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• 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.
• Duran Kalkan: 2022 was the year of women's resistance 

  Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, spoke about the most important developments in 2022.
• Karasu: Society should rely on itself, not on the state 

  KCK Executive Council member Mustafa Karasu accused the Turkish state of having established only sham institutions for disaster management, stating that society must rely on itself and not on the state.
• Internationalist Commune of Rojava: A natural disaster, inseparable from its political implications 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava issued a statement on the earthquake in Kurdistan, Syria and Turkey.
• AKP-MHP policies are killing 

  At least 12,873 have lost their lives in the earthquake. Tens of thousands of people are still under the rubble.
• HDP issues urgent call for solidarity to international organizations and institutions 

  The HDP called on all international institutions, governments, organizations and individuals to bear a hand to get over this incredible pain and rebuild shattered lives and communities.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan - Live Blog 

  The number of dead increased to 3,381, while the injured are at least 20,486.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan 

  The number of dead and injured continues to increase.
• KCK: Everyone needs to mobilize all available means to help 

  The Co-Presidency of the KCK Executive Council issued a statement about the earthquake that hit Kurdistan.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan: At least 1,004 dead over 6,000 injured 

  At least 1,004 dead and 6,000 injured. Thousands of people are under the rubble. The earthquake also hit Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Heyva Sor calls for emergency rescue for earthquake victims 

  The Heyva Sor a Kurdistan (The Kurdish Red Crescent) has called for emergency rescue due to the earthquake in Bakure (North) Kurdistan.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan: Hundreds dead, thousands trapped under rubble 

  A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has hit the cities of Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep in Bakure (North) Kurdistan, leaving hundreds dead and injured. Thousands of people are still trapped under rubble.
• Earthquake in North Kurdistan: at least 284 dead, over 2,000 wounded 

  Turkey’s disaster management agency AFAD said at 10.05 am Turkish time that the earthquake left at least 284 dead and over 2,000 wounded.