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• Peshmerga veteran calls for solidarity with Shengal 

  During a visit to Shengal, Peshmerga veteran Osman Mihemed expressed his support for the Yazidi community's demands for autonomy and appealed to the KDP not to turn against its own people.
• MP Yusra Recep: Iraqi constitution grants autonomy to Shengal 

  Iraqi parliamentarian Yusra Recep said that the people of Shengal have the right to autonomy and to protect themselves according to the Iraqi constitution.
• Ronak Mecid: Shengal can be a model for national unity 

  Tevgera Azadi Board member Ronak Mecid said that Shengal represents peace and called on all political circles to support the demands of the people of the region.
• Roboski families apply for a retrial 

  On December 28, 2011, 34 people were killed in Roboski when the Turkish air force bombed a caravan of mostly underage border traders. All trials brought before civilian and military courts have been discontinued.
• HPG announces death of a guerrilla in Metina 

  HPG guerrilla Mervan Gabar was martyred in Metina in April. In Mardin, five guerrilla fighters and one civilian were killed in a military operation by the Turkish army at the end of March.
• Footage of guerrilla action on Turkish outpost in Şemdinli 

  HPG-BIM published footage of a sabotage action that targeted the Newa military station in Şemdinli district of Hakkari at 08:00 on January 19.
• Iraqi MP: "The demand for autonomy for Shengal is constitutional" 

  In view of the tense situation in Shengal, Iraqi MP Yusra Recep paid a visit to the Yazidi settlement area in southern Kurdistan. The parliamentarian confirmed that the demand for autonomy is constitutional.
• HPG guerrilla martyred in Gare 

  The Turkish army carried out a massive bombardment on guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan last Sunday. A guerrilla by the name of Andok Oremar was martyred in the attack.
• HPG guerrilla martyred in Mardin laid to rest 

  People's Defense Forces (HPG) guerrilla İsmet Bilgiç (Rüstem Midyat), who was martyred during an armed clash in the area of Mount Bagok, has been buried by his family.
• HPG commemorates four guerrillas martyred in Qandil 

  HPG published the names of four guerrilla fighters who died in an airstrike by the Turkish army on the Qandil region in southern Kurdistan in March 2018.
• Guerrilla Dilovan Leylex releases song ‘Time for freedom' 

  A guerrilla fighter from Rojhilat dedicated his song titled 'Time of freedom' to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan on the occasion of his 72nd birthday.
• HSM: Time for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  “The war between us and the fascist colonial policy continues today on a comprehensive scale everywhere. But the real war is taking place on Imrali,” said HSM in a statement on the birthday of Kurdish leader Öcalan who turns 72 today.
• KCK: Let's turn everywhere into a place of struggle for Öcalan’s freedom 

  KCK calls on everybody to “turn the year 2021 into the year of liberating our leader Abdullah Öcalan and Kurdistan and of meeting him on the Newroz square of Amed.”
• Maxmur Camp celebrates Öcalan’s birthday with three-day festival  

  The 4 April Festival is being held for the 13th time in Maxmur Camp to mark Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday. Today is the final day of the three-day event.
• Trees planted to mark Öcalan’s birthday in Şırnak 

  Numerous trees have been planted in Şırnak on the occasion of Abdullah Öcalan's upcoming 72nd birthday.
• ‘April 4 Festival’ to mark Öcalan’s birthday kicks off in Maxmur 

  In the Maxmur refugee camp in South Kurdistan, the traditional ‘April 4 Festival’ has begun to mark the birthday of Abdullah Öcalan. There are several art exhibitions as part of the event. Sports competitions will be held tomorrow.
• HPG reports air and ground attacks on Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG reported air and ground attacks by the Turkish army on the Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan. The regions of Avashin, Xakurke and Metina were bombed.
• YJA Star and HPG Guerrillas: We'll increase the struggle to free President Öcalan 

  YJA Star and HPG guerrillas spoke about 4 April, Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday and said: "We will fight for the freedom of president Öcalan to the end."
• Turkish jets bomb villages in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people continue in various parts of Kurdistan.
• People of Shengal start resistance vigil 

  The people of Shengal launched a resistance vigil on Mount Shengal to protect their gains and to denounce the "purge plan".
• Mine explosion kills a shepherd in Silopi 

  A shepherd has been killed by a mine explosion in the Silopi district of Şırnak, Northern Kurdistan.
• HPG guerrilla buried after nine months 

  HPG guerrilla Seyhan Taş has been buried with his immediate family in his hometown nine months after he was martyred in a clash with the Turkish army.
• Yazidis: April 1 is a plan to purge the organized state in Shengal 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council (MXDŞ) recalled that the Iraqi government gave Shengal a deadline until April 1 and said "April 1 denotes a plan to purge the organization of Yazidis at the request of the Turkish state."
• HPG pays tribute to three guerrillas fallen in Bektorya 

  The HPG have published the names of three guerrillas who fell as martyrs in clashes with the Turkish army in the Bektorya area of ​​Heftanîn.
• Three soldiers killed in retaliatory action in Heftanin 

  Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a retaliatory action by the HPG in the guerrilla region of Heftanin in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.