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• Öcalan: Kurdish unity urgently needed 

  In a telephone conversation with his brother Mehmet Öcalan, Abdullah Öcalan gave an assessment of the current situation in the Middle East and the crisis in Southern Kurdistan. He stressed the necessity of Kurdish unity.
• Power and truth 

  Analytics of power and nomadic thought as fragments of a philosophy of liberation.
• 16-year-old Yazidi girl freed after six years in ISIS captivity 

  Ronya F. was ten years old when the ISIS committed genocide in Shengal. She was taken to Mosul and sold in a slave market. At 14 she was forced to marry a 32-year-old jihadist. She has just been freed in the Hol Camp.
• Oil low price unleashes an unprecedented crisis 

  The sharp drop in international demand for oil, as a result of the international coronavirus pandemic, has been compounded by congestion in storage capacity.
• Colombia faces second pandemic: 95 killings since January 

  The social and political coordination of the Colombian movement Patriotic March, published an extensive report covering the first four months of the year, entitled "The other pandemic lived in Colombia".
• Turkey tries to revive the New Ottoman dream in Libya 

  Clashes intensified in Libya in the past year following the inclusion of foreign regional and international powers. The country split into two after the fall of Muammer Gheddafi in 2011.
• Armenian Battalion celebrates its first anniversary 

  "The Syriac, Assyrian and Armenian peoples found themselves in the revolution, just as the Arab people, who did not feel free, joined the Rojava Revolution, led by the Kurdish Freedom Movement."
• Today marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide 

  Up to a million and a half Armenians perished at the hands of Ottoman and Turkish military and paramilitary forces and through atrocities intentionally inflicted to eliminate the Armenian demographic presence in Turkey.
• In Italy 1 day military expenses would pay for 25,000 respirators 

  Francesco Benozzo is an Italian poet, philologist and musician. "With the military expenses of a single day, six new hospitals could be built and equipped or 25,000 respirators purchased," he said.
• Lawyer Bilmez: Our client Öcalan is at high risk 

  The isolation of Abdullah Ocalan and his three fellow prisoners on Imrali cannot be compared to the domestic lockdown during the Corona pandemic. Lawyer Ibrahim Bilmez hopes for empathy.
• The need for emancipation from “the murderous state” 

  In a republic of boundless prohibitions subject to the command of one man, there is no other way out than a popular uprising. It can't go on like this.
• Latest news from Zînî Wertê 

  ANF reporter Rêbaz Hesen went to the region of Zînî Wertê to monitor the KDP forces deployment. Turkish state reconnaissance and fighter planes continue to fly over the region.
• What can art do in our world? 

  Kurdish art also takes its share in times of coronavirus. Film shooting and screenings stopped. Existing projects have been suspended. Theater plays cannot be performed in many places, especially in Rojava...
• Peace Mothers send solidarity messages to Agit Ipek's mother 

  Several mothers, members of Amed, Kızıltepe and İzmir Peace Mothers initiative, sent their solidarity messages to Agit İpek's mother Halise İpek.
• The genocidal policy of the State and the body in the box 

  If Kurdish society surrendered to its pain, it would not be able to live on. The Kurdish resistance draws strength from pain and life from death. Thus in Kurdistan “resistance becomes life”.
• LNA: Why do Kurds fight alongside the 'Grey Wolves' in Libya? 

  The repercussion about the existence of the contra militia "Roj Peshmerga" in Libya have still not died down. The Libyan National Army (LNA) is "shocked" that Kurds belong to this structure and are in Libya as its members.
• Internationalists send solidarity to the people of their county 

  Three internationalists sent their message from Rojava to the people in their countries who are fighting against the coronavirus pandemic. 
• Muslim: We’ll defeat this disease as we have defeated ISIS 

  The world powers have produced weapons and waged wars, but they have neglected the health of the people, said PYD politician Salih Muslim who sent his condolences to the people of Europe for the deaths caused by Coronavirus pandemic.
• Dr Nebbo: We are protecting people with our limited resources 

  Shehba is trying to protect itself against the continuous attack by the Turkish state and its mercenaries while stretching its resources to take measures to prevent the coronavirus pandemic.
• Philosopher Alba Rico: The post COVID-19 depends on citizens 

  Santiago Alba Rico is a Spanish philosopher, writer and essayist. We spoke to him about the coronavirus emergency and its effect on people, governments, economy and about what to expect from the future.
• Remembering Şehîd Sara Dorşîn 

  “In our colorful community of women, Heval Sara was one of the most beautiful colors.”
• Zapatistas call for "Global Action Week for Life” 

  The EZLN calls for participation in a global week of action for life: "To respond to the bad governments of the world: We continue our struggles for life and against capitalism and patriarchy, despite the pandemic."
• Happy Birthday to Öcalan from the Basque Country  

  Creativity and solidarity were the two ideas behing the campaign to wish Happy Birthday to Abdullah Öcalan and demand freedom for the Kurdish people's leader and all political prisoners.
• Öcalan’s isolation on Imrali Island and democracy in Turkey 

  Newroz Uysal is a lawyer of Abdullah Öcalan. We publish an article by her about the connection between the isolation on Imrali, the democratisation of Turkey and the acquisition of democratic rights by the Kurdish society.
• FARC Party executives send birthday greetings to Öcalan 

  Senator Sandra Ramirez and several members of the FARC - People' Revolutionary Alternative Party sent their birthday greetings to Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.