As announced by the HPG (Hêzên Parastina Gel) press office on 25 September 2026, the internationalist Pablo Manuel Figueiras Duarte, nom de guerre Baran Nûjiyan Salema, lost his life in Qendil on 6 August 2025. Today we would like to commemorate a friend who dedicated his life to his convictions and the struggle for freedom.
A comrade who entered the revolutionary struggle together with Şehîd Tîjda Zagros (Kelly Freygang) and worked and struggled together with her in the cause of time, wrote down her memories and moments that she shared with Şehîd Tîjda with us: “Our dear comrade, I recall the time I first met you. You had come to
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On 25.09.2026 it was announced by the HPG that the internationalist Pablo Manuel Figueiras Duarte, who went by the name Baran Nûjiyan Salema within the Kurdish liberation movement, has become immortal in his search of a free life. To learn that one of our comrades has fallen, at a time when we are building and
Since an agreement was signed on 29 January 2026 between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and the jihadist Syrian transitional government, Syria and Rojava have been undergoing far-reaching political, military and social changes. Misleading media reports, as well as rapidly unfolding events, have led to confusion in the international understanding of the
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Arriving in North-East Syria means searching; it means asking questions. Beneath the light of a brilliant full moon, I find myself asking the hevals—the comrades—new questions, old questions, existential, philosophical, and practical ones. What shape do I want to give to our existence? What does it mean to be young and struggle against war? How
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18 July 2012, Kobanê, Rojava. A late-night meeting of a group of revolutionaries. “The circumstances are perfect. Society is ready; the regime is weakened and, in principle, no longer has any control over the Kurdish towns. Let’s start the revolution!” 19 July 2012, Kobanê, Rojava. Outside the mayor’s house in Kobanê. “We advise you to
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On May 9, 2010, the Iranian regime brutally and unjustly hanged 5 Kurdish politicians and revolutionaries. The stance of the people of Eastern Kurdistan and the Kurdish people in general is important because the Iranian regime resorts to the death penalty is out of its own weakness. The stance of the executed martyr Shirin Alamhouli
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This interview was conducted at the end of December 2025 with an Arab friend, whom we have referred to here as Zîlan, who was in the Zap region¹ with Heval Tîjda until she fell in battle. Heval Tîjda was a sniper. When her comrades told her she was going to the Zap region, she danced
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