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• Hunger strike in Maxmur continues 

  A solidarity hunger strike for Abdullah Öcalan and the political prisoners in Turkey is taking place in Maxmur. "Friend and foe should know that we will not give up our struggle until our last breath," the hunger strikers say.
• PADÊ says Baghdad-Hewler agreement should be withdrawn 

  PADÊ held its third congress and urged the Iraqi government to withdraw the agreement on Shengal.
• Hunger strike in Maxmur Camp reaches day 8 

  The hunger strike led by the Ishtar Women's Council in Maxmur to protest the isolation implemented in Imrali isolation has reached day 8.
• KCK issues statement to celebrate Christmas Day 

  The KCK Peoples and Beliefs Committee has issued a statement for Christmas.
• Shengal vigil enters 24th day 

  The vigil promoted by the Shengal people and the Yazidi community to support and claim the Êzidxan public security forces has reached day 24.
• MLKP / FESK guerrillas on Medya Defense Zones fronts 

  MLKP / FESK guerrillas in Medya Defense Zones announced their participation in the resistance to defend the lands of Southern Kurdistan, where the colonialist Turkish state continues its invasion attacks.
• HPG guerrilla İpek's mother battered and detained 

  Halise Aksoy, whose martyred son Agit İpek’s mortal remains were delivered to her in a box by mail, was battered and detained.
• Young women take over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  Maxmur Young Women’s Organization took over the hunger strike demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Vigil in Shengal enters day 23 

  The vigil carried out by the people of Shengal and the Yazidi community continues on its 23rd day.
• Military operation in Van countryside 

  A military operation was launched in Van involving soldiers, police and village guards.
• KCK calls for increased struggle against fascism and isolation 

  Calling on all democratic forces, especially women and the Kurdish people, to stand up for Leyla Güven, KCK stressed that no problem in Turkey can be solved without an overthrow of this government.
• Shengal action marks its 22nd day 

  The action initiated by the Shengal people to support the Êzidixan Asayish (Public Security) continues on its 22nd day.
• Gerîla TV footage from action in Van 

  Gerîla TV published footage of a military action against Turkish forces in the countryside of Çatak district of Van on June 8.
• New group takes over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  Ishtar Assembly took over the indefinite and alternating hunger strike launched in Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Camp to lift the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Vigil and tent action in Shengal enters day 21 

  The Shengal people and the Yazidi community are on day 21 of their vigil against the agreement targeting Shengal.
• Vigil for Shengal enters day 20 

  The vigil and tent action organised by the people of Shengal with the aim of reclaiming and support the Êzidxan Asayishi, continues on its 20th day.
• Guerilla fighter tells about the Gabar action 

  Guerilla Eylem Göksu Gabar, telling about an action in Gabar in 2015, recalls, "First heval Berçem shot, then friends attacked with bombs. The hill was completely wiped out".
• Four detained in Batman over Kobanê protests in 2014 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish population continues unabated.
• "Shengal handed over to ISIS in 2014 and to Baghdad today" 

  KONGRA GEL called on the Kurdistan people in and outside their country to provide any necessary assistance and aid to the people in Shengal.
• Vigil in Shengal continues on day 19 

  For almost three weeks, protests have been going on in Shengal against the agreement reached between the KDP and the Iraqi government over Yazidi town in Southern Kurdistan. So far, there has been no positive response.
• HPG Air Defense Units hit Turkish soldiers in Heftanin 

  The ‘Martyr Delal Forces’ carried out actions with unmanned aerial vehicles against Turkish soldiers in Heftanin region of Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Shengal people’s vigil in solidarity with Asayish on day 18 

  People stand in solidarity with the Asayîşa Êzîdxanê, the local Yazidi security forces in Shengal (Sinjar) against Iraqi government’s decision to dissolve it.
• Egits and Zilans of the new era 

  The history of human freedom is written in the mountains of Kurdistan with the life and wars of guerrilla forces. We are witnessing the course of the war in the Botan mountains.
• Journalist Rizgar Deniz remembered at his grave in Maxmur 

  At his grave in the Maxmur refugee camp, relatives and colleagues commemorated journalist Rizgar Deniz, who died three years ago. The ANHA correspondent was fatally injured in an ISIS attack in eastern Syria.
• KBDH Commander Razmûhî: KDP finances Turkish occupation 

  KBDH commander Hîvron Razmûhî drew attention to the fact that the South Kurdish ruling party KDP does not pay the salaries of the public employees but finances the Turkish occupation troops instead.