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• Ethnocide against the Yazidis in Afrin 

  For more than three years, the region of Afrin has been occupied by the Turkish army and Islamist militias allied with it. The Yazidi population in particular has been affected by massacres and expulsion.
• After Gaza comes Gare 

  We must understand that the solution to Palestine lies in Kurdistan. Because that is where an alternative to the state and capitalism is being defended. There, a hope is attacked that gives strength and perspective to democratic forces all over the world.
• Diyanet as a means of social engineering 

  Journalist Burcu Karakaş has investigated the activities of the Turkish religious authority and its Diyanet Foundation and written a book. She sees Diyanet as a means of religious engineering of society.
• HDP releases report called 'Systematic Oppression as the Basis for Erdogan’s New Turkey’ 

  The HDP has released a report called 'Systematic Oppression as the Basis for Erdogan’s New Turkey’.
• Living in the Feraşîn Plateau under embargo 

  Feraşîn Plateau has been turned into a military base. Electricity is not provided to dozens of villages and hundreds of households. The villagers are trying to resist the state's embargo.
• Zozan Çewlik: No attack will be able to stop us 

  The system of rule is based on the feeling of fear. Insurgents are guided by their passion for freedom and not by the feeling of surrender that arises from fear, said YJA Star Central Headquarters Commander Zozan Çewlik in an ANF interview.
• The Turkish plan to attack the Maxmur Refugee Camp 

  Baxtiyar Çelê, member of the People's Council of the Democratic Self-Administration in the Maxmur refugee camp in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) summarizes the situation on the ground for ANF.
• The Sheikh Jarrah Intifada, an article by Nayrouz Qarmout from Gaza 

  Palestinian writer Nayrouz Qarmout is living in Gaza. Last night she sent a whatsapp message saying Israeli bombing had reached West Gaza where she leaves. A few hours earlier she had sent ANF this text.
• Final text of the 'National Stance Against Turkish State Occupation' conference 

  The "National Stance" document urged the need for unity which emerged at the working conference on National Stance Against the Occupation of the Turkish State promoted by the KNK.
• Yesterday Afrin, today Avashin  

  War has been raging in South Kurdistan for 25 days. War that aims at occupation and genocide. The Turkish AKP-MHP regime wants to occupy South Kurdistan and commit genocide against the Kurdish population in the course of this.
• PKK: We will break the isolation, smash fascism and end the occupation 

  "Regardless of what others do, we have set our path and will continue to follow this right path. We will break the isolation, smash fascism and end the occupation," said the PKK.
• Karayılan: Our goal is to break Turkish colonialism 

  Murat Karayılan of the PKK has commented on the current war situation in the Medya Defense Zones in a video message. A situation map presented by the commander-in-chief of the central HPG headquarters provides important information.
• Ahmet Aslan: Two fallen brothers and a son in the guerrilla 

  Ahmet Aslan had nine siblings, his two brothers died in the Kurdish liberation struggle. Years later, his son also joined the guerrilla.
• Lawyer Turhallı: Isolation goes against Turkish constitution and laws 

  Abdullah Öcalan is still in isolation on Imrali prison island. Lawyer Cemile Turhallı explains how this contradicts the Turkish constitution as well as international law.
• Duran Kalkan: The PKK is still a workers' party 

  "Abdullah Öcalan rescued socialism from the clutches of a system of power and the state," Duran Kalkan explains in an ANF interview on the development of the PKK, which today is also a women's party.
• We must all stand together against Turkish attacks on Kurds, says Louise Regan 

  Louise Regan, National Officer, Membership and Equality, National Education Union and a Time Has Come Campaign, talked about the importance of standing together against Turkish attacks on Kurds.
• HPG commander on Turkish invasion: We will win 

  "The only obstacle to the realization of the neo-Ottoman dreams is the guerrilla. We are convinced that we can crush this operation as well," HPG commander Piling Suruç said about the Turkish invasion of Medya Defense Zones.
• Maxmur: Dangerous plans for a resistant refugee camp 

  The society of Maxmur has repeatedly made history in the past through its resistance-filled life. It will therefore continue to play an exemplary role for the peoples of the region in the future because of its autonomous, self-governing lifestyle.
• The Zapatistas are sailing towards Europe where they will also meet Kurds 

  Kurds will be meeting the Zapatistas who left Mexico a week ago and are sailing towards Europe, to bring their message of solidarity.
• Interview with Shahzavar Karimzadi, Baloch economist, human rights activist and professor 

  Connor Hayes speaks with Shahzavar Karimzadi, Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, about the history of the Balochistan liberation struggle.
• PAJK Coordination Member Munzur: Guerrilla will not allow the invaders to succeed 

  "The guerrilla will not allow the invaders to succeed and this resistance will bring the end of the AKP-MHP fascist regime. We have been resisting this brutal, genocidal system for half a century", said PAJK Coordination Member Raperîn Munzur.
• Bayık: A historic mission to defend Kurdistan 

  In a video message, Cemil Bayık of the KCK described the guerrilla resistance against the Turkish invasion as a "legitimate defensive war" for the Kurdish people. Those who evade this struggle should not ask for forgiveness later, he said.
• Cafer Şervan: Time for freedom for workers 

  “Democratic and working people of Turkey should expand their organization. We say once again that it is the right time for all workers and democratic circles to unite, said KCK Executive Council Member Cafer Şervan.
• Sabri Ok: The aim of Turkey’s offensive is to separate South and North Kurdistan 

  Sabri Ok from the Executive Committee of the KCK stated that the aim of the current Turkish invasion in the Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan is the separation of northern and southern Kurdistan and the expulsion of the civilian population.
• 49 years ago the execution of revolutionaries Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan 

  49 years ago, on 6 May 1972, Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan were hanged in Ankara.