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• Başaran: You don't have to choose the lesser evil, there is an alternative, and it's HDP! 

  “Society is not without solutions and alternatives. You don't have to choose the lesser evil. There is a third way and social force that is being recreated every day from across society; her name is HDP,” says Ayşe Acar Başaran.
• New report about Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  The Committee Against the Use of Chemical Weapons in South Kurdistan has published a new report called "Turkey's use of chemical weapons in South Kurdistan continues. Why is the OPCW not acting against the use of banned weapons?"
• Sinn Fein MP Francie Molloy talks about Turkey's war crimes 

  Francie Molloy, Sinn Fein MP, was interviewed about Turkey’s illegal war in Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Genocide of 2014 and ongoing threats against Shengal’s Ezidi community 

  On the eighth anniversary of the ISIS genocide against Ezidi Kurds in Shengal (Sinjar) the Ezidi Women’s Freedom Movement (TAJE) sent a dossier to the UN offices, international institutions, NGOs, academics and to international figures including the Pope.
• REPAK publishes dossier to mark 8th anniversary of genocide of the Yazidi people by ISIS 

  REPAK published a dossier on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the genocide of the Yazidi people at the hands of ISIS in the Shengal region.
• Eight years ago the Yazidi community faced ISIS genocide in Shengal 

  The 74th genocide arrived at the doors of the Yazidi community on 3 August 2014. The Islamic State killed, raped, kidnapped thousands in Shengal.
• Kurdistan National Congress: How can Turkey be stopped? 

  The Kurdistan National Congress published a document on the new and very justified debate that began in the international community after the Turkish massacre in Zakho.
• Karayılan: The Treaty of Lausanne is against the Kurds and all the peoples of the region 

  The AKP-MHP government wants to maintain its power by shedding blood. By waging a war against the Kurds and North-East Syria before the elections, it wants to manipulate nationalist feelings and to achieve results, according to Murat Karayılan of the PKK.
• Film review: “Jiyan’s Story” 

  Reimar Heider reviewed the movie “Jiyan’s Story” (2017) by A. Halûk Ünal.
• Karayılan: PKK has nothing to do with the Zakho massacre 

  PKK Executive Committee Member Murat Karayılan stated that a Kurdish and Iraqi national stance could be developed against the increasing Turkish colonialism and aggression in South Kurdistan.
• Poet Ferhat Merde: Some rushed to defend Shengal, while others left and fled 

  Speaking on the occasion of the anniversary of the Shengal massacre, poet Ferhat Merde said: "The Freedom Movement protected the Yazidi people against ISIS mercenaries. Some rushed to defend Shengal, while others left and fled."
• Dirk Campbell about Turkey's war crimes 

  YPJ martyr Anna Campbell's, Dirk Campbell, spoke about Turkey's war crimes.
• Salih Muslim: Erdoğan's actions constitute a danger to the whole world 

  “Turkey is attacking the entire world with NATO power and NATO should now stop this at least. Otherwise, the whole world is on the verge of a great danger because of Erdoğan’s actions,” said Salih Muslim of the PYD.
• Karayilan: We fight for a brighter future 

  “The losses of the Turkish state in the war in Kurdistan are very high, but we don't want to count the dead. Rather, we say: you cannot liquidate the PKK, destroy the Kurds and stop the freedom movement by killing,” said Murat Karayilan.
• Rojava Information Centre publishes new report about the Rojava Revolution  

  History of the Revolution: Much Achieved, Still Much to be Done, is the title of the new report about the Rojava Revolution published by RIC.
• PKK: The revolution of Rojava will continue to grow and expand 

  On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Rojava revolution, the PKK said: "We are convinced that the revolution will continue to grow and develop in the coming period."
• Ten years ago, the Rojava Revolution 

  Ten years ago, on 19 July 2012, the Kurds found their own “Freedom Day” when the people of Kobane took control of their own destiny, repelling Assad’s Syrian forces and embarked on establishing their own self-government.
• KCK: It is everyone's duty to defend the Rojava Revolution against occupation 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency stated that the Rojava Revolution is the common revolution of all peoples, women, the oppressed and humanity, and it is a duty for everyone to defend the Rojava Revolution against occupation.
• Book Review: “Their Blood Got Mixed. Revolutionary Rojava and the War on ISIS” by Janet Biehl 

  “Their Blood Got Mixed. Revolutionary Rojava and the War on ISIS” by Janet Biehl is "an excellent introduction into revolutionary Rojava," writes Reimar Heider.
• 'The people of Bashur crossed the borders and joined the Rojava Revolution struggle' 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Representative Evîn Swed said that the people of South Kurdistan showed great interest in the Rojava Revolution, despite the KDP government’s attitude, and took an active role in it.
• Turkish army preparations to use chemical weapons captured on video 

  The preparations of the Turkish army to use chemical weapons were captured on video on Werxelê Hill. Turkish soldiers are seen laying hoses that spray compressed air to release chemical gases into the war tunnel.
• HPG commander Malazgirt: Every step costs the enemy a high price 

  HPG commander Amed Malazgirt underlines that the Turkish army pays a high price for every step forward, adding that this will only get worse with the duration of the war.
• Loving life so much to be ready to die. The 14 July Martyrs 

  Kemal Pir is one of the founders of the PKK. With PKK members Kemal Pir, Hayri Durmuş, Akif Yılmaz and Ali Çiçek, he announced, on 14 July 1982, the beginning of a death fast to protest the conditions of Diyarbakır Prison.
• Turkey’s criminal record of phosphorus bombs 

  The Turkish army is committing war crimes by using phosphorus bombs in addition to other chemical weapons in its war in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq), ongoing since April 14, 2022.
• Fuat Kav: The 1982 hunger strike was a turning point 

  Fuat Kav is one of the survivors of the great hunger strike in Amed prison in 1982. He tells ANF what the situation was like in the prisons of the Turkish military junta at the time and what he lived during that time.