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• Guerrillas: We will be a shield against the policies of Dehaks 

  HPG guerrillas said they won’t bow down to invasion and pillaging by Dehaks and that they will be a shield against all annihilation policies.
• Hunger strike resistance continues all over South Kurdistan 

  HDP member Nasır Yağız in Hewlêr has entered the 120th day of hunger strike.
• “Let’s crown the hunger strike resistance with victory on Newroz” 

  HPG guerrillas said Newroz is a day of emerging from the darkness into the light and added: “Let’s crown the hunger strike resistance with victory on Newroz.”
• Turkish state intelligence activity in Bradost 

  Turkish state has launched intelligence activity in the area in Bashure Kurdistan they invaded last year under the guise of census works.
• 23 people including politicians detained in Van 

  The Turkish regime continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• Newroz celebrated in Maxmur camp 

  The Newroz fire was lit amid slogans chanted by the people.
• Kurdish artist visits Yağız on day 119 of hunger strike 

  "The hunger strike was launched against Turkey's policies and will bring victory. Fascism will be destroyed.”
• Air strikes in Cudi Mountain region 

  Turkish invasion forces carried out air strikes and mortar fire in the Cudi Mountain region of Sirnak.
• YBS: Iraqi attack was a provocation, 2 YBS fighters were martyred 

  YBS General Command announced that the attack yesterday was a provocation and that they have 2 martyrs.
• Yagiz takes turn for the worse, hunger strikes spread 

  As the hunger strikes spread in Southern Kurdistan, Nasir Yagiz’s health issues on the 118th day of his hunger strike raise concerns.
• KCK: The resistance should grow in Zulkuf Gezen’s sacrifice 

  The KCK issued a statement and called on the people to “uphold the memory of the first prison martyr in the Break the Isolation lunge, to rush to Newroz grounds, to grow the resistance and to bid him farewell in the most glorious way”.
• Kurdish woman goes on hunger strike in Germiyan 

  Tevgera Azadi Germiyan Regional Council member Gulebax Celal has started an indefinite hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Brief clash in Shengal 

  Reports of armed confrontation in Shengal town in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Thousands attended commemoration for Halabja victims 

  On 16 March 1988 some 5,000 Kurds, mostly women and children, were killed when deadly gas was released on the northern town of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's forces.
• Thousands commemorate the victims of Halabja massacre 

  On 16 March 1988 some 5,000 Kurds, mostly women and children, were killed when deadly gas was released on the northern town of Halabja by Saddam Hussein's forces.
• Hunger strike in Maxmur on day 91 

  As the hunger strike against the isolation continues in Maxmur on day 91, the 31st group took over the protest. Ishtar Assembly Member Fadile Tok’s indefinite non-alternating hunger strike is on day 56.
• Rojava Administration delegation visits hunger strikers 

  Rojava Autonomous Administration Representation visited the hunger strikers in Germiyan and supported their protest.
• KNK delegation visits hunger striker Fadile Tok in Maxmur 

  A KNK delegation visited the hunger strikers in Maxmur who are on day 90 of their protest and Fadile Tok, who has been on a hunger strike for 55 days.
• Mass graves opened in Shengal 

  Mass graves of Yazidis who were massacred in the August 3, 2014 ISIS attacks in Shengal are being opened.
• Crisis between KDP and PUK continues 

  KDP and PUK have signed an agreement to form the new government, but PUK does not attend parliamentary sessions and KDP continues to act according to the party program regarding the new government.
• AKP conducts armed election campaign in Baskale 

  AKP’s Van Baskale Youth Organization President Sahin Karaman conducts the election campaign in the villages of Van’s Baskale district with weapons on his and his companions’ persons.
• Mass graves in Shengal to be opened 

  Mass graves containing the remains of Yazidis massacred by ISIS in Shengal, will be opened.
• Nasir Yagiz takes a turn for the worse on day 114 of fast 

  “There should be more pressure on the Turkish state. The isolation imposed upon Leader Ocalan should end at once.”
• Hunger strike in Hewlêr reached day 114 

  The hunger strike resistance against Öcalan’s isolation in Hewlêr has reached day 114 and has been taken over by the 57th group of activists.
• KDP stops KNK delegation from entering Rojava 

  A KNK delegation was to hold meetings in Rojava, but the KDP did not allow them to cross the border.