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• Demirtas vows to continue the struggle ‘in jail or outside’ 

  The imprisoned former leader of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas started delivering his defense at the court and said that he will continue the struggle no matter if he’s in jail or outside.
• Dozens detained in Turkey ahead of Feb 15 protests 

  Turkish police detained dozens in Adana, Istanbul, and Izmir ahead of the planned protests to mark the 19th anniversary of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan’s capture.
• Turkey declares curfew on 176 villages and hamlets in Diyarbakir 

  Diyarbakir governate declared a curfew in 176 villages and hamlets as Turkish army prepares to launch a wide-scale military operation.
• Dr. Maraz: The Rojava revolution has spread to all continents 

  On Monday, around 1000 people in Lausanne embarked on a long march to Geneva to call on the United Nations to act for the northern Syrian canton of Afrin. One of the participants in the march is academic Dr. Daniel Maraz from Argentina.
• HDP former co-chair Kemalbay detained in Ankara 

  HDP former co-chair Serpil Kemalbay has been taken into custody in Ankara.
• Kurds march for Ocalan in Greece 

  Kurds living in Greece are marching for the freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Police raid the house of HDP’s Kemalbay in Istanbul 

  Istanbul police raided the house of HDP official Serpil Kemalbay.
• "Everywhere Afrin, everywhere resistance" 

  The second stage of the Lausanne-Geneva march began with great enthusiasm. Participants of the march demand freedom for Ocalan, protest against Turkey’s attacks against Afrin and call upon the UN to act.
• Two women killed by Turkish army in Jindires 

  Turkish army killed two women in Hekice village near Jindires district of Afrin.
• Swiss MP: “The invasion is unacceptable, action must be taken” 

  Switzerland Federal MP Denis de la Reussille called the Turkish state’s attacks against Afrin an invasion, and called on international forces to take action against the Turkish state.
• Female ISIS member from Turkey sentenced to life in Iraq 

  Two ISIS members, one from Turkey and the other from Syria, have been sentenced to life in prison in Iraq.
• Participants of the Long March urge the UN to act for Afrin 

  1000 people including 200 internationalists from 37 countries have started the Lausanne-Geneva stage of the Long March under the motto “UN stop the genocide in Afrin”.
• Turkish warplanes bomb villages of Jindires 

  Turkish warplanes conducted airstrikes on villages in Jindires district of Afrin, on Monday.
• Turkey launches investigation against newly elected HDP co-chair 

  Ankara Public Prosecutors office launched an investigation into the remarks by newly elected HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan and HDP MP Sirri Sureyya Onder in their party’s congress in Ankara on Sunday.
• Leila Khaled: We also raise our voices for Afrin 

  “We also raise our voice against the war in Afrin. Wars do not promote life but lead to death”, said Leila Khaled at the HDP Congress in Ankara.
• Buldan and Temelli elected as new HDP chairpersons 

  Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli have been elected to the new dual leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) with 823 delegates votes.
• The Long March of internationalists for Öcalan and Afrin on day 4 

  For four days 200 internationalists have been walking from Luxembourg to Strasbourg to demonstrate for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and to call for an immediate stop to the Turkish military operation against Afrin.
• HDP Congress: Everywhere Afrin, everywhere resistance 

  The third Ordinary Congress of the HDP began in Ankara under the slogan "Hope, courage, determination".
• ANF ​​News TV on the air 

  The video messages on ANF can now also be found at www.anfnews.tv
• "The paradigm of Öcalan means liberation of the oppressed" 

  On Thursday, a long march was started by 200 internationalists from Luxembourg to Strasbourg for the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan and the end of the Turkish invasion attack on Afrin.
• "We are proud of Avrîn" 

  Avrîn Mahsum fell in Afrin while documenting the Turkish attacks as a member of the YPJ Press Center. Her sister living in Hamburg describes her and another fallen brother as the pride of the family.
• Demonstration for Afrin at Cologne Bonn Airport 

  A civil disobedience demonstration was held at Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany in protest at the Turkish state’s invasion attacks against Afrin.
• Internationalists’ march continues on day 3 

  The march launched from Luxembourg to Geneva by 200 internationalists demanding freedom for the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan and objecting to the invasion attacks against Afrin has advanced 50 km in three days.
• Chaliand: “Turkey’s FSA is no other than ISIS” 

  International strategic relations and armed conflicts expert Gérard Chaliand wrote an analysis in the French Le Figaro newspaper and said the groups the Turkish state presents as the FSA are no other than ISIS and other groups with similar ideologies.
• 39 French senators urge the government to support Kurds in Afrin 

  39 senators from all political groups in France have called on the government to “support Kurds in Afrin”