going on for 12 years to demand the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• 15 Kurdish politicians sentenced to prison in Mardin 

  15 Kurdish politicians, including former MP Gülser Yıldırım, were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 6 years and 3 months to 7 years and 6 months for alleged "membership in an illegal organisation" in the KCK Trial.
• International Delegation: The release of Öcalan is the only solution to an effective peace process 

  Following a series of meetings with civil society organizations and political parties in Istanbul, the international Delegation from Europe highlighted the importance of Abdullah Öcalan's freedom for peace and a solution to the Kurdish question.
• ‘KDP can no longer silence people by killing or arresting them’  

  Author Dr. Fayiq Hamid, who spent seven months in KDP prisons, said that the prisoners were deprived of all basic rights. He emphasized that the KDP can no longer silence people by killing or arresting them.
• International Delegation visits Justice Vigil activists 

  The mission of the 'International Delegation for a Solution to the Kurdish Question and Against Isolation' visited the relatives of prisoners on Justice Vigil in Istanbul.
• International Delegation to visit Vigil for Justice and hold press conference today 

  "The International Delegation for the solution to the Kurdish question and against isolation" visited the IHD and DEM Party Istanbul Provincial Organization.
• Participants of the World Social Forum call for “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan” 

  At the World Social Forum held in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, calls for made for the freedom of Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Uğur Şakar who set his body on fire to protest the isolation of Öcalan commemorated 

  Uğur Şakar, who set his body on fire in front of the Krefeld Court in 2019 in protest at the total isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, was commemorated at the scene of his action.
• International Delegation in Turkey: It is time for freedom for Öcalan and peace in the Middle East 

  An international delegation has arrived in Turkey, making its first visit to Asrin Law Office in Istanbul and stating, "It is time for Abdullah Öcalan to be released."
• DEM Party Youth Assembly member Sönmez taken into custody in Amed 

  DEM Party Youth Assembly member Murat Sönmez was detained in Ofis, in Amed.
• DEM Party to organize 'Democracy and Freedom Rally' on Sunday 25 February 

  The DEM Party will organize a 'Democracy and Freedom Rally' on Sunday 25 February.
• Black wreath laid in front of the Israeli Consulate in Berlin 

  Patriots who were massacred in front of the Israeli Consulate in Berlin in protest against the forces involved in the February 15 conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan were commemorated on the 25th anniversary.
• Political prisoner released after 32 years in prison 

  Kurdish political prisoner Yaşar Kırmızı was in his mid-twenties when he was arrested in Turkey in 1992 and sentenced to life imprisonment by a state security court on charges of separatism. Now he is 56 years old and finally free.
• Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 in Gemlik 

  Gemlik in western Turkey was the scene of a magnitude 3.5 earthquake on Monday morning. Ships sail from the port city to the prison island of Imrali, where Abdullah Öcalan has been held as a political hostage since 1999.
• Hashd al-Shaabi delegation in Ankara 

  Following the Turkish state's diplomatic traffic in Baghdad and Erbil, a delegation from Hashd al-Shaabi visited Turkey.
• 'Prisoners and mothers are leading the protest actions against isolation’ 

  DEM Party Amed MP Ceylan Cupolo Akça, who took part in the Great Freedom March, said that mothers and prisoners led the protests and marches against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question.
• Death toll at Gaza Strip tops 29,000 

  According to the new balance sheet announced by the Hamas Health Ministry on the 136th day of the war, the death toll from Israeli attacks has exceeded 29,000.
• World Social Forum2024: A webinar on the Rojava Revolution 

  As part of the activities of the World Social Forum 2024, a webinar on the Rojava Revolution was held last weekend.
• Kurds hold an action in front of White House  

  Kurds and their friends conveyed their message to the White House on the 25th anniversary of the abduction of Abdullah Öcalan with a demonstration.
• KON-MED: We will take the determined stance we displayed in Cologne to a new level 

  Calling the rally in Cologne on Saturday one of the largest protest actions in recent years, KON-MED said that the demonstration showed how important and urgent it is to implement the demand for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.