Kurdistan

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• Sêmalka border crossing closed due to flooding 

  The border crossing between Rojava and South Kurdistan has been closed due to flooding.
• Hunger strike in Hewler on day 152 

  Hunger strikes demanding the end of the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continue in Turkey, Kurdistan, Europe and beyond.
• HPG statement on Çukurca: 12 Turkish soldiers killed 

  Guerrillas hit the Turkish army in north and south Kurdistan.
• 65th group took over the hunger strike in Sulaymaniyah 

  The hunger strike carried out in the Mesopotamian Workers Association has been taken over by the 65th group on the 128th day.
• Hunger strike in Maxmur on day 127 

  Day 92 of Fadile Tok's indefinite hunger strike and day 127 of the alternating hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan in Maxmur.
• NCE, TAJE and NAV-YEK visited hunger striker Nasir 

  NCE, TAJE and NAV-YEK members visited Nasir Yagiz who has been on a hunger strike for 151 days.
• HDP members not given mandates in Baglar, Amed 

  Municipal councillors elect still haven’t received their mandates in the Baglar district where the HDP won 70% of the vote.
• Shengal Municipality Conference kicks off 

  Shengal Democratic Autonomous Assembly Co-chair Hisen Heci gave the opening speech and said, “This conference will be the beginning of our efforts in Shengal.”
• 4th group takes over protest in Van 

  The 4th group has taken over the protest launched in Van to draw attention to the indefinite nonalternating hunger strikes to end the isolation imposed upon Ocalan.
• DTK, HDP and TJA visited Nasir Yagiz 

  A delegation of DTK, HDP and TJA members visited Nasir Yagiz, who has been on an indefinite non-alternating hunger strike for 150 days demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Ocalan.
• Many soldiers killed as guerrillas hit Turkish troops in Cudi 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas hit the Turkish soldiers participating in a military operation in Cudi region. Many soldiers were killed.
• Wall put up by trustee torn down in Kiziltepe 

  The wall put up around the Kiziltepe municipal building during the occupation was torn down by the co-mayor from the HDP and the people.
• Three Kurdish kolbars froze to death in Rojhilat 

  Three Kurdish kolbars lost their lives in Piranshahr, East Kurdistan.
• Final declaration of the 1st Mesopotamia Water Forum in Sulaimani 

  The Mesopotamian Water Forum is an alternative civil society forum for water, an open space to give voice to those who are marginalized and excluded from the discussion about water management in the Mesopotamian region.
• Activists in Van: We will resist until the isolation ends 

  Activists on hunger strike in Van said, “A protest by 7.000 people should not be seen as a simple thing, and shouldn’t be faced with silence.”
• HPG reports Turkish air strikes against Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG announced continued air raids by the Turkish army against guerrilla zones in South Kurdistan.
• South Kurdistan: Anfal Genocide victims commemorated 

  The Iraqi Baathist regime killed as many as 182,000 Kurds between 1986 and 1989. Since 2004, the 14th of April has been the day of remembrance of the victims of the genocidal Anfal campaign.
• Victims of Anfal Genocide remembered in South Kurdistan 

  Victims of the Anfal Genocide campaign conducted against the Kurds by the Saddam regime in South Kurdistan, are being remembered with various events.
• Guerrillas hit Turkish military convoy in Serhat region 

  HPG/YJA Star guerrillas hit a Turkish military convoy in Serhat region in North Kurdistan.
• 25 Yazidis rescued by SDF set out for Shengal 

  SDF handed over 25 Yazidi women and children rescued from ISIS gangs to the Yazidi House in Amude. The rescued Yazidis set out for Shengal following a press conference.
• HPG reports Turkish air raids in southern Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state continues its war against the Kurdish people within and beyond its borders.
• Yagiz on day 144 of hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Nasir Yagiz’s health continues to deteriorate on day 144 of his indefinite non-alternating hunger strike in Hewler.
• Another mass grave opened in Kocho village in Shengal 

  Mass graves of Yazidis who were massacred in the August 3, 2014 ISIS attacks in Shengal are being opened.
• Latest in hunger strikes in Southern Kurdistan 

  Nasir Yagiz’s indefinite non-alternating hunger strike in Hewler is on day 143, while Fadile Tok continues her hunger strike in Maxmur on day 83. The alternating hunger strikes also continue with new groups.
• Airstrikes against Zap and Avashin 

  Turkish jets have bombed the Zap and Avashin areas. Guerrilla forces don’t have any casualties in the airstrikes.