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• 10 articles of the internal security package approved 

  The first 10 articles of the controversial 'internal security package' were approved in Parliament earlier Sunday.
• March against PKK ban in Bremen 

  A demonstration was organised yesterday in Bremen calling for the ban on the PKK in Germany to be lifted.
• Mother Language Day marked in Kobanê 

  People in Kobanê have marked the International Mother Language Day at the martyrs' cemetery.
• Kurdish students at Ege University attacked by nationalists 

  Tensions rose at Ege University in İzmir after a nationalist group attacked the HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress) stand opened by Kurdish students.
• Demirtaş: We will continue resisting against the internal security package 

  Demirtaş said: “The righteousness of our approach regarding the security package has been proved by the AKP deputies' attitude containing violence."
• Dutch YPG fighter treated in Germany: My heart is in Kobanê 

  YPG fighter Richard Jansen from Holland who has been brought back to Europe for treatment for an injury he sustained in clashes in Sinjar said that: “I am happy to be a part of the honorable struggle waged by the Kurds."
• YPJ fighter laid to rest by women in Van 

  YPG fighter Şirin Kalkan (Slav Dara) has been laid to rest today by women in the Edremit district of Van.
• 5 youths detained in Van 

  Five youths including DBP (Party of Democratic Regions) Erciş District Youth Assembly member were taken into custody in Edremit district of Van.
• Teachers from Kobanê visit DTK 

  Teachers from Kobanê visiting the DTK (Democratic Society Congress) in Amed said they would soon reopen schools in the war-ravaged city.
• Kurdish people in Germany to protest PKK ban 

  The ban on the PKK is to be discussed during a special session in the German Bundestag on 26 February on the basis of the Die Linke’s motion demanding the removal of the ban, which has been in effect since 1993.
• Women demand justice for Paris murders 

  The Amara Women’s Assembly in Frankfurt yesterday held its weekly justice action organized to demand justice for the three Kurdish women assassinated in Paris, Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez.
• 10 more villages liberated in Kobanê 

  Ten more villages have been liberated from the clutches of ISIS gangs on the southern front in Kobanê Canton.
• Latest poll: HDP to exceed threshold 

  According to polling carried out by the KONDA research organisation in January 2015, the HDP is set to exceed the 10% electoral threshold at the June general elections, and win over 70 seats.
• AKP deputies attack HDP and CHP deputies in parliament 

  Scuffles broke out in the Turkish Parliament last night during debate on the Internal Security Package. 6 deputies from the HDP and CHP were injured.
• Five remanded in custody in Doğubeyazıt 

  Five out of seven people who were detained at 15 February rally in Doğubeyazıt district of Ağrı have been remanded in custody.
• Ten remanded in custody in Amed 

  Operations of detention and arrest against the Kurdish population in North Kurdistan on the grounds of participation in 15 February protest condemning the international conspiracy against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan continue.
• Baby formula and milk run out in Suruç 

  Stocks of baby formula and milk, the basic daily needs of thousands of babies from Kobanê, have run out in Suruç.
• Journalist Nuh Köklü killed 

  Journalist Nuh Köklü has lost his life after being stabbed by an angry shopkeeper while playing snowball with his friends in Kadıköy district of Istanbul.
• Seven detained in raid in Arin Mirxan Youth Center 

  Anti-terror police teams raided the Arin Mirxan Youth Centre for art and cultural works in the western province of Aydın.
• Five arrested in Nusaybin, Viranşehir and Hakkari 

  Detention of Kurdish population on the grounds of participating protest demos continues.
• Operation to liberate Kobanê continues 

  YPG Press Centre said that the Kobanê resistance to the occupation attempt of ISIS gangs which has entered the phase of victory continued on the 154th day.
• Four children remanded in custody in Antep 

  Out of dozens of minors who were detained in the province of Antep, four have been remanded in custody
• March in Berlin to demand lifting of PKK ban 

  Kurdish organisations and democratic forces in Berlin are organising a march to demand the removal of the PKK ban.
• Three children from Kobanê injured in tent fire in AFAD camp 

  Three children from a Kobanê family were injured as a tent in the state-run AFAD camp in Suruç went on fire last night.
• Some 150 arrested at 15 February protests 

  Turkish police detained at least 113 people yesterday during protests against the international plot that led to the imprisonment of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan 16 years ago.