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• PYD members on 5-day solidarity hunger strike in Strasbourg 

  Kurds from Strasbourg did not leave the protesters alone and were coming and going to the place where the PYD members are on hunger strike and where the Vigil is taking place.
• Hunger strikes landed on Danish Parliament 

  The motion was moved by Af Soren Sondergaard of the Red-Green Unity Party, Lars Aslan Rasmussen of the Social Democratic Party, Rasmus Nordqvist of the Alternative Party and Holger K. Nielsen of the Socialist People's Party.
• Turkish racist attack targets Kurds in Vienna 

  Turkish racists attacked Kurds during a football match in Austria.
• HDP’s Yüksekdağ sentenced to prison for “insulting Erdoğan” 

  Jailed former HDP co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for “insulting the President”.
• Basel group takes over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  The activists from Basel appealed to the Kurdish people to be on the streets and called on everyone to act.
• Motion on Kurds at Swedish Parliament 

  Kakabaveh pointed out that although the Turkish state was an enemy of the Kurds and posed a threat to Southern Kurdistan, it maintained a close relationship with Barzani.
• 20 pro-regime soldiers killed in Idlib 

  Turkish-backed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) reportedly attacked the positions of regime forces.
• Lawyers submit 793rd appeal to visit Öcalan 

  The lawyers of Öcalan have today submitted a request at the Attorney General in Bursa for the 793rd time for a visit to their totally isolated client.
• Hunger striker Koc: All should rush to Brussels 

  European Kurdish Democratic Society Congress (KCDK-E) Co-chair Yuksel Koc who has been on a hunger strike in Strasbourg, called for strong participation to the central march and rally to be held on February 27 in Brussels.
• Iraq wants to bring French ISIS jihadists to justice 

  Iraq wants to do put 13 French members of the terrorist militia "Islamic State" on trial.
• Welsh revolutionaries support Kurdish hunger striker Sis 

  Welsh revolutionaries and democrats held a 1-day hunger strike to show solidarity with Imam Sis.
• Protest against the German police in Krefeld 

  In Krefeld there has been a demonstration forUğur Şakar, who set himself on fire in protest against the isolation of Öcalan. The police claimed that Sakar had tried to burn himself due to mental health problems.
• MLKP prisoners to go on hunger strike against isolation 

  Prisoners in the MLKP case announced that they are going on a hunger strike on March 1 demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Town Hall in Paris awards Gultan Kisanak medal 

  Choisy-le-Roi Town Hall in Paris, France awarded imprisoned Amed Metropolitan Mayor Gultan Kisanak a medal.
• Actions in 4 cities to support hunger strikers 

  Actions and protests are being promoted all over Europe in support to the hunger strikers demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Members of the British Kurdish People's Council in Strasbourg 

  The support for the 14 activists on indefinite hunger striker in Strasbourg is growing by the day.
• German politicians visited hunger strikers in Kassel 

  Two Kurdish activists are on hunger strike in Kassel, Germany for 28 days.
• New Cuban Constitution approved 

  Of those who voted, 6 million 816 thousand 169 voters voted YES (86.85%) and 706 thousand 400 voted NO (9.0%). 
• Over 1,000 human rights defenders, journalists killed in 3 years 

  President of the Human Rights Council reminded that the Council would hear statements by some 100 high-level dignitaries, testifying to the importance of the Council’s mandate and of human rights within the United Nations system.
• Action in front of Bakırköy Prison banned 

  Turkish police continue their repression against the people in solidarity with the hunger strike campaign.
• Resistance grows: Hunger strike in front of the Council of Europe 

  To step up the resistance and in solidarity with the indefinite hunger strike in Strasbourg, activists have also begun an indefinite and alternating solidarity hunger strike in front of the Council of Europe and the CPT.
• Kurdish youth in civil disobedience action in the CPT 

  Kurdish youth staged a civil disobedience action in the CPT building and called for urgent action against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• The UN Human Rights Session opens in Geneva 

  During the session, high-level discussions will be held on various human rights related issues, such as the right to privacy, rights of persons with disabilities, rights of minorities, and rights of children.
• Journalists and KNK visited Strasbourg hunger strike activists 

  The indefinite non-alternating hunger strike in Strasbourg protesting the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan continues on day 71.
• Police stops protest outside Bakirkoy Prison 

  The police stopped the press statement about the hunger strikes that the Marmara Solidarity with Prisons Initiative wanted to hold in front of the Bakirkoy Closed Women’s Prison.