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• 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.
• Sit-in in front of the Iraqi Intelligence Center on its 3rd day 

  Families of YBŞ fighters who were captured in an ambush by the Iraqi army continue their sit-in action in front of the Iraqi Intelligence Center in Shengal for the release of their children.
• ‘Throughout his 76-year life journey, Leader Öcalan has been engaged in a great struggle’ 

  Celebrating Öcalan's birthday, Sozdar Avesta of the KCK said: "With his philosophy of free life, with his new paradigm, with his labor for the whole society, Leader Öcalan has today become a value for humanity, for women and young people."
• March to Amara demands freedom for Öcalan and concrete steps from the Turkish government 

  On the occasion of Abdullah Öcalan’s 76th birthday, masses marched to his birthplace, Amara village in Urfa, demanding freedom for the Kurdish leader and concrete steps from Ankara.
• Shengal Women’s Units celebrate Abdullah Öcalan's birthday 

  The Shengal Women’s Units celebrated Abdullah Öcalan's birthday, saying: "Leader Öcalan's struggle represents a rebirth for women, youth, and our entire people."
• Öcalan to young people: Organize everywhere! 

  Abdullah Öcalan said in a letter to young people marching to Amara to "organize everywhere."
• Activists of the long march from Amed to Amara attacked by the gendarmerie 

  The gendarmerie attacked the participants of the Amed-Amara march at the entrance of Halfeti district with water cannons and gas bombs.