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• People walking to Cizre start vigil upon blockade by police 

  Hundreds of people from Şırnak, Gundikê Melê (Balveren) and Dêrgul (Kumçatı) towns have started to walk to Cizre to rescue the dozens who remain trapped in a basement for 11 days now.
• Shengal people salute the self-rule resistance in North Kurdistan 

  Êzîdî people living on Mount Shengal have staged a march to protest the Turkish state's massacres against civilians and salute the self-rule resistance in Bakurê (North) Kurdistan.
• 25 detained in police crackdown on vigil of resistance in Nusaybin 

  Police forces have attacked the people joining a vigil of resistance in Girêmîra neighborhood of Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• One youth killed, another heavily wounded by police in Adana 

  One youth has been shot dead and another heavily wounded by police during a crackdown on a demo in the southern province of Adana.
• Sarıyıldız: War crime committed in Cizre before the eyes of millions 

  HDP deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız stated that dozens of people who remain trapped in the basement of a largely demolished building in Cizre for 10 days are being sent to death before the eyes of millions.
• Mothers of trapped civilians blocked on their way to Cizre 

  While 31 people remain trapped in a basement in Şırnak's Cizre district for 10 days now, their families who have been joining the vigil of resistance in Nusaybin have left for the town to reach their beloved ones.
• UN High Commissioner urges Turkey to respect fundamental rights 

  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday urged the Turkish authorities to respect the fundamental rights of civilians in its security operations.
• No news for two days from the people trapped in Cizre basement 

  No news has been received for 44 hours from the basement in Cizre where dozens of people remain trapped for 10 days now.
• 5 dead bodies found in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood 

  As the state of siege in Şırnak's Cizre district continues for 50 uninterrupted days, 5 dead bodies have been found on Reyhan Street of Cudi neighborhood.
• Still no news from the basement, mothers walking to the scene detained 

  Dozens of people remain trapped in a basement where they took shelter after getting injured in Şırnak's Cizre district 8 days ago. While 7 of the wounded have died since, 15 others are suffering injuries, some of whom are in critical condition.
• YPG: We will no more remain silent on Turkey's violation of Rojava border 

  The General Command of People's Defense Forces (YPG) has released a statement reporting ongoing violations and attacks by the Turkish state against the border of Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• HDP MP in Cizre calls on Red Cross to mediate for people in basement 

  HDP Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız who is in Cizre district since the beginning of the most recent curfew some two months ago, has written a letter to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent.
• No contact with the wounded in Cizre basement for 5 hours 

  No news has been received for 5 hours from the basement in Cizre where dozens of people, including slain and wounded, remain trapped for 8 days now.
• Berkin Elvan's mother: Every child killed in Botan is a Berkin to me 

  Families of Gezi victims, Suruç victims and Saturday Mothers are also taking their place in the vigil of resistance in Gırêmîra neighborhood of Mardin's Nusaybin's district.
• Wounded cannot go out after demolition of the basement's wall 

  Turkish security forces have once again hindered the retrieval of wounded and slain people from the basement where they remain trapped in Şırnak's Cizre for 8 days now.
• Another death in Cizre basement upon attack by state forces 

  Turkish security forces have once again hindered the retrieval of 16 wounded and 6 slain people from the basement where they remain trapped for 8 days now.
• People trapped in Cizre basement expected to be retrieved today 

  It is now eight day of the torture in the basement where 31 people remain trapped in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• Blast in Cizre leaves one dead 

  One killed in blast in Konak neighborhood last night.
• First images from the basement where humanity is dying 

  First images have been received from the notorious basement in Cizre where 19 wounded and 6 slain civilians remain trapped in Cudi neighborhood for seven days now.
• Building where dozens remain trapped targeted by mortar attack 

  Torture continues against dozens of slain and wounded civilians who remain trapped in a basement of a largely demolished building in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood for one week.
• Ambulances once again denied access to the basement in Cizre 

  It has been seven days since dozens of wounded people got trapped in a basement after artillery attacks on Cizre's Cudi neighborhood. Six of them have bled to death waiting for an ambulance since, while 4 others are in a life-threatening condition.
• Body of a youth killed in Şırnak kidnapped by police from morgue 

  Police have kidnapped the body of a youth killed by state forces in Şırnak province earlier this month.
• Turkish ambulances carry oil instead of the wounded in Cizre 

  While Turkish military and police forces continue to deny ambulances for the civilians wounded and killed by their side, ambulances are carrying oil to the military vehicles that shell people and their living areas in Cizre.
• Wounded people in Cizre basement ask for "just water" 

  19 wounded people trapped in a basement in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood for 7 days are still waiting for an ambulance.
• 4 of the wounded in basement on the brink of death, 1 unconscious 

  Torture continues against 19 wounded people who are waiting for an ambulance in a basement in Cizre's Cudi neighborhood for 7 days.