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• KNK celebrates Çarşema Sor, calls on the Kurdish people to unite 

  KNK calls on the Kurdish people to unite and to embrace and protect the Yazidi community.
• Entrance to Kato Mountain prohibited for 15 days 

  Şırnak Governorship banned entry to the Kato Mountain rural area in Beytüşşebap for 15 days.
• Muhammed Orhan, the symbol of Van's resistance, released from prison 

  Muhammed Orhan, who became known as a symbol of Van's resistance, has been released. “I knew I was right. It was a justified resistance and we won,” said the 18-year-old upon his release.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Bêrîtan Şemsê and Garzan Tolhildan  

  Guerrillas Bêrîtan Şemsê and Garzan Tolhildan were killed in an attack by Turkish occupation forces in the Zap region. The HPG paid tribute their struggle and expressed their condolences to their families and the Kurdish people.
• Turkish soldiers threaten to kill local people in Şemdinli 

  In Şapatan village of Şemdinli, soldiers opened fire at the people in a minibus that they stopped, threatening and insulting them.
• YRK: Turkish attack killed a young Kurdish man in Asos region 

  The YRK announced that a patriotic young man named Muhammed Seyit was martyred in an attack carried out by the Turkish state in the Asos region.
• Iran border guards shoot dead two kolbars in Sardasht 

  Two kolbars were killed by gunfire from Iranian border guards in separate incidents in the border areas of Bitush in Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, and Bastam in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, on 13 April.
• Gerîla TV broadcasts footage of action in Zap 

  Gerîla TV published another footage of the ongoing resistance against the Turkish occupation forces in guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• UCAV attack kills a young man in South Kurdistan 

  An UCAV, believed to belong to the Turkish state, bombed a house in Gelale village of Şarbajêr, killing a young man named Muhammed Saîd.
• KNK: Anfal must be recognised as genocide 

  In a statement on the 36th anniversary of the Anfal genocide committed by Saddam's regime against the Kurds, the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) demanded the recognition of Anfal as genocide.
• 14 April, the day of remembrance of the victims of the genocidal Anfal campaign 

  The Iraqi Baathist regime killed as many as 182,000 Kurds between 1986 and 1989. Since 2004, the 14th of April has been the day of remembrance of the victims of the genocidal Anfal campaign.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Eser Warşîn 

  The HPG have published the identity of a fallen guerrilla. Eser Warşîn died along with her commander Edessa Cejna in an enemy attack in Dersim last October.
• Turkish soldier who harassed a woman in Şırnak suspended and detained 

  The Şırnak Bar Association announced that the Turkish specialist sergeant who harassed a woman was suspended and detained after treatment.
• Yazidi organisations warn against Turkey's planned invasion of Shengal 

  In an open letter appealing to international politicians, Yazidi organisations call for intervention against Turkey's plans to invade Shengal and warn against a continuation of the genocide against the community.
• Iraqi Prime Minister travels to Washington 

  Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani will be received by US President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday. The agenda includes questions about the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
• One Turkish soldier killed in guerrilla action in Zap 

  Guerrillas continue their resistance against the invading Turkish army in northern Iraq.
• Co-mayors of Maxmur elected 

  Edban Abdullah Yilmaz and Fatma Hilali were elected as co-mayors in the municipal elections in Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp (Maxmur).
• People of Maxmur Camp go to the polls for municipal elections 

  In Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp (Maxmur), people went to the polls for municipal elections.
• Patriotic Tribes Initiative: Do not sit at the table of those who are hostile to the Kurds 

  Kurdistan Patriotic Tribes Initiative said, "Do not sit at the table of those who are hostile to Kurds, unite around the values of our people."
• HPG reports 24 airstrikes by the Turkish army on guerrilla areas 

  The Turkish army continues its invasion campaign in guerrilla areas in northern Iraq.
• Kurdish media activist detained in Iran 

  Iranian state forces detained a Kurdish media activist named Mustafa Hamdi, the administrator of the Telegram group Porseman, in the city of Saqqez.
• Residents of Maxmur visit the camp cemetery on the first day of Eid 

  The people of Martyr Rüstem Cudi Refugee Camp welcomed Eid with a visit to the cemetery in the camp.
• Entrance to Cûdî and Gabar banned for 15 days 

  The Şirnak governor announced that the Gabar and Cûdî Mountain regions were declared a "Special Security Zone" for 15 days.
• KONGRA-GEL: The spirit of resistance should be spread to all areas with Eid visits 

  KONGRA-GEL wished that the Eid al-Fitr would be an occasion for solidarity, saying, "The spirit of resistance should spread to all areas with Eid visits. Our people should utilise the Eid visits as an opportunity to strengthen their social unity."
• HPG exposes the facts concealed by the occupying Turkish state 

  Stating that an elite unit of the Turkish army was hit by sabotage in the Girê Cûdî Resistance Area, the HPG said, "We present the facts concealed by the occupying army and the special war media to the public."