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• JXK: Freedom for all political prisoners! 

  In the shadow of the Covid 19 crisis, Turkey is taking advantage of the moment to push through a law that leaves the more than 50,000 political prisoners to die from possible corona infection. The students’ union JXK calls for action.
• Arab fighters tell why they joined the YPJ 

  The life of women is not only about marriage and having children, say the YPJ fighters on the front lines.
• YXK releases video in solidarity with prisoners 

  The YXK (Kurdish Women Students) has released a video in solidarity with prisoners who are under serious threat because of coronavirus pandemic.
• Şîfa Jin: There is nothing which is healing more than freedom 

  Şîfa Jin is a healing center for women and children which wants to change the perspective on health and wants to liberate women and the society and it’s in JINWAR.
• Body of missing Kurdish woman found in reservoir 

  A 28-year-old woman in Dersim who has been missing since March has been found dead in a reservoir.
• Admission to women's shelters in Amed suspended 

  In the women's shelters in Amed, no new arrivals are being accepted due to the Corona pandemic and lack of personnel.
• Woman murdered by husband in Ağrı 

  A woman has been shot dead in the province of Ağrı. The culprit is the husband of the mother of three. He was arrested by the military police.
• TJA's Gökkan says violence against women increasing 

  Violence against women who are forced to stay at home due to their coronavirus continues to increase.
• JXK: Öcalan's birth is the birth of free life 

  The Association of Women Students from Kurdistan (JXK) starts the hashtag campaign #Rojbunatepirozbe
• YJA Star guerrillas: April 4th is no ordinary day 

  On April 4, Abdullah Öcalan turns 71 years old. Fighters of the women's guerrilla army YJA-Star declare that this day is the birth of the determination to crush oppression and exploitation.
• TJK-E celebrates Öcalan's birthday 

  Let's celebrate Leader Öcalan's birthday with this determination and creative methods despite the existing quarantine conditions, KJK said.
• KJK calls on women to raise struggle on Öcalan's birthday 

  KJK called on Kurds and democratic forces to raise their struggle to break the isolation and bring down fascism on 4 April.
• 29 women killed by men in March 

  In the February report the Platform said that 22 women were murdered.
• 17-year-old Yazidi girl freed from ISIS captivity 

  A 17-year-old Yazidi girl, who was abducted from Shengal in 2014, has been freed from ISIS imprisonment in northeast Syria.
• Women's cooperative supplies Tirbespiyê with vegetables 

  A women's cooperative supplies the North Syrian city of Tirbespiyê with vegetables.
• Kongreya Star: The lives of women must be protected 

  In Kobanê a young woman committed suicide. The women's movement Kongreya Star blames the patriarchal mentality and demands that the lives of women be protected.
• Women welcome spring in Jinwar 

  In the women's village of Jinwar in northern Syria, the residents are preparing fields and gardens for the next growing season. In times of crisis it becomes clear how fundamental the possibility of self-sufficiency is.
• Letter from Kongra Star to the people and women in Italy 

  Kongra Star calls on all the people of the world to support the fight against this deadly virus, which poses a great threat to the existence of mankind.
• Triple feminicide in Colombia during COVID-19 quarantine 

  A man killed his partner, sister-in-law and mother-in-law in Cartagena (Colombia). Although the Metropolitan Police reported the crime as a homicide, the Mesa del Movimiento Social de las Mujeres argues that it was feminicide.
• Effects of the corona crisis on women 

  HDP politician Ayşe Acar Başaran warns of an increase in violence against women during the corona crisis and calls for protective measures for women.
• Turkish soldier murders girlfriend in Amed 

  In Amed, a woman has been shot dead by her boyfriend in her apartment. The culprit is a sergeant and he was detained.
• 'Comradeship overcomes all difficulties' 

  YJA STAR guerrillas said that the mountains had many difficulties but these difficulties are overcome through comradeship within the PKK.
• YPJ: Fight together - For freedom and dignity 

  "Newroz is the day the tyranny of Dehak was stabbed to death. This victory is our road map. It shows what we must do against the modern tyrants: fight together in solidarity against occupation, robbery and injustice.
• RoSara: Counselling and support for women by women 

  RoSara is an association founded by Kurdish women for women and it's active in Switzerland. The association has activated a hotline to deal with the coronavirus emergency and violence which may develop in a self-isolation environment.
• Self-defence: The answer to gender-based violence 

  Kongreya Star has published a brochure on self-defence in response to gender-based violence.