KURDISTAN

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• KDP and PUK meet again to form a government 

  In South Kurdistan, where a government could not be formed since October 2024, KDP and PUK delegations started talks in Pirmam district of Hewlêr (Erbil).
• Five members of 2016 Amed Newroz Organizing Committee sentenced to prison 

  In the retrial against five people who were part of the organizing committee for the Newroz celebrations in Amed in 2016, 5 people were sentenced to 5 months each and one to an additional 6 years and 3 months in prison.
• Baghdad's embargo on Maxmur Camp deepens 

  Some 12,000 Kurdish refugees living in the Şehid Rüstem Cudi Refugee Camp (Maxmur) in Mosul province face administrative and humanitarian restrictions imposed by the Iraqi government.
• KCK: Only the struggle for organization and democracy guarantees survival 

  "The only way for the Yazidi people to ensure and protect their existence, to secure their sociality, and to continue their legacy by adding further values to it is to organize with democratic consciousness and to struggle in unity," KCK said.
• KCK: A new Anfal Campaign is preventable 

  "We can prevent new Anfal Campaigns and guarantee the existence and freedom of the Kurdish people and the peoples of the region by embracing Rêber Apo’s call, struggling for his freedom, adopting his call as a paradigm of struggle," KCK said.
• Uncle of Jina Mahsa Amini imprisoned 

  The murder of Jina Amini sparked an unprecedented uprising in September 2022, when she was killed by the morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the dress code.
• Talabani: Anfal massacre remains one of the most brutal and harrowing campaigns 

  PUK calls upon both the KRG and the Federal Government to carry out their responsibilities towards the families of the noble Anfal victims and to compensate them in every respect.
• Martyr Avareş: Be proud of me, mother 

  Martyr Bercem Avareş kept a diary of her guerrilla days. “I know you will be proud of me”, she wrote to her mother.
• Anfal Genocide: 37 years later, victims still await justice 

  The Anfal campaign sought to wipe the Kurdish presence off the map. The Iraqi Baathist regime killed as many as 182,000 Kurds between 1986 and 1989. Most of the victims are still lying unidentified in mass graves.
• UK-EU Parliamentary Delegation in Kurdistan 

  The UK-EU Parliamentary Delegation has started its diplomatic tour in Kurdistan. After a series of meetings in Southern Kurdistan, the delegation will move to North and East Syria in the coming days.
• HPG reports intensive Turkish attacks with banned weapons, phosphorus bombs and chemical weapons 

  The HPG Press and Liaison Center (HPG-BIM) reported that the occupying Turkish state used banned weapons, phosphorus bombs and chemical weapons in its ongoing bombardments against the guerrilla areas, killing five guerrillas in attacks.
• Workshop on education in the mother tongue in Amed 

  The Education and Science Workers' Union (Eğitim Sen) is holding a workshop in Amed, focusing on the demand for legal and social recognition of the Kurdish language as part of a democratic education structure in Turkey.
• HPG: Two guerrillas were martyred in Turkish UCAV strike in Garê 

  The Turkish army continues its attacks on guerrilla areas in northern Iraq unabated despite a ceasefire declared by the PKK. Two guerrillas lost their lives as a result of a bombardment carried out by a Turkish UCAV army in Garê region in northern Iraq.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Amed Botan  

  Guerrilla Amed Botan fell as a martyr in a Turkish attack on the Zap region in 2021.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Dilmaf Efrîn  

  The HPG announced that guerrilla Dilmaf Efrîn lost his life in the Gare region of Southern Kurdistan as a result of a tragic accident and a subsequent explosion.
• Turkish attacks continue despite ceasefire 

  Guerrilla areas in South Kurdistan continue to be under heavy fire from the Turkish army. The HPG reported the use of chemical gas and phosphorus bombs against their positions.
• Sanandaj court tries eight Kurdish activists for alleged anti-state activities 

  Eight labour and civil rights activists face charges of “propaganda against the state” and “disturbing public order and peace” on the grounds of their participation in a funeral.
• People of Amed: Leader Öcalan’s physical freedom must be ensured 

  Criticizing the state's failure to take any steps since Abdullah Öcalan’s call on February 27, Amed residents demand that the Kurdish leader’s physical freedom be ensured as soon as possible.
• NGOs in Shengal call for the release of YBŞ fighters detained by the Iraqi army 

  Yazidi civil society organizations called on Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani to release 5 YBŞ fighters detained by the Iraqi army.
• Guerrillas: With the birth of Leader Öcalan, the Kurdish people were reborn 

  The Kurdish people consider Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday as their own and celebrate it with great enthusiasm. Freedom guerrillas Bawer Hebeş and Haşim Havîn stated that Kurds were reborn with the birth of Leader Öcalan.
• Guerrillas celebrate Öcalan's birthday 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday, April 4, was celebrated by guerrillas in the mountains of Kurdistan with various activities including military ceremonies, planting of saplings and dancing.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Doğa Şîn and Eylül Deniz Zagros  

  YJA STAR guerrillas Doğa Şîn and Eylül Deniz Zagros fell as martyrs in Turkish attacks on Gare. The two women fought against ISIS.
• Guerrillas call on young people to organize for the freedom of Öcalan 

  Expressing his feelings on Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday, HPG guerrilla Şahîn Reqa called on the Arab youth to “get to know the leader, join his truth and reach your own reality”, while Avareş Reqa called on them to “organize for the freedom of Öcalan.
• Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas celebrate 4 April in the resistance tunnels 

  The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas celebrated 4 April by dancing the halay and singing songs in the resistance tunnels where they are located.
• Iranian regime's crackdown on Kurds continues 

  As the Iranian regime's wave of arrests and detentions against Kurdish citizens and activists continues, a Kurd from Mahabad was sentenced to prison.