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• 721st appeal by Öcalan’s lawyers 

  Öcalan’s lawyers have appealed to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor’s office to meet with their client for the 721st time.
• Syrian forces capture key airbase in northwest Syria 

  The Syrian government forces captured a key air base in the southern countryside of the northwestern province of Idlib.
• Execution of two Kurdish prisoners imminent in Iran 

  Iranian authorities are planning to execute two Kurdish prisoners who are in death row since 2009.
• Strong earthquake hit Southern and Eastern Kurdistan 

  A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Southern and Eastern Kurdistan at 10:00 on Thursday morning.
• Turkey bans dissident writer’s wife from travelling abroad 

  Turkish police confiscated passport of a dissident writer’s wife as she was travelling abroad to visit her husband.
• Iraqi Federal Court reserves a seat for Ezidis in the parliament 

  The Iraqi Supreme Court ruled that seats would be reserved for the Ezidis in the Iraqi Parliament.
• U.S. calls for immediate release of political prisoners in Iran 

  The United States called for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Iran, including the victims of the most recent crackdown.
• 500 soldiers died suspiciously in four years 

  Suspicious Deaths and Victims Association Chairperson Oktay Can said that 500 soldiers have lost their lives under suspicious circumstances in the last four years.
• The protests continue in Iran and Rojhilat 

  The popular protests against the regime continue in Iran and Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan). Protestors usually take it to the streets at night because of the strong oppression by the Iranian government.
• Turkish police detains the only Chaldean living in Silopi 

  The only Chaldean citizen who lives in Silopi’s Görümlü town, Petros Karatay, was detained in a house raid.
• Iranian forces attack people demanding release of protesters 

  Iranian regime forces have attacked the people demanding the release of protesters detained in the protests and held in the Evin Prison.
• Demirtaş to be present in a hearing for the first time 

  The Bakırköy Court of General Sessions No.38 has decided that arrested HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş be brought to the hearing in person.
• House raids in Istanbul: 29 detentions 

  ​​​​​​​29 people including HDP district administrators have been detained in house raids in various districts of Istanbul.
• Turkey prohibits reading and sharing the MIT article  

  The ANF article “MIT administrators speak” and other articles related to the MIT administrators have been banned from access or sharing in Turkey.
• MIT officers’ confessions about Paris Massacre 

  Top two officials who were captured by HPG confessed that Paris Massacre was planned by the Turkish intelligence agency with approval from the highest authority.
• German Constitutional Court: There is risk of torture in Turkey 

  Germany's Constitutional Court decided against the deportation of a radical Islamist to Turkey because of the risk of torture.
• Keskin: The courts are covering up the Paris murders 

  Lawyer Eren Keskin said that the courts have not taken action despite the role of the MİT being announced with documents, and they are attempting to cover up the truth.
• Leyla Zana is under threat of being dismissed from the parliament 

  Turkish parliament will discuss to dismiss Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Zana after judicial and constitutional commissions report.
• Monument erected in memory of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla in Paris 

  A monument has been placed at the place where Sakine Cansız, one of the founders of the PKK, KNK Paris Representative Fidan Doğan and Youth Movement member Leyla Şaylemez, were massacred. The monument was unveiled yesterday with a ceremony.
• Remains of 20 women found in mass grave in Mosul 

  Remains of twenty women were found in a mass grave in the west of Mosul.
• Iraqi Parliament votes to ban Kurdish oil company from Kirkuk 

  Iraq's Parliament issued a non-binding directive Monday to prevent the Kurdish company KAR Group from continuing any work in Kirkuk oil fields.
• Curfew in 69 villages in Diyarbakir 

  Turkey declared a curfew in 69 villages of Diyarbakir ahead of a military operation.
• KCK to release confessions of MIT officers about Paris killings 

  KCK will release the confessions of high ranking MIT officers over Paris Massacre, sources told ANF.
• Clash in Tuz Khurmatu 

  Reports are coming through of an armed clash between Hashd al-Shaabi and voluntary fighters in between Tuz Khurmatu and Zinane town.
• Iranian soldiers kill a Kurdish kolber in Hamedan 

  Iranian soldiers opened fire on a vehicle and killed one kolber, wounded another in Hamedan.