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• KONGRA GEL calls on Turkey to end denial of Armenian genocide 

  Kurdistan People's Congress (KONGRA GEL) has said that they shared the sorrow of Armenian genocide, and called for solidarity with the Armanian people.
• HPG guerrilla wounded in Ağrı dies 

  People's Defense Forces Press Centre said that HPG guerrilla Delil Dozvan (Yıldırım Bat) who was wounded in the operation of the Turkish army at Tendürek in Ağrı on 10 April has lost his life.
• Delegation from Kobanê holds talks at Austrian Parliament 

  Kobanê Foreign Affairs Deputy Head İdris Nassan and Health Council President Nassan Ahmad held talks at the Austrian Parliament regarding the reconstruction of the war-torn city in West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Jailed peace envoy Aysel Doğan diagnosed with cancer 

  Aysel Doğan, who had come to Turkey from Europe as a member of the Peace Group on the call of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999, but was arrested in the scope of KCK operations, has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
• Operations of political elimination continue in North Kurdistan 

  Political detentions and arrests continue increasingly in North Kurdistan in the pre-election period.
• Rojava flag waves on Rome Municipality 

  The municipality of Italian capital Rome hung a banner of Rojava on its building after accepting to become the sister municipality of Kobanê Municipality.
• One killed, another injured in armed fight between AKP members 

  A quarrel between AKP members in an election office in Batman turned into an armed fight, leaving one dead and one other injured.
• Demirtaş meets Iraqi President Fuad Masum 

  HDP (People's Democratic Party) Press Office reported that Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş has today met Iraqi President Fuad Masum who is in Turkey for talks with officials.
• Police hinder funeral for YPG fighter in Erzurum 

  Police teams have attacked people in a convoy carrying the body of martyred YPG fighter Mahpus Güzeller in Hınıs district of Erzurum, arguing that the funeral will be used to “spread propaganda”.
• Soldiers attacked civilians at Roboski border 

  Tensions rose in the village of Roboski as Turkish troops, who have been active in the region for the past two months, were preparing for an operation against the positions of HPG guerrillas in Federal Kurdistan Region.
• HDP candidates open election offices in Dersim 

  HDP Dersim general election candidates Edibe Şahin and Alican Önlü opened an election office in the Pertek district of Dersim yesterday.
• More than 600 children died due to neglect in Turkey in 2014 

  The Gündem Children's Association has issued a report, saying that in 2014 at least 627 children died in Turkey and North Kurdistan in preventable incidents.
• Military operation in Hakkari 

  Turkish army has launched an operation targeting guerrilla areas in the rural areas of Esendere at the border of Hakkari's Yüksekova district at 8 am today.
• YPG: 16 gang members killed in Kobanê and Cizîre 

  YPG Press Centre said that the Kobanê resistance against the occupation attempt of ISIS gangs continued on the 219th day.
• 'The reconstruction of Kobanê' conference in Amed on 2-3 May 

  The first conference on the reconstruction of Kobanê in the aftermath of the heroic victory against ISIS will be organised in the main Kurdish city Amed in May.
• PACE to support reconstruction of Kobanê 

  The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called on member countries to support the reconstruction of Kobanê.
• ABDEM: The Turkish state must apologise for the genocide 

  The European Peace and Democracy Assembly (ABDEM) has urged the Turkish state to recognize the 1915 genocide committed against the Armenians, Assyrians, Syriacs, Chaldeans and Pontus Greeks.
• AKP refusing to hand over bodies of martyred YPG fighters to families 

  The Turkish authorities are no longer handing over the bodies of YPG/YPJ fighters who lost their lives in Kobanê to their families, claiming funerals are being used as election propaganda.
• Resignations from AKP continue in Kurdish cities 

  The resignation of party members from the ruling party AKP continues in Kurdistan as there is strong criticism regarding the candidates of the party in Kurdish cities.
• Preparations being made for a second Roboski 

  After Turkish troops opened fire on a group of people carrying out cross border trade in Uludere district of Şırnak province, Serhat Encü from Mergeh (Yermişli) told ANF that the state is preparing the ground for a second Roboski massacre.
• Soldiers open fire on civilians in Roboski 

  Turkish troops continue attacks and provocation attempts in the village of Roboski in Uludere district of Şırnak which witnessed the massacre of 34 Kurdish civilians in a Turkish bombardment on 28 December 2011.
• Austria recognises Seyfo (Syriac genocide) 

  The Austrian Parliament has recognised the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians, Syriacs and Pontus Greeks and condemned it. Austria is the 6th country to recognise the 1915 Syriac genocide, called “Seyfo”.
• Many workers injured in blast at Silvan Dam 

  A number of workers have been injured, including 3 seriously, in a blast which occurred as a result of coal gas compression in the water transmission tunnel of Silvan Dam today.
• 10 youths detained in house raids in Batman 

  Operations of political elimination against Kurdish population are continuing.
• Blast in Silvan Dam tunnel 

  A blast has occurred in the tunnel of the Silvan Dam Tuesday morning.