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• Report on execution of YJA Star guerrilla Ekin Wan 

  Lawyer and human rights defender Eren Keskin has prepared a three-page report on the execution of YJA Star guerrilla Ekin Wan whose body was tortured by Turkish state forces after her death in a clash with soldiers in Varto on August 10.
• Women call for the recommencement of negotiations 

  As many as 600 women and women’s organisations have undersigned a statement calling for an immediate end to the ongoing conflict and recommencement of negotiations between two sides.
• Sexual abuse against woman detained by police in Adana 

  It came out that 25-year-old Figen Şahin was sexually abused by police after detention during recent week's declaration of self-governance by People's Assembly in Adana's Seyhan district.
• Demo for Ekin Wan in front of Swedish parliament 

  A protest demo was staged in front of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm in protest of the inhumane treatment against YJA Star guerrilla Ekin Wan and exposure of her naked body after her death in a clash in Varto earlier this month.
• Women of Botan embrace self-governance 

  Co-chair of Cizre City Assembly Asiye Yüksel said “No choice other than declaration of self-governance was left to us in the face of the cruelty and dirty policies of the AKP”.
• Thousands in Şırnak: Ekin Wan's naked body is our honor 

  Thousands in Şırnak staged a march in protest at the torture perpetrated on the body of YJA STAR guerrilla Kevser Eltürk (Ekin Wan) after her death in clashes with Turkish soldiers in Varto district of Muş on 10 August 2015.
• KJA calls upon AKP to end the operations and start negotiations 

  Free Women’s Congress (KJA) emphasized that AKP was unable to form a government by itself after the June 7 elections, and made it impossible for the democratic solution process to continue with its all-out war after failing to accept defeat.
• Women to go to border to reclaim the bodies of martyrs 

  Woman co-chairs HDP, HDK, DBP, and DTK will go to the border between North and South Kurdistan on August 6 in order to support the families who are prevented from receiving the bodies of their children at Habur border gate.
• PAJK: It is time to organize and take action against attacks 

  PAJK (Kurdistan Women's Liberation Party, Partiya Azadiya Jin a Kurdistan) described the massacre in Suruç as a call for self-defense and called upon young people to join the ranks of freedom forces.
• Kurdish women in Europe to protest isolation of Öcalan 

  Kurdish women living in Europe will organize a series of events to protest the ongoing isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Peace Mothers on their way to Kobanê border 

  Members of the Peace Mothers Assembly in Amed issued a statement to the press in commemoration of the civilians who lost their lives in the bomb attack at the HDP rally in the Kurdish city on 5 June before leaving for Kobanê border for the Eid.
• YPJ Kobanê Commander: Women became the revolution itself 

  YPJ (Women's Defense Units) Kobanê Commander Sorxwin Zagros pointed out that the Rojava revolution wasn't related with the leadership of women alone, saying; “Women became the revolution itself in all areas.”
• Peace Mothers to be at Kobanê border during Eid 

  Peace mothers from Mardin will be at the Kobanê border on the first day of Eid.
• Scream of Shengal women unites the world's women 

  “The freedom of Shengal women is the freedom of humanity” campaign led by CENİ continues to grow.
• Three sisters in the ranks of YPJ Shengal 

  Three sisters that joined YPJ Shengal after ISIS gangs’ occupation of the town called on Shengal youth to join their resistance.
• Women of Turkey: We are insistent on peace 

  Women in Istanbul said “We voted for peace, no to war government” in a rally they held in Taksim against the war plans of the AKP government in and outside the borders of the country.
• Women of Turkey call for peace 

  The women’s organisations in Turkey have issued a joint statement calling out to Parliament, media and women urging everyone to prevent the war and to work for peace.
• Zilan commemorated in guerrilla areas 

  PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) guerrilla Zilan (Zeynep Kınacı), who carried out a suicide attack against a group of Turkish soldiers in Dersim on 30 June 1996, has been commemorated in a ceremony held in Medya Defence Zones.
• Women's hospital opened in Medya Defense Zones 

  A women's hospital has been opened in Medya Defense Zones under the control of Kurdish guerrillas.
• YJA Star Commander: Zilan is the symbol of the self-sacrificing spirit 

  PKK guerrilla Zeynep Kınacı (Zilan) was commemorated at a military ceremony joined by commanders and guerrillas of YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) and HPG (People's Defense Forces) in Medya Defense Zones.
• Zilan; Manifest of life for the Kurdish women 

  Zeynep Kınacı (Zilan) who sacrificed her life in Dersim on June 30, 1996 was born in Malatya province in 1972. Her family is originally from Elmalı village of Malatya and the tribe Mamureki.
• TJKE holds its 2nd General Assembly 

  TJKE announced that it held its second General Assembly between June 17 and 20 with the participation of 115 delegates from several European countries.
• Declaration from KJA Permanent Council 

  KJA Permanent Council released a declaration that emphasized the need for starting negotiations in a way that ensures Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom and security.
• Conference on women of Shengal at UN 

  A conference on Yazidi women, entitled “Freedom of women of Shengal is the freedom of humanity” was held at the UN on 19 June.
• Conference on Yazidi women at UN 

  A conference on Yazidi women under the title “Freedom of Freedom of Shengal women is the freedom of humanity” is to be held today at between 16:00-17:30 at the UN.