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• Workers gathering in Batman for May Day 

  Workers and laborers in North Kurdistan are gathering in Batman province where a mass rally will take place today to mark the International Worker's Day.
• Soldiers kill 8 more mules in Roboski 

  Inhabitants of Roboski continue facing an increasing attack and intervention by Turkish soldiers who have recently killed dozens of mules the villagers were using in border trade to earn their lives.
• Aid collected by Mezza Luna Rossa reaches Kobanê 

  Aid collected by Mezza Luna Kurdistan Italia (MLRKI) has reached Kobanê.
• Enver Muslim calls for solidarity with Kobanê 

  Following the liberation of Kobanê city as work continues on reconstruction residents are returning to find widespread shortages of fundamental necessities.
• Programme of Reconstruction of Kobanê conference announced 

  The programme of the conference being organised in Amed on 2-3 May to discuss problems and solutions regarding the reconstruction of Kobanê has been announced.
• HPG: Turkish military activity continues increasingly 

  People's Defence Forces (HPG) press and communication center has issued a written statement related to military activity of the Turkish army.
• Turkish soldiers making new emplacements in Yüksekova 

  New emplacements are being made around the Gırana guard post in Yüksekova district of Hakkari.
• Police wound 12-year-old in Yüksekova 

  A 12 year-old boy was wounded in the leg as police in Yüksekova district of Hakkari province opened fire with rubber bullets in Cengiz Topel Street at the town centre for no reason, despite there being no demos or events taking place.
• HPG: Any project harming Kurdistan nature will be considered an attack 

  The HPG Amed Command has said in a written statement that any project that threatens the natural environment of Kurdistan will be considered an attack and issued a final warning.
• Peshmerga forces in Kobanê turning back to South Kurdistan 

  South Kurdistan peshmerga forces who have been in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, to support the resistance against ISIS gangs are turning back.
• Clashes continue in Kobanê and Cizîrê 

  Clashes continue between YPG/YPJ fighters and ISIS gangs in Kobanê and Cizîrê cantons of Rojava, said the YPG in a written statement regarding the ongoing fighting in both cantons.
• HPG: Military activity continues increasingly 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre reported in a written statement that the military activity of the Turkish state continued increasingly.
• Geneva Call President meets KJK in Kandil 

  Elisabeth Decrey Warner, the Executive President and co-founder of Geneva Call, has met with KJK (Kurdistan Women's Community) officials in Medya Defense Zones.
• Fighting in Kobanê and Cizîrê cantons continues 

  YPG Press Centre has provided information about the ongoing fighting in Kobanê and Cizîrê cantons of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• HPG reports bombardment and activity by Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Centre reported in a written statement that the Turkish army continued shipment, bombardment and aerial activity in Kurdistan territory.
• Iranian army shells Kandil 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Centre reported in a written statement that Iranian army shelled Kandil area in Medya Defense Zones.
• 34 gang members killed in Til Temir 

  As part of the operation of YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) in Til Temir, all the attacks the ISIS gangs launched to retake the liberated areas, have been repelled.
• Kobanê Kurdish Language Institution mobilizes for education 

  “Education is a part of the reconstruction", says Kobanê Kurdish Language Institute worker Perwer Hemo.
• Turkish officer tells Roboski resident: We will kill you, too 

  Ubeydullah Encü, who lost his son Muhammed Encü in the Roboski massacre, said the AKP was continuing to act provocatively, adding that an officer had told him he had received orders to kill them.
• Two siblings, two armies, one purpose 

  Agît Amed and Amara Amed are from Silvan in Amed province. Agît Amed is a guerrilla with the HPG in Sinjar fighting ISIS, while his sister Amara Amed is a YPJ fighter in Rojava.
• 30 youths join PKK ranks against repressive policies 

  30 youths from Turkey and North Kurdistan have joined the ranks of the PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) against the repressive policies of the AKP that have escalated further with the so-called Internal Security Package.
• KJK condemns Armenian, Syriac-Assyrian-Chaldean genocide 

  Kurdistan Communities of Women has issued a statement strongly condemning the Armenian, Syriac-Assyrian-Chaldean genocide at its 100th anniversary.
• HPG: Iranian army continues reconnaissance and operations 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre has reported in a written statement that the reconnaissance flights and operations of the Iranian army in guerrilla areas were continuing.
• KNK: Turkey must confront its bloody history and recognize the genocide 

  Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has urged Turkey to confront its history, to recognize the Armenian genocide, apologise to Armenians and to meet the demands of the inheritors.
• Peoples met where Armenian Genocide took place in Batman 

  A commemoration ceremony was held at Newala Kadinê in Şikefta village of Batman where hundreds of Armenian aristocrats were murdered in the context of the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians in 1915.