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• Youngster detained by the police in Silopi 

  It was not immediately clear why Ayas was detained.
• HPG/YJA Star guerrillas kill 3 Turkish soldiers in Heftanin 

  HPG / YJA Star guerrillas killed 3 invaders and injured 2 in an action against the Turkish army they carried out within the scope of the 'Battle of Heftanin' Campaign.
• Turkish border guards kill a civilian from Eastern Kurdistan 

  Soldiers of the occupant Turkish army continue murdering civilians in Kurdistan territory.
• Two Turkish soldiers killed in Southern Kurdistan 

  Guerrillas continue inflicting blows on the occupant Turkish army in Kurdistan territory.
• No alternative to the guerrilla life 

  YRK fighter Şaho Dersim comes from Eastern Kurdistan and has been with the guerrilla for five years. Living in the mountains means for Şaho to become one with nature. Meanwhile he can't imagine anything else but the guerrilla life.
• HDP co-mayor of Altınova jailed 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue unabated.
• Long March to Zînî Wertê faces obstacles 

  PUK security forces are preventing youth wanting to march to Zînî Wertê. Young people said: "The PUK is preventing the Long March and this means they too have a finger in the Zînî Wertê conspiracy."
• Young people march towards Zînî Wertê 

  The Long March to Zînî Wertê organised by the South Kurdistan Youth Initiative has begun.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Çukurca, Hakkari 

  According to the HPG, guerrilla fighter Bawer Dengda lost his life in a Turkish air attack on the Zap region in Southern Kurdistan. Xakurke and Dersim regions were also bombed by Turkish jets.
• HPG: The Chaldean couple was murdered by counter-guerrilla forces 

  The HPG issued a statement on the case of the Chaldean couple Şimoni and Hurmüz Diril who were abducted from Şırnak. According to guerrilla research, the two elderly civilians were kidnapped and murdered by counter-guerrilla forces.
• From an ISIS jail to Kurdish mountains, story of an Arab youth 

  Çiyager Agir is an Arab from Deir ez-Zor. He stayed in ISIS prison when his city was occupied by the Islamic State and saw hope again after the victory in Kobanê. He joined the guerrillas and has been in the Kurdish mountains for two years.
• Young people start Long March to Zînî Wertê tomorrow 

  Young people from many cities of South Kurdistan will take part in the march.
• “Abduction of activists in Van is a state policy” 

  Recently, the number of kidnappings in broad daylight is increasing in the province of Van. Representatives of political parties and human rights organisations describe the abduction as a state policy.
• Footage from guerrilla action in Heftanin 

  The action was carried out at 15:40 on April 23 as part of the ‘Battle of Heftanin’ campaign ongoing in Medya Defense Zones.
• HPG pays tribute to fallen guerrillas Botan and Kawa 

  The HPG disclosed the identity of 2 guerrillas who fell martyrs in Gabar on 4 December 2019. 
• Guerrilla Duran laid to rest in Mardin 

  HPG guerrilla Ömer Duran who fell martyr during clashes in Dersim, was laid to rest.
• Turkish warplanes continue bombing Kurdish areas 

  Warplanes belonging to the invading Turkish state bombed Zap and Avashin regions in Medya Defense Zones as well as Şêx Cuma in Bitlis.
• Police violence against child aged 8 in Bismil 

  It has been disclosed that Turkish police used violence against an 8-year-old child in the Bismil, in the province of Amed.
• HDP files criminal complaint against destruction of graves 

  The HDP has filed criminal complaints for the destruction of cemeteries by Turkish security forces in Turkey's Kurdish provinces.
• Confessions of informer Cotyar Muhsin Hisên arrested by HPG 

  Informer Cotyar Muhsin Hisên, who was recruited by the Turkish secret service in Southern Kurdistan, tells which information about the guerrilla he passed on and what effects his activity had.
• HPG reports guerrilla action in Çele, air raid in South Kurdistan 

  Guerrillas hit Turkish soldiers in Hakkari countryside while the Turkish army shelled guerrilla zones in southern Kurdistan.
• Municipal police mistreat boy in Amed 

  Children in Kurdistan continue suffering violence from those on duty in the institutions of the Turkish state. In Amed, municipal police forces have abused a boy who was picking up waste paper with a handcart.
• HPG publishes names of three guerrillas who fell in Heftanin 

  HPG announced the identity of three guerrilla fighters who died during an action against the Turkish military in the southern Kurdistan region of Heftanin.
• Number of coronavirus cases increases rapidly in Van 

  According to official figures, the total number of coronavirus cases in Van is 380, while 8 people lost their lives, 44,000 are in quarantine.
• HPG: Four Turkish soldiers killed in Dersim 

  HPG reported continued actions by guerrillas and attacks by the Turkish army.