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• International mobilisation for Kobanê 

  Reconstruction process and international solidarity campaign for Kobanê has gained momentum following the conference held in Amed last week.
• Clashes intensify in Sinjar 

  Clashes have been taking place between HPG/YBŞ (People's Defense Forces/Sinjar Resistance Units) and ISIS gangs in Sinjar town of South Kurdistan since early this morning.
• Intensive mobilisation by Turkish army 

  People's Defence Forces (HPG) press and communication center has issued a written statement related to increasingly ongoing military activity of the Turkish army against guerrilla areas.
• Yazidi people in Amed protest ongoing ISIS attacks in Kurdistan 

  The Yazidi people in the main Kurdish city Amed where they took shelter after fleeing their hometown Sinjar due to ISIS attacks have protested the ongoing attacks of ISIS gangs.
• A military and ideological academy in Sinjar: Dêrweşê Evdî 

  Following the savage attacks by ISIS gangs on Sinjar on 3 August 2014 the Yazidi people are continuing to live in the foothills of Mount Sinjar.
• 11 detained in Bismil, 3 arrested in Nusaybin 

  Political detention operations against the Kurdish population in North Kurdistan continue increasingly.
• KDP deports doctor who treated YPG members 

  Dr. Cemal Cembeli, a doctor from Rojava who worked in a hospital in Zakho for 2 years, was deported from South Kurdistan 3 days ago for treating members of the YPG.
• ISIS attacks Kurdish neighborhoods in Hasekê 

  ISIS gangs have launched a mortar attack on Kurdish neighborhoods in Hasekê city of Cizîrê Canton early Wednesday morning.
• 4 detained in Van, one arrested in Mardin 

  Turkish security forces continue detention and arrest operations ahead of the general elections to take place in Turkey and North Kurdistan on June 7.
• Local people flock to operation area in Tutak 

  The Turkish army has launched an operation this morning in the Tutak district of Ağrı. The local people are flocking to the area to act as human shields against the operation.
• Protests against Erdoğan in Mardin 

  There have been protests in Mardin against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan when he paid a visit to attend an opening ceremony.
• Local people on vigil against military activity in Erzurum 

  Hundreds of local people have started vigil in the rural area in Karayazı district of Erzurum on hearing about preparations for an operation by the Turkish army.
• Aydar calls for support for elections and reconstruction of Rojava 

  KCK Executive Council Member Zübeyir Aydar called for the enhancement of election campaign and support for the reconstruction of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Seyit Rıza's daughter: tell us where the graves are 

  Seyit Rıza's daughter, Leyla Ağar, said: "I want to utter a lament beside my father’s grave. Information regarding the massacre of 1937-38 in Dersim should be revealed.”
• A dark day for Dersim: 4 May 1937 

  The Reconstruction of Dersim Society and the Association against the Dersim Genocide of 37-38 have issued a statement on the 78th anniversary of the "Dersim Repression Decrees”.
• The Dersim Genocide began 78 years ago 

  Today 4 May marks the 78th anniversary of the beginning of the Dersim Genocide. The Turkish government massacred thousands of people, those who survived were banished, Dersim was depopulated.
• PKK Congress obstructed by Erdoğan 

  It has been reported that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who has been making preparations to hold a congress for ending the armed struggle against Turkey at least has given up the idea.
• Demirtaş: We will be AKP's biggest fear 

  HDP Co-president Demirtaş spoke in the French city of Marseilles last night, saying that votes cast in Europe will be crucial to pass the ten per cent threshold.
• Sinjar covered with Öcalan's photos 

  The town of Sinjar, where HPG and YJA Star guerrillas have protected the people from ISIS massacre since 3 August 2014, has been covered with photographs of the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Muslim: Let's rebuild Kobanê in the same spirit with which we resisted 

  In Amed (Diyarbakır) the Reconstruct Kobanê Conference began today attended by 350 delegates from Kobanê, Kurdistan and Europe. The conference began with a minute’s silence in memory of those who have died during the resistance in Kobanê.
• 'Reconstructing Kobanê 'conference starts in Amed 

  The Reconstructing Kobanê conference started in Amed today at the Cegerxwin Youth, Culture and Art Centre Conference Hall. The 2-day conference is being attended by 350 delegates.
• YPG releases balance sheet of war for April 

  According to the balance sheet of battle against ISIS gangs in Rojava for the month of April, 497 members of ISIS were killed in 45 operations and actions against gang groups.
• YPG: Gangs repulsed, 65 ISIS members killed 

  YPG Press Office has reported that ISIS gangs launched an extensive operation in the area between Til Temir and Hasekê, adding that all the attacks have been repelled and 65 gang members were killed.
• Guerrillas in Kirkuk: All working people must unite 

  HPG and YJA-STAR guerrillas in Kirkuk issued a call yesterday to celebrate May Day as a day of unity, struggle and solidarity.
• ISIS executes 130 Syrians in 30 days 

  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) documented 130 people were executed by the IS since the 28th of Mar until the 29th of April/2015 in Aleppo, al-Raqqa, Der-Ezzor, al-Hasakah, Homs and Hama.