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• KCK’s Karasu: No news about Leader Öcalan 

  “Kurdish People’s Leader is being subjected to a level of isolation never seen in the world.”
• HPG Commander: Qandil war a battle to defend Southern Kurdistan 

  HPG commander Egîd Kelar stated that Turkey’s invasion attempt against Southern Kurdistan was multifaceted and also aimed to disconnect Southern and Eastern Kurdistan.
• Interview with FARC president Rodrigo Londoño, Timochenko 

  Rodrigo Londoño speaks of the current political issues and challenges facing Colombia.
• Political annihilation campaign against Kurds in Germany 

  As in Turkey, a political campaign of annihilation is being waged against Kurds and their institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• HPG Commander: It’s not easy to enter or leave these lands 

  HPG Commander Zerdeşt Navdar spoke about the invasion concept from Afrin to Bradost and the guerrilla’s actions.
• Turkish army defeated in Lêlîkan as well 

  Regions in Southern Kurdistan had peace when the guerrilla had control, and the nature had become one with the guerrilla. With Turkish invasion attacks, the natural beauty throughout the region has been pillaged.
• Nothing Dies for Nothing 

  "I want to go back to my home and village to collect the remains of my daughter's body, from above the olive branches and the grape vines in my house, I will hide her in my lap so no one can touch or hurt her.”
• Child killings and the interests of the AKP government 

  The AKP government uses reports of child and women killings in Turkey to enforce the death penalty. However, the possible reintroduction of the death penalty is directed against those whom the state sees as a danger to itself.
• “I was tortured in MİT centers for three months” 

  Ziynet Sağlam spoke about her experience in Afrin after she was captured and arrested during the invasion attacks. Sağlam said she was tortured in centers that belong to the MİT, Turkish intelligence service.
• Turkey has formed an armed group in Kirkuk 

  Şiwan Dawidî, a member of the Iraqi Parliament for PUK, stated that Turkey has formed and is training an armed force of 500 men in Kirkuk.
• "Germany and Europe are accomplices in the massacre of the Kurds" 

  Mustafa Karasu, a member of the KCK Executive Council, describes Germany and Europe as accomplices in the massacre of the Kurds.
• The repression in the little HDP stronghold of Ardahan 

  Located north of Serhat province, Ardahan has voted en masse for the HDP and for this suffers retaliation.
• What’s behind the extradition of Gülizar Taşdemir? 

  Oslo Council member, Niger Enayati, said the Kurdish woman activist was a bargaining chip.
• Turkish state barbarism in Afrin knows no bounds 

  The Turkish state barbarism in Afrin knows no bounds. The invading Turkish state and their allied gangs continue to commit crimes against humanity in Afrin, as international states sit and watch the atrocities.
• Return to Kobane - Part II 

  Patrizia Fiocchetti has been in Kobane to open the Women’s Academy. ANF publishes her reflections on the visit.
• Gabriel Angel: The voice of Colombian guerrillas and peasants 

  A former FARC-EP guerrilla, Gabriel Angel is a talented and much loved writer.
• Return to Kobane - Part I 

  Patrizia Fiocchetti has been in Kobane to open the Women’s Academy. ANF publishes her reflections on the visit.
• Emel Dede: We put Manbij back on its feet 

  Emel Dede is a representative of the Turkmen people in the Manbij Democratic Civil Administration.
• “Normalization” plot in Afrin: Are Turkish troops withdrawing? 

  After Turkish Foreign Ministry's statement that “Life is back to normal in Afrin”, Turkey has started to withdraw the surplus soldiers and equipment from the city. What is this “normalization”, and are they minimizing the target in face of YPG actions?
• The Madımak Massacre, a quarter-century later 

  It has been 25 years since the Madımak Massacre of July 2, 1993 was committed in Sivas on where 33 people were murdered, but the demand for justice still hasn’t been met.
• 'The country that is not', putting Kurds at the centre of stage 

  The play premiered at Naples Theater Festival
• Turkey’s elections and new invasion plans 

  There is a lot that Kurds can do against this plan of invasion and demobilization. First, they must hold their congress and achieve national unity.
• HDP first in seven countries 

  Voters abroad confirmed trust in the HDP
• The voice of young people 

  Dersim Dağ at 22 is one of the youngest deputies
• HDP MP Faruk Gergerlioğlu: the voice of the oppressed people 

  The doctor was dismissed from his work after the 15 July coup