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• Rewend, Kurdish cinema to travel around Europe 

  Rewend is a project aimed at promoting and distributing the cinematographic works produced by the Rojava Film Commune in Italy, Spain and France. The first stop will be Turin on 7 April.
• Well-known figures from around the world demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Well-known figures from around the world celebrated the 73rd birthday of Abdullah Öcalan, whom they describe as "one of the greatest political thinkers of our time", and demanded his freedom.
• European Court of Justice expected to announce the verdict on PKK ban within 7 months 

  Lawyer Tamara Bruma said that the European Court of Justice is expected to render its verdict on the PKK ban within 7 months.
• A Network of Solidarity between Catalonia and Kurdistan 

  Ruben Wagensberg and Eulàlia Reguant, members of the Catalan Parliament, wrote about the recognition of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria by the Catalan Parliament.
• Baran Nûjiyan: "Let people rediscover humanity" 

  “A social revolution is about letting people rediscover humanity. What have we lost as humanity in over 5,000 years of history? Where have values ​​been lost? How do we find our way back to them?”
• Kurds' legitimate right to resist must be supported by progressives, campaigners say 

  Kurds' legitimate right to resist must be supported by progressives, campaigners said yesterday, as a European Court heard a case for the delisting of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a terrorist organisation.
• Bloody Sunday prosecution must go ahead, High Court in Belfast rules 

  A decision to drop murder charges against a former British soldier in connection with Bloody Sunday is to be quashed, the High Court in Belfast ruled.
• Kirkuk is in this state because of an internal power struggle 

  According to author Raber Reşid, who was involved in the Raperîn (Uprising) process, "31 years after its independence, the reoccupation of Kirkuk is linked to an internal power struggle among the Kurdish sovereigns."
• Kurdistan National Congress: Newroz, a festival of Resistance and Freedom 

  The holiday of Newroz has always held a special place in the history of Kurdistan. Newroz, a celebration of the arrival of spring and a new year, is also a day of resistance and victory over oppression, says the KNK in a statement.
• Newroz, Kawa the Blacksmith and Mazlum Doğan 

  The legend of Kawa the Blacksmith is thousands of years old. Kawa is the symbol of Newroz and Mazlum Doğan is the modern Kawa.
• The historic Newroz that frustrated the international conspiracy 

  The Kurdish people frustrated the international conspiracy by saying "Leader Öcalan is My Political Will!" on the 2006 Newroz, and they will completely defeat the international conspiracy by saying "Freedom to Öcalan!" on the 2022 Newroz.
• Kurdish filmmaker Lisa Çalan receives Spirit of Cinema Award at Kerala International Film Festival 

  Kurdish filmmaker Lisa Çalan received the Spirit of Cinema Award at the Kerala International Film Festival (IFFK) in India for her short film The Language of the Mountains.
• PKK: Germany needs an independent Kurdish policy 

  The German government is trying to reposition its place and role in world politics. The PKK believes that this should also involve overcoming the anti-Kurdish prohibitionist practice and embarking on the path of an independent Kurdish policy.
• Exclusive interview with KCK representative Elif Ronahi 

  “Through our struggle, we will succeed in developing and protecting universal values as well as local values, that is, the different peoples, cultures, economies, nature and the ecological balance. We will thereby protect humanity as a whole.”
• PKK releases 50th Anniversary Declaration 

  The PKK Central Committee issued a statement to mark the 50th victory anniversary of the Apoist movement.
• PKK Central Committee: Newroz is our festival of unity, resistance and freedom 

  Newroz is our festival of unity, resistance and freedom, said the PKK Central Committee.
• Ronahî Serhad: Women will continue to demand freedom for Öcalan - PART TWO 

  PAJK Coordination member Ronahî Serhad said that women will continue to demand freedom for Öcalan.
• AKP will build 36 new prisons 

  The AKP government's understanding of totalitarian rule can be seen in the investments in building new prisons. The conditions of political prisoners are reminiscent of those witnessed in the notorious Amed prison after the 1980 military coup.
• Turkey's execution list in Europe  

  The Turkish state also created an execution list in Europe, which included the names of dozens of people. The list, which was revealed in the press in mid-2021, included the names of journalists and activists.
• Newroz Ehmed: "The YPJ are a defense force for all women" 

  Newroz Ehmed from the SDF General Command said: “The YPJ are a defense force for all women. No woman should feel alone, we stand by her side.”
• MIT's 'backyard' from Paris massacre to Germany - PART 4 

  France did not initiate any investigations against team members who spied on its territory and attempted assassination in Belgium.
• Turkish assassination teams: Sadat prepares for operations in Europe - PART 3 

  Although SADAT's increasing activities in Europe in recent years have been ignored by both European authorities and major media outlets, even partial information reflected in the media indicates that the danger is big.
• Turkish assassination teams: The policy of criminalisation in Europe encouraged killings - PART 2 

  Assassinations and assassination plans targeting the Kurdish freedom movement were introduced as a new concept in the early 1980s.
• “Öcalan holds the key to peace in the region,” says UNITE director of international Simon Dubbins 

  UNITE director of international Simon Dubbins said that “Öcalan holds the key to peace in the region.”
• Turkish assassination teams from Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa to MIT and SADAT - Part One 

  The case regarding the assassination attempt against KONGRA-GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal and KCK Executive Council member Zübeyir Aydar continues in Belgium. All eyes are once again turned to the Turkish state's "operation network" in Europe.