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• Baran Nûjiyan: "A very different connection to the fight" 

  The Press Center of the People's Defense Forces spoke to guerrilla Baran Nûjiyan for the new format "Şervanên Azadiyê". Baran Nûjiyan grew up in Germany and has been a member of the HPG since 2019.
• Luxurious villas will be built in Newala Qesaba 

  Construction work has begun to build luxurious villas in Newala Qesaba, where hundreds of Kurds and Armenians are buried.
• Kirkuk residents celebrate birthday of Abdullah Öcalan  

  The birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was celebrated by planting saplings in a garden in the Rehîmava neighborhood of Kirkuk.
• DBP commemorates Qazi Muhammed, calls for national unity 

  In a written statement on Thursday, the Democratic Regions Party commemorated the leader of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad, Qazi Muhammed and called for "national unity" among the Kurdish parties.
• ‘The KDP is implementing the plans of Turkey and Baghdad’ 

  Cubeyr Şêx Sileman stated that the conspiracy forces are attempting to besiege Shengal and the KDP's wall between Shengal and North-East Syria is a collaborative plan of the Turkish state and Baghdad.
• Mihemed Bekir: Removing the PKK from the list of terrorist organisation will help peace  

  Mihemed Bekir, said that the PKK is the party of peoples who want freedom and added that "removing the PKK from the list of terrorist organisations means solving the Kurdish problem and building a free and democratic system."
• PKK: Let's increase the struggle to realize the aspirations of Kızıldere martyrs! 

  The PKK Executive Committee called on “all the peoples of Turkey to increase the struggle against AKP-MHP fascism in order to realize the aspirations of the 30 March Kızıldere martyrs and all the revolution martyrs.”
• KCK: April 4 proclaims the good news of a free life 

  KCK calls on all Kurdish people and their honorable international friends, all women and youth of Kurdistan to increase their struggle for the crushing of the total isolation of Öcalan and the enforcement of his physical freedom.
• Footage from YJA Star action in Metina 

  Female guerrillas carried out an effective operation to mark 8 March, International Working Women's Day in the Metina region of guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Iraq plans to build razor wires and walls around Shengal 

  Baghdad, supported by Ankara and Hewler, is planning to build razor wires and walls around Shengal. The Co-Chair of the Shengal Democratic Autonomy Council, Xezal Reşo, warns that Shengal is going through a dangerous period.
• East Kurdistan Defense Units publish identity information of three fallen guerrillas 

  The East Kurdistan Defense Units (YRK) Press Center published the identity information of three guerrillas who fell as martyrs on different dates.
• Turkish state launches military attack in Bagok Mountain region 

  The Turkish state launched a military attack in the Bagok Mountain region. At the same time, it was reported that Turkish soldiers also entered villages outside the rural area.
• Court acquits police officer who murdered 5-year-old in Amed 

  Police officer İdris Aksoy who murdered 5-year-old Efe Tektekin by an armoured vehicle has been acquitted.
• HPG: Turkish army replaced troops in Zap after heavy blows by guerrilla forces 

  The invading Turkish army received heavy blows from the HPG/YJA Star guerrillas and had to replace its troops in Kela Bêdewê in the Zap region last night.
• Academics join the boycott in South Kurdistan 

  University lecturers in the city of Sulaymaniyah in South Kurdistan are boycotting the government since they do not receive their salaries.
• Faris Cuweycatî: People of Shengal know better than anyone what the solution is for them 

  Faris Cuweycatî underlined that Article 125 of the Iraqi constitution allows Shengal to govern itself, and added that "the people of Shengal know better than anyone what the solution is for them. Autonomy is the right of the Yazidi people."
• KDP deploys troops to guerrilla areas in Metina 

  Reports are coming through of increasing military activity by the KDP amid allegations that its forces are trying to take some regions in Metina under control.
• Guerrillas carry out actions in memory of martyrs to mark the ‘Week of Heroism’ 

  Guerrillas carried out a series of military actions in memory of martyrs to mark the Week of Heroism. One Turkish military position was destroyed, and one soldier was killed in Zap.
• HPG guerrillas shoot down Turkish drone 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupying Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• HPG pays tribute to martyrs of Mount Herekol 

  Guerrillas Nûda Sümbül, Kendal Azad and Garzan Sason fell in September 2021 in an attack by the Turkish army on Mount Herekol in northern Kurdistan.
• Those destroying Kurdistan's nature build “Erdogan Forest” in Van 

  The Turkish government is deliberately destroying Kurdistan's nature, and forests are being systematically burned down, including in Van province. A few saplings have been planted in the district of Erciş, named "Recep Tayyip Erdogan Urban Forest".
• Sources claim new invasion of South Kurdistan to begin on 15 April 

  According to sources in the region, the next invasion of the Turkish army and the KDP in South Kurdistan is to begin on 15 April with an attack on guerrilla positions near Kanîmasî.
• KCK: KDP’s direct involvement in Turkish war would be a disaster for our people and country 

  Apparently, the KDP wants the peshmergas to fight against the guerrillas in the upcoming Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan. The KCK warns against provocative actions to legitimize direct participation in Turkey's occupation.
• Gerîla Tv releases footage of an action carried out by YJA Star guerrillas in Metina  

  The footage of an action carried out by YJA Star guerrillas in Metina has been released by Gerîla Tv.
• Police torture 4 young people detained in Van 

  Relatives of 4 young people detained by police while they were collecting hay for their animals applied to Van Bar Association and IHD and requested legal aid. They said that the police tortured young people because of the Ahmet Kaya poster in their car.