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• Gangs commit massacre in Alevi village bordering Turkey 

  Al Nusra gangs that have strengthen their initiative in the northern parts of Syria continue attacking the civilians.
• Kurdish Friendship Group in the EP debate Kobanê, Sinjar and HDP 

  The Kurdish Friendship Group in the European Parliament (EP) has discussed the reconstruction of Kobanê, the situation in Sinjar and the HDP’s perspective regarding the 7 June elections.
• Attacks on HDP continue 

  Two election offices and an election vehicle of the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) in the province of Elazığ have been attacked.
• HDP to issue a press statement on resolution process tomorrow 

  HDP Imrali delegation will issue a press statement in Ankara tomorrow regarding the recent situation in the resolution process which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is recently attempting to hinder with various remarks.
• AKP candidates to be guarded by police teams 

  Van Police Department has assigned police teams for each AKP parliamentary candidate to guard them during their election campaigns, following requests made by the candidates.
• 4 youths detained in Mersin 

  Mersin police raided the tent set up by DEM-GENÇ (Democratic Youth's Federation) activists in Mevlana Neighborhood of Toroslar district as part of the "Xwedi Derkeve" campaign late last night.
• State of emergency in Istanbul for 1 May 

  The Police Department of Istanbul announced that it will station 10.000 police force in and around Taksim Square to bar the groups entering the area on 1 May.
• ISIS executes 2154 people since the declaration of its alleged “Caliphate” 

  The number of people executed by Islamic State since the declaration of “Caliphate” in Syria in 6/28/2014 until yesterday morning 04/28/2014 has risen to 2154.
• PYD officially invited to Geneva III Conference 

  PYD has been officially invited to Geneva III summit. Democratic Autonomy Administration European Representative Sinem Mihemed said the organising committee for Geneva III will meet early May.
• Clashes between Syrian regime and ISIS at Yarmouk camp 

  Fierce clashes take place in Yarmouk camp for the Palestinian refugees between the ISIS gangs and the Baathist regime forces, while the clashes intensify at many points in the capital of the Syrian state.
• Van sends 4 trucks of aid to Kobanê 

  Sinjar-Rojava Solidarity Coordination has sent four trucks of aid to the war-torn city of Kobanê in West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Assailants of HDP office attack released 

  Two assailants who were detained in relation with the recent attack on HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) office in Milas district of Muğla, have been released.
• Opening of HDP election office turns into rally 

  The Peoples Democracy Party (HDP) opened its election office in the city of Van yesterday with a ceremony attended by thousands of people.
• HDP office in Soma set on fire 

  HDP office in Soma district of western province of Manisa was set on fire late Monday evening. The attack which the police said was not “deliberate” was commented by HDP members as a sabotage.
• Kışanak: This is no ordinary election 

  HDP Amed Co-mayor Gültan Kışanak spoke at a rally in London yesterday organised by the HDP Coordination in Britain, saying the election in Turkey on June 7 is no ordinary election and that every vote counts.
• Kurdish parties come together for national diplomacy 

  Representatives of Kurdish parties and institutions came together in Den Haag city of Holland to discuss some major subjects including the reconstruction of Kobanê and building Kurdish diplomacy in international arena.
• Kürkçü: We have no plan B 

  HDP Mersin MP and Izmir parliamentary candidate Ertuğrul Kürkçü spoke at a panel in Izmir yesterday about the upcoming elections. Kürkçü said the HDP provided hope that the aims of a sectarian dictator who is hostile to women could be thwarted.
• YPG fighters wounded in Kobanê jailed and denied treatment in Turkey 

  The health of YPG fighters Savaş Sönmez and Erkin Selanik, who were wounded in Kobanê while fighting ISIS gangs, is deteriorating on account of their being denied treatment for their wounds.
• Turkey sends back Danish truck of aid for Kobanê 

  Turkey has sent back a Danish truck of aid for Kobanê which departed from Copenhagen on 14 March and was held waiting at Bulgaria-Turkey border customs gate for over a month.
• Will Geneva 3 also be without the Kurds? 

  BM spokesperson Ahmed Fevzi has announced that a third Geneva summit is to be held on 4 May. The two previous summits have failed to find a solution to the conflict in Syria.
• Armed attack targets HDP election office in Yalova 

  Attacks on HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) offices are increasing before the upcoming elections to take place in Turkey and North Kurdistan on 7 June.
• Swiss MP Jeans: Struggle for humanity being waged in Rojava 

  Swiss Socialist Party (SP) MP Beat Jeans said the PKK was a freedom movement, adding that the Kurds in Rojava are waging a struggle to protect human values. “The Rojava system is the only alternative model for the Middle East,” he said.
• Another attack on HDP office in Istanbul 

  The election office of the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) in Pendik district of Istanbul was attacked by unidentified assailants last night.
• Turkish soldiers kill another man from Rojava 

  It came out that Turkish soldiers killed a man from Rojava at the border on 11 April.
• Police attack HDP march condemning Armenian Genocide 

  Turkish police have attacked the people joining a protest march organized by the HDP Istanbul branch to mark the 100th year of the Armenian and Syriac Genocide of 1915.