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• Turkey increases weapons exports by 170% 

  Weapons transfers to the Middle East increased by 87% in 2014-18 compared to 2009-13. The report shows that 52% of the US’ total weapons exports have been to the Middle East.
• Kurdish parties claim resistance and call for national unity 

  Representatives of many Kurdish institutions, including PUK, Yekgirtu, KKP and PYDKS, stressed that the Kurdish people should fight together in the spirit of national unity and claim the hunger strike resistance.
• Temelli: HDP will win on 31 March  

  HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli addressed the citizens of Suruç under heavy police control.
• Reception for Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê in Livorno 

  A reception took place in the Italian city of Livorno in solidarity with Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê.
• Kurdish parties condemned repression against HDP 

  Kurdish parties condemned the police raid at HDP Amed Provincial office and arrest of HDP activists.
• Newroz reception at London City Hall 

  London Mayor Sadiq Khan hosted the Newroz reception.
• HDP MP: The hunger strike is a revolutionary action 

  "Because we did not fulfill our duty in the anti-fascist struggle outside, our imprisoned friends intervened and put their bodies to death," says hunger-striker HDP MP Tayyip Temel.
• HDP to celebrate Newroz in 27 cities 

  Co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli will attend the Newroz celebrations in Amed, Istanbul and Van.
• Irish People to protest against return of border checks 

  Irish People to protest against return of border checks
• Protest against isolation in Vienna and La Rochelle 

  Demonstrations against the isolation regime imposed on Abdullah Öcalan continue all around Europe.
• Prosecution decision on Bloody Sunday to be disclosed on Thursday 

  Bloody Sunday is among the most atrocious British army massacre in the North of Ireland.
• German teachers: Stand up against the isolation 

  Birgit Zwiekirsch said the delegation had come to Strasbourg to offer their support and solidarity to the hunger strikers.
• Horror and anger at North of Ireland Secretary remarks 

  British Secretary for the North of Ireland Karen Bradley said that killings by members of the Crown Forces in the North of Ireland are "not crimes”.
• Pontiacs donate blood for Kobane 

  “We don’t want our blood back, we want to give life with it” say Pontiac Greek women on the centennial of the Pontiac Massacre as they donate blood in solidarity with the Kobane Medical Center.
• Suicide bombing in Mosul: 2 dead, 10 wounded 

  2 people (one of them a police officer) were killed and 10 others were wounded in the suicide attack with an explosive laden vehicle in Mosul.
• Strasbourg activists celebrate March 8 

  The spirit of resistance is women’s spirit. The biggest resistance is women’s resistance. The evil in the world in the last 5 thousand years started by men’s hands, and women continue to resist it for 5 thousand years.”
• Brussels Court of Appeals: PKK activity is not terrorism 

  Brussels Court of Appeals ruled once again that the PKK’s activity is not terrorism, and the 37 Kurdish politicians cannot be put on trial on that basis.
• MPs battered, 7 detained during police raid on HDP Amed building 

  Police raided the HDP building in Amed where 10 people including MPs are on hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan. Deputies were battered and 7 activists were taken into custody.
• Isolation of Öcalan protested in Cape Town 

  The isolation of Öcalan was protested in South Africa.
• Police raided HDP central office in Amed 

  The Turkish state continues its repressive measures against hunger strike activists who call for an end to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 82 

  People are coming from all parts of Europe to visit the hunger strikers and express their solidarity.
• Families’ appeal to visit Imralı rejected again 

  Families of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan and 3 other prisoners in Imrali appealed to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for visits, and were rejected again.
• Newroz reception in UK Parliament 

  Scottish National Party MP Chris Stephens spoke in the Newroz reception in the UK Parliament and said, “Ocalan should be free.”
• Hunger strikes spread: Two more HDP MPs join 

  HDP MPs Tayyip Temel and Murat Sarisac joined the hunger strikes. Temel said, “Silence kills, resistance can stop the deaths.”
• German propaganda chief for ISIS killed in YPG operation 

  Christian Emde, who led the propaganda efforts for ISIS for years, threatening Western countries with terror attacks, was killed in a YPG operation in eastern Syria.