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• Demirtaş: These attacks will never intimidate us 

  Speaking yesterday in Zurich, HDP Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş told ANF that such attacks as the one on the party’s HQ in Ankara the previous day would never intimidate the party.
• Rojava panel in Erzincan 

  The Erzincan branch of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) organised a panel on the ‘Rojava Revolution’ yesterday. Arzu Demir, a reporter and editor with ANF, said: “The revolution has first of all changed the lives of women.”
• YPG: 19 gang members killed in Kobanê and Til Temir 

  The Kobanê resistance against the occupation attempt of ISIS gangs continues on the 215th day.
• PEN Vice President calls for removal of PKK from terrorist list 

  Lucina Kathmann, an International Vice-President of PEN International, has written a letter to U.S. President, Secretary of State and United States Congresspeople urging the removal of the PKK from the list of 'Foreign Terrorist Organizations'.
• Önder: Government set the stage for the attack 

  HDP MP and İmralı Delegation Spokesman Sırrı Süreyya Önder commented the attack on HDP headquarters in Ankara as a follow-up of the Ağrı provocation, saying it was the government that set the stage for the attack.
• HDP: They will not be able to halt us 

  HDP warned the government, saying that; “Those who suppose they will halt and intimidate us by means of such provocations will see that they are are wrong.”
• AKP municipality closes down Kurdish radio 

  The AKP government is continuing its intolerance of Kurdish language and education in Kurdish.
• YDG-H clash with police in Yüksekova 

  Activists of the Movement of Patriotic and Revolutionary Youth (YDG-H) in Yüksekova district of Hakkari clashed with police who attempted to blockade neighborhoods as of evening yesterday.
• Armed attack targets HDP headquarters in Ankara 

  Unknown assailants opened fire on the HDP headquarters in Büklüm Sokak in Ankara's Çankaya district with pump rifles after coming to the scene in a car at around 4 am at night.
• Buldan: Resolution process too important to sacrifice to elections 

  HDP İmralı delegation member Pervin Buldan has visited the tent of condolence for the HPG guerrilla Serhat Kızılay ( Canfeda Serhat) who lost his life in the clashes during the Tendürek provocation in Ağrı province on 11 April.
• Bomb attack in mainly Christian neighborhood in Hewler 

  A bomb attack has been carried out in the mainly Christian neighborhood of Ainkawa, which also houses the U.S. Consulate, in Hewler city of South Kurdistan.
• Paris murders; intelligence reports censored 

  Families of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were murdered in Paris on 9 January 2013, complained that French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has not kept his promise to shed light on the killings
• FARC: Not an attack, legitimate defence 

  Farc has issued a statement after an attack in Cauca left 11 Colombian soldiers dead and shook the peace process, saying the incident was not an attack, but guerrilla units defending themselves.
• YPG: Three villages and a hill liberated 

  YPG Press Center announced in a written statement that the Kobanê resistance against the occupation attempt of ISIS gangs continued on the 214th day.
• Court hearing in Soma mine disaster trial continues 

  The 2nd hearing in the Soma Mine disaster case is continuing today in the Akhisar High Criminal Court. The 45 charged, including 8 in custody, are testifying at the moment.
• SOHR documented death of 220,271 people in Syria 

  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented death of 220271 persons since 18/03/2011, which witnessed the fall of the first martyr in Daraa, until 14/04/2015.
• People clash with police over house raids 

  Special operation teams of police attempted to carry out house raids after blockading Kışla and Orman neighborhoods with armored vehicles in Yüksekova district of Hakkari late yesterday evening.
• Racist group attacks HDP office in Antalya 

  A group of around 100 racists attacked the office of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) in the Serik district of Antalya last night.
• Colombia lifts the suspension of air strikes against FARC-EP 

  The Colombian government has announced lifting of the suspension of its bombing campaign against militants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's People Army (FARC-EP).
• Construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant launched 

  The construction of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant was launched in the southern province of Mersin despite protests.
• Presidential system included in AKP’s election manifesto 

  The ruling party AKP has announced its election manifesto today, which mentions “civil constitution” and “presidential system” as the goals of the party in the new parliament.
• People prevent police raids in Gever 

  Clashes broke out early this morning between special anti-terror teams that encircled the Kısla and Orman neighbourhoods of Yüksekova with armoured vehicles and the local people.
• İmralı Delegation: State violated the ceasefire in Ağrı 

  İmralı Delegation has released a report following observations at Tendürek in Ağrı where Turkish army carried out a provocative operation on 11 April. The delegation will submit the report to both state officials and Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• YPG: Martyr Hogir Faraşîn operation successfully completed 

  YPG Press Office said 9 villages, a cement factory and 2 stone pits were liberated and 31 gang members were killed in the Martyr Hogir Faraşîn operation launched in the south east of Kobanê on 8 April.
• 33 youths join YPG ranks in Efrîn 

  33 young fighters have joined the ranks of YPG (People's Defense Units) after completing their military training at Martyr Xebat Military Academy in Efrîn Canton.