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• Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands  

  Forty years ago today, Irish Republican prisoner Bobby Sands, died in Long Kesh after 66 days on hunger strike. Today prisoners in Turkey reached day 160 of their hunger strike.
• Arab fighter from Hama: YPG protects the peoples of Syria 

  YPG fighter Rojhat Agir is Arab and from Hama. "We have seen the violence of the state, the other groups and the IS. The YPG protects the peoples of Syria," he stresses.
• A new war and an unsettled bill 

  For all those who resisted and protested in Europe during the Afrin war, one bill has remained unsettled since then. An unsettled bill with the military industry, those responsible in state bureaucracy and politics, and supporters of Turkish fascism.
• 84 years ago, the Dersim Genocide 

  4 May marks the 84th anniversary of the beginning of the Dersim Genocide. The Turkish government massacred thousands of people, those who survived were banished, Dersim was depopulated.
• Avesta: Shengal resistance is a question of to be or not to be 

  Sozdar Avesta of the KCK has spoken out in an interview about the dangers of the agreement between the KDP and the Iraqi government on the Shengal region, warning that resistance to it is a question of "to be or not to be."
• “It is the AKP/MHP regime that should be prosecuted in Kobanê trial, not the HDP” 

  Viyan Çiyazan fought in the Kobanê resistance against ISIS. Regarding the Kobanê trial in Turkey, she says, "It's not the HDP that needs to be prosecuted, but the fascist AKP/MHP regime that supports terror."
• Karayilan: "Guerrillas writing a new history in Kurdistan” 

  "From our point of view, the resistance so far is a success, but no one should fall into victory drunkenness now. This was only the beginning," guerrilla commander Murat Karayilan said about the course of the Turkish invasion in South Kurdistan.
• German internationalist in Rojava: "I can only advise you: Come here!" 

  Internationalist Goran Kobanê is from Germany and lives in Rojava. He advises others to come to the autonomous region of northeast Syria themselves to get involved in the grassroots democratic project and learn from it.
• HDP Izmir MP Kemalbay salutes Workers' Day 

  HDP Izmir MP Serpil Kemalbay reminded that today Workers’ Day will be celebrated under lockdowns and said this system has to be changed.
• ÖHD lawyer Şahin: The state deepens isolation to avoid solving the Kurdish issue 

  ÖHD lawyer Şemdin Şahin reminded that the state has been systematically applying isolation for many years and added: "The state is deepening the isolation because it does not want to solve the Kurdish problem through democratic means."
• Civil disobedience 

  When Thoreau spent a night in jail in 1846 because he did not want to enable the war against Mexico with his taxes, he was visited by a friend. The latter asked, 'What are you doing in here?' Thoreau replied, 'What are you doing out there?'
• YPG/YPJ fighters: Turkish state takes revenge against HDP for ISIS 

  Members of the YPG and YPJ see the proceedings against leading HDP representatives for the Kobanê uprisings in North Kurdistan as an attempt by the state to take revenge for the defeat of ISIS.
• Mithat Sancar: We will foil this conspiracy trial 

  Making a statement in front of the court before the first hearing of the Kobanê trial, HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar said: “We will foil this conspiracy, we will enlarge the struggle for democracy”.
• Today Armenians all over the world commemorate the victims of the April 1915 genocide 

  Today Armenians all over the world commemorate the 106th anniversary of the April 1915 Genocide.
• Duran Kalkan says the "European Union blocks a solution in Turkey" 

  PKK Executive Committee member Duran Kalkan said that “the European Union blocks a solution in Turkey. It keeps the genocidal, fascist policy in Turkey on its feet.”
• Journalist Konicz: Erdoğan's regime perceives peace as a threat 

  "Peace for Kurdistan and freedom for Öcalan only have a perspective in Turkey if the AKP is ousted - or if it no longer benefits politically from the war against the Kurdish movement," says journalist Tomasz Konicz.
• HDP deputy Çepni: We call on everyone who oppose the AKP to act with honesty 

  HDP deputy Murat Çepni addressed the opposition parties and said: “If you want to get rid of the AKP it is necessary to make a real opposition. We call on all those who want to stand against the AKP to be honest."
• Spring reveals beauty of Akhtamar island 

  The almond trees are blooming in the Akhtamar island, in Lake Van conveying the mood of spring. The island represents one of the most famous historical legacies of the Armenian people in the Ararat Highlands.
• Turkey’s mercenary traffic in Libya  

  ANF attained information on the mercenary traffic of the Turkish State which does not withdraw mercenaries from Libya in spite of the ceasefire and calls by international forces. Turkey sent 18,000 mercenaries to Libya in a year.
• Bayık: Our Movement promotes Democratic Socialism within the framework of Democratic Modernity 

  “Our struggle is based on the “state + democracy” formula. We have abandoned the classical revolutionary notions. The three main pillars of radical democracy are women’s emancipation, societal democracy and ecology,” said Cemil Bayık of the KCK.
• Zehrê Şemo: In Shengal we are fighting for our existence 

  Zehrê Şemo from the Yazidi women's movement TAJÊ said that the agreement between the KDP and the Iraqi government is about “exist or don’t exist” and warned of a new massacre in the Shengal region.
• Cemil Bayik speaks about the political strategy of the KCK 

  Cemil Bayik, KCK co-chair gave an insight into the political strategy of the KCK in a long interview broadcast earlier this month.
• “Closure cases against pro-Kurdish parties have always been based on same logic” 

  Speaking about the closure case against the Peoples’ Democratic Party, politician and lawyer Cebbar Leygara said, "Although 25 years have passed since the closure of HEP and DTP, the reasons for the closure are the same."
• Emine Senyaşar: Why does nobody hear our complaints? 

  Emine Şenyaşar, who is demanding justice in front of the court in Urfa said: "Even if I knew that I was dying, I would not go from here."
• Sabri Ok: Europe acts hypocritically and opportunistically 

  While the second largest opposition party in Turkey is to be banned and thousands of people are in custody, the German government is calling for the HDP to distance itself from the PKK. Sabri Ok (KCK) finds this hypocritical and opportunistic.