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• 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.
• Assyrians and Azeris are on 'Freedom for Öcalan' march 

  Assyrian and Azeri people who are also joining the march for the freedom of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan said the Kurdish leader is the only guarantee of democratic life and a free future for the peoples of the Middle East.
• İmralı delegation to visit Öcalan tomorrow 

  Delegation for İmralı talks will visit Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in the island prison tomorrow.
• Two strategic points liberated in Kobanê 

  YPG Press Centre said in a written statement that the Kobanê resistance against the occupation attempt of ISIS continued on the 183rd day and in the phase of victory.
• Demirtaş to Erdoğan: We will not let you become the President 

  HDP Co-president Demirtaş said: " “We are not a movement of negotiations. We never had a dirty negotiation or bargaining with the AKP, and we will never have.”
• Newroz fire lit in Suruç and Kobanê 

  Newroz fire has been lit in Etmenek village of Suruç district where hundreds of thousands of people from Kobanê have been hosted since the beginning of the attacks by ISIS
• 40 thousand have returned to Kobanê so far 

  People from Kobanê who had to flee from the massacre threats of ISIS have started to return to the liberated city. 40 thousand people have already returned to Kobanê from Suruç.
• Thousands flock to Kobanê border for Newroz celebrations 

  Thousands of people from all over Kurdistan have flocked to Suruç for Newroz celebrations, opposite Kobanê, where historic resistance has been waged against ISIS gangs for the last 6 months.
• In Kobanê the Newroz fire will be lit on Mishtenur hill 

  The residents of Kobanê will celebrate this year’s Newroz on the slopes of Mishtenur hill, which saw violent clashes during the resistance in the city. The Newroz fire will be lit on the top of the hill.
• HDP delegation to visit Öcalan before Newroz 

  The HDP Imrali delegation will visit Abdullah Öcalan on Imrali Island before Newroz, when the Kurdish leader is expected to make a historic statement regarding the resolution process in Turkey.
• Man wounded in Kobanê detained at hospital in Urfa 

  Erkin Selanik who has been hospitalized in Urfa since was wounded in Kobanê has been taken into custody.
• Operation in Kirkuk in memory of Halabja victims 

  HPG-YJA Star guerrillas and peshmerga forces have launched a joint operation in Kirkuk to mark the 27th anniversary of the Halabja massacre.
• Halabja commemorates victims of the massacre 

  Victims of the Halabja massacre by Iraq's late dictator Saddam Hussein are being commemorated at the scene of the savage mass killing of 5 thousand Kurdish civilians on 16 March 1988.
• DTK and DBP condemn Halabja massacre 

  DTK and DPB issued a statement on the occasion of the anniversary of the Halabja massacre perpetrated by Saddam regime in 1988, stressing that the Kurdish people must enhance their organisation in order to prevent further massacres.