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• Qamishlo first cycling team for women and girls celebrates its first anniversary 

  For a year now, Qamishlo has had its first cycling team for women and girls - a novelty, and as more and more women get on a bike, a taboo is finally broken.
• Coalition against chemical weapons in Kurdistan launched 

  A new initiative was launched on Tuesday to stop Turkey’s illegal war in Iraqi Kurdistan and hold it to account for its alleged use of chemical weapons.
• Interview with Mohammed Elnaiem on Self-Determination and the Struggle in Sudan 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign interviews Mohammed Elnaiem about the ongoing struggle for self-determination in Sudan.
• Kalkan: The states that created the “Kurdish question” do not want it resolved 

  “Under the guise of ‘combatting terror’ a Kurdish genocide has been supported by NATO for 37 years. Since 1985 Turkey’s war against the PKK has in essence been waged by NATO. The planning of this war takes place in NATO headquarters."
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign expresses solidarity with World Kobane Day  

  Today is World Kobane Day and Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issued a statement of solidarity.
• Kalkan: Global powers approve and support Turkey’s genocidal sovereignty over Kurdistan 

  According to PKK Executive Council member Duran Kalkan, the Turkish state’s colonialist-genocidal sovereignty over Kurdistan is not opposed by the US and NATO, but, on the contrary, is approved and supported.
• Binarê Qendîl, a model of radical democratic self-goverment 

  The southern Kurdish mountain community of Binarê Qendîl is a model of radical democratic self-government. Communal life is organized at all levels by councils, problems are solved by society.
• Background of the mandate for Turkish foreign operations 

  The HDP Representation in Europe summarizes the background of the extension of the mandate for foreign operations in Syria and Iraq, which was passed in the Turkish parliament on Tuesday, and addresses Turkey's war crimes.
• Karayılan: Erdoğan's defeat against guerrillas in South Kurdistan leads him to threaten Rojava again 

  Because the Erdoğan regime cannot proclaim a victory over the guerrillas, the planned new elections in Turkey have been postponed and Rojava is threatened with a new invasion, said Murat Karayılan in a radio address to the guerrillas.
• 'The idea that there is an alternative to Erdogan is gaining strength in the world', Kürkçü says 

  While assessing Erdogan's recent internal and global challenges, Ertuğrul Kürkçü emphasizes that the world now views Erdogan differently.
• Turkey's use of chemical weapons and international silence 

  Turkey has repeatedly used chemical weapons in the past and has even appeared with them at arms fairs. Nonetheless, international organizations and the international community are turning a blind eye on this.
• Shengal authorities reiterate their demands to Iraq, UNAMI and International Coalition 

  The Democratic Autonomous Council of Shengal reiterates its demands to the Iraqi central government, UNAMI representatives and the members of the International Coalition Against ISIS.
• Turkey-ISIS relation exposed in Suruç Massacre 

  Suruç Families Initiative underlined that the relationship between the AKP-MHP government and ISIS was exposed in the Suruç Massacre and said that “the case was closed because the government was involved in the massacre”.
• Turkish administration should be brought to account 

  It is necessary to take to the streets to protest the occupation and chemical attacks of the AKP-MHP fascism. It is necessary to demand the resignation of Tayyip Erdoğan's administration which has lost its control over the country.
• Beritan, a symbol of the PKK’s resistance 

  When the Turkish operation against Southern Kurdistan started Beritan was in Xakurke. She fought a fierce battle against the Turkish army and collaborators. On 25 October 1992 she threw herself off a cliff instead of surrendering.
• Şervan: The peoples will decide on the new system 

  "No new political systems will be established in Iraq and Syria without taking into account the will of the peoples," said Cafer Şervan of the KCK, referring to the prospects and developments of the Middle East in the geopolitical context.
• Sancar: Let's counter the AKP-MHP government policies together! 

  Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to extend his mandate for army operations in Iraq and Syria by two years. HDP chair Mithat Sancar calls on the opposition parties not to give the green light for another war mandate.
• Lindsey German: "Turkey’s actions are totally illegal" 

  Lindsey German, convener of the Stop the War Coalition, said that “Turkey’s actions are totally illegal."
• Umut bookstore bombing: Acquittal for “deep state” perpetrators demanded 

  The trial regarding the 2005 bomb attack against Umut bookstore in Şemdinli reopened. The public prosecutor's office pleads for the death squad to be acquitted - for lack of evidence. The three assassins had been caught red-handed.
• Karayılan appeals to the West: “Stop the injustice done to the Kurds since 1923” 

  “The struggle of the Kurdish people is a legitimate struggle. Do not call this legitimate struggle ‘terrorism’. Stop this unfair policy,” said HSM Commander Murat Karayılan, appealing to the West.
• Back to Shengal to rebuild his village 

  Ednan Mani, who returned to Shengal with a longing for his country after living in Germany for 8 years, said: “I am very happy to be back. Because I work for my country. I believe we will rebuild Mamîsê in the next few years.”
• Joint appeal for international investigation into Turkey’s use of chemical weapons 

  “As Iraqi Kurds, we have been victims of chemical weapons before.We lost nearly 10,000 of our people during the 1986-1990 period.Our people are still suffering from the complications of these weapons.Now, Turkey is doing the same atrocities on our lands.”
• Karayılan calls for on-site investigation into Turkish chemical attacks 

  HSM Headquarters Commander Murat Karayılan called on international institutions to investigate into the Turkish chemical attacks. Karayılan said that “there is an urgent need for national unity and a common Kurdish policy”.
• Why is the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons silent? 

  Why is the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) still silent despite the evidence of chemical weapons used against the guerrilla?
• "The international community must act against Turkey now," says Andrew Feinstein 

  Andrew Feinstein, director of Shadow World Investigations said that "The international community must act against Turkey now."