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• German novelist urges Merkel to ensure the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Heinz Jürgen Schneider, one of Germany's well-known crime novelists, asked the Federal German Government to take action for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP rejects German government’s remarks over closure case 

  In a letter to the German Foreign Ministry, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs said: "We reject the rhetoric that criminalizes the HDP."
• HDP youth member forced into a car and pressured to become an informer 

  HDP youth member Çekdar Aksucu was put in a police vehicle yesterday and pressure has been put on him to become an informer.
• HDP co-chairs meet with PACE president 

  HDP co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar met with PACE President Rik Daems in the Turkish Parliament.
• Constitutional Court report on indictment demanding closure of the HDP completed 

  The Constitutional Court report on the indictment demanding the closure of the HDP has been completed.
• Activists pay tribute to Mahir Çayan and Kılızdere revolutionaries 

  Mahir Çayan, one of the revolutionary leaders of the ‘68s generation, was commemorated at his grave in Ankara.
• Can: Support for HDP is increasing 

  The Spokesperson of the 78s Initiative Celalettin Can stated that the closure case against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is a futile effort and that support for the HDP has increased.
• Women Defend Rojava to take to the streets in Berlin on Öcalan's birthday 

  The Berlin Committee of Women Defend Rojava calls for an internationalist demonstration "United in Resistance - Together against War and Fascism" on 4 April, Öcalan's birthday, in the federal capital.
• Student activists call for boycott on 1 April 

  University students called for participation in a press statement they will make on 1 April at Kadıköy Rıhtım at 5 pm to demand the release of their friends who were detained and put to house arrest.
• Operation aginst TUHAD-FED in Çukurova leads to at least 11 arrests 

  Çukurova TUHAD-FED was raided today and at least 11 people were taken into custody.
• Activists around Europe take to the streets for Shengal 

  Protests have been held in front of the embassies of Iraq in various European countries calling for the recognition of the self-determination of the majority Yazidi population of Shengal in south Kurdistan.
• 71 deputies in Hamburg condemn the closure case against HDP 

  71 deputies of the Hamburg Parliament condemn the closure case against the HDP in Turkey and call on the Erdogan government to immediately return to the Istanbul Convention.
• Brother of Kurdish refugee who committed suicide in Greek camp: The state is responsible 

  Fevzi Ergün, brother of Kurdish refugee İbrahim Ergün, who took his life to protest his detention in the Corinth Refugee Detention Center in Greece, said, "If an individual is in prison in any country, the state is responsible for his life."
• Boğaziçi academics file suit against opening of new faculties 

  A presidential decree stipulates that two new faculties are to be established at Istanbul's elite Boğazici University. A complaint against the decree has now been filed with the State Council.
• EU officials to visit Turkey 

  Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission will visit Turkey next week.
• Lawsuit against 29 politicians over World Peace Day rally in Urfa 

  A lawsuit was filed against 29 politicians, including DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır, on the grounds of organizing a rally in Urfa to mark September 1, World Peace Day.
• HDP MP Gergerlioğlu: I am not taking a step back 

  HDP Kocaeli Deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said, “I do not give up, I do not take a step back. I defend the rights of the people with great faith and love. If they put me into prison, I will continue the vigil there too."
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Armenian Prime Minister will resign in April to hold early elections 

  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he will resign in April to hold early elections in June.
• KCDK-E calls on people to join today's actions for Shengal across Europe 

  KCDK-E called on people to join the actions planned for today against agreement between Baghdad and Hewlêr on Shengal.
• Kurds celebrate Newroz in Cairo 

  Kurds living in Cairo lighted a bonfire to celebrate Newroz.
• French Anti-Capitalist Party condemns arrests of Kurdish activists in Marseille and Paris 

  In a written statement, the French Anti-Capitalist Party condemned the raids and arrest of Kurdish activists carried out by the police in Marseille and Paris.
• Activists in Frankfurt and Västerås protest isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  The isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was protested by activists in the German city of Frankfurt and the Swedish city of Västerås.
• YPS/YPS-JIN: "Time for creative and effective actions against isolation" 

  The coordination of the YPS and YPS-JIN said, "It's time to respond to isolation with creative and tactical actions."
• Political extermination campaign in Adana 

  Numerous people have been arrested in simultaneous house raids in the Ceyhan district of Adana. The background is unknown, but it appears to be the usual crackdown on political opposition in Turkey.