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Turkish state official admits Paris murders
The former head of the General Staff’s intelligence department, Ismail Hakkı Pekin, admitted in a television broadcast that the murders of the three Kurdish women revolutionaries in Paris in 2013 were a state operation.
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KCK: We will liberate our Leader and Kurdistan this year
KCK called on the youth, the women, and the whole Kurdish people to step up their struggle to achieve the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a free Kurdistan.
February 15 marks the 22nd anniversary of the abduction of Abdullah Öcalan from the Greek embassy in Nairobi to solitary confinement on Imrali. In addition to Turkey, international powers such as the United States and its allies were directly involved in the PKK leader’s abduction.
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Urgent call for an international response to Turkish military invasion of South Kurdistan
Earlier this morning, between 3 AM and 6 AM local time, the Turkish Armed Forces initiated a large-scale cross-border military offensive in the region of Garê in South Kurdistan (Northern Iraq). Turkish airstrikes targeted the villages of Guzê, Meyrokê, Siyanê, Çemşerîtkê, Yekmalê and Kanîsarkê, and soldiers were dropped into the region with Cobra and Sikorsky helicopters. Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters have been fighting since dawn to repel the invading forces, and heavy clashes are ongoing.
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The death basements of Cizre: Five years on, victims are still fighting for justice
At least 177 people were burned alive or shot by the Turkish military in what became known as the “death basements of Cizre” in February 2016. Five years later, impunity continues and denies the victims justice.
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Resistance in Sur: Workers find body during excavation work
A body believed to belong to a person killed by the Turkish state during the autonomous-government resistance in 2015 was found in the borough of Sur, in Amed.
Speaking to Welat Newspaper on condition of anonymity an employee of a company working in Sur said that they found a “body wrapped in a white cloth” during the excavations carried out on 5 February in the area between the Catholic Church and Hasırlı Mosque.
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Amnesty International launches urgent action for Zeynab Jalalian
The human rights organization Amnesty International has launched an urgent action for Zeynab Jalalian. The Kurdish woman imprisoned in Iran is seriously ill and being tortured. She is denied medical treatment because she shows no remorse.
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YPG on Kobane victory: We will continue to do everything to defend our people and our revolution
Post Views: 177 YPG vowed that they would keep up the struggle against all forms of attacks with determination and with the great spirit of resistance of Kobane and would continue to do “everything in our power to defend our
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Autonomous Administration: Kobane victory is a legacy for the whole world and humanity
Post Views: 25 The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria called for Turkish occupation to be stopped, saying “The liberation of Afrin, Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî is as important as the liberation of Kobane.”
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Kongra Star calls for an end to the occupation of Afrin
Post Views: 11 Kongra Star issued a statement to mark the 3rd anniversary of the invasion of Afrin carried out by Turkey.
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Second book about the liberation of Kobanê
The book “Kobanê Resistance Diary”, which tells about the legendary resistance of YPG and YPJ fighters against the genocidal attacks launched by ISIS gangs on September 13, 2014 with the support of the Turkish state, has been published.
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