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• Turkish army continues killing mules in Roboski 

  Soldiers of the Turkish army have killed 22 mules in the border village of Roboski in the last one month.
• 31 Yazidis escape from ISIS captivity in Sinjar 

  31 people from the Yazidi community have managed to escape ISIS captivity in Tel Afer and reach safe areas controlled by Kurdish forces in Herdani town in Sinjar.
• Swedish journalist Medin tells of ‘Rojava’s revolutionaries' 

  Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who has closely followed developments in Rojava and Kobane, is explaining his most recent impressions at public meetings and in the Arbetaren weekly journal in Sweden.
• YGP/YPJ liberate strategic hills in southeast Kobanê 

  YPG Press Centre has released a statement providing information about the ongoing clashes with ISIS gangs in Cizîrê and Kobanê cantons of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• 216 Yazidis in ISIS captivity freed 

  216 Yazidi civilians who were kidnapped during the ISIS attacks on Sinjar on 3 August 2014, have been freed today.
• Demirtaş meets PACE president 

  People’s Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş met the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council (PACE), Anne Brasseur.
• Two candidates withdraw from AKP list 

  Two candidates on the AKP list in Kurdish cities for the general elections that was announced yesterday have withdrawn their nomination.
• Peoples and oppressed groups represented in the HDP list of candidates 

  The HDP list of candidates for the 7 June elections includes Armenians, Islamists, Alevis, workers, women, environmentalists, LGBT activists and representatives of all oppressed groups.
• 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.