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• Deposed co-mayor of Hakkari sentenced to 2 years in prison 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• KNK calls for urgent action for Kurdish activists detained in Iran 

  Urgent political, diplomatic and legal action directed at the Iranian regime is needed to protect the lives of at least 11 Kurdish activists and students who have been detained by IRGC in Iran.
• Special operation police teams detain three people in Hakkari 

  Three people were detained in the new political genocide operations carried out by special operations police in Hakkari.
• Curfew in 10 villages of Bitlis 

  The curfew was followed by intense military shipment in the Bitlis region of North Kurdistan.
• Seven jailed in Van, including a former HDP co-mayor 

  Seven people have been arrested in Van on charges of "terrorism." Among them is the co-mayor of İpekyolu district, Beritan Tayan, who was deposed in 2016.
• Eleven people detained in East Kurdistan in two days 

  Iranian state forces have detained at least 11 university students and civil society activists in the past two days in Eastern Kurdistan.
• HPG pays tribute to fallen guerrillas Arjîn and Zinar 

  The HPG has released the names of two fighters who fell martyrs in North Kurdistan.
• Villager jailed on terror charges amid military blockade in Lice 

  A Kurdish villager has been arrested in Lice on terror charges. Several localities in the region remain closed due to a military blockade.
• Villages in Lice sealed off after military operation 

  In Lice near Amed, several villages have been sealed off by the Turkish military after fighting with Kurdish guerrillas. At least two civilians were abducted during a house raid; their whereabouts are unknown.
• Gerîla TV footage from action in Şırnak countryside 

  The action recorded on Gerîla TV camera targeted Turkish soldiers in Beytüşşebap district of Şırnak province in July 2020.
• Vigil in support to Public Order Forces enters day 39 

  The vigil in front of the Asayîşh Êzîdxanê building to protest the agreement between Hewler and Baghdad which threatens the dissolution of the region's self-governing structures entered day 39.
• HPG reports air attacks on guerrilla zones in southern Kurdistan 

  HPG reported that the Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan have been bombed by the Turkish air force several times in recent days.
• Vigil in Shengal reaches day 38 

  For over 5 weeks, people have been giving life to a vigil in front of the Asayîşh Êzîdxanê building to protest the agreement between Hewler and Baghdad which threatens the dissolution of the region's self-governing structures.
• 11th group takes over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  11th group took over the hunger strike action launched by women from the Maxmur camp to embrace the hunger strikes in the prisons of Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Tevgera Azadi meets Qandil residents to discuss Turkish threats 

  The Tevgera Azadi Movement met with residents in Qandil to talk about the invasion threats of the Turkish state.
• Heading towards the sun against the darkness of the system 

  YJA Star guerrilla Faraşin Zilan fought until her last bullet and joined the caravan of martyrs following clashes in 2019.
• HPG commander Bargiran Erkendi commemorated in Maxmur 

  The fallen guerrilla commander Bargiran Erkendi was commemorated in the Maxmur refugee camp in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Police delude disabled man into conspiring against 35 HDP members 

  35 HDP members were charged over a statement signed at the Kozluk Police Department by a visually disabled man named Hasan Yalçın, who was conspired by the police in custody.
• People in Shengal: 35 days of action in support of Asayish 

  The action organised by the people of Shengal to defend and support the Êzidxan Public Order forces continues on its 35th day.
• People in Shengal march to protest isolation in Imrali 

  A march was organised in Shengal to protest the isolation regime in Imrali and to salute resistance in the prisons.
• Vigil in Shengal reaches day 34 

  The Shengal people's vigil in front of the Ezidxan Asayishi (Public Order Forces) against the Shengal agreement signed between Baghdad and Hewler continues on its 34th day.
• 9th group takes over the hunger strike in Maxmur 

  The hunger strike against the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 17 in Maxmur Martyr Rüstem Cudi Camp.
• Turkish jets bomb Medya Defense Zones 

  HPG reported continued air raids by the Turkish army on guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Gerîla TV footage from action of self-sacrifice in Bazid 

  Guerrilla fighter Sema Koçer targeted the Turkish soldiers maintaining the security of the natural gas pipeline near the Gürbulak border crossing between Iran and Turkey.
• From Mardin to Switzerland to the mountains of Kurdistan 

  Roza Amara was born, raised and studied in Switzerland, where her family migrated from Mardin. She traveled throughout Europe, but decided to return to her country and joined the guerrilla. She is now struggling in Kurdistan.