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• Newroz in Van: One hundred thousand hearts against isolation 

  The Newroz celebration in Van began with a minute’s silence to pay tribute to Zülküf Gezen who ended his own life in Tekirdağ Prison to demand the end of isolation.
• YRK and HPJ guerrillas celebrate Newroz in Rojhilat 

  Guerrillas of the Kurdish freedom movement are celebrating Newroz across Kurdistan.
• KCK message for Qandil Newroz: This is the spring of freedom 

  KCK sent a message to the Newroz celebrations in Binare Qandil with thousands of attendants. The message said: “This is the spring of freedom.”
• People of Cizre gather for Newroz despite state blockade 

  Thousands of people flocked to the Newroz area despite the state blockade in Sirnak’s Cizre district.
• Leyla Guven: We will break the isolation and free our people 

  DTK Co-chair Leyla Guven sent a message to the Amed Newroz and said, “Comrade Zulkuf illuminated our future with his resistance move. We will never accept the isolation.”
• People of Qandil ready to celebrate Newroz 

  Kurdish people are welcoming the New Year Newroz in spirit of resistance.
• Guerrillas celebrate Newroz in the Zagros Mountains 

  Kurdish guerilla units celebrated Newroz in the Zagros Mountains.
• Guerrillas: We will be a shield against the policies of Dehaks 

  HPG guerrillas said they won’t bow down to invasion and pillaging by Dehaks and that they will be a shield against all annihilation policies.
• Hunger strike resistance continues all over South Kurdistan 

  HDP member Nasır Yağız in Hewlêr has entered the 120th day of hunger strike.
• “Let’s crown the hunger strike resistance with victory on Newroz” 

  HPG guerrillas said Newroz is a day of emerging from the darkness into the light and added: “Let’s crown the hunger strike resistance with victory on Newroz.”
• Turkish state intelligence activity in Bradost 

  Turkish state has launched intelligence activity in the area in Bashure Kurdistan they invaded last year under the guise of census works.
• 23 people including politicians detained in Van 

  The Turkish regime continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• Newroz celebrated in Maxmur camp 

  The Newroz fire was lit amid slogans chanted by the people.
• Kurdish artist visits Yağız on day 119 of hunger strike 

  "The hunger strike was launched against Turkey's policies and will bring victory. Fascism will be destroyed.”
• Air strikes in Cudi Mountain region 

  Turkish invasion forces carried out air strikes and mortar fire in the Cudi Mountain region of Sirnak.
• YBS: Iraqi attack was a provocation, 2 YBS fighters were martyred 

  YBS General Command announced that the attack yesterday was a provocation and that they have 2 martyrs.
• Yagiz takes turn for the worse, hunger strikes spread 

  As the hunger strikes spread in Southern Kurdistan, Nasir Yagiz’s health issues on the 118th day of his hunger strike raise concerns.
• KCK: The resistance should grow in Zulkuf Gezen’s sacrifice 

  The KCK issued a statement and called on the people to “uphold the memory of the first prison martyr in the Break the Isolation lunge, to rush to Newroz grounds, to grow the resistance and to bid him farewell in the most glorious way”.
• Kurdish woman goes on hunger strike in Germiyan 

  Tevgera Azadi Germiyan Regional Council member Gulebax Celal has started an indefinite hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Brief clash in Shengal 

  Reports of armed confrontation in Shengal town in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Thousands attended commemoration for Halabja victims 

  On 16 March 1988 some 5,000 Kurds, mostly women and children, were killed when deadly gas was released on the northern town of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's forces.
• Thousands commemorate the victims of Halabja massacre 

  On 16 March 1988 some 5,000 Kurds, mostly women and children, were killed when deadly gas was released on the northern town of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's forces.
• Hunger strike in Maxmur on day 91 

  As the hunger strike against the isolation continues in Maxmur on day 91, the 31st group took over the protest. Ishtar Assembly Member Fadile Tok’s indefinite non-alternating hunger strike is on day 56.
• Rojava Administration delegation visits hunger strikers 

  Rojava Autonomous Administration Representation visited the hunger strikers in Germiyan and supported their protest.
• KNK delegation visits hunger striker Fadile Tok in Maxmur 

  A KNK delegation visited the hunger strikers in Maxmur who are on day 90 of their protest and Fadile Tok, who has been on a hunger strike for 55 days.