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• Many detained as KDP forces attack workers in Hewler 

  KDP Asayish attacked the protest of contract workers in Hewlêr and detained many workers.
• Yüksekova co-mayor Diri: We use resources for our people 

  Yüksekova Municipality co-mayor Şoreş Diri stated that they are working intensively to fix the damage caused by the trustees and said, "We are using all the resources of our municipality for our people."
• YRK pays tribute to guerrilla Harûn Partîzan  

  Guerrilla Harûn Partîzan died in an accident in the Asos Mountains, the Eastern Kurdish guerrilla organization YRK said in a statement.
• Gorran Movement Spokesperson: Turkish attack against journalist is a terrorist crime 

  Gorran Movement Spokesperson Dr Dilêr Abdulhalik condemned the Turkish state's attack on free press workers and said that they considered the attack a terrorist crime.
• Ala Talabani: The targeting of journalists is an unacceptable attack 

  Ala Talabani, a former Iraqi parliamentarian, said that the occupying Turkish state’s attack against journalists was unacceptable and that Baghdad adopted an ambiguous attitude in the face of Ankara's increasing attacks.
• Two wounded as village guards attack people in Ağrı countryside 

  Village guards attacked a village in the Diyadin district of Ağrı and injured two people. While the tension in the village continues, a ‘ban’ was imposed on entering and exiting the village.
• Hêro Bahadîn's father: They bring the enemy to Kurdistan and slaughter our children 

  Bahadîn Abdullah, the father of the journalist Hêro Bahadîn killed in Turkish attack, condemned those who were complicit in the enemies' arrival in Kurdistan and said, “They are slaughtering our children with our money and oil.”
• Kurdish guerrillas carry out actions in Zap and Metîna 

  The Kurdish guerrillas continue to attack Turkish occupation troops in the Medya Defense Areas. In the Zap region, a soldier was shot dead.
• KRG Deputy PM and the Governor of Sulaymaniyah condemn the Turkish killing of journalists 

  Kurdistan Regional Government Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani described the murder of the two journalists as an unacceptable crime and called on the Iraqi government and the international community to put limits on the actions of the Turkish state.
• Protest against deadly Turkish attack against journalists in Sulaymaniyah 

  The Kurdistan Region Journalists’ Syndicate and Metro Centre for the Protection of Journalists’ Rights protested the massacre of journalists by the Turkish state.
• ‘There is a local and intelligence intervention in the Turkish attack against journalists’ 

  Making a statement on the Turkish attack in Sulaymaniyah, Chatr Production General Manager Kemal Heme Reza said, “There is an intelligence intervention. All those martyred and wounded in the attack are journalists.”
• Two media workers killed in Turkish drone attack near Sulaymaniyah 

  Two journalists were killed as a vehicle carrying members of the press was bombed by a Turkish drone near Sulaymaniyah earlier today.
• Turkish drones target Mawet 

  The Turkish state's armed drones targeted Mawet, affiliated to the city of Sulaymaniyah.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Rosîda Mêrdîn, Mazlum Doğan and Berxwedan Qamişlo  

  Guerrillas Rosîda Mêrdîn, Mazlum Doğan and Berxwedan Qamişlo fell in March. The HPG has published a moving obituary for the Kurdish and Arab freedom fighters.
• Turkish airstrikes target Şarbajêr and Asos 

  The Turkish air force attacked the Asos Mountains in the border area between southern and eastern Kurdistan and a village in Sulaymaniyah countryside.
• "Freedom Readings" events in Amed, Batman and Van 

  In many cities of North Kurdistan, the defense and analysis written by Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan were read.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Berwar Dêrsîm  

  Guerrilla Berwar Dêrsîm fell as a martyr in North Kurdistan. She had been a guerrilla for 25 years and was most recently the Serhed commander of the YJA Star and a member of the HPG command council.
• PJAK expresses support for the protests by healthcare workers in Iran and Rojhilat 

  PJAK announced its support for the action of healthcare workers in East Kurdistan and Iran and said, “All health institutions must take a stand against the cruelty against women and society and stand with the suffering and values of their people.
• Kurdish teachers’ union activist arrested in Iran 

  Mokhtar Asadi, who is a well-known member of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union and holds a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Tehran, has been arrested several times over the years for his activism.
• More village guards hand over their weapons refusing to fight in South Kurdistan 

  More and more village guards in North Kurdistan are handing over their weapons because they are against being used as the vanguard in the Turkish military operation against the PKK in North Iraq.
• Fire on Mount Shengal brought under control early this morning 

  A fire broke out on Mount Shengal for an unknown reason. The Shengal Autonomous Administration and security forces mobilized to bring it under control.
• Guerrillas carry out actions in Zap and Metîna 

  Two small drones belonging to the Turkish army were shot down by the guerrillas in South Kurdistan. The HPG recorded almost 50 air strikes on their areas within two days.
• Turkish drones bomb villages in South Kurdistan 

  As Turkey’s occupation campaign in South Kurdistan continues, Turkish combat drones bombed villages in Şarbajêr and Balekayetî.
• DEM Party co-mayors: Muş is now the municipality of the people 

  The DEM Party co-mayors who won the Muş Municipality in the 31 March elections aim to pay off debts and meet the needs of the people.
• Vigil for Abdullah Öcalan continues in Maxmur 

  The vigil action launched to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan at the Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp in Maxmur has been taken over by the Culture and Arts Committee.