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• Efforts to cover up the dimension of Cizre massacre 

  Turkish state forces are implementing an all-out blackout across the town of Cizre in the wake of the massacre in which at least 30 people have been reported killed.
• KNK calls for solidarity with the Kurdish people 

  Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has released a statement denouncing the Turkish state's massacre of tens of Kurdish civilians reportedly with chemical weapons.
• Kamuran Yüksek: Tens of people massacred in Cizre - UPDATE 

  DBP Co-President Kamuran Yüksek said that state forces attacked both of the basements in Cizre where wounded people had been waiting to be evacuated.
• French police attack demo for Cizre in Paris 

  As Kurds across Europe are taking to the streets to protest the Cizre massacre, hundreds have gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in the French capital Paris.
• HDP and DBP call for all-out resistance against Cizre massacre 

  Amed branches of HDP and DBP called for all-out resistance against the Turkish state’s massacre in Cizre, and warned that bigger massacres could take place unless people resist the ongoing savagery.
• DBP co-chair Yüksek: Dozens of people executed in Cizre 

  DBP co-chair Kamuran Yüksek said health teams that went to the house, which is known as the second one where 60 people were stuck in Cizre, saw dozens of lifeless bodies inside.
• Families of basement victims: The state should be afraid of us 

  Families of the people victimised in the basement of savagery expressed their anger at the Turkish government and the president Tayyip Erdoğan, and warned that everyone would be harmed if their children were harmed.
• Sarıyıldız: Figures won't alter the nature of this atrocity 

  HDP Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız said soldiers and special operation police went to Cizre Municipality earlier today and took two municipal ambulances to Cudi neighborhood to retrieve the bodies.
• Şırnak Governor's Office releases statement on "Cizre operation" 

  While details are yet not clear regarding the mass killing of dozens in Cudi neighborhood of Cizre last night, Şırnak Governor's Office has released a statement reporting an operation by Turkish forces in the town.
• Sarıyıldız: Some 30 burned bodies found in a building in Cizre 

  HDP Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız who is in the town of Cizre has confirmed that state forces massacred dozens of people trapped in a building last night.
• KCD-E issues urgent call for action by Kurds in Europe 

  KCD-E has issued an urgent call to Kurds living in Europe to pour out into the streets in protest at the massacre of 60 people by Turkish forces in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• Police bring bodies to Cizre hospital after reports of mass killing 

  Cizre State Hospital staff has been locked in a room as police brought bodies of slain people after reports of killing of 60 people in a basement as a result of an operation by Turkish forces.
• Sarıyıldız: Reports of mass killing in Cizre came after huge explosions 

  HDP Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız said reports on the killing of 60 people in a basement in Cizre came in the wake of two very huge blasts in the area Sunday evening.
• State-run TRT TV says 60 killed in a basement in Cizre 

  Turkish state-run TV channel TRT reported that nearly 60 people were killed in an operation in Şırnak's Cizre district
• Three minors heavily wounded by police in Van 

  Three minors aged 13 and 16 were heavily wounded as a result of gunfire by police in Xaçort (Hacıbekir) neighborhood of Van's central İpekyolu district.
• TİHV: 224 civilians massacred in the Kurdish region since August 

  In its report on the Turkish state’s genocidal attacks in Northern Kurdistan, Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) stated that 224 civilians have been massacred since August 16, 2015.
• 4 unidentified bodies found in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood 

  Bodies of 4 more slain people have been found in Şırnak's Cizre district where an onslaught by state forces continues for the 56th uninterrupted day.
• YPG operation in Efrîn 

  YPG Media Center announced that YPG/YPJ forces carried out an operation in the Başemrê village of Efrîn's Şêrawa district, and took control of the strategic Mişko hill from Al-Nusra and Ahrar-al Sham gangs.
• Chemical substances leaked into the water system in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 56 days, the sewerage water that Turkish armed forces had recently contaminated with chemical substances leaked into the water system.
• Shengal youth: We are ready to join the resistance in YPS ranks 

  After a series of declarations of support by youths from across South Kurdistan, Shengal revolutionary youth's movement has also voiced readiness to fight in the ranks of Civilian Defense Units YPS and women's branch YPS-Jin.
• Öcalan’s Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization translated into Russian 

  The fifth volume of Abdullah Öcalan’s Manifesto for a Democratic Civilization entitled the Kurdish Issue and the National Resolution – Defending Kurds from Cultural Genocide has been translated into Russian.
• State forces attack Gever's Yeni neighborhood 

  Turkish state forces have started to attack Yeni neighborhood of Hakkari's Gever (Yüksekova) district Sunday noon.
• Photos of the devastation caused by genocidal attacks on Cizre 

  Photos from the Nur neighborhood in Şırnak’s Cizre district, where the state attacks and curfew enter their 56th day, show the destruction state forces create in order to force the residents to migrate.
• KDP forces shoot at civilians protesting Turkey's massacre of Kurds 

  KDP security forces shot fires at civilians protesting the Turkish state’s massacres in Northern Kurdistan and the February 15 conspiracy.
• DBP-HDP delegation to go to Cizre today 

  A delegation from the DBP and HDP will go to Şırnak's Cizre district to reach the people trapped in two basements under heaviest circumstances.