KURDISTAN

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• Hunger strikes in South Kurdistan continue 

  The hunger strike resistance has spread to many parts of South Kurdistan.
• ‘Vengeance Teams’ claim the action against Turkish soldiers 

  What the Turkish media claimed to be an accident turned out to be a sabotage action in Silopi, Şırnak.
• Body of Çınar who ended her life in prison not given to family 

  Turkish authorities are not giving the body of political prisoner Medya Çınar, who carried out a sacrifice action this morning, to her family. The people and deputies waiting outside the hospital were attacked by the police.
• ISIS attacked Alas oil field near Kirkuk 

  Some ISIS members were killed and some others wounded as a result of the attack they carried out.
• MLKP Kurdistan: Bayram Namaz illuminates our path! 

  "You can not stop us. We will continue to defend and build the Rojava Revolution. We will destroy your colonialist fascist regime. We will free Kurdistan."
• Turkish airstrikes protested in Qeladızê 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands.
• Newroz celebrations in Kirkuk 

  The people celebrate Newroz in the Shiwesur area in Kirkuk.
• Footage from YJA STAR guerrillas' action in Hakkari countryside 

  Gerîla TV published footage from an action in which YJA-STAR guerrillas hit Turkish military forces in the countryside of Hakkari province.
• Turkish jets bombed a village in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish invasion state continues its genocidal attacks against Kurds and their lands.
• 110 people detained after the Newroz celebration in Amed 

  After the Newroz Festival in Amed, in which hundreds of thousands of people took part on March 21, the Turkish police arrested 110 participants. Among the affected are also children.
• Months long resistance in Hewler-Maxmur 

  The hunger strikes in Hewler have continued for 4 months, while the hunger strike in Maxmur has continued for 2.
• Newroz in Batman: Zülküf Gezen remembered 

  HDP deputy Ayşe Acar Başaran stressed that isolation will be broken and the crowded Newroz celebrations were a sign of this.
• Newroz in Cizre: Resistance message from tens of thousands 

  “Cizre has been the honor of the people of Kurdistan for years. Today we are all Leyla Güven."
• Tens of thousands joined Newroz celebration in Mardin 

  Kurdish people welcome Newroz in spirit of resistance.
• Newroz in Van: One hundred thousand hearts against isolation 

  The Newroz celebration in Van began with a minute’s silence to pay tribute to Zülküf Gezen who ended his own life in Tekirdağ Prison to demand the end of isolation.
• YRK and HPJ guerrillas celebrate Newroz in Rojhilat 

  Guerrillas of the Kurdish freedom movement are celebrating Newroz across Kurdistan.
• KCK message for Qandil Newroz: This is the spring of freedom 

  KCK sent a message to the Newroz celebrations in Binare Qandil with thousands of attendants. The message said: “This is the spring of freedom.”
• People of Cizre gather for Newroz despite state blockade 

  Thousands of people flocked to the Newroz area despite the state blockade in Sirnak’s Cizre district.
• Leyla Guven: We will break the isolation and free our people 

  DTK Co-chair Leyla Guven sent a message to the Amed Newroz and said, “Comrade Zulkuf illuminated our future with his resistance move. We will never accept the isolation.”
• People of Qandil ready to celebrate Newroz 

  Kurdish people are welcoming the New Year Newroz in spirit of resistance.
• Guerrillas celebrate Newroz in the Zagros Mountains 

  Kurdish guerilla units celebrated Newroz in the Zagros Mountains.
• Guerrillas: We will be a shield against the policies of Dehaks 

  HPG guerrillas said they won’t bow down to invasion and pillaging by Dehaks and that they will be a shield against all annihilation policies.
• Hunger strike resistance continues all over South Kurdistan 

  HDP member Nasır Yağız in Hewlêr has entered the 120th day of hunger strike.
• “Let’s crown the hunger strike resistance with victory on Newroz” 

  HPG guerrillas said Newroz is a day of emerging from the darkness into the light and added: “Let’s crown the hunger strike resistance with victory on Newroz.”
• Turkish state intelligence activity in Bradost 

  Turkish state has launched intelligence activity in the area in Bashure Kurdistan they invaded last year under the guise of census works.