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• Youth from Shengal: We’ll defend South Kurdistan 

  Yazidi youth join the human shields initiative in Qandil.
• HPG reports guerrilla action and Turkish airstrike 

  HPG said one Turkish soldier was killed in Lelikan and Turkish warplanes carried out strikes in Gare region in Southern Kurdistan.
• Nusaybin Trial: Defendants expose torture and harassment 

  Defendants said they expect no justice from the biased Court.
• People of Makhmur: We invite Nechirvan Barzani to see the truth 

  Makhmur Camp Martyrs’ Families Association Co-chairs and martyrs’ families protested Nechirvan Barzani’s statements targeting the PKK and said, “We invite Nechirvan to see the truth.”
• DTK: Nechirvan Barzani’s statements harm Kurdish National Unity 

  The Democratic Society Congress said Nechirvan Barzani’s statements in support of Turkey’s attacks against Southern Kurdistan are harming the Kurdish people.
• "There is an international agreement on the occupation of Bashur" 

  "International and regional forces have agreed on an occupation of the region," says Dr. Rêbiwar Kerîm, spokesman for the Democracy and Justice Coalition in South Kurdistan.
• HPG: 10 Turkish soldiers killed in guerrilla actions 

  At least 10 soldiers of the Turkish army were killed as a result of guerrilla actions against the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• Nusaybin trial resumed in Mardin 

  Prisoners exposed violations of their rights and refused to defend themselves unless a fair trial is guaranteed.
• Human shield demonstration in Qandil leaves one month behind 

  The human shield demonstration launched by the youth in Qandil against the Turkish state’s invasion attacks has completed one month.
• Qandil Delegation: We might go to Baghdad 

  Qandil Co-mayor Gulale Osman said, “We are waiting for the Parliament’s response. If the Parliament doesn’t take a stand against the invasion, we will go to Baghdad.”
• Shengal Assembly: KDP’s approach is unacceptable 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly has stated that issues will deepen if Turkey is allowed to enter the region.
• KNK’s Umer: Barzani’s statement does not serve the Kurdish people 

  KNK Abdulkerim Umer said Barzani should condemn occupation by Turkey.
• Father of Cemile, murdered by state forces in Cizre, jailed 

  Father of Cemile, who was murdered by state forces in Cizre and whose dead body was kept in a fridge due to denial of burial, has been imprisoned.
• Delegation from Qandil holds talks in KRG parliament 

  A delegation from Qandil has visited the Kurdistan Region Parliament to discuss the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• HPG reports guerrilla actions in Lelikan and Bitlis 

  HPG said guerrillas punished two contras named Remzi Güler and Mahmut Güler in Amed.
• Kurdish politician Vedat Aydın commemorated in Amed 

  Aydın disappeared and was murdered while in JITEM custody .
• Gerîla TV releases footage of action in Siirt 

  Guerrillas hit Turkish military units in the countryside of Siirt province on March 30.
• Turkish army bombs a village in South Kurdistan 

  The occupant Turkish army continues its attacks against northern Iraq, southern Kurdistan.
• Turkish soldiers kill a civilian in Kanimasi, South Kurdistan 

  Mortar fired by the occupant Turkish army from Kanimasi outpost killed a civilian in South Kurdistan.
• Xakurkê summit: Epics of resistance in every position 

  Guerrilla Roza Bager, fighting in Xakurkê against the Turkish state invasion, said: “The enemy says Xakurkê is done. But now, there are epics of resistance in every position in Xakurkê.”
• People of South Kurdistan to march against Turkish invasion 

  Protest marches will be held in 9 centers in Bashure (Southern) Kurdistan tomorrow under the lead of the National Front. The people will protest the Turkish state’s invasion attacks in the marches.
• "Barzani should stand against Turkish invasion, not the PKK" 

  Gorran Movement MP Şêrko Heme Emin criticized KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani’s statement which -he said- should have been directed against Turkish invasion, not the PKK.
• Curfew in Mardin's Talatê village under military siege 

  Curfew has been declared in Talatê and Kovanlı villages amid a military siege and Turkish army operation.
• Wildfire in the forested area between Lice and Genç 

  Fire erupted in 10 areas in between Amed’s Lice district and Bingöl’s Genç district.
• Military siege in a village of Mardin 

  Turkish troops have laid a siege on Talatê village of Nusaybin.