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• Newroz celebration in Bremen 

  The 2023 Newroz was celebrated in Bremen.
• KON-MED: Newroz celebration will be turned into a freedom march! 

  KON-MED called for participation in the central Newroz celebration to be held in Frankfurt.
• First fire of Newroz in Germany lit in Berlin 

  The first fire of this year's Newroz was lit in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on Sunday.
• ‘The state, which provided no help after the earthquake, is now selling houses to survivors’ 

  Babile Koşmaz, who survived the 6 February earthquake in Antep, said: “We did not receive any aid from the state. We could not even find bread. Now the state is selling houses to people who lost everything they had.”
• Thousands remember victims of the Gazi massacre in Istanbul 

  Thousands of people remembered the victims of the Gazi massacre and demanded punishment for the perpetrators 28 years after the massacre of Alevis by state assassins.
• Nine people including a journalist detained in house raids 

  ETHA correspondent Elif Bayburt and eight socialists from the ESP have been taken into custody during house raids in Istanbul, Ankara and Adana.
• Autonomous Administration delegation meets Austrian MPs 

  A delegation from the Autonomous Administration discussed the situation of ISIS mercenaries and the ongoing invasion attacks by the Turkish state with members of the Austrian Parliament.
• First fire of Newroz in Switzerland was lit in Chur 

  The first fire of Newroz in Switzerland was lit in Chur.
• Former HDP Urfa MP Ibrahim Binici arrested 

  Former HDP Urfa MP Ibrahim Binici has been arrested.
• Berkin Elvan remembered on the ninth anniversary of his death 

  Berkin Elvan is the youngest victim of the Gezi uprising of 2013. He was 14 when he was seriously injured by a gas cartridge fired by police on the fringes of the protests and spent 269 days in a coma before he died nine years ago today.
• AFAD says death toll from earthquakes rose to 47,975 

  The death toll from the earthquakes that struck northern Kurdistan and southern Turkey on 6 February has risen to 47,975, according to official data. The victims include 6,278 foreigners.
• 36 parties to run in Turkey’s elections in May 

  The Supreme Election Board (YSK) has announced the list of 36 political parties eligible to run in the upcoming elections in May.
• Main Newroz celebration will be held in Frankfurt 

  KON-MED said that the main Newroz celebration will take place in Frankfurt.
• Earthquake survivor: We don't want to leave our cities 

  Hüsne Kılıç lives in Nurdağı, one of the cities most affected by the earthquake. She said: "We will not leave our lands."
• HDP: We are ready! 

  After the confirmation the elections will be held on 14 May, the HDP said that they are ready and added that "those who destroy the country and deepen injustice should get ready for the biggest defeat in history."
• The pain of a mother: My son's body was thrown in the street 

  Earthquake victim Eser Mullaoğlu said that the body of her 15-year-old son, who arrived dead in Hatay Training and Research Hospital after the earthquake, was thrown from the morgue onto the street.
• Civaka Azad announces Newroz events in 5 Austrian cities and in Budapest 

  Civaka Azad called for participation in the Newroz events to be held in 5 Austrian cities as well as in Budapest, with the slogan "Solidarity with earthquake victims with the spirit of victory".
• Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’ 

  Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have left nearly 130,000 people “looking death in the eyes” and nearly 50 million facing crisis levels of food insecurity, WHO said on Friday.
• Sweden presents draft for "tougher terror laws” 

  Just in time for the resumption of NATO talks with Turkey, Sweden has presented a proposal for tougher terror laws. The parliament must now vote on the law. The changes are to come into force on 1 June.
• Kurdistan Alliance convenes in Amed 

  The Kurdistan Alliance gathered for a meeting hosted by the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) for a discussion ahead of the looming elections in Turkey.
• Buldan: Newroz will mark the beginning of a great change 

  In a meeting launching events to mark Newroz in Amed (Diyarbakir), HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan said that this year’s celebrations would mark the beginning of a “great change”.
• KCKD-E: We will not forget the massacres in Halabja, Qamishlo, Gazi and Afrin 

  The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress said that the massacres of Halabja, Qamishlo and Gazi and the atrocities during the occupation of Afrin will never be forgotten.
• Erdogan officially announces date for elections 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has officially announced that Turkish elections would be held on May 14.
• Call for solidarity with the HDP on 13 March 

  The defence of HDP over the closure case is now scheduled for April 11. Against the politically motivated closure case, the party calls for solidarity on 13 March.
• Attack at Jehovah's Witness centre in Hamburg leaves at least 7 people dead 

  A shooting at a Jehovah's Witness centre in Hamburg left at least seven people dead and dozens injured.