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• People of Amed: Leader Öcalan’s physical freedom must be ensured 

  Criticizing the state's failure to take any steps since Abdullah Öcalan’s call on February 27, Amed residents demand that the Kurdish leader’s physical freedom be ensured as soon as possible.
• NGOs in Shengal call for the release of YBŞ fighters detained by the Iraqi army 

  Yazidi civil society organizations called on Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani to release 5 YBŞ fighters detained by the Iraqi army.
• Guerrillas: With the birth of Leader Öcalan, the Kurdish people were reborn 

  The Kurdish people consider Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday as their own and celebrate it with great enthusiasm. Freedom guerrillas Bawer Hebeş and Haşim Havîn stated that Kurds were reborn with the birth of Leader Öcalan.
• Guerrillas celebrate Öcalan's birthday 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday, April 4, was celebrated by guerrillas in the mountains of Kurdistan with various activities including military ceremonies, planting of saplings and dancing.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Doğa Şîn and Eylül Deniz Zagros  

  YJA STAR guerrillas Doğa Şîn and Eylül Deniz Zagros fell as martyrs in Turkish attacks on Gare. The two women fought against ISIS.
• Guerrillas call on young people to organize for the freedom of Öcalan 

  Expressing his feelings on Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday, HPG guerrilla Şahîn Reqa called on the Arab youth to “get to know the leader, join his truth and reach your own reality”, while Avareş Reqa called on them to “organize for the freedom of Öcalan.
• Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas celebrate 4 April in the resistance tunnels 

  The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas celebrated 4 April by dancing the halay and singing songs in the resistance tunnels where they are located.
• Iranian regime's crackdown on Kurds continues 

  As the Iranian regime's wave of arrests and detentions against Kurdish citizens and activists continues, a Kurd from Mahabad was sentenced to prison.
• Sit-in in front of the Iraqi Intelligence Center on its 3rd day 

  Families of YBŞ fighters who were captured in an ambush by the Iraqi army continue their sit-in action in front of the Iraqi Intelligence Center in Shengal for the release of their children.
• ‘Throughout his 76-year life journey, Leader Öcalan has been engaged in a great struggle’ 

  Celebrating Öcalan's birthday, Sozdar Avesta of the KCK said: "With his philosophy of free life, with his new paradigm, with his labor for the whole society, Leader Öcalan has today become a value for humanity, for women and young people."
• March to Amara demands freedom for Öcalan and concrete steps from the Turkish government 

  On the occasion of Abdullah Öcalan’s 76th birthday, masses marched to his birthplace, Amara village in Urfa, demanding freedom for the Kurdish leader and concrete steps from Ankara.
• Shengal Women’s Units celebrate Abdullah Öcalan's birthday 

  The Shengal Women’s Units celebrated Abdullah Öcalan's birthday, saying: "Leader Öcalan's struggle represents a rebirth for women, youth, and our entire people."
• Öcalan to young people: Organize everywhere! 

  Abdullah Öcalan said in a letter to young people marching to Amara to "organize everywhere."
• Activists of the long march from Amed to Amara attacked by the gendarmerie 

  The gendarmerie attacked the participants of the Amed-Amara march at the entrance of Halfeti district with water cannons and gas bombs.
• Autonomous Administration of Shengal: Baghdad must release captured YBŞ fighters and apologize 

  The Autonomous Administration of Shengal demanded the immediate release of the 5 YBŞ fighters captured in an ambush by the Iraqi army.
• Guerrillas respond to ongoing Turkish attacks 

  An explosive-laden drone was destroyed as a result of the guerrilla forces' response to the attacks by the Turkish army in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• KONGRA-GEL: 4 April is Kurdish rebirth day 

  KONGRA-GEL marked 4 April as the rebirth day of the Kurdish people through the legacy of Abdullah Öcalan.
• KCK: 4 April stands for the resurrection of the free Kurds 

  The KCK released a statement to mark 4 April, Abdullah Öcalan's birthday.
• Shengal Autonomous Administration: We will put Leader Öcalan’s renaissance perspective into practice 

  The Autonomous Administration of Shengal stated that they received morale and strength from Öcalan’s letter to the Yazidi people and promised to put the renaissance perspective into practice.
• PJAK celebrates its founding anniversary and the birthday of Öcalan on April 4 

  The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) celebrated its 21st founding anniversary and the birthday of Abdullah Öcalan on April 4.
• March from Amed to Amara reaches Hilvan 

  The Youth Assembly of the DEM party is staging a march from Amed to Amara, Abdullah Öcalan’s birthplace, under the motto “We march to freedom with a democratic society”.
• HPG: Turkish army carried out 11,585 attacks on guerrilla areas in March 

  HPG announced its balance sheet for March. Accordingly, the Turkish army carried out a total of 11,585 air and ground attacks against the guerrilla areas in northern Iraq last month.
• Families of YBŞ fighters captured by the Iraqi army start sit-in in front of the Intelligence Center 

  Families of YBŞ fighters who were captured in an ambush by the Iraqi army started a sit-in in front of the Iraqi Intelligence Center in Shengal to demand the release of their children.
• March from Amed to Amara kicks off 

  The Youth Assembly of the DEM party started its march from Amed to Amara, Abdullah Öcalan’s birthplace, under the motto “We march to freedom with a democratic society”.
• HPG: Turkish attacks continued uninterruptedly during the month of Ramadan 

  “The occupying Turkish army continued its attacks against our guerrilla forces uninterruptedly during the month of Ramadan, which coincided with the ceasefire declared by our Party, the PKK, on 1 March,” the HPG said.