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• The village of Kocho buries 104 of its ISIS victims today  

  In the village of Kocho in Shengal, 104 victims of ISIS are buried according to Yazidi tradition. Their bodies were buried in mass graves in 2014 and only now they have been identified.
• Ehwen Çiyako: The people of Rojhilat should join demos with the spirit of 1999 

  Speaking on the 22nd anniversary of the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan, PJAK Council Member Ehwen Çiyako said that the people of Iran and Rojhilat should join this year’s demos with the spirit of struggle they shown in 1999."
• YRK releases identity of a martyred guerrilla 

  YRK fighter Hemze Rojhilat was martyred in an incident while he was in charge of his revolutionary duties in January 2021.
• 13 people detained in Lice 

  Turkish police carried out a political genocide operation in Lice in parallel with military operation of the Turkish army, detaining 13 people including elderly and mukhtars.
• PJAK commemorates three guerrillas martyred in 2016 

  The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) commemorated three guerrillas who were martyred in an air strike of the invading Turkish state in 2016.
• Iranian government has detained at least 114 Kurds since January 8 

  Iranian state authorities have reportedly detained at least 114 Kurds since January 8.
• Guerrillas develop new styles and tactics 

  HPG commander Kurtay Şahin said that all the technical capacity mobilized by the Turkish army and its secret units remained ineffective against the guerrilla. Şahin stated that the guerrilla is constantly developing new styles and tactics.
• Dilşêr Herekol, commander of the Shengal’s defense martyred 

  Guerrilla commander Dilşêr Herekol was one of the twelve HPG fighters who prevented the killing of over 100,000 Yazidis by the ISIS. The HSM has announced that the legendary fighter was martyred in October 2020.
• Sêmalka border crossing to Rojava closed until further notice 

  KDP has closed the Sêmalka/Pêşxabûr border crossing to Rojava until further notice.
• Gulpi: The AKP-MHP alliance is a cancer that must be removed from human body 

  Politician in Southern Kurdistan, Faik Gulpi, drew attention to the attacks of the Turkish state and said, "The current policy of the Turkish state is like a cancer in the human body. We should all try to remove this cancer from the human body."
• 24th group takes over the hunger strike in Maxmur on day 47 

  The hunger strike launched on December 18, 2020 in Martyr Rûstem Cudi (Maxmur) refugee camp to denounce the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and to embrace the KCK's "Time for Freedom" campaign has left 47 days behind.
• Turkish jets bomb a village in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Iranian state forces detain 4 more people in East Kurdistan 

  Four more people, including a journalist and a teacher, were detained in East Kurdistan.
• Vigil in Shengal reaches day 62 

  Vigil in Shengal to defend the Autonomous Administration and structures reached day 62.
• YJA STAR guerrillas: Commander Viyan Soran is a source of inspiration for us 

  Viyan Soran was a YJA STAR commander. She set her body on fire on the 7th anniversary of the 15 February conspiracy which led to the capture of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Call for unity against the threat of Turkish invasion in Shengal 

  Yazidi tribal elders and faith representatives have called for unity in Shengal against the threat of Turkish invasion.
• HPG releases identity information of guerrillas who fell martyrs in Govendê 

  The HPG Press Center released the identity information of the guerrillas who fell as martyrs in Govendê last year.
• HPG reports continued airstrikes and deliberate attacks on civilian areas 

  The Turkish state bombed the Medya Defense Zones and intentionally attacked civilian residential areas in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq), reported the HPG.
• Guerrilla Çiya: We should all join the struggle against isolation 

  HPG guerrilla Çiya pointed out the importance of participating in the struggle to break the isolation imposed upon Kurdish people's leader Öcalan.
• Cemil Bayik appeals to the KDP 

  Cemil Bayik of the KCK appealed to the Southern Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP in a special broadcast on Stêrk TV: "On behalf of our movement, I give my word: We recognize both the status and the government of Southern Kurdistan and the Peshmerga."
• More than 90 arrested in Eastern Kurdistan in two weeks 

  Kurdistan Human Rights Association reported that more than 90 people were arrested in Eastern Kurdistan in the last two weeks.
• National unity activities continue despite police obstruction in Batman 

  DTK, DBP and HDP delegation continued their work in Batman. The blockade and barricades of the police have been overcome.
• International Coalition bombing kills ten ISIS mercenaries in Kirkuk 

  The Kirkuk Governorate reported that 10 mercenaries were killed following a bombing carried out by the international coalition against ISIS.
• Governor bans actions and activities in Urfa for next 30 days 

  The Governorship of Urfa announced that all actions and activities in the city center and its districts are to be banned for another 30 days.
• Kolbars buried by avalanche in Van laid to rest in Urmia 

  The five kolbars who were buried by an avalanche in Van have been laid to rest in their home village in Eastern Kurdistan.