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• International campaign for Kurdish musician jailed in Turkey 

  An international campaign has been launched to demand the release of the Kurdish musician Nûdem Durak, who has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2015.
• Artists in Aleppo start "Afrin Art", a project for lockdown 

  A group of Aleppo artists tried to benefit from the lockdown by developing a project called 'Afrin Art'.
• Feature film "Zer" by Kazim Öz freely accessible on the Internet 

  The feature film "Zer" by Kazim Öz is freely accessible on the Internet in 15 languages. The film accompanies the search for traces of Jan, who grew up in New York and is moved by the song his Kurdish grandmother sings to him on her deathbed.
• Grup Yorum member Dilan Ekin: "They can't succeed" 

  Dilan Ekin, a member of Grup Yorum, was detained on 8 May, along with 16 other people, during the police attack on the funeral of Grup Yorum member Ibrahim Gökçek.
• Kurdish Language Day celebrated in Marseille 

  Hawar magazine published the first issue on 15 May, which since 2006 is celebrated as Kurdish Language Day.
• HDP calls for the removal of pressures on Kurdish Language Day 

  Hawar magazine represented a major change in many fields, especially in language, culture, identity and literature, and marked the last century of Kurdish language and culture studies.
• Teachers in Sheikh Maqsoud vow to protect the Kurdish language 

  Kurdish language teachers in Sheihk Maqsoud, Aleppo celebrate May 15.
• TJA celebrates Kurdish Language Day 

  TJA celebrated the 15 May Kurdish Language Day and called on people to reclaim their language.
• The voice of knowledge: Hawar Magazine 

  Hawar magazine published the first issue on 15 May, which since 2006 is celebrated as Kurdish Language Day.
• Grup Yorum calls on people to protect Ibrahim's grave 

  Grup Yorum issued a call inviting people to go to Gökçek's grave, after the "immoral and inhumane treatment" of the bass player's remains.
• PKK Culture and Art Committee pays tribute to Hozan Mizgîn 

  "In the person of Martyr Hozan Mizgîn, we remember all the martyrs of revolution in Kurdistan and reiterate the promise to keep their memories alive in a free Kurdistan," said PKK.
• Amazigh music loses its champion 

  Singer Idir, one of the foremost ambassadors of Amazigh music, has died aged 70.
• Artist Seîd Gabarî passed away in Hewlêr 

  Artist Seîd Gabarî died at the age of 64 in the city of Hewlêr in the Federal Kurdistan region where he was undergoing treatment for lung cancer.
• Kurdish artists release video in solidarity with Grup Yorum 

  Kurdish artists prepared a video drawing attention to the death fast of Grup Yorum member Ibrahim Gökçek. The artists said: "Let's reclaim the resistance".
• Grup Yorum: Accept Ibrahim's demands 

  Grup Yorum said that its member, Ibrahim Gökçek, who is on the 320th day of death fast, is in a very serious condition and asked their "demands to be accepted".
• DKP/Union says: Let's raise Ibrahim Gökçek's voice 

  DKP/Union issued a statement in support of Grup Yorum member on death fast, Ibrahim Gökçek and said: "Now it's our turn."
• PKK calls for urgent action for Ibrahim Gökçek 

  "We once again express our condolences to the families and friends of Helin Bölek and Mustafa Koçak, promising that we will keep their memories alive in our struggle for democracy and freedom with the destruction of the fascist regime."
• Yerevan Radio archive goes digital 

  The Kurdish-German Cultural Institute started to publish the Yerevan Radio archive digitally.
• TEV-ÇAND's Turan says that artists have a global responsibility 

  TEV-ÇAND co-chair Bülent Turan said that artists should take responsibility of the global struggle in this phase of crisis of capitalist modernity.
• Online seminars on Kurdish language and literature 

  The universities of Rojava, Duhok, Inalco and Sorbonne have launched a joint study programme on Kurdish language and culture on the Internet.
• Filmmaker Kamkarî: Kurdish artists cannot be apolitical 

  Ferîborz Kamkarî, who is from Sinê,  East Kurdistan, talked about the future of cinema, Kurdish cinema and the coronavirus crisis.
• Yekta Şoreş talks about his poetry book 'Azadî' 

  Talking about his new Kurdish poetry book, Yekta Şoreş stated that poetry is one of the most effective actions against the system.
• Artists can be an antidote in times of crisis, says Deniz Deman 

  Artist Deniz Deman said that artists should be the antidote to fascism in this time in which Kurdish people are facing both the coronavirus epidemic and Turkish state aggression.
• Kurdish Artists' Platform calls for national unity 

  The Kurdistan Artists Platform underlined that the problems in Zînî Wertê are a cause of great anxiety for Kurds and called on all forces to act in line with national interests. 
• Documentary "Commander Arian" freely available on the Internet 

  The documentary film "Commander Arian" by Alba Sotorra is freely available on the Internet in seven languages. The film is an impressive portrait of a YPJ commander fighting for a free life.