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• 22 more people detained in Amed 

  59 people have been taken into custody in Amed (Diyarbakır) during the past one week.
• Identities of three YJA guerrillas martyred disclosed 

  HPG promised that they would triumphantly crown the fighting values ​​created by their martyrs.
• Two villagers arrested in Tutak, wife of murdered Kaya in custody 

  Two of the villagers who were detained in the incident where the state forces murdered Murat Kaya in Ağrı were arrested. Kaya's wife is in custody.
• Two HDP members jailed on terror charges in Amed 

  Two out of the eight people detained in Amed on December 6, have been jailed.
• Journalist and HDP administrator detained in Ağrı 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish population continues.
• Jailed co-mayor of Özalp hospitalized 

  Örenci was diagnosed with hereditary angioedema.
• Political genocide in Amed: 17 people detained 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide practices against the Kurdish population continue.
• Footage from guerrilla action that killed 30 soldiers in Heftanin 

  The revolutionary guerrilla operation left at least 30 Turkish soldiers dead and more wounded.
• Soldiers killed, Prosecutor ignored complaint 

  Turan Sati, a father of 11, was struck by a military armored vehicle on 30 November in Bitlis. Family and villagers went to sue the soldiers but the Chief Prosecutor of Adilcevaz did not even process the complaint.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Çukurca 

  HPG reported continued aerial attacks by the Turkish army in South Kurdistan.
• Police threaten the families of PKK guerrillas in Van 

  Turkish police threaten the families of guerrillas and tell them to bring their children back from the mountains.
• Brothers of man murdered by Turkish soldiers detained 

  The Turkish regime’s repression against the Kurdish population continues increasingly.
• Three HDP mayors jailed in Van 

  Three detained co-mayors were remanded in custody while three others were released on condition of judicial control in Van.
• HPG commemorates guerrilla commander Pîroz Mawa 

  HPG announced that guerilla commander Pîroz Mawa fell a martyr during a Turkish air raid on the Zap region in South Kurdistan in October 2017.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Heftanin 

  In mid-September, Heftanin State Command announced the launch of “Cenga Heftanin” [Battle of Heftanin] Campaign in response to the invasion operation launched by the Turkish army against Heftanin region of Medya Defense Zones in August.
• New guerrillas: We came for our people 

  Young people who have recently joined the guerrilla ranks said that they reject the policies of the Turkish and Iranian states against the Kurdish people.
• Islamic activities on the rise with the seizure of municipalities 

  After the AKP regime has deposed the legitimately elected mayors in numerous places of Northern Kurdistan, it opens the space for Islamist activities in the region. The number of Islamic schools and mosques is rising by leaps and bounds.
• Military siege, torture and detention terror in villages of Amed 

  Turkish forces raided homes and detained several people in seven villages of Amed (Diyarbakır).
• Turkish soldiers murder a civilian in Ağrı countryside 

  Military forces of the Turkish regime have tortured people in a village of the Ağrı province.
• KCK issues call for national unity and national congress 

  KCK called on democratic community organizations, women and youth, legal institutions and personalities, opinion leaders of all faiths, labor organizations, free and democratic press, and all Kurdish friends to support the work for national unity.
• Kurdish parties call for national unity 

  At a meeting on "national unity" and against the current wave of attacks in Turkey, various Kurdish parties published a joint final declaration and decided to convene a conference.
• HPG: Two Turkish soldiers killed in Heftanin, South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish army has been trying since August to occupy the guerrilla zone Heftanin in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq. In the offensive launched by the HPG to counter this operation, 2 more soldiers have been killed.
• Political genocide: 10 HDP politicians detained in Amed and Ağrı 

  Dozens of Kurdish citizens are arrested daily in the Turkish state under AKP rule.
• People of Hakkari reject the trustee 

  The people of Hakkari say that they will not go to the seized municipality unless it is really inevitable and they will not accept a trustee who cannot produce any service.
• Maxmur Camp Council calls for an end to the embargo 

  Makhmour Camp Council called on the KRG to immediately stop all restrictions of movement for the residents of the camp and visitors, and the KRG authorities to stop all kind of repression and criminalization of their residents.