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• Police wound 12-year-old in Yüksekova 

  A 12 year-old boy was wounded in the leg as police in Yüksekova district of Hakkari province opened fire with rubber bullets in Cengiz Topel Street at the town centre for no reason, despite there being no demos or events taking place.
• HPG: Any project harming Kurdistan nature will be considered an attack 

  The HPG Amed Command has said in a written statement that any project that threatens the natural environment of Kurdistan will be considered an attack and issued a final warning.
• Peshmerga forces in Kobanê turning back to South Kurdistan 

  South Kurdistan peshmerga forces who have been in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, to support the resistance against ISIS gangs are turning back.
• Clashes continue in Kobanê and Cizîrê 

  Clashes continue between YPG/YPJ fighters and ISIS gangs in Kobanê and Cizîrê cantons of Rojava, said the YPG in a written statement regarding the ongoing fighting in both cantons.
• HPG: Military activity continues increasingly 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre reported in a written statement that the military activity of the Turkish state continued increasingly.
• Geneva Call President meets KJK in Kandil 

  Elisabeth Decrey Warner, the Executive President and co-founder of Geneva Call, has met with KJK (Kurdistan Women's Community) officials in Medya Defense Zones.
• Fighting in Kobanê and Cizîrê cantons continues 

  YPG Press Centre has provided information about the ongoing fighting in Kobanê and Cizîrê cantons of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• HPG reports bombardment and activity by Turkish army 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Centre reported in a written statement that the Turkish army continued shipment, bombardment and aerial activity in Kurdistan territory.
• Iranian army shells Kandil 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Centre reported in a written statement that Iranian army shelled Kandil area in Medya Defense Zones.
• 34 gang members killed in Til Temir 

  As part of the operation of YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) in Til Temir, all the attacks the ISIS gangs launched to retake the liberated areas, have been repelled.
• Kobanê Kurdish Language Institution mobilizes for education 

  “Education is a part of the reconstruction", says Kobanê Kurdish Language Institute worker Perwer Hemo.
• Turkish officer tells Roboski resident: We will kill you, too 

  Ubeydullah Encü, who lost his son Muhammed Encü in the Roboski massacre, said the AKP was continuing to act provocatively, adding that an officer had told him he had received orders to kill them.
• Two siblings, two armies, one purpose 

  Agît Amed and Amara Amed are from Silvan in Amed province. Agît Amed is a guerrilla with the HPG in Sinjar fighting ISIS, while his sister Amara Amed is a YPJ fighter in Rojava.
• 30 youths join PKK ranks against repressive policies 

  30 youths from Turkey and North Kurdistan have joined the ranks of the PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) against the repressive policies of the AKP that have escalated further with the so-called Internal Security Package.
• KJK condemns Armenian, Syriac-Assyrian-Chaldean genocide 

  Kurdistan Communities of Women has issued a statement strongly condemning the Armenian, Syriac-Assyrian-Chaldean genocide at its 100th anniversary.
• HPG: Iranian army continues reconnaissance and operations 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre has reported in a written statement that the reconnaissance flights and operations of the Iranian army in guerrilla areas were continuing.
• KNK: Turkey must confront its bloody history and recognize the genocide 

  Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has urged Turkey to confront its history, to recognize the Armenian genocide, apologise to Armenians and to meet the demands of the inheritors.
• Peoples met where Armenian Genocide took place in Batman 

  A commemoration ceremony was held at Newala Kadinê in Şikefta village of Batman where hundreds of Armenian aristocrats were murdered in the context of the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians in 1915.
• Media and the Mesopotamian War 

  It has been claimed several times that the war going on now in the Middle East ist the first internet war. In fact a whole lot of claims have been made about this war without most people being sure about what this war actually is.
• IHD: April 23 is not presented to Kurdish children 

  IHD (Human Rights Association) Amed Branch held a press briefing in front of Uğur Kaymaz Statue on the occasion of April 23 Turkish National Sovereignty and Children's Day.
• HPG: Turkish military activity continues incessantly 

  People’s Defence Forces (HPG) Press Office has reported that the military activity of the Turkish army continued incessantly.
• Iran launches operation against guerrilla areas 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press Office reported that Iranian Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards) launched an operation targeting guerrilla zones yesterday.
• Victims of Armenian genocide remembered at scene 

  Victims of the Armenian genocide who were thrown into the Du Deng cave in the village of Yeniköy in Amed's Çüngüş district 100 years ago were commemorated where they were massacred.
• Military operations in Kurdistan causing concerns 

  The increasingly ongoing military operations by the Turkish army in Kurdistan in recent days, which are being carried out despite the non-conflict environment going on for over 2 years, are causing concerns among the people of the region.
• HPG: Military activity continues increasingly 

  People's Defense Forces Press and Communication Centre (HPG-BIM) said in a written statement that the activity of the Turkish army at the border of Şırnak province continued increasingly with an intense bombardment.