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• Stories of Roboski victims - II 

  The pain is still fresh in Roboskî and the smiles are still partial. The walls with photographs of the deceased are decorated as if to complete the lives that are lacking.
• Roboskî people commemorate the victims despite threats 

  Families from Roboskî commemorated their relatives despite the ban and threats of the Turkish state.
• Trustee appointed to Karaçoban Municipality 

  District Governor has been appointed as trustee to Erzurum’s Karaçoban Municipality.
• DBP Vice Co-chair Seydi Fırat formally arrested 

  DBP Vice Co-chair Seydi Fırat who was detained in Amed two days ago, has been formally arrested for alleged membership to a terrorist organisation.
• HDP Vice Co-chair Aysel Tuğluk formally arrested 

  HDP Vice Co-chair Aysel Tuğluk has been formally arrested as part of the increasingly ongoing operations of political genocide against Kurds and their elected representatives.
• Assets of KURDÎ-DER Başkale Branch confiscated 

  Assets of the recently shutdown KURDÎ-DER branch in Van's Başkale district has been confiscated.
• HDP on Roboski: Crimes against humanity cannot be covered up 

  HDP said they will allow neither Roboski nor other massacres to be forgotten, stressing that the peoples of Turkey will continue their determined struggle to hold all perpetrators accountable.
• Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê provides more support for Şırnak people 

  Kurdish Red Crescent Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê has sent 500 thousand Euros of aid to Şırnak people to meet their needs amid a devastation by state forces.
• Mother of Roboski victim: Erdoğan caused many deaths after Roboski 

  Mother Leyla Encü emphasized that Roboski was the first massacre Erdoğan and his government carried out, and said “We saw that Erdoğan caused many more deaths after Roboski massacre.”
• IHD meeting on Roboskî: Perpetrators have been protected 

  IHD Amed Branch held a press conference on the 5th anniversary of Roboskî Massacre and demanded the prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators.
• KCK's Bayık: Those who oppose the National Congress will lose 

  KCK Executive Council Co-chair Bayık called for the National Congress that will bring gains for Kurds and said that those stand against this will lose.
• Ferhat Encü: May our hearts dry out if we forget Roboskî 

  HDP MP Encü sent a message to Roboskî families, saying: “We will not lose hope, we will resist and the dignified struggle of this people will prevail.”
• Stories of Roboski victims - I 

  The pain is still fresh in Roboskî and the smiles are still partial. The walls with photographs of the deceased are decorated as if to complete the lives that are lacking.
• Ağrı Co-mayor Mukaddes Kubilay jailed 

  Ağrı Co-mayor Mukaddes Kubilay has also been jailed as part of the Turkish state's increasingly ongoing operations of political genocide against the Kurds and their elected representatives.
• State forces hinder the commemoration of victims in Roboski 

  Turkish forces are hindering Roboski residents from commemorating the victims of the massacre of December 29, 2011 which claimed the lives of 34 Kurdish civilians, mostly children.
• Curfew in 11 villages of Amed 

  Curfew has been declared in 11 villages in Lice, Kocaköy and Hazro districts of Amed.
• Gerîla TV releases footage from an October action in Şemdinli 

  Gerîla TV has released footage from an action that targeted soldiers near the Garê Regiment in Şemzinan (Şemdinli) in October.
• Roboski, 5 years ago 

  On the night of 28 December 2011, Turkish Armed Forces' warplanes bombed an area on the border with South Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan). The bombs killed 34 mostly young men on their way back from the Iraqi border they had crossed for "Border Trade".
• YPS member killed in Nusaybin in April laid to rest in Kızıltepe 

  Body of Selim Tekin, nom de guerre Mazlum Pirdoğan in YPS ranks, who died during clashes in Nusaybin on April 15, has been delivered to Tekin family and buried in Mardin's Kızıltepe district today.
• Saturday Mother buried next to her son martyred in PKK ranks 

  Saturday Mother Fatma Morsümbül, who died yesterday, has been laid to rest next to her son who fell in the ranks of the PKK in 2014.
• Mother awaits the body of her son killed in Nusaybin 8 months ago 

  Why would a mother await her child’s arrival? Only if her child is in war, in exile or in prison. Would a mother await the arrival of her child’s body? Mother Nesibe in Nusaybin awaits for her child’s dead body…
• Tahir Elçi's words in the Roboski diary 

  Tahir Elçi reminded us of his insistence on the pursuit of justice when he left a note in the Roboski diary two years before being massacred in Amed’s Sur district.
• State repression in Roboski before the 5th anniversary of the massacre 

  Two more people have been detained in Roboski village before the 5th anniversary of the massacre which claimed the lives of 34 people on December 28, 2011.
• Bağlar's de-facto trustee fires 37 employees for “ties with PKK” 

  District Governor Tolga Toğan, who was appointed as de-facto trustee to Bağlar Municipality, accused 37 cleaning workers of ‘ties with the organization (PKK)’ and fired them.
• Trustee appointed in place of the trustee at İpekyolu Municipality 

  Önder Can, trustee appointed to Van's İpekyolu district municipality on September 11, has been replaced by a new trustee.