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• Kurdish singer sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in prison 

  The Turkish regime continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish population.
• Rojava Film Commune releases new doc on Shengal dengbej tradition 

  The trailer of the new documentary bi Rojava Film Commune director, Şêro Hindê, is about the different dengbej traditions in Shengal.
• 18th International Women's Film Festival goes online from today 

  The festival is organised in sections: Right-Based Cinema, Women's Cinema, Our Body are Ours, Sex-Gender-Sexuality, Feminist Frame, Feminist Memory and Consecutive Films.
• Ali Jiyan publishes first solo album, Arîn Mîrkan 

  Ali Jiyan published his first solo album, Arîn Mîrkan: 12 songs all written by the former Agirê Jiyan singer.
• Online event on Democratic Confederalism on Wednesday 

  The event is titled Democratic confederalism – construction and resistance!  and will see the participation of author Janet Biehl and Havin Guneser, spokeswoman for the International Initiative Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan.
• Grup Yorum reacts to Governor refusing permission for concert 

  “The application was declared as “not approved by the Governorship”. Based on what?” asked the band.
• Catharsis: The tribute of a daughter who never met her father  

  Savaş Buldan was the husband of today's HDP leader Pervin Buldan, who gave birth to a daughter on the day of his murder.
• PKK Culture Committee: Our language and culture are our existence 

  The PKK Culture and Art Committee called on everyone to join forces against the increasing fascist attacks on culture and language.
• Freedom Lecture by Rojava Film Commune to be broadcast today 

  Freedom Lecture by members of the Rojava Film Commune will be screened today at 16:30 hours as part of the We Are One: A Global Film Festival, on You Tube.
• UK Musicians Union joins Freedom for Öcalan Campaign 

  Big trade unions in the UK have been running an active campaign for Öcalan for years. The latest affiliation to the Freedom for Öcalan campaign is that of the Musicians Union.
• Kobane documentary to help Heyva Sor Italy 

  Before that the coronavirus pandemic stopped the activities planned by Heyva Sor Italy, the association had begun screening the documentary On the road to Kobane by Enrico del Gamba.
• Documentary film "Siya Avê" freely available on YouTube 

  The documentary film "Siya Avê" by journalist Metin Yoksu, produced by the MA news agency, is freely accessible on the Internet. The film tells the story of two women whose village in Hasankeyf was flooded by the Ilisu dam.
• International campaign for Kurdish musician jailed in Turkey 

  An international campaign has been launched to demand the release of the Kurdish musician Nûdem Durak, who has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2015.
• Artists in Aleppo start "Afrin Art", a project for lockdown 

  A group of Aleppo artists tried to benefit from the lockdown by developing a project called 'Afrin Art'.
• Feature film "Zer" by Kazim Öz freely accessible on the Internet 

  The feature film "Zer" by Kazim Öz is freely accessible on the Internet in 15 languages. The film accompanies the search for traces of Jan, who grew up in New York and is moved by the song his Kurdish grandmother sings to him on her deathbed.
• Grup Yorum member Dilan Ekin: "They can't succeed" 

  Dilan Ekin, a member of Grup Yorum, was detained on 8 May, along with 16 other people, during the police attack on the funeral of Grup Yorum member Ibrahim Gökçek.
• Kurdish Language Day celebrated in Marseille 

  Hawar magazine published the first issue on 15 May, which since 2006 is celebrated as Kurdish Language Day.
• HDP calls for the removal of pressures on Kurdish Language Day 

  Hawar magazine represented a major change in many fields, especially in language, culture, identity and literature, and marked the last century of Kurdish language and culture studies.
• Teachers in Sheikh Maqsoud vow to protect the Kurdish language 

  Kurdish language teachers in Sheihk Maqsoud, Aleppo celebrate May 15.
• TJA celebrates Kurdish Language Day 

  TJA celebrated the 15 May Kurdish Language Day and called on people to reclaim their language.
• The voice of knowledge: Hawar Magazine 

  Hawar magazine published the first issue on 15 May, which since 2006 is celebrated as Kurdish Language Day.
• Grup Yorum calls on people to protect Ibrahim's grave 

  Grup Yorum issued a call inviting people to go to Gökçek's grave, after the "immoral and inhumane treatment" of the bass player's remains.
• PKK Culture and Art Committee pays tribute to Hozan Mizgîn 

  "In the person of Martyr Hozan Mizgîn, we remember all the martyrs of revolution in Kurdistan and reiterate the promise to keep their memories alive in a free Kurdistan," said PKK.
• Amazigh music loses its champion 

  Singer Idir, one of the foremost ambassadors of Amazigh music, has died aged 70.
• Artist Seîd Gabarî passed away in Hewlêr 

  Artist Seîd Gabarî died at the age of 64 in the city of Hewlêr in the Federal Kurdistan region where he was undergoing treatment for lung cancer.