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• ISIS blow up Sinjar shrine 

  ISIS gangs continue to attack the common historical values of humanity, blowing up today the tower at the shrine considered to be one of the symbols of Sinjar.
• Newroz celebrated all over Turkey 

  Newroz celebrations have continued to take place in many cities of Kurdistan and Turkey with great enthusiasm, greeting the message of Abdullah Öcalan read out in Amed yesterday, which was a manifesto for freedom and democracy.
• Bayık: It is our historic duty to defend humanity 

  KCK Co-president Cemil Bayık said that at this year’s Newroz they were highlighting the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and of the Kurdish people. He called on all peoples in Turkey to support the HDP at the June 7 elections.
• Öcalan’s message, guerilla and 7 June - Cahit Mervan 

  PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s 2015 Newroz message is clear: in spite of the perception that the Turkish side has endevoured to create in the last few months, the PKK’s laying down its weapons is not on the agenda.
• Newroz message of Öcalan read out in Amed 

  Kurdish National Leader Abdullah Ocalan, called for a PKK congress to begin an era of peace. Here is the full text of Ocalan's message:
• Newroz celebrated in guerrilla areas 

  The Kurdish New Year, Newroz, is being celebrated in Medya Defence Zones by freedom guerrillas as well.
• 17 killed in attacks in Hesekê 

  17 people were reported killed in two separate attacks which targeted the people attending the Newroz celebration in Hesekê town of Cizire Canton in Rojava, West Kurdistan.
• Masses flock to Kandil for Newroz celebration 

  Tens of thousands of people from all four parts of Kurdistan as well as from abroad have started to flock to Kandil for Newroz celebration.
• Newroz in Amed kicks off with the march of the youth 

  Hundreds of thousands of people have started to gather for the historic Newroz celebration in Amed today, which is expected to be the most massive and enthusiastic Newroz celebration ever.
• Newroz fire in Kobanê lit by YPG/YPJ fighters 

  Celebrations to mark the Kurdish New Year, Newroz, have started in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• DBP calls for mass participation at Newroz 

  Calling for mass participation at Newroz celebrations, the DBP said: “The message of Mr. Öcalan will give a greater meaning to this year’s Newroz”.
• Kongra Gel: 2015 Newroz should mark the freedom of Leader Apo 

  Kongra Gel has issued a statement regarding this year’s Newroz saying it has to be the Newroz for the freedom of the Kurdish Leader, Abdullah Öcalan, and called for mass participation.
• Erdoğan: I am opposed to the Monitoring Delegation 

  Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that he is against a Monitoring Delegation, the formation of which is seen as a crucial step to start formal negotiations in the resolution process.
• Mazlum Doğan’s sister: A handful of people have turned into millions 

  The flame of revolt against torture and surrender ignited by PKK founder member Mazlum Doğan 33 years ago on 21 March 1982 in the notorious Diyarbakır prison has turned into a popular march to freedom.
• Öcalan: Not 10%, a higher vote should be the goal 

  Negotiation Delegation spokesperson Sırrı Süreyya Önder said the main subject of their meeting with Kurdish leader Öcalan had been the Newroz letter.
• Newroz fire lit in Kobanê 

  Residents in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, who have turned back to their homeland after its liberation by YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) fighters commenced celebrations for Newroz, Kurdish New Year.
• Sarıyıldız: Our march has a strategic message 

  HDP MP Sarıyıldız, who is on the “Freedom for Öcalan march” from Cizre to Amed, said that the aim of the march was to warn the AKP and the state that Öcalan, who had created important opportunities for peace, needed to be free.
• Turkish tankers carrying ISIS oil 

  Sadik Al Hiseni, the head of the security committee in the city of Diyala in Iraq, says they have arrested several Turkish tankers trying to take ISIS oil out of the province of Salahuddin.
• Demirtaş: We will present the oppressed of Turkey with a great victory 

  HDP Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş said that the 2015 Newroz would bring freedom to the peoples of the Middle East, adding that rather than making demands of the state they would solve their own problems.
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' march to Amed continues 

  'Freedom for Öcalan march' from Cizre to Amed continues on the sixth day.
• Delegation heads for İmralı 

  Delegation for İmralı talks has left for the island to visit Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in the island prison today.
• Fears on the lives of 200 Assyrians detained by the ISIS 

  About 200 Assyrian civilians are still detained by the ISIS after being kidnapped from 11 villages in Tal Tamir countryside on 23 February, reported Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
• Freedom for Öcalan vigil in Strasbourg in its 143rd week 

  The vigil held in front of the European Council to demand freedom for the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the political prisoners in Turkey continues in its 143rd week.
• 136-person delegation from Italy to join Newroz 

  A delegation of 136 people, including academics, trade unionists, representatives of women’s organisations and mayors from Italy will join the Newroz celebrations in North Kurdistan.
• Kürkçü: Rojava Revolution awoke all oppressed peoples 

  Hundreds of thousands of people attended the Newroz celebration on the Suruç-Kobanê border yesterday.