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• Action in Basel to support hunger strikers 

  Solidarity actions demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan are continuing.
• Women mobilised in Marseille for hunger strikers 

  Solidarity actions demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan are continuing.
• Women protest in Vienna against isolation 

  Women protested for Abdullah Öcalan in Vienna, Austria.
• ‘Stuttgart Life against Isolation Platform’ established 

  We call on European institutions to end their silence and take immediate action. We will be in permanent mobilisation until the demands of the activists are met.”
• March in Brussels called on everyone to act 

  In the morning, Kurds and their friends from many neighboring countries began to gather in Brussels’ Gare du Nord.
• Leyla Güven: Solidarity shows we have already reached our goal 

  "How else could we explain fascism: This action exposed it. There are very serious rights violations in the prisons. The resistance in the prison is very valuable. I believe that this action will be successful.”
• Day 73 in Strasbourg: Permanent health issues set in 

  The hunger strike in Strasbourg against the isolation continues on day 73 as health issues of hunger strikers become more apparent. The doctors demand steps for a solution and the will of the activists be respected.
• Kurds rally in Brussels against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Masses from France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium are joining the protest demonstration organized by the European Kurdish Democratic Society Congress (KCDK-E).
• Strasbourg activists commend SDF fighters 

  The Strasbourg activists commended SDF fighters who continue with the Operation Cizire Storm.
• Police raids HDP Nazilli offices 

  The police raided the HDP Nazilli district offices as part of the political genocide operations and detained district co-chair Sinan Bayrak.
• Taz reports on hunger strike in Strasbourg 

  Daily German newspaper Taz reported extensively on the hunger strike by 14 Kurdish politicians and activists in Strasbourg, France on its 73rd day.
• TKP/ML prisoners to go on hunger strike 

  TKP/ML prisoners saluted the hunger strikes and said, “Our people must not allow the resistance to be passed over in silence,” in their announcement of a 5-day hunger strike.
• Solidarity to Kurdish hunger strike from British trade unionists 

  British union's executives are participating in the three-day solidarity action to be held in front of London's Manor House station.
• 8 people detained in Erzurum 

  Political genocide operations of the Turkish regime continue unabated.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 73 

  The resistance is increasing by the day with Kurdish people living in Europe and their friends taking to the streets everywhere.
• 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.