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• Environmentalist Ayboga talks about consequences of Covid-19 

  Ercan Ayboga is active in the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement. He was interviewed by Dr. Jeff Miley about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Kurdistan and the rest of Turkey.
• Martyr Kasim Engin’s obituary for Martyr Bager Nûjiyan 

  A socialist fighter: Şehîd Bager Nûjiyan – Text written by Şehîd Kasim Engîn
• HDP deputy Ozsoy talks about coronavirus and its consequences 

  Jeff Miley interviews Dr. Hisyar Ozsoy, HDP Co-Spokesperson of International Affairs and MP about the social and political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in North Kurdistan and the rest of Turkey.
• Sihanok Dibo: The Turkish state tries to encircle Egypt 

  The Egypt representative of the MSD, Sihanok Dibo, analyses Turkey's North Africa strategy in conversation with journalist Ersin Çaksu. The Muslim Brotherhood serves as a neo-Ottoman instrument of power against secular governments, the politician says.
• PJAK to work for unity and democratisation in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Hêvî Dêrik, member of the Eastern Kurdistan party PJAK, speaks about the decisions of the sixth party congress that concern both Iran and Eastern Kurdistan.
• DTK co-chair: Kurdish National Unity is the future of Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state's invading policies in 3 parts of Kurdistan continue. So do the efforts to establish the Kurdish national unity.
• Remzi Kartal: Sweden should apologize to the Kurdish people 

  Former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was murdered on 28 February 1986. The investigation has been closed after 34 years. KONGRA-GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal talked about the issue.
• In memory of Şehîd Kasim Engin 

  The Internationalist Commune in Rojava wrote an obituary for Kasim Engin, a leading figure of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who fell in an air raid by the Turkish army in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq in late May.
• Writer Gülfer Akkaya receives death threats through social media 

  Opposition and critics of the AKP-MHP government continue to receive threats issued by racist-fascist groups supporting the coalition.
• HDP presents its 9-point roadmap to promote democracy 

  In the roadmap, the HDP advocates a democratic start and calls on all social groups to join forces.
• Karayılan: "This is an important process for the future of Kurds" 

  PKK Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan said: "We are going through an important process for the future of the Kurdish people."
• PJAK releases 6th Congress Final Strategic Document 

  "It is necessary to present the revolutionary spirit with all its organizational strength and aim for achieving victory by addressing its shortcomings in the methods of struggle in East Kurdistan," PJAK said.
• Besê Hozat: The HDP is a guarantee of democracy and people see it 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat said that the HDP is the true force of hope for the establishment of democracy in Turkey, and this made it a target of the fascist AKP-MHP alliance.
• UK academic Wall calls on government to stop arms sale to Turkey 

  Professor Wall underlines that more governments should put pressure on Turkey to make sure it complies with human rights international laws.
• Besê Hozat: Democratic opposition must take to the streets 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Besê Hozat said that the democratic opposition should move to the streets and squares.
• KCK co-chairs respond to women's letter on Zînî Wertê 

  KCK co-chairs, Cemil Bayık and Besê Hozat replied to the letter sent by over hundred women about Zînî Wertê and the need for Kurdish unity.
• The importance of the guerrilla offensive of 1 June 2004 

  After Abdullah Ocalan's kidnapping in 1999 and attempts to annihilate the Kurdish liberation movement both internally and externally, the guerrilla offensive of 1 June 2004 was an important liberation strike.
• Maxmur Camp doctors struggle because of the embargo 

  The embargo imposed on Maxmur refugee camp has been going on for ten months and, among other things, has a negative impact on the health care of the around 12,000 residents. 
• Assyrian villages in the Khabur valley under constant attack 

  Of the 20,000 Assyrians who were living in the Khabur valley in northeast Syria before the war began in 2011, only about 1,000 remain today. Madeleine Khamis, commander of the "Khabur Guards", fears that even the last Assyrians will be forced into exile.
• The siege of Zînî Wertê 

  If the people of Zînî Wertê had not protested and there had been no public reaction, we would already be experiencing a new tragedy.
• Iğdır, the city of the sun, did not bow to the racist alliance 

  Peace, democracy, justice and egalitarian service, meant that the people of Iğdır once again, in the 31 March 2019 elections gave their vote to the HDP, against the racist bloc of the AKP, MHP and IYI Party.
• Maxmur Camp: Struggle for dignity and identity 

  The embargo imposed on Maxmur Refugees Camp has been going on for ten months. Yet people repeat the same maxim they used to say: "We will not surrender to the policy of the enemy, no matter what may come."
• The Letter of the Four: Fire will break through the darkness 

  The letter by the four; Ferhat Kurtay, Eşref Anyik, Mahmut Zengin and Necmi Öner, written before their self-immolation action.
• Interview with an internationalist health worker in Rojava 

  To start where the oppression begins, is the main key of social changes and rebuilding the values of a holistic world and life and society, says Jiyan, a German internationalist in northern Syria.
• Supreme Court says Gerry Adams internment was 'unlawful' 

  Convictions against former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams dating from the 1970s have been overturned by the Supreme Court in London in a judgement which could have consequences for many others who were interned without trial.