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• KCK: Perpetrators of Roboski massacre not revealed for five years 

  KCK stated that 34 lives were massacred in Roboski and the state is pressuring, blackmailing, threatening and attacking Kurdish people and the families from Roboski that demand justice.
• HPG: Nobody can push us out of Shengal 

  HPG said they forces went to Shengal for a human and moral mission, and that HPG, whose 230 freedom fighters were martyred there, won't leave Shengal as long as the threat against the people remains.
• YPG reports ongoing attacks by Turkish army 

  YPG stated that Turkish army continued its attacks on the lands of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Shengal Construction Assembly President: KDP embargo targets Êzidîs 

  Shengal Construction Assembly President Xıdır Saleh said those that fled the city along with 12 thousand peshmergas and left the people to the mercy of ISIS gangs would not hesitate to put an embargo and starve the people of Shengal.
• Roboski Union Head Veli Encü detained by soldiers 

  Roboski Union Head Veli Encü, who lost many relatives of his in the Roboski massacre, was taken into custody during a raid in the village last night.
• YPS: Five policemen injured in the actions of our units in Amed 

  YPS General Coordination reported that 5 policemen were injured as a result of their actions in Amed.
• Co-mayor of Hakkari's Esendere town detained 

  Co-mayor of Hakkari's Esendere town, Dilber Uzunköprü has been taken into custody.
• Three brothers murdered by Turkish soldiers on Rojava border 

  Occupant Turkish forces have murdered three people from the same family and wounded three women on the border with Rojava, West Kurdistan yesterday evening.
• Mothers condemn the state forces bombing their children's graves 

  Mothers condemned the Turkish state forces that have demolished cemeteries in Nusaybin, saying they will defeat this atrocity that bombs their children's graves.
• HDP Silopi district co-chairs arrested 

  HDP Silopi district co-chairs Aycan Azma and Ali Balın have been formally arrested.
• Turkish army attacks civilian houses in Kobanê 

  Turkish troops have now targeted the houses of civilians in Kaniya Kurdan neighborhood of Kobanê.
• Man suffers cerebral hemorrhage due to violence in custody 

  Kurdish civilian Halit Ataman who was detained after the murder by state forces of Hediye Yaman in Van's Erciş district last month, suffered cerebral hemorrhage after being subject to violence in custody.
• YBŞ: HRW report not true, we invite them to the battle front 

  YBŞ General Command denied the HRW report claiming a recruitment of children by Kurdish armed movement, and called on the HRW to the battle front to examine the truth on site.
• Two soldiers killed, 12 others wounded during clash in Amed countryside 

  Two soldiers were killed and 12 others were wounded during a clash with guerrillas in Amed countryside on December 15.
• Three more DBP-held municipalities in Bitlis seized by the government 

  AKP government has appointed trustees to the Hizan, Mutki and Yolalan district municipalities of Bitlis, the co-mayors of which were jailed four days ago.
• HSM denies HRW report on the recruitment of children by PKK 

  People’s Defense Center (HSM) Headquarters Command denied the HRW report on the recruitment of child soldiers by the Kurdish movement, stressing that they strictly abide by all the agreements they made with international powers.
• Bodies of YPS members discovered among the rubble in Nusaybin 

  YPS members’ bodies are discovered among the rubble created by the demolition efforts the state launched in Nusaybin. Former Co-mayor Kök protested the treatment of the dead and said, “This is trampling the values of humanity”.
• Three new prisons built in Van 

  Three new prisons have been built in Van province one month ago and inmates have been transferred to these prisons although they are still under construction.
• YPG: Turkish army attacked three villages with heavy weapons 

  YPG Press Office reported that the occupant Turkish army attacked two villages to the west of Kobanê on December 20-21.
• 210 people detained in Urfa 10 days ago still kept in sports hall 

  210 people, mostly members of the HDP and DBP who were detained as part of political genocide operations in Urfa 10 days ago, are still held in custody.
• Five more co-mayors from DBP municipalities jailed 

  Five more co-mayors from DBP-held municipalities across North Kurdistan have been imprisoned as part of the Turkish state's increasingly ongoing operations of political genocide.
• Amedspor captain Şehmus Özer loses his life in traffic accident 

  Amedspor captain Şehmus Özer has lost his life in a traffic accident.
• KCK: Barzani's statements won’t benefit Kurd’s struggle for freedom 

  KCK issued a statement on Nechirvan Barzani’s remarks on Shengal and Rojava, and said “such statements will not benefit Kurdish people’s struggle for freedom in any way.”
• Trustee appointed to Baykan Municipality 

  Baykan district governor Mehmet Kocabey has been assigned trustee to the district municipality.
• Curfew in two villages of Nusaybin 

  Curfew has been declared in two villages in Mardin's Nusaybin district.