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• People in Maxmur carry out vigil against the Iraqi army's attempt to besiege the camp 

  The people of Maxmur, from 7 to 70, are carrying out a vigil against the Iraqi army's attempt to besiege the camp.
• Reactions to siege attempt in Maxmur increase 

  The South Kurdistan HDP Representative Office and the Amude Assembly condemned the Iraqi army's attempt to besiege Maxmur and demanded its immediate withdrawal.
• Prisoner Mazlum Dağ denounces torture by KDP forces in Hewler Prison 

  After rejecting the imposition of wearing uniforms in Hewler Prison, Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er were subjected to torture.
• KONGRA- GEL calls for action for Maxmur under siege 

  KONGRA- GEL appeals to the Iraqi government and the UN officials that remain silent in the face of the measure against Maxmur which is against international law and human rights.
• People of Maxmur continue resistance against siege by the Iraqi army 

  The people in Maxmur Camp continue to resist the Iraqi army, which, under pressure from Turkey, wants to fence in the self-governing camp with barbed wire and eventually clear it.
• HPG: Turkish attacks on guerrilla areas continue 

  The Turkish state continues its attacks against guerrilla areas in northern Iraq.
• Shengal Autonomous Administration calls on all people to protect Maxmur 

  The Shengal Autonomous Administration called on all people and friends to protect Maxmur.
• KCK calls on everyone to stand with Maxmur 

  The KCK Foreign Relations Committee drew attention to the fact that the fascist Turkish state and its collaborator KDP were behind the pressure on Maxmur and called on all the people of Kurdistan to stand with Maxmur.
• Maxmur people continue their resistance amidst an attack by the Iraqi army 

  One resident was injured as Iraqi security forces used live ammunition during protests against the fencing of the Maxmur Camp.
• KNK calls on UNHCR to immediately stop Iraqi army’s attack on Maxmur 

  "UNHCR has the responsibility and the diplomatic and political means to stop Iraq from violating the rights of the Maxmur refugees and must intervene immediately to save the lives of people whose homes in exile have now been surrounded by the Iraqi army."
• Women in Shengal: Maxmur is not alone 

  The Yazidi Free Women’s Movement and Shengal Young Women’s Union protested the attacks against Maxmur Camp, which Iraq is now trying to turn into a huge prison.
• People of Maxmur resist against siege by the Iraqi army and police 

  The people continue to resist against the siege of Maxmur Camp by Iraqi army and police units. The People's Council of Maxmur declared that they would not surrender to any state.
• People in Maxmur protest Iraqi army's attempts to surround the camp with wire fences 

  The people of Maxmur started a tent action against the Iraqi army's attempts to surround the camp with wire fences.
• HPG: 13 Turkish soldiers were killed in Lice 

  The guerrillas struck a military convoy of Turkish troops partaking in an operation in Lice, killing 13 soldiers.
• Remains of guerrillas Yemen and Alici taken by their families 

  The bodies of guerrillas Dicle Yemen and Mehmet Şakir Alici, who fell as martyrs in the last clashes in Besta, province of Şırnak, were taken to their hometowns by their families.
• PUK and KDP election commissions to meet today in Hewler 

  The PUK and KDP election commissions will meet today in Hewler.
• PKK Committee announces the death of Karwan Horamî 

  The PKK announced that Karwan Horamî died of acute kidney failure in April. The revolutionary, who was born in Sine, had been a member of the Kurdish liberation movement for 15 years and was last active in the field of the free press.
• HPG guerrilla buried in cemetery of the nameless 

  The body of a HPG guerrilla was not handed over to his family but buried in a cemetery of the nameless.
• Families of Hewler massacre victims turn to the Iraqi Parliament demanding an investigation 

  Families who lost their relatives in the Hewler massacre carried out by the KDP in 1997 will apply to the Iraqi Parliament to investigate the massacre.
• Shengal people: No attacks will make us give up our will 

  Condemning the attacks of the Turkish state, the people of Shengal said: "The will of our people will not be surrendered with these attacks." A call was made to the international community to prevent attacks.
• HSM vows to crown the holy struggle of martyrs with victory 

  The People's Defence Center (HSM) Headquarters Command commemorated the May Martyrs, vowing to follow in their footsteps, saying: “The cause of freedom will never lose, and we will definitely win.”
• HPG reports Turkish military operations and clashes 

  Fighting erupted between the guerrillas and Turkish soldiers during the Turkish military operation in the Besta region of Şırnak.
• Five-year-old child hit and seriously injured by armoured vehicle in Silopi 

  A five-year-old child was hit by an armoured vehicle and seriously injured while playing in front of his parents' house in Silopi, Şırnak.
• Governor declares 14 regions in Şirnak as "temporary special security"  

  Şirnak center and 14 regions were declared as "temporary special security" zones between 16 and 30 May.
• Body of HPG guerrilla martyr Serhat Yalçın delivered to his family 

  One of the two guerrillas who fell as martyrs in the clashes that broke out in Amed's Lice district on 10 May was identified by his family, who were able to get his body.