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• HPG and YJA Star guerrillas celebrate Newroz in Zagros 

  HPG and YJA Star guerrillas held a Newroz celebration in the guerrilla-controlled Zagros area.
• Bayık: Take to the streets and squares everywhere for Newroz 

  KCK Executive Council Co-President Cemil Bayık calls for mass participation in Newroz celebrations worldwide as an act of resistance against fascism.
• Guerrillas light torches to welcome Newroz 

  Newroz torches were lit in the Medya Defense Zones controlled by the Kurdish guerrillas.
• KCK: Let`s Crush the Isolation and Free our Leader Abdullah Öcalan 

  The KCK has released a statement to mark Newroz 2021 which this year, it said, "needs to send a strong message of the loyalty of our people to our leader Abdullah Öcalan."
• Yazidi youth in Shengal demand information on Öcalan 

  The Yazidi youth associations YCÊ and YJCÊ in Shengal demand up-to-date information on the state of health of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Eastern Kurdistan Youth Organization member: Öcalan's health is our red line 

  KCR coordination member Tolhildan Zîlan warned that "no attack against Leader Öcalan will remain unanswered."
• People of Maxmur take to the streets for Öcalan 

  Following the rumors about the death of Abdullah Öcalan, residents of the Maxmur refugee camp demanded that lawyers and family members to be granted a visit to Öcalan and warned the Turkish government not to test the Kurdish people.
• Council of Sheiks in Shengal calls for immediate contact with Öcalan 

  There is worldwide concern about the condition of Abdullah Öcalan. In Shengal, the Council of Yazidi Sheiks has spoken out and demanded immediate contact. Millions of people were waiting for information about Öcalan.
• Shengal Council: Enemies seek to resume the Halabja massacre 

  "The occupying forces continue to rework on the project they started in Halabja 33 years ago, said the Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council and said the people of Kurdistan should organize themselves and prevent all the attempts of the enemy.
• PAJK calls for actions for Öcalan 

  PAJK Coordination stated that the allegations that target the life of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan "would mean the beginning of a deep and endless war", saying, "Today this is the war of every Kurd".
• KCK: Actions should continue until visit to Imrali is granted 

  KCK said in a written statement: “Our people, all friends and all democratic forces should stand up to get definite information about Abdullah Öcalan’s health. It is absolutely necessary for Abdullah Öcalan and his lawyers and family to meet."
• Three guerrillas martyred in Metina 

  HPG announced that three guerrillas were martyred in an airstrike by the Turkish army on the region of Metina on February 22.
• "Our families should claim our legitimate struggle" 

  Guerrilla fighter Alîşêr Agîr Amed's family takes part in the state propaganda campaign and demands their son back in front of the HDP building in Amed. The guerrilla fighter appeals to families not to betray their children.
• First Newroz fire lit in Maxmur Refugee Camp 

  The first Newroz fire was lit in Maxmur Refugee Camp on Sunday night.
• Prison and lashes for East Kurdistan activists who protested Turkish invasion of Rojava 

  The Iranian judiciary sentenced 13 activists to 6 months in prison and 30 lashes for supporting Rojava and protesting the Turkish state invasion.
• HPG statement on deadly explosion in Sidekan 

  A KDP peshmerga fighter was killed in an explosion in Sidekan. The HPG denies responsibility for the incident.
• “Don’t fall for the lies of the enemy, be proud of us” 

  The parents of guerrilla fighter Berxwedan Argeş sit in front of the HDP headquarters in Amed and demand their son back. He himself appeals to his as well as other families there, "Don't be deceived the enemy. Be proud of us."
• Military operation in Lice countryside 

  An air-supported military operation has been started in the countryside of Amed (Diyarbakır) province.
• Maxmur people commemorate 2004 Qamishlo Uprising 

  Makhmur Assembly of Martyrs' Families made a statement to mark the 17th anniversary of Qamishlo Uprising and emphasized that Kurdish lands have been saved in Rojava thanks to this resistance.
• Mother stages sit-in to protest killing of her husband and sons 

  HDP members visited Emine Şenyaşar, who continues her resistance in front of the courthouse in Urfa. Şenyaşar is protesting the murder of her husband and two sons by the bodyguards and relatives of AKP Deputy İbrahim Halil Yıldız.
• Delegation from Shengal meets with Iraqi officials, conveys their demand for decentralization 

  Following the march attended by thousands of people in Shengal, a delegation of the Shengal Democratic Autonomous Council and notables met with Iraqi officials on Thursday and conveyed their demand for decentralization.
• KNK: Hands off Shengal! 

  KNK called upon the United Nations, the European Union, the United States, and world human rights organisations to work to protect the Yazidis from future massacres.
• Thousands march in Shengal 

  Thousands of people have started marching in Shengal.
• Iraqi forces attack villagers on their way to Shengal for protest march 

  Iraqi military forces attacked residents of the Tilizer village who were on their way to Shengal to join the protest march.
• Shengal Autonomous Council: Every attack will be answered 

  The situation in the Yazidi region of Shengal in southern Kurdistan continues to escalate. The Iraqi government wants to take control of the Yazidi security forces, and the Shengal Autonomous Council vows resistance.