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• Women’s Liberation Movement of Kurdistan salutes Kerima Lorena “Ka Ella” Tariman 

  The Women’s Liberation Movement of Kurdistan expresses condolences for the loss of Communist Party of Philippine leading cadre Kerima Lorena “Ka Ella” Tariman.
• Kurdish women in Russia protest the isolation of Öcalan 

  Kurdish women living in Krasnodar, Russia made a press statement to protest the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan in Imralı.
• AKP and Taliban - Brothers in Spirit 

  Women's rights activist Rüya Kurtuluş warns that developments like those in Afghanistan could also threaten Turkey.
• Kongra Star letter to UN officials calls for action against Turkish war crimes in North-East Syria 

  In recent weeks, Turkey has intensified its attacks on the region of North and East Syria, committing war crimes on daily basis. The women's movement Kongra Star has written a letter to UN officials calling for urgent action against these crimes.
• 8th Sakine Cansız Women's Festival in Zurich 

  The 8th Sakine Cansız Women's Festival will be held today in Zurich.
• ‘KDP adopts misogynist policies as ISIS and the Turkish state’ 

  Kongreya Star Coordination members voiced reaction to the kidnapping of RJAK politicians and expressed that the KDP is not different from the ISIS and Turkish state.
• Activists in Istanbul demonstrate in solidarity with Afghan women 

  Activists in Istanbul expressed their solidarity with women in Afghanistan and declared: "The Taliban are a threat to the lives of women. They must not be legitimized nor recognized."
• TAJE: Turkish state and its partner Kadhimi seek for a new genocide 

  The Yazidi Women’s Movement released a statement on the current attacks against Shengal and said, “The fascist Turkish state and its partner Mustafa al-Kadhimi intend to pave the way for a new genocide against Yazidi people.”
• Kurdish women's movement in Europe stands in solidarity with Afghan women 

  “As the Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe, we will remain in solidarity with our Afghan sisters under all circumstances. No woman is alone. And we will be the voice of every woman,” said TJK-E.
• Petition campaign launched for release of RJAK members 

  Female activists and journalists launched a petition campaign for the members of Kurdistan Free Women’s Movement (RJAK), who were detained by the KDP forces, to be released.
• Two more women kidnapped by Turkey and its mercenaries in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish state and its mercenaries kidnapped two women in the village of Qestela Kîşık in Shera, province of Afrin.
• Preparations for 8th Sakine Cansız Women's Festival in Zurich are underway 

  Preparations for the 8th Sakine Cansız Women's Festival are underway in Zurich. Various women's organizations mobilize for the major event.
• KJK calls for solidarity with Afghan women and peoples 

  “As women from Kurdistan, we call upon all women, especially the women in the Middle East, to stand in solidarity with our sisters in Afghanistan, to raise their voices, and to defend their lives, achievements and dreams."
• Female politicians demand release of three RJAK women in the hands of the KDP  

  Three RJAK women, who were detained by the KDP forces on the anniversary of the Shengal Massacre, have not been heard from for 11 days.
• HDP Istanbul MP Özçelik warns about the growing number of femicides  

  Tuğçe Özçelik from the Women's Defense Network says the growing number of femicides in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan after the government withdrew from the Istanbul Convention was foreseeable.
• The plight of the women of Afrin 

  A 20-year-old Kurdish woman has committed suicide in Afrin. The mother of one child originally came from the Yazidi village of Basûtê in Sherawa and last lived in the center of the occupied city.
• Kongreya Star members call on KDP to release RJAK members 

  Members of the Kongreya Star Dirbêsiyê Coordination demanded the RJAK members' release and said that the KDP has a misogynist policy.
• Policeman kills his wife and her parents before taking his own life 

  In Afyonkarahisar, a policeman killed his wife and her parents and committed suicide. The couple was in the process of divorce.
• Yazidi woman murdered in Midyat 

  Shengal survivor Baran Hasan Rasho has been murdered by a man in Turkey. The Women's Rights Center of the Mardin Bar Association demands the maximum penalty for the perpetrator.
• TJA calls for immediate release of RJAK activists detained by KDP 

  The Free Women’s Movement (TJA) has slammed the detention of three Kurdish women politicians by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
• YJA Star sends congratulatory message to the guerrillas in Dersim and Botan 

  The Free Women’s Troops Headquarters Command delivered a congratulatory message to its commanders and fighters in the regions of Dersim and Botan who carried out successful actions.
• Action by young internationalists to support women guerrillas 

  Young internationalist women showed solidarity with the women guerillas in the mountains of Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna and painted murals on the streets of Qamishlo.
• Kongreya Star: Stand up for your own dignity 

  After the sexual violence and severe mistreatment by Turkish soldiers on the Syrian-Turkish border area, the women's umbrella organization Kongreya Star protested the policy of displacement.
• Kongreya Star: RJAK activists should be released immediately 

  The Kongreya Star Coordination has urged the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to release the Free Women's Organization of Kurdistan (RJAK) activists insisting that the KDP is responsible for their life safety.
• "Arrest of the RJAK activists is an intimidation attempt" 

  There is still no information about the activists of the women's movement RJAK who were arrested last week in South Kurdistan. RJAK spokeswoman Soma Ferhed sees the measure as an intimidation attempt against all women.