Journalist Nazım Daştan, who has been following the attacks on Afrin that started on January 20, 2018 which lasted for 2 months with international support, said, "The genocide was carried out within the framework of agreements. The forces in the region participated in this."
Making international contacts regarding the isolation and the situation of the ill prisoners, HDP's Hişyar Özsoy said: "Prisons have turned into torture houses. We will take on the role of encouraging the CPT to come as soon as possible.”
PADÊ (Partiya Azadî û Demokratyê ya Êzidiyan / Êzidî Freedom and Democracy Party) held a meeting in the town of Sinun, in Shengal. Political developments, party activities and the recent activity of the Iraqi army were discussed at the meeting.
It was reported that the Iraqi army threatened Ezidxan Asayish to withdraw from the town of Sinun.
Continuing the sit-in for justice despite cold weather, Ferit Şenyaşar drew attention to the other sit-in protests that started in several different cities and said: "People will stage sit-in protests in front of all courthouses in Turkey."
Speaking about newspaper distributer Kalo who is one of those who is referred to as 'Little Generals' of Apé Musa, his workmates said: “Nothing could stop Yılmaz. He resisted despite being detained and tortured repeatedly. His resilience keeps walking the streets of Amed.”
The sit in initiated by the family of Gülistan Doku enters day 18.
The lawyers of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate to urgently meet with their client.
Nasır who participated in the hunger strike back in 2018 against the isolation in İmralı for 187 days said: "The greatest resistance in history is in İmralı" and called on the youth to unite around that historic resistance.
A law suit was filed against Sami Tay, who was detained in Van for listening to the Kurdish song "Erdale Pirsûsî" on his phone, on charges of "propagandizing a terrorist organization", demanding up to 5 years in prison.
Max Zirngast, Austrian communist, stated that the capitalist system is in crisis, and socialism is necessary for the planet and humanity. Expressing that ecological destruction is near, Zirngast noted that the survival of all species is possible only with socialism.
Family of missing university student Gülistan Doku, have been staging a sit in in front of the court house for the last 17 days, asking, "Where is Gülistan Doku?"
Describing the violations of rights in Antalya Type S Prison, prisoner Harun Ölmez said that they were given one bread and 4 spoons of food a day.
HDP Law Commission Spokeseprson, Lawyer Sedat Düşünmez, was detained during a house raid in the morning.
Stating that the preperations for the big rally continues, HDP Diyarbakır Provincial Co-chairs said: "The people of Amed will once again respond to the attacks against the Kurds."