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• ELDH lawyers demand the EU to respond to the threat of HDP ban 

  The ELDH European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights issued a statement in support of the HDP.
• HDP to appeal to the Constitutional Court for Gergerlioğlu 

  The HDP plans to have the revocation of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu's mandate reviewed by the Turkish Constitutional Court. An appeal to this effect is to be filed on Tuesday.
• Demirtaş sentenced to 3,5 years in prison for “insulting Erdoğan” 

  HDP politician Selahattin Demirtaş has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for “insulting the president”. The background is criticism of Turkey's behavior following the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet in Syria at the end of 2015.
• Teens detained for celebrating Newroz in Konya 

  11 teens including minors who wanted to celebrate Newroz in Konya were detained.
• Newroz investigation against HDP Co-chair Mithat Sancar 

  The Diyarbakir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation against HDP Co-chair Mithat Sancar, accusing him of terrorist propaganda in connection with a speech at the Newroz celebrations.
• SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance in solidarity with HDP 

  Growing international solidarity with the HDP which is facing yet another genocidal campaign seeking to silence the elected representatives of the Kurdish people.
• Detention period extended for 10 politicians in Ankara 

  The detention period of 10 politicians, including HDP executives, who were detained on Friday in political genocide operations in Ankara, has been extended.
• Six-day boycott of classes at Boğaziçi University 

  The resistance at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul continues. The students have started a six-day strike for the release of their imprisoned fellow students.
• HDP MP Gergerlioğlu summoned to “surrender” 

  A prosecutor has sent summons to HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, whose parliamentary seat was usurped by the AKP-MHP government.
• Newroz celebrated in Rome 

  Hundreds of people celebrated Newroz at the Ararat Kurdish Cultural Center in Rome, Italy.
• President of National Federation of Cypriots condemns attempts to close the HDP 

  National Federation of Cypriots in the UK President Christos Karaolis spoke about the repression and closure procedure against the HDP and isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Two children lose their life after stepping on a mine in Uludere 

  Two children playing in the garden behind the police station in Uludere district of Şırnak lost their lives when they stepped on a mine.
• Kurds in Berlin celebrate Newroz with the spirit of Garê 

  Newroz was celebrated in Berlin by thousands of people.
• Kurds in London celebrate Newroz 

  Hundreds of people gathered in London to celebrate Newroz and underlined that the resistance against AKP-MHP fascism will achieve victory.
• Kurdish student murdered at Amed Newroz 4 years ago remembered 

  Four years ago, Kurdish student Kemal Kurkut was shot dead by a Turkish policeman on the sidelines of Newroz celebrations in Amed. The 23-year-old has been remembered at the site of his death today.
• Basque internationalist organization Askapena: Newroz pîroz be! 

  “This year, Newroz will be celebrated in many places of the Basque Country. Resistance and solidarity fires will be lighted, and by lighting those fires, we will claim that we are alive as peoples. We will also claim that life is resistance.”
• HDP deputy Gergerlioğlu released after violent detention in parliament 

  HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has been released after being forcibly detained in the parliament in Ankara.
• Newroz fires lit in Yüksekova and Şemdinli 

  Newroz fires were lit in Yüksekova and Şemdinli.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign greets Kurds on Newroz 

  Peace in Kurdistan sent its greetings and solidarity to the Kurdish people and all friends on Newroz, the Kurdish New Year.
• Basque Platform of solidarity with Kurdistan condemns attempt to ban the HDP 

  The Basque Platform Kurdistanekin Elkartasuna Ekimena has issued a statement condemning the request of the Public Prosecutor of Turkey to outlaw the HDP.
• Police detain 2 Peace Mothers and 2 other people in Hakkari 

  Turkish police detained 4 people, including Peace Mothers Gülizar Demir and Halime Arslan, during home raids in Hakkari.
• People in Van fill the area where Newroz will be celebrated 

  Thousands of people have already reached the area where the Newroz celebration will be held in Van.
• People of Amed walk to the area where the Newroz Festival will be celebrated 

  Amed people flock to the area where the Newroz Festival is going to be celebrated.
• Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu detained 

  Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who continued his Justice Vigil in Parliament in Ankara, was detained this morning at 6:.0 am.
• Newroz in Izmir: We will overthrow this sultanate! 

  Despite rainy weather, thousands of people took part in a central Newroz rally in Izmir, western Turkey.