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• Iranian regime escalates crackdown on Kurdish Sunni clerics 

  The Iranian regime continues its crackdown on Kurdish clerics. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, three Kurdish Sunni clerics have been arrested in Eastern Kurdistan in recent days and one has been sentenced to prison.
• HPG: One soldier killed, two others injured as Turkish attacks against guerrilla areas continue 

  The occupying Turkish army bombed the guerrilla areas 691 times. As guerrillas in the defense position responded to the attacks, one soldier was killed and two others injured.
• French Foreign Minister: The rights and interests of the Kurds must be fully taken into account 

  After a meeting with Mazloum Abdi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that “the rights and interests of the Kurds must be fully taken into account."
• HDK, DEM Party-DBP delegation meets with Yekgirtû in Hewlêr 

  HDK, DEM Party and DBP delegation met with the Yekgirtûya Islami Movement in Hewlêr. They exchanged views on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's Call for Peace and Democratic Society.
• Kurdish language teacher sent to Sanandaj prison to serve five-year sentence 

  Kurdish language teacher Srwa Pour-Mohammadi was sent to Sanandaj Central Prison on 19 April to serve a five-year sentence.
• In Kurdistan, resistance is life 

  Neutralizing NATO's second-largest army at the gates of the tunnels for three years, heroes like Gabar Botan, Xebat Tîrêj, Şervan Guerrilla, Çiyager Dîcle, Erdal Reşo and Munzur Serhed added a new book to the history of Kurdish resistance.
• HDK-DEM Party-DBP delegation holds talks in Hewlêr 

  A delegation of the HDK, DEM Party and DBP is holding talks in Hewlêr (Erbil) in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action in Zap 

  Gerîla TV broadcast footage of the destruction of a howitzer that bombed tunnels and positions in the Sergelê Resistance Area of ​​the Martyr Delîl Western Zap region.
• A three-year epic of resistance: Girê Fm war tunnels 

  The guerrillas Gabar, Şervan and Xebat, who put up great resistance in the Girê Fm war tunnels, became the heroes of a three-year epic.
• HPG: Turkish attacks against guerrilla areas continue 

  The Turkish army attacks against guerrilla areas in northern Iraq continue uninterruptedly. The occupiers carried out 360 attacks on April 18 and 19.
• HPG pays tribute to three fallen guerrillas  

  The HPG paid tribute to guerrillas Heqî Amed, Zinar Raperîn, and Rêber Licê, who were killed on 18 January 2025 during an attack by the Turkish army in the Medya Defense Areas.
• PUK Leader Bafil Talabani protests Turkish attacks  

  PUK Leader Bafil Talabani said that despite the ceasefire declared by the PKK, the Turkish state’s warplanes and drone attacks are obstructing the process.
• 27 bombardments hit Amêdiyê in a single day 

  The CPT reported that the invading Turkish army carried out 27 bombardments on villages in the Amêdiyê district of Duhok province.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of armored vehicle destroyed in Girê Bahar Resistance Area 

  Gerîla TV released footage of an armored vehicle destroyed in the Girê Bahar Resistance Area.
• HPG: Turkish army attacked guerrilla areas 629 times between April 15 and 18 

  The Turkish army attacks against guerrilla areas in northern Iraq continue uninterruptedly. The occupiers carried out 629 attacks between April 15 and 18.
• HPG: Turkish attacks on guerrilla areas continue 

  The HPG Press Liaison Center (HPG-BIM) reported that attacks by the occupying Turkish army continued despite the ceasefire declared by the PKK on March 1.
• Iran’s Supreme Court overturns death sentence of Kurdish man accused of ‘espionage for Israel’ 

  The case is now expected to be referred to another branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Orumiyeh for a retrial.
• New footage of guerrilla actions against Turkish attacks 

  Gerîla TV broadcast footage of the interventions carried out in the Zap region on April 12 and 13 in response to the Turkish state's continued attacks despite the ceasefire.
• 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.