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• 15th day of hunger strike by families to reclaim their children's bodies 

  Families are on hunger strike for two weeks to reclaim the bodies of their children killed by state forces in Amed's Sur district where a siege and onslaught remains in effect for the 45th uninterrupted day.
• Two killed in ongoing artillery attacks in Sur 

  Two people have been killed in ongoing attacks by state forces on the 45th day of the curfew and onslaught in Amed's central Sur district.
• Academics accused of basing on KCK's instruction published by ANF 

  Turkish police and judiciary has launched an operation against academics who signed a declaration of peace against the AKP government's ongoing war against civilian population in the Kurdish region.
• One killed, five wounded in mortar attack by state forces in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a siege and curfew continues for 33 uninterrupted days, state forces continue conducting artillery strikes on neighborhoods protected by popular resistance led by youths.
• Political prisoners in Siirt start hunger strike against AKP's war on Kurds 

  PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) and PAJK (Kurdistan Women's Liberation Party, Partiya Azadiya Jin a Kurdistan) prisoners in Siirt E Type Closed Prison have gone on three-day hunger strike.
• Two kids wounded in Cizre yesterday die 

  Onslaught by state forces has claimed two more civilian lives in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 33 days.
• Two murdered in a house raid by police in Siirt 

  Police forces conducted a raid on a house in Şeyh Mahmut Square in Siirt centre last night. Two people in the house were killed.
• Another youth killed by police in Cizre 

  Onslaught by state forces has claimed another civilian life in Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 32 days.
• Internationalist fighters in Rojava call on youth to join Bakur's resistance 

  Internationalist combatants fighting in the ranks of YPG/YPJ in Rojava have saluted the self-rule resistance in Bakur (North) Kurdistan, and called upon the youths to join the resistance alongside the YPS (Civil Defense Units) and guerrilla forces.
• HSM: 12 guerrillas in Van murdered execution style, they will be avenged 

  People's Defense Centre (HSM) Headquarters Command said 12 guerrillas in Van were apparently murdered execution style, and pointed to the probability of poisoning or fainting by gas as the cause of their neutralization in such a short time.
• Couple found murdered home in Cizre 

  Genocidal attacks by state forces are claiming more civilian lives in the 32nd day of a so-called curfew in Cizre district of Şırnak.
• Many detained in raids on DBP Erciş office and houses 

  While a massacre of civilians by state forces continues across the Kurdish region, operations of political genocide against Kurdish population and institutions are also going on.
• Whereabouts of man detained after executions in Kızıltepe unknown 

  Whereabouts of a civilian who was detained after the extrajudicial killing of 4 people in Kızıltepe 2 days ago, remains undisclosed.
• Heavy clashes between YPS and state forces in Cizre 

  Reports of heavy clashes are coming through from Cizre district of Şırnak where an onslaught by Turkish state forces continues for 32 days now.
• Missile attack targets Botaş Gendarme Outpost in Midyat 

  The gendarme command in Mardin's Midyat district was targeted by a missile attack last night.
• One killed in blast in Nusaybin 

  Blast in Mardin's Nusaybin district has killed a civilian this morning.
• DBP and KURDÎ-DER building in Çınar set on fire 

  Tension remains high in Amed's Çınar district in the wake of last night's huge bomb attack against the police headquarters, which left it completely demolished.
• Bomb and missile attack hits Çınar police headquarters in Amed 

  The Police Headquarters in Amed's Çınar district has been targeted by a bomb and missile attack tonight.
• Two more people killed by state forces in Cizre 

  Attacks by state forces have killed two more civilians in Cizre district of Şırnak where an onslaught under the name of curfew remains in effect for 31 uninterrupted days.
• Demo by Kurdish politicians outside EP against AKP's war on Kurds 

  A three-day demo has been started outside the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels to call attention to the genocidal attacks of the AKP government against the civilian population in North Kurdistan.
• Another civilian killed in Cizre 

  Ongoing attacks by Turkish state forces has killed yet another civilian in Cizre district of Şırnak where a curfew remains in effect for 31 uninterrupted days.
• HPG reports Turkish airstrikes on guerrilla areas 

  HPG released a statement detailing the most recent airstrikes conducted by Turkish military against guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan territory
• 23 soldiers resign from Turkish army in Şırnak 

  23 soldiers, including 12 specialist sergeants, have resigned from Turkish army due to the escalated onslaught and psychological warfare committed against the Kurdish population in Turkey.
• Four people executed by police in Kızıltepe – UPDATE 

  Death toll rose to 4 in yesterday's police aggression in Mardin's Kızıltepe district.
• 30-year-old civilian murdered by police in Cizre 

  Civilian Veysi Elçi (30) who was shot by Turkish security members in Şırnak's Cizre district earlier today, has died.