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• PKK TEV-ÇAND Committee commemorates member Bawer Botan  

  PKK TEV-ÇAND Committee commemorated its member, Bawer Botan (Ehmed Tahir), who died while receiving treatment in Rojava on 5 November 2021, with "respect and gratitude".
• Lawyers present 2021 Assessment Report on Imrali 

  The Asrin Law Office has presented an annual report on the situation in the Imrali prison today. Abdullah Öcalan and three other political prisoners are being held hostage in the prison, and have been in total isolation again for almost a year.
• Noam Chomsky speaks about the Kurdish question today 

  Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, just turned 93 years old. In this interview he spoke about the Kurdish Question today.
• Kobanê, the film of a victory 

  The film of the Kobanê resistance will be ready in 6 months. Like happened in the Kobanê resistance, filmmakers and people from four parts of Kurdistan took part in the shooting of the film.
• PKK Central Committee member Şerik calls for wider internationalization of fight against isolation 

  PKK Central Committee member Cemal Şerik called for a bigger internationalization of the fight against isolation in Imrali. The fight against isolation is also a fight against capitalist modernity and fascism.
• Guerrillas release song in memory of the martyrs of Zendura 

  A clip has been released in memory of the guerrillas who resisted for days against the invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state in Zendura in June 2021.
• International Peace Delegation to Imrali releases new report 

  Every year since his incarceration, a peace delegation has visited Turkey to demand access to Öcalan on the island prison of Imrali. The delegation has just completed its two-day virtual fact-finding mission and released its findings.
• Erbane drum, the voice of women 

  Jiyan Tekçe says that women are the voice of women in the ancient Mesopotamian lands and that the erbane drum is a woman's rebellion against patriarchal society and a cry for peace.
• Dr. Amber Huff: The isolation of Öcalan should end immediately 

  Dr. Amber Huff said that the isolation of Öcalan should end immediately.
• Öcalan's lawyer Bilmez: We are witnessing the worst stage of isolation 

  Ibrahim Bilmez, one of the lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, pointed out that they have not been able to receive any news about their client since March 2021 and emphasized that the worst stage of the isolation has been implemented.
• Kongra Star publishes booklet on International Conspiracy which led to Öcalan abduction 

  On 15 February 1999, Abdullah Öcalan was arrested as part of an international conspiracy. This conspiracy is still active and has taken various forms, wrote Kongra Star.
• The International Conspiracy in Abdullah Öcalan's words 

  Abdullah Öcalan writes widely in The PKK and the Kurdish Question in the 21st Century about his decision to come to Europe and about the international conspiracy which led to his capture in Kenya on 15 February 1999.
• Besê Hozat: Youth must focus on smashing fascism 

  The Co-Chair of the KCK Executive Council, Besê Hozat, calls on the youth to expand their struggle against the regime in Turkey in order to also strike a blow against the international plot against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Prof Michael Gunter talks about his memories of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Prof Michael Gunter talked about his memories of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Ban on Kurdish street musicians in Istanbul is part of genocidal policies against Kurds 

  Any musical group is allowed to perform its songs in Taksim, the very heart of Istanbul in Turkey, no matter what language it is. However, in the city where millions of Kurds live, Kurdish musical groups are banned!
• Remembering the victims of the “death basements of Cizre” 

  Six years ago, at least 177 people were burnt alive or shot dead in the "death basements of Cizre" by Turkish military forces. There has still been no end to the impunity of the perpetrators of this war crime.
• Turkish forces torture arrested Afrin residents to make them spies 

  Fatma Şabo, a member of the Asayish (security) forces, who was taken prisoner in Mabata during the Resistance of the Age, said that the Turkish forces torture Afrin residents in prisons to make them spies.
• Resurrecting terror in the AANES: Turkey’s ISIS prison riot in Hesekê 

  ISIS militants backed by Erdoğan’s regime in Turkey launched an attack on the Sina’a Prison on January 20th, the declaration anniversary of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
• PKK holds annual meeting: "A year of the greatest struggle and victory is ahead" 

  The PKK Central Committee released a statement after its annual general meeting in which it reported a renewal of work and struggle and the adaptation of the form of organisation and leadership "to the new era".
• A spirit devoted to freedom: Viyan Soran 

  On 1 February 2006, YJA Star commander Viyan Soran set her body on fire to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the inhumane practices in Imrali.
• Guerrilla commander Brûsk Amed: It is our duty to carry on the legacy of Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî 

  The guerrilla commander Brûsk Amed came from Paris and fell in North Kurdistan in 2020. A year before his death, he wrote about the Kurdish women revolutionaries murdered in Paris: "It is our duty to carry on the legacy of Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî."
• Hesekê attack was an unexpected move, but was frustrated 

  The attack launched against Hesekê’s Sinaa Prison by means of ISIS gangs was part of a larger plan to eliminate the Autonomous Administration, however, it was frustrated.
• Journalist Emily Apple: Release Öcalan and delist the PKK 

  Journalist Emily Apple said that it is time to "release Öcalan and delist the PKK."
• Facts about the ISIS prison attack in Hesekê 

  The prison attack carried out by ISIS in coordination with the Turkish state is the latest sign of ISIS' resurgence. Questions like “Is ISIS back?” and “Was there an intelligence and security weakness” remain to be answered among many others.
• Seven years ago, the liberation of Kobane 

  Seven years have passed since the liberation of Kobanê. The strategic battle of Kobanê took place between 15 September 2014 and 26-27 January 2015, when it was liberated.