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• Little help for earthquake victims in Khoy, Eastern Kurdistan 

  104 people were injured in the earthquake in the Bakur-Rojhilat border area in Khoy in Eastern Kurdistan. 44 villages are no longer inhabitable, but government aid is slow to arrive.
• KCK: Help earthquake victims without waiting for the State 

  KCK called on the Kurdish people in all parts of Kurdistan and abroad to give the necessary support to those suffering from the earthquake.
• Massive destruction and lack of aid after the earthquake in Khoy 

  There have been a number of earthquakes and aftershocks in the border area between Northern and Eastern Kurdistan during the past 24 hours. Numerous houses have been demolished in dozens of villages where hundreds of people were injured.
• Earthquake victims including four children laid to rest in Van 

  Eight of the nine people killed in Sunday’s earthquake in in the Turkish-Iranian border region, have been laid to rest today. Four of them were children, the youngest a six-month-old baby.
• Fascism shows its face in Van 

  In Van there is a de facto state of emergency. All democratic rights have been suspended for years. In the last month alone there were more than 60 political arrests and detentions.
• Van-Xoy earthquake: 9 killed, hundreds of houses demolished 

  According to Turkish officials, 9 people died, 250 houses and 300 barns were demolished as a result of the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Bakur-Rojhilat border Sunday morning.
• Another earthquake in the Bakur-Rojhilat border region 

  After an earthquake in the early morning with ten dead, another earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 occurred in the Turkish-Iranian border region.
• Five arrested in the rape case of a seven-year-old in Hewlêr 

  About one year after the gang rape of a seven-year-old girl in Hewlêr, Southern Kurdistan, three suspects and two helpers were arrested. It was only a public outcry of indignation that prompted the measure.
• Coronavirus panic in Van: Are authorities hiding information? 

  While four people are under observation in Van, suspected to have been infected with the corona virus, the fact that the authorities have not made a clear statement about the issue has increased anxiety.
• Earthquake at Bakur-Rojhilat border kills 9 in Van - UPDATE 

  The 5.9 magnitude earthquake is followed by ongoing aftershocks.
• Horror and outrage after rape in Southern Kurdistan 

  A girl is raped in Hewlêr. The perpetrators are quickly caught, but still don't have to answer. A stony road begins in the fight for justice of the child's father and ends in a breach of taboo, which has never been seen before in Southern Kurdistan.
• HPG: 4 Turkish soldiers killed in Xakurke 

  Guerrillas targeted Turkish military forces in Xakurke, leaving 4 soldiers dead.
• Trustees in Van ask money to support mercenaries in Idlib! 

  The Governorate of Van ordered to raise money for the mercenary groups working for the Turkish state in Idlib.
• Two men elected as leaders of the PUK 

  Pavel Talabani and Lahur Şeyh Cengi Talabani were elected as the leaders of the Southern Kurdistan party PUK.
• HPG Commander Roj: We will reunite Öcalan with the people 

  HPG commander Rodî Roj said they won't give up their determination to reunite Abdullah Öcalan with the people.
• HPG guerrilla Ölçen finally laid to rest  

  The remains of Erhan Ölçen, who fell martyr in Lice, were finally buried after 108 days of police harassment.
• Guerrilla Dêrik: Conspirators could not reach their goals 

  YJA STAR guerrilla Diyana Dêrik said that this is a time when the conspiracy wanted to renew itself, but the guerrilla would be an obstacle to the conspirators' goals.
• Turkish warplanes bomb Medya Defense Zones 

  Turkish warplanes bombed the areas of Gare, Avashin, Metina, Kandil and Zap. Material damage has been reported to civilians' homes and gardens.
• Kurdish politician Mahmut Alinak jailed 

  Kurdish politician and writer Mahmut Alinak has been imprisoned in the Kars province. He is accused of membership to a terrorist organisation.
• Police in Amed blockade HDP statement on party congress 

  In Amed, the police prevented the HDP from publicly issuing a statement on the upcoming party congress. Police units are occupying the city center.
• Attack by Iranian forces kills a kolbar, injures nine others 

  In an attack by Iranian security forces on kolbars on the Iranian border between Eastern and Southern Kurdistan, one kolbar was killed and nine others were injured.
• Earthquake in Van 

  The epicenter was in the Başkale district.
• Turkish jets bomb guerrilla zones in southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands continue in various parts of the Kurdistan territory.
• KODAR calls on people to boycott Iranian elections 

  KODAR Coordination member Ehven Çiyako said that the elections in Iran should be boycotted otherwise the regime will legitimize itself. Çiyako urged the opposition to act jointly.
• Youth in Cizre protest the international conspiracy 

  A group of young people in Cizre condemned the February 15 international conspiracy against Öcalan.