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• Burglary under the guise of restoration in the Kurdish region 

  Thousands of historic artifacts that have been uncovered in digs in historic structures in Northern Kurdistan under the guise of restoration are not registered and are smuggled away.
• A new front led by PUK's Salih established in Southern Kurdistan 

  Deputy Secretary-General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Barham Salih announced on Saturday establishing an entity ahead of the Kurdistan parliament and presidential elections.
• Footage of YJA-STAR action in Hakkari released 

  Footage has been published of an guerrilla action against the Turkish army in Hakkari.
• Three Turkish soldiers killed in Gever 

  Three soldiers have reportedly been killed in the action by the HPG guerrillas against the Turkish army based in Elişer Hill in the rural areas of Hakkari’s Gever district.
• Iranian regime forces keep 100 kolbers under siege for two days 

  Iranian regime forces have laid a siege around the kolbers on their way back home from work, and are keeping them under siege in Serdest region for two days.
• Activist cycled from Merîvan to Tehran for the kolbers 

  Environmentalist Serîf Bacwer cycled from Merîwan to Tehran to protest the killings of border porters by the Iranian regime.
• Kurdistan Parliament approves the referendum 

  The Southern Kurdistan parliament assembled today after two years and held a vote, approving the referendum.
• Houses displaced people of Şırnak built sealed off 

  The houses built in evacuated villages by the people forced out of Şırnak after the attacks have been sealed off by the Special Provincial Administration units.
• JİTEM case: Soldiers dressed up like guerrilla to commit murder 

  Witness Bedran Akdağ’s deposition was read in the Kızıltepe JİTEM case. Akdağ said during his time on duty, JİTEM “made it look like the murders they committed were committed by the PKK. I saw military personnel dressed in PKK clothes and commit murders."
• One day delay in Southern Kurdistan Parliament opening 

  Southern Kurdistan Parliament has been closed for 23 months and was expected to reopen today, but there has been a delay and the parliament will open tomorrow.
• Activist cycles to Tehran to make the kolbers' voice heard 

  Şerîf Bacwer, an environmentalist from Marîwan city in Eastern Kurdistan, embarked on a journey from Marîwan to Tehran, capital of Iran, on a bicycle in order to condemn the systematic killing of kolbers (border porters) by the Iranian regime.
• Guerrillas in the Zagros Mountains are resolute 

  HPG guerrillas in the Zagros Mountain range said: "The enemy shall know very well that we will not give them a pleasant stay in our homeland."
• Şapatan is burning for 16 days 

  In Şemdinli's Şapatan village a raging fire started by the army is continuing on the 16th day.
• HPG: Special operation centre destroyed in self-sacrifice action 

  HPG reported that the special operations centre of the Turkish army in Lice, Amed has been destroyed in an action of self-sacrifice by guerrilla Tekoşin Amed (Zelal Kartal).
• 3 students expelled from dormitory for having photos of Demirtaş 

  3 female students in Van were expelled from the dormitory they stayed in for having photos of Demirtaş in their purses.
• Woman wounded in Sur explosion 

  One woman was seriously wounded when a foreign object exploded in a frontyard in the Iskenderpaşa neighborhood of the Sur district.
• Destruction and resistance in Sur exposed the AKP “reality” 

  The resistance against the ongoing destruction in Sur’s Alipaşa neighborhood continues. Resident Hatun Tülay refuses to leave her home and says she saw the true face of the AKP, who she used to vote for, after the diggers came to Sur.
• Wildfire in four areas of Dersim amid military operations 

  Wildfires erupted in Dersim’s Nazimiye and Pülümür districts, Hakis region and Geyiksuyu village in the wake of the operations of the Turkish military.
• 50-year-old man: I was tortured by state forces for 4 hours 

  Ahmet Göksu was tortured and detained in a house raid in Karayazı. He said he lost hearing in his left ear and added: “They tortured me for 4 hours. They hit me with the butts of their guns and with sticks.”
• Another curfew in Şapatan, scene of mass torture by state forces 

  Curfew has been declared in Şemdinli’s Şapatan village that came up recently with a mass torture incident where Turkish special operations police and soldiers tortured several inhabitants one month ago.
• Call for general strike in Mahabad 

  NGO representatives in Mahabad called for a general strike in the city tomorrow in a written statement.
• Peace Mothers to stage sit-in against Öcalan's isolation 

  Peace Mothers will take to the streets tomorrow to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The mothers call on the people to give voice to their demand.
• Suicide rate in Rojhilat is twice the Iranian average 

  The suicide rate in Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhilat) is twice as high as the average rate of whole Iran. According to the results of a research on suicides in Iran, 4 provinces of Rojhilat are the top four on the list.
• Gerîla TV releases footage from an action in Çukurca 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action in which guerrillas targeted the vehicles engaged in work construction for the military in Çukurca.
• Fire started by military attacks in Şapatan continues for 13 days 

  The fire started by the Turkish army in Şemdinli’s Şapatan region continues for 13 days and soldiers are preventing the local people that attempt to stop the fire.