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• Elections, the future of Southern Kurdistan and new developments 

  Elections planned to be held in Southern Kurdistan have been postponed. While the gains of the region are brought up for negotiation, the latest events are also a harbinger of new developments.
• PKK Internationalists in the Palestinian Resistance, a brochure 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava tells the story of the PKK internationalists in the Palestinian Resistance.
• Lawyer Bilmez: The Ministry of Justice is lying 

  Lawyer Ibrahim Bilmez said that Abdullah Öcalan is in total isolation and that the fact that the Turkish Ministry of Justice denies this shows the seriousness of the situation and is reminiscent of Goebbels' methods.
• Edgar Morin: We must fight for the Kurdish people and their leader 

  Edgar Morin, the 102-year-old French philosopher and thinker, is one of the most famous figures of sociology from the 1950s to the present day and who has the honorary doctorate of 38 universities around the world.
• Barzani's visit to Tehran and its repercussions on Iraq 

  KDP, which has left no stone unturned to postpone the parliamentary elections in Southern Kurdistan, also held talks in Iran. Even before the negotiation table was lifted in Tehran, some developments took place in Baghdad.
• Why doesn't the KDP enter the elections? 

  If the KDP enters the elections under the specified conditions, it will lose power in Bashur after 30 years. The KDP is far away not only from being the second party, but even from reaching a position that can provide the same balance as the PUK.
• Martina Anderson: Isolation imposed on Öcalan is unique 

  Former Sinn Féin EMP Martina Anderson said that the isolation imposed on Öcalan is unique.
• Lawyer Ezio Menzione: Öcalan’s isolation is inhuman and has no legitimate ground 

  According to Ezio Menzione, the silence about the isolation and detention conditions of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in the Turkish island prison of İmrali means that nobody wants to disturb the Turkish government.
• 52 years ago the execution of revolutionaries Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan 

  52 years ago, on 6 May 1972, Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan were hanged in Ankara.
• Karasu: On 31 March elections the AKP-MHP lost, and this loss really started a new course in Turkey 

  the AKP-MHP fascist government lost, and this loss really started a new course in Turkey
• Karasu: Support for Leader Öcalan comes from all over the world 

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• Rozerîn Öcalan: It's the first time a radical boycott action of this level has developed in prisons 

  Rozerîn Öcalan from the PKK-PAJK Prison Committee talked about the prison resistance and the new level of radicalism in the fight against isolation. Mothers are also entering a new phase with their fight.
• Plans underway to have the Peshmerga killed as a last resort to postpone the elections Bashur 

  In order to postpone the elections in Bashur (Southern Kurdistan), the ruling KDP is planning to have some of its own forces killed by driving them to the battlefield and postpone the elections by saying "we are at war".
• How do Ankara's war plans resonate in Baghdad and Hewlêr? 

  The Turkish state is trying to persuade the Iraqi government and the KDP to take an active part in the invasion of Southern Kurdistan. The diplomatic engagement of Turkish fascism is changing the political fabric of the region.
• "We can open the doors of İmralı by taking advantage of new opportunities" 

  KCK Executive Council member Zübeyir Aydar and KONGRA GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal said: "Our most important agenda is the situation of Leader Öcalan. By taking advantage of new opportunities and possibilities, we can open the doors of İmralı."
• KCK: Join the Gobal Freedom Campaign on 1 May 

  Join the Global Freedom Campaign on May 1st
• Hozat: People should take a stand against Turkey genocidal policies 

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• Hozat: Global campaign for Öcalan reached a very important level and now needs to develop further 

  Besê Hozat spoke about the struggle for the physical freedom of the Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 86-page US report on Turkey: Kurds are exposed to threats and violence 

  The US State Department published its 86-page report on Turkey emphasizing that Kurds, refugees and faith groups were exposed to threats and violence, and journalists were arbitrarily arrested.
• Kalkan: Special war can be stopped with revolutionary war 

  "The main reason the AKP-MHP fascism suffered such a defeat in the municipal elections on March 31, is the success of the guerrillas," said Duran Kalkan.
• Nuha Ömer: We will send 3 million 699 thousand signatures for Abdullah Öcalan  

  The Syrian Abdullah Öcalan Initiative is preparing to send the 3 million 699 thousand signatures it collected in the campaign that ended on 4 April to the European Union.
• Wilson: Abdullah Öcalan presents a model 

  Seán Michael Wilson is an award-winning comics author who has written over forty books on a variety of topics. The Öcalan biography, he signed together with the Kurdish illustrator Keko, is his most complex work.
• KCK: The democratic parties of Turkey and Northern Kurdistan have a historical duty 

  The KCK said that "the most significant outcome of the election is that the AKP, which ruled Turkey for 25 years and inflicted evil on society, has been decisively defeated."
• Prisoner Odabaş, who has cancer, is neither treated nor released 

  Eren Odabaş from the board of the Cemevi for the Gazi martyrs in Istanbul is in prison despite suffering from serious cancer. The political prisoner is denied treatment.
• Armenia becomes first country in the world to declare 3 August an official day of remembrance 

  The Republic of Armenia became the first country in the world to declare 3 August an official day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide against the Yazidi community in Shengal.