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• 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.
• Protest against isolation in front of the European Parliament 

  Isolation against Öcalan has been increased even further since 24 April 2015, recalled the women, noting that DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven and over 300 political prisoners are on hunger strike to demand the end of isolation.
• Strasbourg hunger strike reached day 60 

  The indefinite hunger strike launched in Strasbourg demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan has reached day 60.
• 16 people detained in Adana 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish population continue unabated.
• Kurdish political prisoner writes to lawyer Margaret Owen 

  Hunger striker Sedat Alciçek has been in prison for 10 years and is now in F Type Closed prison in Kirikkale. He wrote to British lawyer Margaret Owen to thank her for her recent visit to Amed, his hometown.
• MEPs visited Kurdish hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  Irish MP and former political prisoner Martina Anderson and British Labour Party MP, Julie Ward visited the Kurdish hunger strikers in the French city of Strasbourg.
• Internationalist Long March for Ocalan reached Metz 

  The internationalists stated that the achievements reached in Rojava thanks to Öcalan's philosophy are actually for the entire humanity.
• Three-day march in Greece to protest the international conspiracy 

  “Time has come, rise up, break the isolation, free leader Apo,” is the main motto of the march in which hundreds are taking part.
• Leyla Guven refused treatment, continues her fast at home 

  After refusing to receive treatment at hospital, Leyla Guven has been taken back to her home.
• Internationalists: Freedom for Öcalan is our struggle 

  The Luxembourg branch of the march includes about 100 internationalists from Germany, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands and many more.
• KCDK-E issues warning: AKP is looking for provocation in Europe 

  In their warning, the KCDK-E said: “The Turkish state has taken action to reverse the sympathy the Kurdish freedom movement has won in the eyes of the public through dirty provocative actions in Europe.”
• Long March activists stopped at French border 

  After being attacked by the German police in Karlsruhe, Long March activists who started from Mannheim were stopped at the French border.
• Leyla Guven refuses treatment 

  DTK Co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Guven, who has been on a hunger strike for 98 days demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Ocalan, briefly lost consciousness and was hospitalized. Guven has refused treatment.
• Leyla Guven hospitalized on day 98 of hunger strike 

  HDP MP Leyla Guven who is on hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan, has been hospitalized.
• Yellow Vests in Commercy in solidarity with the Rojava Revolution 

  “We are saluting the Rojava and its population who is fighting for a more just and equal democracy, on a model of local assemblies,” said the Yellow Vests in Commercy, France.