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• Şapatan is burning for 16 days 

  In Şemdinli's Şapatan village a raging fire started by the army is continuing on the 16th day.
• HPG: Special operation centre destroyed in self-sacrifice action 

  HPG reported that the special operations centre of the Turkish army in Lice, Amed has been destroyed in an action of self-sacrifice by guerrilla Tekoşin Amed (Zelal Kartal).
• 3 students expelled from dormitory for having photos of Demirtaş 

  3 female students in Van were expelled from the dormitory they stayed in for having photos of Demirtaş in their purses.
• Woman wounded in Sur explosion 

  One woman was seriously wounded when a foreign object exploded in a frontyard in the Iskenderpaşa neighborhood of the Sur district.
• Destruction and resistance in Sur exposed the AKP “reality” 

  The resistance against the ongoing destruction in Sur’s Alipaşa neighborhood continues. Resident Hatun Tülay refuses to leave her home and says she saw the true face of the AKP, who she used to vote for, after the diggers came to Sur.
• Wildfire in four areas of Dersim amid military operations 

  Wildfires erupted in Dersim’s Nazimiye and Pülümür districts, Hakis region and Geyiksuyu village in the wake of the operations of the Turkish military.
• 50-year-old man: I was tortured by state forces for 4 hours 

  Ahmet Göksu was tortured and detained in a house raid in Karayazı. He said he lost hearing in his left ear and added: “They tortured me for 4 hours. They hit me with the butts of their guns and with sticks.”
• Another curfew in Şapatan, scene of mass torture by state forces 

  Curfew has been declared in Şemdinli’s Şapatan village that came up recently with a mass torture incident where Turkish special operations police and soldiers tortured several inhabitants one month ago.
• Call for general strike in Mahabad 

  NGO representatives in Mahabad called for a general strike in the city tomorrow in a written statement.
• Peace Mothers to stage sit-in against Öcalan's isolation 

  Peace Mothers will take to the streets tomorrow to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The mothers call on the people to give voice to their demand.
• Suicide rate in Rojhilat is twice the Iranian average 

  The suicide rate in Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhilat) is twice as high as the average rate of whole Iran. According to the results of a research on suicides in Iran, 4 provinces of Rojhilat are the top four on the list.
• Gerîla TV releases footage from an action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action in which guerrillas targeted the vehicles engaged in work construction for the military in Çukurca.
• Fire started by military attacks in Şapatan continues for 13 days 

  The fire started by the Turkish army in Şemdinli’s Şapatan region continues for 13 days and soldiers are preventing the local people that attempt to stop the fire.
• Another atrocity by Turkish soldiers in Erzurum 

  House raids with over a thousand soldiers and police in Karayazı’s Yahya neighborhood are reminiscent of the practices in Şapatan. Ahmet Göksu was detained in the raid, and was later dragged around the neighborhood and battered.
• Turkish army hiding its losses in Şemdinli 

  The Turkish army is reported to be suffering heavy losses at the hands of HPG guerrillas in Şemdinli, and targeting civilians following their defeat and losses.
• Six detained in attack on demonstration in Mahabad 

  Regime-affiliated groups attacked a demonstration in Mahabad in solidarity with Banê resistance, as result of which 6 civilians were detained.
• YPS: An ISIS member punished in Hakkari 

  YPS Press Office announced that an ISIS member by the name of Kürşat Turaç has been punished in Hakkari.
• Civilians shot by soldiers in Lice in custody for 5 days 

  Civilians Münir Serin abd Bedran Yıldırım who were shot by Turkish soldiers in a village of Lice, are held at gendarmerie station for 5 days. Another man who was shot in the same incident was also detained after his discharge from hospital.
• Wildfire in Lice grows amid intensified artillery attacks 

  The forest fires under the guise of “military operations” have raged on for months. The people want to intervene by their own means but are prevented by the state forces.
• People of Sur call for solidarity against demolition 

  During a visit by Free Women’s Movement (TJA), residents of Amed’s historic Sur district called for support and solidarity with their resistance against the demolition of their homes.
• Once again, Dersim is burning while intervention is prevented 

  The forest fires under the guise of “operations” have raged on for months. The people want to intervene by their own means but are prevented by the state forces.
• Deir ez-Zor Military Council launches “Cizre Storm” Operation 

  The Deir ez-Zor Military Council announced the launch of the Cizre Storm Operation to liberate the east of the Euphrates and Deir ez-Zor.
• Destruction continues in Sur 

  Police forces attacked the people who refused to evacuate their houses in the Alipaşa neighbourhood of Amed's Sur district. Demolition of the houses continued forcibly afterwards, while the residents were still sitting inside their homes.
• State of emergency in Sine 

  A state of emergency is being implemented in Sine province after demonstrations in solidarity with Banê people against the killings of border porters.
• Whereabouts of Kirmanshan activists unknown 

  The whereabouts of 5 Kurdish activists arrested during demonstrations in Kirmanshan in solidarity with the resistance of Banê are unknown.