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• Ferit Şenyaşar: One of my brothers' killers could walk free in a few months 

  Ferit Şenyaşar and his mother Emine are demanding justice for his brothers and his father who were killed in 2018. He warned that the court is under political pressure and that one of the killers could walk "free within a few months".
• Trip to Amara 

  In 1974, Abdullah Öcalan and Cemil Bayik visited his family in Amara. His father said to them: "First you were leftists and communists, now you have become Kurds. The Kurdish question is a big problem. How will you get out of it?"
• Dr. Azzellini: Isolation on Imrali is aimed at silencing the society 

  According to political scientist and writer Dr. Dario Azzellini, Turkey isolates Abdullah Öcalan to show that it is futile to oppose the power.
• Africa has become the new ISIS stronghold 

  Journalist Wassim Nasr underlined the capture of a city in Mozambique by pro-ISIS mercenaries and said that the African continent has become the new stronghold of jihadists.
• Cemil Bayık: "Öcalan's birthday is the birthday of a nation, a people and humanity" 

  KCK Executive Council co-chair Cemil Bayık addressed the hunger strike, Öcalan's birthday and
• KCK: The HBDH carries on the tradition of Mahir Çayan and his comrades 

  The KCK paid tribute to Mahir Çayan and his comrades, killed in Kizildere on 30 March 1972.
• HDP releases Final Document of its Party Assembly meeting 

  On 28-29 March 2021, the HDP released the Final Declaration of its ordinary meeting which discussed the dissolution case filed against it.
• Karayilan: Is there room for the Kurds in the 21st century? 

  The Turkish state wants to restore the borders of the Ottoman Empire, said Murat Karayilan (PKK) exploring the question of whether there will be room for the Kurds in the political system of the 21st century.
• Ebu Rayid leaves the KDP to return to Shengal  

  Birhim Derwêş, known as Ebu Rayid, member of the High Tribe Community affiliated to the KDP, left the KDP and joined the Shengal Autonomous Council, calling on all Yazidis to defend Shengal.
• Nuri Mehmud: The operation in Hol Camp targets the ISIS mentality 

  The North and East Syria internal security forces have been carrying out an operation against ISIS in Hol Camp since Sunday. YPG spokesman Nuri Mehmud talked to ANF about the context of the operation and the demands to the international community.
• "Humanitarian and Security Operation" in Hol Camp through ANF's lenses 

  ANF cameras captured images of the "Humanitarian and Security Operation" launched by the Internal Security Forces in Hol Camp.
• The Turkish death squad in Europe and its connections 

  A Turkish death squad was exposed in Belgium. It had been involved in preparing an attack Kurdish politicians Remzi Kartal and Zübeyir Aydar. Photos of those involved have now emerged from the Palace in Ankara and the Turkish embassy in Paris.
• Abdullah Öcalan: This is very dangerous, it can't be accepted 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan stated in his short conversation with his brother on Thursday that such a conversation was very wrong and dangerous and added: "If there is to be a meeting, it should be with lawyers".
• Çiya Kurd: Turkish occupation will become permanent without struggle  

  If the world is silent and the peoples of Syria do not fight against it, the Turkish occupation will become permanent, said Bedran Çiya Kurd, representing the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
• Newroz 2021: International Starting Signal for the Peoples' Agenda 

  An analysis of Newroz 2021 by Firaz Amargi, journalist in South Kurdistan.
• The HDP has a historical tradition and 40 years of experience, says deputy Nuran Imir  

  HDP deputy Nuran Imir rejected the demand to close the HDP and reminded that the people of Kurdistan have been in the field of politics for 40 years.
• Trial against the Saturday Mothers opens on Thursday 

  On 25 August 2018, the Saturday Mothers met for the 700th time in Istanbul to demand justice for their disappeared relatives. The police dispersed the sit-in with tear gas and plastic bullets. Now the trial begins against 46 activists.
• We must do all we can to show solidarity with our Kurdish brothers & sisters, says British MP 

  Last week in the UK Parliament, Kate Osborne MP highlighted the increasingly authoritarian policies of President Erdoğan and the Turkish Government during a Westminster Hall Debate on the arrest of opposition politicians in Turkey.
• KCK: Need for Constant Protests for Freedom of our Leader Abdullah Öcalan 

  This year`s Newroz was celebrated in a historic way in all the four parts of Kurdistan and abroad. The Newroz celebrations have increased the spirit of our people and friends while at the same time striking horror into the hearts of all enemies of the Kur
• "The crisis in Shengal cannot be resolved militarily" 

  The Iraqi government does not want to resolve the Shengal crisis through dialogue. The Kurdish and international public urgently need to intervene, said Faris Herbo, Shengal's foreign affairs representative.
• Internationalist Alina Sanchez remembered 

  Internationalist Alina Sanchez (Legêrîn Çiya) remembered on the 3rd anniversary of her martyrdom.
• Three years have passed since Turkey's invasion of Afrin 

  After about two months of resistance against Turkish occupying forces, the Afrin defense units decided to withdraw in order to prevent further massacres of the civilian population. Afrin city centre has been occupied on 18 March 2018.
• Salih Muslim: People will be on the streets until reliable news from Imrali are obtained 

  Salih Muslim, from the PYD co-executive board spoke about the significance of the current developments in relation to the situation of Abdullah Öcalan and their consequences for the region.
• Buldan and Sancar: Closure case against HDP is a new blow to democracy 

  HDP's co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar invite all forces of democracy, the social and political opposition, and the people to joint struggle against this new political coup d’etat, against the overt liquidation of law and democracy.
• HBDH components: Our position will be maintained to the end 

  On the occasion of the 5th foundation anniversary of the Peoples’ United Revolutionary Movement (HBDH), the components of the movement stated that their position will be maintained as they enter the sixth year "with the will for victory".