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• Open letter to British Prime Minister: HDP's vital political voice must not be silenced 

  The Peace in Kurdistan Campaign sent an open letter to the British Prime Minister about the Kobane Trial saying that the HDP's vital political voice must not be silenced.
• Children's theater groups to be formed in every city of Rojava  

  Children's theater groups to be formed in every city of Rojava will perform their plays at special festivals. Children will stage plays in their own language and culture.
• HPG publishes identities of seven guerrillas who fell martyrs in Metîna 

  At the beginning of February, seven guerrillas fell as martyrs in a multi-front attack against Turkish occupying forces in Metîna. The HPG have now released their full identities.
• Hozat: Democratic confederal system provides a solution to current crisis 

  Besê Hozat said that spreading the democratic nation paradigm will help the international struggle for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hozat: The disaster of the century is the AKP-MHP power 

  Besê Hozat said that social solidarity is important to stop the attempts made by the AKP-MHP government to instrumentalize the consequences of earthquakes in North Kurdistan and Turkey.
• Court of Appeals upholds acquittal of non-commissioned officers who attacked Umut Bookshop 

  The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the acquittal of Turkish non-commissioned officers Ali Kaya, Özcan İldeniz and informer Veysel Ateş who attacked the Umut Bookshop in Şemdinli in 2005.
• From Abya Yala to Kurdistan: the peoples organize the revolution! 

  Internationalist Felipe Mattos Johnson, from Brazil, wrote about the Long March for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Besê Erzincan: Guerrillas suspension of military actions met with more war by AKP-MHP government 

  Besê Erzincan (KJK) said that Turkey responded with more attacks to the HPG and YJA Star's decision to suspend military actions because of the earthquake.
• Besê Erzincan: Our people can overcome any disaster by their self-organization  

  Besê Erzincan (KJK) says that the state has never been so cruel to the people of Turkey as it is today. Helping each other during this difficult time is the only possible approach from an ethical and humanitarian point of view.
• Daughter of Qazi Muhammed dies in exile 

  Süheyla Qazi, daughter of Qazi Muhammed, the founder of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad, died in exile, longing for Kurdistan.
• Kalkan speaks about recent decision to stop all attacks by Kurdistan freedom guerrillas 

  Duran Kalkan spoke about the recent decision to stop all attacks by the Kurdistan freedom guerrillas.
• Kalkan: Social and political consequences of earthquake in North Kurdistan/South-East Turkey 

  Duran Kalkan spoke about the social and political consequences of the earthquake in North Kurdistan/South-East Turkey.
• Embargo and attacks against North-East Syria continue despite the earthquake 

  Epidemics, attacks and recent earthquakes did not bring about an end to the embargo on North and East Syria.
• Kalkan: 25th year of illegal imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali 

  Duran Kalkan spoke about the illegal imprisonment of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Italian actor Ascanio Celestini joins Heyva Sor aid campaign 

  Italian actor Ascanio Celestini joined the Heyva Sor campaign and called on everyone to donate to the Kurdish organization to help the victims of the earthquake.
• Karasu: The earthquake has shown the absence of the state  

  Mustafa Karasu said that the earthquake that hit Kurdistan and Turkey has shown the absence of the state.
• Call for Defend Kurdistan's international days of action on the anniversary of Halabja massacre 

  “The war in Kurdistan, the international silence against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, the attacks on the Kurdish women's movement can only be stopped together and with a united will,” says Defend Kurdistan, calling for international days of action.
• Karasu: Civil society and solidarity help earthquake victims not the government  

  According to Mustafa Karasu, the AKP-MHP regime is trying to hide the catastrophic reality in the earthquake zones. The member of the KCK Executive Council holds the Turkish state responsible for the extent of the destruction.
• Kesen: HDP mayors replaced by trustees are helping earthquake victims 

  Davut Kesen has been helping the victims of the earthquake since the beginning. He is one of the HDP mayors replaced by trustees.
• Adiyaman turned into a ghost town after earthquake 

  In Adiyaman over 635,000 people lived. After the earthquake, on 6 February, the city turned into a ghost town.
• KNK publishes dossier on PKK's unilateral ceasefire and earthquake in Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria 

  The Kurdistan National Congress has published a comprehensive dossier on the PKK unilateral ceasefire and the earthquake in Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria.
• Asrın Law Office releases 2022 Annual Assessment Report 

  “2022 was marked by our clients’ absolute incommunicado detention, which prevented us from receiving a single sign of life from them,” said Asrın Law Office, calling for the Turkish authorities to start respecting universal principles of law.
• The International Conspiracy in Abdullah Öcalan's words 

  Abdullah Öcalan writes widely in 'The PKK and the Kurdish Question in the 21st Century' about his decision to come to Europe and about the international conspiracy which led to his abduction in Kenya on 15 February 1999.
• Kalkan: Young people are the most active in Kurdistan and all over the world 

  Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, talks about what to expect in 2023.
• Duran Kalkan: The revolution in East Kurdistan and Iran brings a change in mentality and lifestyle 

  Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, spoke about the most important developments in 2022.