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• Muslim: Turkey spills our blood with weapons provided by the West 

  In a conference he attended in Geneva, PYD Foreign Relations Spokesperson Salih Muslim criticized the western countries for providing weapons for Turkish regime.
• 41 senators express their support for Afrin 

  41 senators have signed the petition launched by Senate Member Olivier Leonhardt calling the government to support Afrin.
• Dutch parliament recognizes Armenian genocide 

  Lower house of the Dutch parliament approved a bill that recognizes Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1915.
• Participants of the Long March reach Geneva 

  Participants of the Lausanne-Geneva march have arrived in Geneva where they called on the United Nations to act immediately for Afrin.
• Council of Europe delegation meets with HDP officials 

  A delegation from the Council of Europe has met with HDP officials in Ankara on Thursday.
• YPG/YPJ fighters: Turkey attacks Afrin for fear of Ocalan’s ideas 

  YPG/YPJ fighters on the frontlines in Deir ez-Zor condemned the international plot against Ocalan and said invasion forces attacked for fear of Ocalan’s ideas.
• Demirtaş: We were made into the scapegoat of the solution process 

  Selahattin Demirtaş continued with his defense on the second day of his trial and, stressing that the November 4 operation was coordinated by the political will, said: “The intermediaries are the first to be scapegoated in the solution process.”
• Turkish army continues to bomb Afrin’s historic sites 

  The invading Turkish army continues its barbaric attacks against Afrin and bombs the historic sites in the region.
• Social media detentions in Adana 

  Several people have been detained in Adana for their social media posts about Afrin.
• TUC urges Turkey to release Öcalan and all political prisoners 

  The top labour movement in the UK, TUC, called for the Turkish government to immediately release Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and all other political prisoners being held in Turkey.
• Germany bans anti-war protests of the Kurds 

  "The Federal Government seems to be bothered by the fact that we are making public attention to the German-Turkish arms brotherhood. That's why we are intended to be silenced, "said NAV-DEM.
• Moslem: Erdoğan is a threat to the whole world 

  TEV-DEM foreign relations official Saleh Moslem: "The Erdoğan mentality is not only a threat to the Kurds and Rojava. Erdoğan is a threat to peace and security around the world."
• HDP’s Kemalbay goes on hunger strike in custody 

  HDP Party Assembly member Serpil Kemalbay has started hunger strike in custody.
• Long March for Afrin and Ocalan on day 3 

  Participants of the Lausanne-Geneva march have initiated the third stage of their march.
• 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.