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• The YBŞ pay tribute to Commander Zerdeşt Şengali and 3 other fighters 

  The YBŞ Command commemorated YBŞ General Commander Zerdeşt Şengali and his three comrades who fell martyrs in a air strike carried out by the Turkish state on 15 January 2020.
• HPG pays tribute to martyrs of Kağızman 

  The HPG Press Liaison Center (HPG-BIM) commemorated three guerrillas who fell martyrs in a Turkish air strike in April 2020 in ​​Kağızman, province of Kars.
• Maxmur resident Metin Adogit falls a martyr in a KDP jail in Hewlêr 

  The people in Maxmur Martyr Rüstem Cudi Camp have been living under embargo and cannot leave the camp since 17 July 2019.
• Villages in Lice still under military blockade 

  The Turkish state launched a military operation in Lice, province of Amed. The town are under blockade since 9 January.
• Prisoners on hunger strike are a source of inspiration for the guerrilla 

  HPG commander Baran Farqîn said that the PKK and PAJK prisoners on hunger strike, give great morale to the people and the guerrilla.
• Deposed co-mayor of Hakkari sentenced to 2 years in prison 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• KNK calls for urgent action for Kurdish activists detained in Iran 

  Urgent political, diplomatic and legal action directed at the Iranian regime is needed to protect the lives of at least 11 Kurdish activists and students who have been detained by IRGC in Iran.
• Special operation police teams detain three people in Hakkari 

  Three people were detained in the new political genocide operations carried out by special operations police in Hakkari.
• Curfew in 10 villages of Bitlis 

  The curfew was followed by intense military shipment in the Bitlis region of North Kurdistan.
• Seven jailed in Van, including a former HDP co-mayor 

  Seven people have been arrested in Van on charges of "terrorism." Among them is the co-mayor of İpekyolu district, Beritan Tayan, who was deposed in 2016.
• Eleven people detained in East Kurdistan in two days 

  Iranian state forces have detained at least 11 university students and civil society activists in the past two days in Eastern Kurdistan.
• HPG pays tribute to fallen guerrillas Arjîn and Zinar 

  The HPG has released the names of two fighters who fell martyrs in North Kurdistan.
• Villager jailed on terror charges amid military blockade in Lice 

  A Kurdish villager has been arrested in Lice on terror charges. Several localities in the region remain closed due to a military blockade.
• Villages in Lice sealed off after military operation 

  In Lice near Amed, several villages have been sealed off by the Turkish military after fighting with Kurdish guerrillas. At least two civilians were abducted during a house raid; their whereabouts are unknown.
• Gerîla TV footage from action in Şırnak countryside 

  The action recorded on Gerîla TV camera targeted Turkish soldiers in Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak province in July 2020.
• Vigil in support to Public Order Forces enters day 39 

  The vigil in front of the Asayîşh Êzîdxanê building to protest the agreement between Hewler and Baghdad which threatens the dissolution of the region's self-governing structures entered day 39.
• HPG reports air attacks on guerrilla zones in southern Kurdistan 

  HPG reported that the Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan have been bombed by the Turkish air force several times in recent days.
• Vigil in Shengal reaches day 38 

  For over 5 weeks, people have been giving life to a vigil in front of the Asayîşh Êzîdxanê building to protest the agreement between Hewler and Baghdad which threatens the dissolution of the region's self-governing structures.
• 11th group takes over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  11th group took over the hunger strike action launched by women from the Maxmur camp to embrace the hunger strikes in the prisons of Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Tevgera Azadi meets Qandil residents to discuss Turkish threats 

  The Tevgera Azadi Movement met with residents in Qandil to talk about the invasion threats of the Turkish state.
• Heading towards the sun against the darkness of the system 

  YJA Star guerrilla Faraşin Zilan fought until her last bullet and joined the caravan of martyrs following clashes in 2019.
• HPG commander Bargiran Erkendi commemorated in Maxmur 

  The fallen guerrilla commander Bargiran Erkendi was commemorated in the Maxmur refugee camp in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Police delude disabled man into conspiring against 35 HDP members 

  35 HDP members were charged over a statement signed at the Kozluk Police Department by a visually disabled man named Hasan Yalçın, who was conspired by the police in custody.
• People in Shengal: 35 days of action in support of Asayish 

  The action organised by the people of Shengal to defend and support the Êzidxan Public Order forces continues on its 35th day.
• People in Shengal march to protest isolation in Imrali 

  A march was organised in Shengal to protest the isolation regime in Imrali and to salute resistance in the prisons.