Murat Kocabaş, a photojournalist who was detained for covering the protests in Izmir following the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, said, “We were detained due to showing the violence.”
Abdullah Öcalan sent a letter to the youth and stated that the march of the youth is a march to freedom and said, "Therefore, you will organize everywhere."
The gendarmerie prevented the Amara marchers from reaching the entrance of Xelfetî district and attacked them with water cannons and gas bombs.
Amnesty International has documented massacres against Alawites in Syria and called on the Syrian government to hold the perpetrators to account.
Amara marchers commemorated '33 dream travellers' who were massacred in Pirsûs in 2015 in a suicide bomb attack by ISIS. Then they set off for Xelfetî where the 4 April Festival was organised.
According to DFG's March report, 21 journalists were detained and 8 were arrested. 21 journalists were subjected to violence while following the news and 3 journalists were deported.
The enthusiasm for the festival to be organised with the slogan "Free Leader and Democratic Society" on the 76th birthday of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan started early.
Stating that Abdullah Öcalan's freedom is directly linked to the political solution of the Kurdish issue, Sinan Onal said that many events will be held in Europen countries on 4 April.
Prisoners in Kırşehir High Security Prison were banned from family visits for 4 months due to the "food" protest and 20 months due to the "pressure and attack" protests.
16 people were detained in Istanbul for calling for "April 2 consumption boycott" on virtual media.
DBP Central Executive Committee member Ayse Celikbilek stated that the state, one of the interlocutors of the historic call, must take steps now, and said that Abdullah Öcalan's conditions must be improved by applying the "right to hope".
Sabiha Aslan, who met with her brother Veysi Aktaş in İmralı Prison after 6 years, said that they are in good health and morale.
The youth marched to Amara and visited the graves of the PKK's leading cadres after marching with the people who welcomed them in Curnê Reş. Then youth marched to Pirsus and salute the Rojava revolution.
HPG Press Liaison Center stated that despite the inactivity in March, a total of 11 thousand 585 attacks were carried out against them by Turkey.
Simon Helfrich, one of the international youth who participated in the Newroz celebrations, stated that Abdullah Öcalan's call opened the door to a new political understanding and said, "We trust the leadership of his perspective."