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• Yazidi delegation and German MP visit Sur municipality 

  Celle Mala Yazidi delegation and German SPD Parliamentarian Maximilian Schmidt visited the co-chairs of the municipality of Amed's Sur district as part of talks in North Kurdistan.
• HDP releases list of candidates for June 7 elections 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has released the list of candidates to run for the June 7 general elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Al Nusra releases 300 Kurds kidnapped in Efrîn 

  300 Kurds who were kidnapped by Jabhat Al-Nusra gangs on Aleppo-Efrîn road yesterday have been released today.
• YPG/YPJ launch simultaneous attacks in Cizîre 

  Clashes between the YPG/YPJ forces and ISIS gangs continue on the western boundaries of the Cizîre Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Clashes continue in Cizîrê Canton 

  Clashes between YPG/YPJ (People's/Women's Defense Units) and ISIS gangs are ceaselessly continuing in Cizîrê Canton of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Vigil for freedom for Öcalan continues in its 147th week 

  The vigil being held in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg for the freedom for the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues in its 147th week.
• Turkey blocks Twitter, Facebook and Youtube 

  Access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube has been restricted in Turkey as a result of a decision for the most expansive ban on social networks.
• Writers and academics announce support for HDP 

  Over 800 writers and academics have announced they will vote for the HDP in the 7 June elections 'for the democratic future of Turkey.'
• Australian trade unionist in support of YPG detained 

  Australian trade unionist and Labour Party (ALP) member Matthew Gardiner has been detained on his return to the country on the grounds of visiting Rojava and sharing military experiences with the Kurdish fighters.
• Salih Muslim in Moscow: We will represent peoples in resistance 

  PYD Co-president Salih Muslim and his delegation have arrived in Moscow for the second round of Moscow talks. Muslim said he would represent the peoples resisting ISIS.
• DTK celebrates Easter 

  The Democratic Society Congress (DTK) has issued a written statement celebrating the Easter Festival of the Christian people.
• HDP celebrates Easter 

  People’s Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag have celebrated the Easter Festival in a written statement.
• ISIS blows up part of Assyrian church 

  ISIS gangs have used explosives to destroy part of an ancient church in the village of Til Nesrî near Til Temir.
• Handicap International in Kobanê to discuss mine threat 

  Representatives of the Handicap International organisation have arrived in Kobanê for an exchange of ideas regarding the threat posed by mines left by ISIS gangs.
• Prosecutor Kiraz hit by ten bullets 

  A post-mortem examination has found that Turkish public prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who was taken hostage by 2 DHKC militants and subsequently died along with the militants in a police operation, was hit by ten bullets.
• Asya Abdullah: We are developing a new philosophy and an alternative paradigm 

  PYD Co-president Asya Abdullah was welcomed at the "Challenging Capitalist Modernity Conference" in Hamburg with 'Long live the YPJ' slogans.
• Öcalan's birthday celebrated on Mishtenûr Hill 

  The 66th birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan was also celebrated on Mishtenûr Hill in Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, last night.
• Tens of thousands flocking to Amara 

  Tens of thousands from North Kurdistan and Turkey are flocking to Amara village in Urfa's Halfeti district to mark the 66th birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan today.
• Iranian writers lend support to Kobanê resistance 

  Iranian authors Bahram Rahmani and Abbas Samakar, who live in Sweden, have published a book and sent the proceeds from sales to support the Rojava revolution and the resistance in Kobanê.
• Syriac Association closed on account of 'Co-presidency' 

  The Mardin Syriac Unity Association has been dissolved on the grounds that the word 'unity' and the concept of 'Co-presidency' in the association's constitution contravened the law.
• Mass grave found in Tikrit 

  Iraqi forces have found a mass grave where hundreds of people were executed by ISIS gangs in June 2014 after they had taken the city under their control.
• Academics meeting in Hamburg to 'Challenge Capitalist Modernity' 

  The Network for an Alternative Quest is organising the second conference with the title “Challenging Capitalist Modernity II: Dissecting Capitalist Modernity–Building Democratic Confederalism in Hamburg University on 3-5 April 2015.
• Italian city signs a friendship agreement with Rojava cantons 

  The municipality of Empoli in Italy has signed a friendship agreement with the canton of Kobanê, which was liberated by a historic resistance against ISIS.
• HPG releases balance sheet of war for three months 

  HPG (People's Defense Forces) Press and Communication Centre has released the balance sheet of war in North and South Kurdistan for three months of 2015.
• Akdeniz Municipality sends 6 trucks of aid to Kobanê 

  DBP municipalities continue providing support to Kobanê which is now being through a process of reconstruction after being liberated owing to a historic resistance.