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• Hunger strike in Berlin in solidarity with Warisha Moradi and political prisoners in Iran 

  Berlin KJAR Committee started a hunger strike for Warisha Moradi and political prisoners sentenced to death and long prison sentences in Iran.
• Women prepare to take to the streets on 25 November 

  As women’s organizations prepare for 25 November, Feride Eralp, a member of the December Feminist Collective, said that, as every year, they will be taking to the streets again.
• ‘Bêrîtan has been a hope for women struggling for freedom’ 

  YJA Star guerrillas Xwînda Kobanê and Esma Amed, who stated that they struggle in the mountains of Kurdistan on the path of martyr Bêrîtan, emphasised that Bêrîtan is hope for women struggling for freedom.
• Warisha Moradi calls off her hunger strike action in Evin Prison 

  KJAR member Warisha Moradi has been imprisoned in Evin prison in Tehran for 14 months. The Iranian judiciary arbitrarily accuses her of ‘inciting rebellion’. If convicted, she faces the death penalty.
• YPJ fighter wounded in Turkish attack in Manbij dies  

  Pledging to avenge the martyrs and elevate the struggle for freedom, YPJ vowed to remain committed to achieving success and fulfilling the dreams of their martyred comrades.
• Özgül Saki: The government refuses to face the truth 

  DEM Party Istanbul MP Özgül Saki accused the government of dismissing male violence as mere isolated cases, thereby avoiding accountability for the deep harm inflicted by 22 years of entrenched anti-women policies.
• YJK-Scandinavia calls for mobilisation for the freedom of Leader Öcalan 

  YJK-Scandinavia calls for mobilisation for the freedom of Leader Öcalan, saying, “As women, let us increase our organisation and raise the struggle.”
• Civil society activists call on Warisha Moradi to end her hunger strike in Evin Prison 

  More than 120 civil society activists expressed their solidarity with Warisha Moradi who has been on hunger strike for 18 days in Evin prison in Tehran.
• European Kevana Zêrîn Movement holds 2nd congress 

  The European Kevana Zêrîn Movement held its 2nd congress. The name of the movement was changed to Hunera Mizgîn (Mizgîn Women's Culture and Art Movement).
• KJAR calls on Warisha Moradi to end her hunger strike action 

  The health condition of KJAR member Warisha Moradi, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against death penalty, is deteriorating. KJAR called on Moradi to end the strike.
• Internationalist Commune of Rojava pays tribute to Martyr Ronahî/Andrea Wolf 

  Ronahî, Andrea Wolf, fell as a martyr together with 23 of her comrades in North Kurdistan as a result of a Turkish attack on 23 October 1998. The Internationalist Commune of Rojava paid tribute to her.
• TJKE calls on everyone to protest Turkish attacks on Rojava and South Kurdistan 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) is calling for protests against the Turkish attacks on Rojava and South Kurdistan.
• ‘Only women can bring the country together’ 

  Stating that the problems in Syria cannot be solved independently of women, women participating in the Syrian national women's dialogue forum said that only women can bring the country together.
• DEM Party Women's Assembly: Women will lead the anti-war struggle 

  DEM Party Women's Assembly announced the final declaration of the meeting held on 20 October where they discussed the political struggle for the new period.
• Iran sentences Kurdish political prisoners to additional jail time 

  Pakshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, who refused to attend the court session, were sentenced to an additional six months’ imprisonment for “disturbing the prison order” in Evin Prison.
• Increasing repression against women prisoners in Iran 

  As the crackdown on journalists, activists and political prisoners in Iran continues, hundreds of people signed a joint letter calling for a halt to the prison sentences given to journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi.
• Warisha Moradi’s health deteriorating on day 12 of hunger strike 

  Warisha Moradi, who has been imprisoned in Evin prison in the Iranian capital Tehran for more than 14 months, has been on hunger strike for 12 days.
• Avesta Têkoşîn, a pioneering YJA Star militant 

  Guerrilla Avesta Têkoşîn, who fought resolutely against the enemy's attacks until her last breath, took her place in the struggle for freedom as a pioneering YJA Star militant with her belief in victory.
• Women's Platform calls on everyone to meet at Tünel Square on 25 November 

  The 25 November Women's Platform called on everyone to meet at "Tünel Square on 25 November."
• Armenian women fight for a democratic Syria 

  The Armenian Women's Union fights for the active participation of women in all areas of life. Anahit Kasabiyan said that the Armenian community living in Northern and Eastern Syria will establish a political party led by women.
• The story of Arab guerrilla Dîrok extending from Til Hemis to Xakurkê 

  Dîrok Cûdî, from a Mihelmî family in Til Hemis in North-East Syria, fought for 7 years in the mountains of Kurdistan, where she arrived in 2017, and fell a martyr in Xakurkê on 24 July.
• Peace Mothers in Sine go on hunger strike in solidarity with Warisha Moradi 

  Peace Mothers in Sine (Sanandaj) started a hunger strike in solidarity with the resistance of Kurdish activist Warisha Moradi in Iranian prison.
• "Coffee JIN", a Mardin municipal project to promote women’s participation in public life 

  A café run by women has opened in the province of Mardin, which is governed by the DEM party. "Coffee JIN" is a municipal project to promote women’s participation in public life.
• Kongra Star calls on women to express solidarity with Warisha Moradi 

  The Rojava Women’s Movement, Kongra Star, issued a statement addressed to women calling for solidarity with Warisha Moradi.
• Mother of slain protester Nîka Shakremî detained in Iran 

  The mother of Nîka Shakremî, who was murdered during the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ protests in Iran, was detained.