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• “Stealing bodies is an expression of everything going haywire” 

  PKK Committee for Solidarity with Martyrs’ Families issued a statement on the attacks on Garzan Martyrs’ Cemetery and said: “Attacking martyrs’ cemeteries, our sacred sites, and stealing bodies is an expression of everything going haywire now.”
• Two demonstrators shot dead by Iranian forces in Loristan 

  Iranian regime forces have reportedly murdered two demonstrators in Dirûd town of Rojhilat’s Loristan province.
• Police raid on HDP Amed Office 

  HDP Amed Provincial Offices have been raided by the police after the DBP congress. Police searched the building and took down banners in the congress hall for being “illegal”.
• Expansive military operation in Van countryside 

  Turkish state is continuing its military operations in the Kurdish region.
• Gabar: Garzan attack won’t be left without retaliation 

  PAJK Coordination Member Gülçiya Gabar stated that they will not leave the Turkish state’s attack on the Garzan Martyrs’ Cemetery and the abduction of 267 bodies without retaliation.
• Clash between guerrillas and Turkish soldiers at Şemdinli border 

  Reports are coming through of clashes between Turkish soldiers and HPG guerrillas at the border of Hakkari’s Şemdinli district.
• Turkish warplanes shell surroundings of a village of Zakho 

  Turkish warplanes bombed surroundings of a village in Southern Kurdistan.
• Turkish soldiers pick up bodies left on the field 

  Bodies of soldiers who lost their lives in the Siro Hill in Şemdinli after the guerrilla action are left on the field.
• People on the streets against poverty in Kermanshah 

  The protests that started against poverty and regime policies in Meshed, Iran yesterday continue. Citizens have taken to the streets in Kermanshah, Rojhilat and continue their protests with the slogan, “Leave Syria alone, look at us”.
• Turkish jets shell Metina and Heftanin 

  Turkish state continues its attacks against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in Southern Kurdistan territory.
• A protestor dies of his wounds in Southern Kurdistan 

  A Kurdish protester who was wounded by KDP’s peshmerga died at the hospital on Friday.
• DBP local co-chair arrested in Agri 

  Co-chair of Democratic Regions Party’s (DBP) local branch Naile Baris was arrested today after Turkish high court upheld his prison sentence.
• Êzidî youth condemns Turkey over attacks on martyrs’ graves 

  Êzidî Youth’s Movement (TCÊ) condemned the Turkish state over attacks on the cemeteries and graves of martyrs.
• Victims of Roboski massacre commemorated at their graveside 

  The victims of Roboski massacre have been commemorated at their graveside in Roboski Martyrs’ Cemetery on the sixth anniversary of the Turkish attack that killed 34 Kurds.
• KDP lays ground, Turkish army builds bases in Bradost 

  The Turkish army entered Southern Kurdistan’s Bradost zone for an invasion on December 18 and are reportedly preparing to build three military bases in the region. KDP meanwhile is laying the ground for the Turkish army.
• Funda Encü: “We have no expectations from Turkish justice” 

  Funda Encü, sister of 16 years old Serhat Encü killed in Roboskî, stated that they are following up on the murderers but they have no expectations from Turkish justice any more.
• Turkish air raids on Xakurê and Avaşin in Southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish warplanes bombed Xakurê and Avaşin areas in Southern Kurdistan on Wednesday.
• KCK: The order for Roboski Massacre was given directly by Erdogan 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency stated that the order for the Roboski Massacre was given by Tayyip Erdogan personally and said, “There are new Roboski Massacres every day against the Kurdish people”.
• Kurdish airports will remain closed for two more months 

  Iraq’s aviation authority decided to extend the ban on international flights to Arbil and Sulaymaniyah for two more months.
• Group of AKP members target Christians in Van 

  A group of AKP members who took to the streets against the upcoming new year and openly targeted Christians through the municipality’s billboards are threatening the people on the streets.
• HPG guerrilla from Roboskî: “The target was all Kurds” 

  Andok Cihan Roboskî lost his brother Cihan in the Roboskî Massacre. Andok joined the ranks of the guerrilla three years later, and stressed that the massacre targeted all Kurds.
• Stories of Roboski victims 

  The pain is still fresh in Roboskî and the smiles are still partial. The walls with photographs of the deceased are decorated as if to complete the lives that are lacking.
• Roboski, six years ago 

  On the night of 28 December 2011, Turkish Armed Forces' warplanes bombed an area on the border with Southern Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan). The bombs killed 34 mostly young men on their way back from the Iraqi border they had crossed for "Border Trade".
• Three young men detained in Sinê unheard from for 45 days 

  The three young men detained by the Iranian regime in Sinê’s Tewrîwer village 45 days ago are still unheard from.
• Turkish airstrikes on Medya Defense Zones continue 

  Turkish warplanes shelled several areas in Medya Defense Zones, Southern Kurdistan on December 25.