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• Sarıyıldız calls for UN action for dozens trapped in Cizre basement 

  HDP Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız has written a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council Commissariat to demand action for dozens of people trapped in a basement in Cizre for two weeks.
• Demirtaş calls upon the government to open a human corridor in Cizre 

  In a press release today, HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş said that he was ready to go to Cizre with a team of medics and retrieve the wounded people there to the hospital.
• March to Sur blocked by police forces 

  Thousands in Amed have gathered around the Human Rights Monument in Koşuyolu Park today before a planned march to the central Sur district where a state of siege continues for 64 days.
• HDP-DBP delegation on their way to Nusaybin before heading to Cizre 

  A delegation from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) has left for Mardin's Nusaybin district before heading to Cizre district of Şırnak.
• More evidence on the execution of 6 people in Cizre 

  More evidence emerged on the execution of 6 people, one of whom is a woman, whose bodies were discovered in Cizre 2 days ago.
• Sarıyıldız: Cizre basement is no different than Hitler’s gas chambers 

  The situation of the wounded people waiting for an ambulance in the basement of a building for the past 12 days brings to mind the question of whether these wounded people were executed.
• Were the wounded in Cizre executed? 

  Photos of 8 executed bodies were published in AKP’s social media accounts.
• Curfew extended across entire Sur district in Amed 

  The curfew in force in 11 neighborhoods of Amed's central Sur district has been extended across the entire district.
• YPS: 18 members of Turkish forces killed in Sur and İdil 

  18 special operation police and soldiers were killed as a result of actions conducted by Civil Defense Units (YPS) in Şırnak, İdil and Sur on 31 January and 1 February.
• YPS: No clashes around the Cizre basement where people are trapped 

  Civil Defense Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Sivilan-YPS) said there were no YPS units deployed around the house where dozens remain trapped in a basement in Cizre, and that there was no fighting taking place in the area.
• Harms: EU can no more remain silent on the practices in Kurdish towns 

  MEP Rebecca Harms said the Turkish government's practices in the Kurdish region were unacceptable and constituted a huge violation of human rights, underlining that the situation was a matter of urgency.
• 15 police and soldiers killed in Sur since yesterday 

  In Sur district of Amed where an onslaught continues for the 63rd uninterrupted day, attacks by state forces have intensified today noon.
• Over 150 detained amid a heavy crackdown by state forces in Girêmîra 

  State forces have intensified their aggression on the people joining a vigil of resistance in Girêmîra neighborhood of Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• People walking to Cizre start vigil upon blockade by police 

  Hundreds of people from Şırnak, Gundikê Melê (Balveren) and Dêrgul (Kumçatı) towns have started to walk to Cizre to rescue the dozens who remain trapped in a basement for 11 days now.
• Shengal people salute the self-rule resistance in North Kurdistan 

  Êzîdî people living on Mount Shengal have staged a march to protest the Turkish state's massacres against civilians and salute the self-rule resistance in Bakurê (North) Kurdistan.
• 25 detained in police crackdown on vigil of resistance in Nusaybin 

  Police forces have attacked the people joining a vigil of resistance in Girêmîra neighborhood of Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• One youth killed, another heavily wounded by police in Adana 

  One youth has been shot dead and another heavily wounded by police during a crackdown on a demo in the southern province of Adana.
• Sarıyıldız: War crime committed in Cizre before the eyes of millions 

  HDP deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız stated that dozens of people who remain trapped in the basement of a largely demolished building in Cizre for 10 days are being sent to death before the eyes of millions.
• Mothers of trapped civilians blocked on their way to Cizre 

  While 31 people remain trapped in a basement in Şırnak's Cizre district for 10 days now, their families who have been joining the vigil of resistance in Nusaybin have left for the town to reach their beloved ones.
• UN High Commissioner urges Turkey to respect fundamental rights 

  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday urged the Turkish authorities to respect the fundamental rights of civilians in its security operations.
• No news for two days from the people trapped in Cizre basement 

  No news has been received for 44 hours from the basement in Cizre where dozens of people remain trapped for 10 days now.
• 5 dead bodies found in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood 

  As the state of siege in Şırnak's Cizre district continues for 50 uninterrupted days, 5 dead bodies have been found on Reyhan Street of Cudi neighborhood.
• Still no news from the basement, mothers walking to the scene detained 

  Dozens of people remain trapped in a basement where they took shelter after getting injured in Şırnak's Cizre district 8 days ago. While 7 of the wounded have died since, 15 others are suffering injuries, some of whom are in critical condition.
• YPG: We will no more remain silent on Turkey's violation of Rojava border 

  The General Command of People's Defense Forces (YPG) has released a statement reporting ongoing violations and attacks by the Turkish state against the border of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• HDP MP in Cizre calls on Red Cross to mediate for people in basement 

  HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız who is in Cizre district since the beginning of the most recent curfew some two months ago, has written a letter to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent.