KURDISTAN

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• Turkish jets bomb villages in South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish population in various parts of Kurdistan.
• MEP Miranda: The issue of human rights in Kurdistan a big scandal 

  Following her visit to the DTK, Green Group MEP Ana Miranda said “there is a big problem with human rights in Kurdistan.”
• Earthquake victims without homes for another winter in Kermanshah 

  Victims of the earthquake of 7.3 magnitude in Kermanshah in Eastern Kurdistan face another winter without homes.
• Police turns Mother Taybet into “neutralized terrorist” 

  Van Police Directorate referred to Mother Taybet as “the terrorist organization member who was neutralized in December 2015”, thus inadvertently admitting that she was killed by state forces.
• Second group took over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  Journalist Martyr Rizgar Deniz was commemorated in the first anniversary of his martyrdom at the Martyr Rustem Cudi camp (Maxmur). The second group of hunger strikers began fasting.
• Women take over the hunger strike in Hewlêr 

  Women took over the hunger strike launched in Hewlêr under the leadership of HDP Başurê Kurdistan Office.
• Hunger strikers in Sulaymaniyah: United we can stop the attacks 

  The solidarity hunger strike launched in Sulaymaniyah against isolation reached day 7. Activists said that united they could stop the Turkish attacks against Kirkuk, Shengal, Maxmur and Rojava.
• Gerîla TV publishes new footage from two actions 

  Gerîla TV has published new footage from the guerrilla actions in Sidekan and Igdir.
• Shengal Assembly: The corridor must be officially opened 

  The Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly stated that the corridor needs to be opened in an official protocol.
• Kurdish parties in Kirkuk condemn Turkish attacks 

  Representatives of the Kurdish parties in Kirkuk have condemned the Turkish state's attacks on settlement areas in southern Kurdistan, stressing that Turkey has no right to violate Iraqi sovereignty.
• Many students taken into custody in Dersim 

  Political genocide operations of the Turkish state continue uninterrupted.
• People of Shengal resisted - corridor open again 

  The protest by the people of Shengal has achieved results and the Rojava-Shengal Humanitarian Corridor has been reopened.
• Hunger strike starts in Rojhilat 

  A hunger strike has been launched in Rojhilat to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• People of Shengal on the border for the corridor 

  The people have arrived at the border to support the youth, demanding the Rojava-Shengal Humanitarian Corridor be opened.
• People in Maxmur speak out on 2nd day of hunger strike 

  "This camp is 300 kilometers away from Turkey: how can it pose a threat to Turkey?"
• YBŞ: We will not bow to the Turkish state’s attacks 

  According to YBŞ figures, three civilians were killed in the Turkish army's air raid on Shengal last week.
• HPG reports Turkish airstrikes on Gare, Xakurke and Heftanin 

  The occupant Turkish state continues its genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people in North, West and South Kurdistan.
• Kurdish mayor sentenced to nine years in prison 

  Mustafa Bayram, the co-mayor of the northern Kurdistan town of Halfeti, has been sentenced to nine years and four months imprisonment for terrorist charges.
• Protests against the closing of the Rojava-Shengal corridor 

  Shengal youth are protesting the closing of the Rojava-Shengal humanitarian corridor.
• Turkish jets bomb villages in southern Kurdistan 

  Turkish army bombed villages in Bradost region of southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• KONGRA-GEL calls for further resistance to break the isolation 

  KONGRA-GEL Co-presidency Council issued a statement on the “fascist Turkish state regime's airstrikes on Maxmur refugee camp and Shengal”.
• Iraq closed Shengal-Rojava humanitarian corridor 

  The Dihok-Shengal crossing had remained closed for a year before being opened again yesterday. Iraq, however, has closed the Rojava-Shengal humanitarian corridor today. Shengal people reacted to the closure of the corridor and started a protest.
• Hunger strike for Öcalan in Makhmur 

  Hunger strike has been launched in Makhmur to demand freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• KCK: Turkey attacks Kurds to keep fascism on its feet 

  KCK said Turkey attacked Makhmur, Shengal and Rojava to keep its fascism on its feet and called for a stronger resistance against fascism.
• One Turkish soldier killed in Ağrı 

  Guerrillas continue their actions against the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.