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• “Germany exports weapons to Turkey, imports bans from there” 

  Die Linke MP Helin Evrim Sommer condemned the Interior Ministry's ban against Mesopotamia Publishing and Mir Music. Sommer also said, “Germany is exporting weapons to Turkey, and importing bans from there.”
• US issues warning for Turkey: Reconsider travel plans! 

  The US Department of State updated the travel warning for Turkey and urged US citizens to reconsider their travel plans to the country.
• Leyla Guven: My body won’t give up before I do 

  Leyla Guven said: “My body won’t give up before I do. What can kill me is those who remain silent in the face of this protest.”
• Conference on Ocalan starts in the House of Lords 

  Syrian Democratic Council Co-chair Ilham Ehmed, HDP Deputy Co-chair Hisyar Ozsoy, KNK Co-chair Rebwar Rashid and several others are speaking in the conference.
• International Peace Delegation: Güven’s resistance will triumph 

  "We want to discuss the violations and isolation in Turkey. We look forward to the necessary steps to remove the isolation to be taken. We haven't received an answer yet."
• Internationalist march to Strasbourg continues 

  The internationalists and the Mannheim group have set off for Strasbourg.
• Conference on Ocalan to be held at House of Lords  

  A conference will be held today in the UK’s House of Lords to discuss the role of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• HDP MPs who arrived in Amed are under police blockade 

  Turkish police has surrounded the HDP MPs who arrived in Amed with the “On the 100th day, to Leyla to break the isolation” March launched from 15 cities. One MP was injured in the attack.
• 10 detained in political genocide operation in Ankara 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue unabated.
• The resistance of hunger strikers in Vienna reached day 15 

  In order to protest the isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in Vienna, two Kurdish activists, Sultan Yiğit and Şiyar Ağaoğlu, have reached day 15 of their hunger strike.
• Öcalan, 20 Years of Struggle in an Island Prison 

  The International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan—Peace in Kurdistan”, founded only weeks after his abduction, “has from the start emphasized that Öcalan’s freedom is absolutely crucial for a peaceful and political resolution of the Kurdish issue.
• Scotland demands freedom for Öcalan 

  Thursday’s march began three days of action for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Three-day march for Ocalan in southern France 

  The march organising committee called for strong participation in Saturday’s rally in Marseille.
• ‘Long March’ activists to reach Strasbourg tomorrow 

  Participants of the Basel-Strasbourg Long March have completed the 6th day of the march with great enthusiasm. Tomorrow they will merge in Strasbourg with the Luxembourg arm of the Long March action, and then march to the Council of Europe.
• Long March from London to Wales continues 

  Kurds have been staging long marches across Europe in protest at the international conspiracy and isolation against Abdullah Ocalan.
• International Peace Delegation met Peace Mothers in Amed 

  Peace Mother Havva Taşkıran criticized the silence of the European countries on the Kurdish people and actions.
• Hunger striker Şiş: We will break the isolation 

  Despite the physical problems after 60 days of fast, Şiş said he is in good spirit and recalled that tomorrow, 15 February, would be the 20th anniversary of the international conspiracy which led to the capture of Ocalan and invite everyone to stand up.
• Leyla Guven’s house under police blockade 

  Police laid a siege in the vicinity of Leyla Guven's house.
• Police attacked HDP MPs with batons in Nusaybin  

  HDP MP Huseyin Kacmaz was attacked by the police using batons as HDP MPs gathered in Nusaybin to show support for Leyla Guven.
• Kurdish Long March in Greece continues on day 2 

  Kurds in Greece are marching in protest at the international conspiracy and isolation against Abdullah Ocalan.
• From Basel to Strasbourg: Freedom for Ocalan! 

  The Basel-Strasbourg marchers started the 6th day of their long march with great enthusiasm.
• HDP MPs marching to Amed for Guven overcome obstacles  

  HDP’s Antep and Urfa MPs are ignoring the police obstacles and marching to Amed for Leyla Guven.
• 78 people were detained in four cities of North Kurdistan 

  Political genocide operations against the Kurdish population in Turkey continue unabated.
• French Communist Party representatives joined the Long March 

  On the third day of the march from Luxembourg to Strasbourg, internationalist activists reached Talange where they met French Communist Party (PCF) representatives.
• At least 27 killed in attack on IRGC forces in southeast Iran 

  The Sunni militant group announced in a statement that all passengers in the Revolutionary Guards bus were killed in the attack.