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• "ISIS gangs and Turkish Intelligence collaborate in Hatay" 

  Hatay Assembly for the Right to Life Against War emphasized the presence of ISIS gangs in the province of Hatay and the Turkish Intelligence Agency’s role in this issue.
• Demo in South Africa for Kurdish self-rule and Öcalan's freedom 

  In a peace march held in South Africa, people protested the AKP ruling of Turkey, sent solidarity messages to the Kurds and demanded freedom for Öcalan.
• 'Fredom for Öcalan Campaign' launched in the UK 

  A campaign named 'Freedom for Mr. Abdullah Öcalan' is being launched in the UK under the lead of prominent trade unions. DBP Co-chair Yüksek has made visits as part of the campaign.
• Institutions in Europe call for boycott against Turkey tourism 

  Several institutions in Europe that Kurds and other peoples from Turkey have organized in have issued a written statement and called for boycotts against tourism in Turkey.
• Draft on parliamentary immunity to be debated on April 28 

  AKP has made a notice to opposition parties to discuss the parliamentary immunity in the Constitutional Commission. The debate will be held on April 28, Thursday at 11.00 in the Parliament Constitutional Commission.
• Amedspor: They want to suppress our struggle 

  Amedspor Deputy Chairman Nurullah Edemen has made a statement on the racist attack the team suffered after their game with Ankaragücü in Turkish capital yesterday.
• The Armenian Genocide began 101 years ago today 

  On the night of April 24, 1915, the Turkish government placed under arrest over 200 Armenian community leaders in Constantinople. Hundreds more were apprehended soon after.
• Death toll rises to 3 in Kilis 

  The death toll in yesterday's ISIS attack on Turkey's Kilis province has risen to 3.
• 9 reasons to not “be filled with joy” on April 23 

  Turkey has always boasted “being the first and only country to gift a holiday to children” and has stressed the importance of children. But Turkey’s children rights report is not so bright.
• Demirtaş to meet with US administration in Washington D.C. 

  HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş will visit the US capital Washington D.C. on April 28.
• Ceasefire declared in Qamishlo 

  Rojava Asayish General Command has issued a written statement regarding the clashes of the last 3 days in Qamishlo. In the statement, a ceasefire was announced to go into effect as of 15:30 on April 22.
• Italy's Palagonia Municipality awards Öcalan with ‘honorary citizenship’ 

  The Palagonia Municipality in Catania province of Italy has awarded Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan with ‘honorary citizenship’.
• International Peace Delegation meets CPT officials on Öcalan's isolation 

  The International Peace Delegation headed by Mandela’s lawyer Essa Moosa that wanted to visit İmralı on February 15 against the isolation of Öcalan but was obstructed by the Turkish state is having meetings in Strasbourg with CTP and EC.
• Regime forces start to surrender in Qamishlo 

  The clashes that broke out between the regime and Asayish forces yesterday morning have continued through the night and today in the early morning. Regime forces are starting to surrender after losing several positions in the clashes.
• German police causes the death of a Kurd in Kleve 

  German police officers violently intervened in a fight in the city of Kleve and murdered a Kurd.
• Demirtaş calls upon Turkish society to raise voice for peace 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş visited the vigil for imprisoned academicians and stated that the AKP transformed into a perverted cult that has been bombarding mosques and massacring civilians.
• Rojava Committee completes week-long diplomatic work in Sweden 

  The Rojava Committee completed their diplomatic work in Sweden with a press conference after the opening ceremony of Rojava Representation Office in Sweden.
• International İmralı Committee takes over 'Freedom For Öcalan Vigil' 

  The International İmralı Support committee will attend the Freedom For Öcalan Vigil and conduct a series of meetings with the Council of Europe and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in order for ending the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Socialist People’s Party: PKK should be removed from the terror list 

  In the Socialist People’s Party convention in Denmark, delegates agreed on working to remove the PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) from the EU’s list of terrorist organisations.
• Rojava Representation Office opened in Sweden 

  A Representation Office of the Rojava, West Kurdistan administration has been opened in Sweden's capital city Stockholm with a ceremony attended by MPs, NGO representatives and hundreds of people from Kurdistan, Turkey and Sweden.
• Mandela's lawyer Essa Moosa in Paris to join the Vigil for Öcalan 

  The International İmralı delegation support group, which involves worldwide known names such as Essa Moosa, Noam Chomsky, Tarıq Ali and David Graber, will be in Strasbourg on April 18 and take over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil.
• HRW: Prosecuting satirist mocks freedom of speech 

  German authorities should defend freedom of speech, even if the contents of the speech are offensive to some, and they should not afford heads of state greater privilege against provocative speech, Human Rights Watch said today.
• Kurdish youths occupy the CPT building in Strasbourg 

  A group of Kurdish youths has occupied the building of European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in Strasbourg.
• Demirtaş on lifting of immunities: We will stand tall 

  “If the thieves, the plunderers stealing the nation’s money, and those who can’t find enough space to stash the loot will have immunity and ours will be lifted because of our ideas, that will be a medal of honor for us.”
• Jihadis' passage from Turkey to Syria continues 

  Russia’s Ceasefire Watch in Syria Center has announced that more than 150 gang members passed from Turkey to Syria’s Latakia region.