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• Leila Khaled calls for the release of Kışanak and all political prisoners 

  Leila Khaled, member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) called for the release of Amed Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayors Gültan Kışanak who remains in custody since October 25, and all other political prisoners.
• KJA calls for all-out resistance against attacks 

  KJA condemned the arrest of Amed Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, and called upon women to resist everywhere.
• YPJ Press Office Member martyred during Turkish attack on Shehba 

  YPJ General Command announced that YPJ Press Office member Eylül Nûhilat was martyred during the artillery attacks of the occupying Turkish army on Shehba region.
• Shehba Women's Defense Front repels ISIS attack on Um Al-Qura village 

  Female combatants in Shehba have repelled an attack by ISIS groups.
• Women send 20 thousand signatures for Öcalan to CPT 

  20 thousand signed letters demanding an end to the aggravated isolation of Öcalan have been sent to CPT.
• Women in Rojava's Cizîrê Canton march for Öcalan 

  Woman employees in municipalities in Rojava's Cizîrê Canton have started a march to protest the isolation of Öcalan and appointment of trustees to municipalities in North Kurdistan.
• Women in Shengal to organise under Êzidî Free Women’s Movement 

  In the 2nd Women’s Conference held by Shengal Women’s Assembly on September 25, the Êzidî women have decided to organise under the name “Êzidî Free Women’s Movement” (Tavgera Azadiya Jinen Ezidxan - TAJÊ).
• Shengal Women's Assembly holds the 2nd Conference 

  Shengal Women's Assembly held the 2nd Conference with the participation of hundreds of delegates and guests.
• Documentary on YPJ who rewrote the history of women 

  Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) was developed in the Rojava revolution, became an effective force in all three cantons and answered the attacks from the outside as the authentic women’s organisation
• Saturday Mothers: It is not us but the perpetrators that should be afraid 

  Thousands have joined the Saturday Mothers in the 600th week of their sit-in in Istanbul's Galatasary Square seeking justice for their beloved ones that are victims of the state's “unidentified murders”.
• Female inmates in Silivri Prison set cells on fire 

  Female prisoners that were transferred from Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison to Silivri No 9 Prison recently have set cells on fire to protest the increasing torture in jails.
• Female prisoners transferred from Bakırköy to Silivri protest repression 

  Female prisoners that were transferred from Bakırköy to Silivri Prison one month ago, have set fire to the cell No. 9 where they are held to protest the repression and restrictions they are facing in prison.
• Saturday Mothers: Unrelenting cry for justice for 600 weeks 

  Saturday Mothers have been holding sit-ins in Taksim’s Galatasaray Square every Saturday for 600 weeks for the state to declare the faith of their relatives disappeared in custody and for the perpetrators to be put on trial.
• Kurdish women in Europe rally for Öcalan’s freedom 

  Kurdish women living in Europe continue their protests for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom.
• Kurdish women protest for Öcalan’s freedom in front of the EP 

  Kurdish women took to the streets in order to protest the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the Turkish state policies of genocide.
• Women rally in Rojava: UN must end the unlawfulness against Öcalan 

  Hundreds of women protested the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan as they gathered in front of the United Nations building in Rojava’s Cizir canton.
• Kurdish women meet with EP Foreign Affairs Adviser 

  Before the demonstration led by TJK-E taking place in front of the EP today with the motto “Women in action for their Leader and their freedom”, the TJK-E committee met with the foreign affairs adviser of the president of the EP.
• Kurdish women in Sweden to stage two-day march for Öcalan 

  Kurdish women in Sweden will stage a Long March with demand of freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• PKK prisoners’ wards forcibly evacuated in Bakırköy Prison 

  PKK prisoners’ wards have been forcibly evacuated in Bakırköy Women’s Closed Prison with the emergency rule as an excuse.
• Peace Mothers in Istanbul on vigil for Öcalan 

  Peace Mothers Assembly launched a vigil demonstration in Galatasaray, Istanbul with the motto “I reclaim my Leader, my land, my freedom”.
• 83-year-old Peace Mother detained in Amed 

  Amed Peace Mothers' Assembly member Dılşah Özgen (83) was detained in Diyarbakır Courthouse where she had been summoned to testify. She was later taken to Kocaköy Gendarmerie Command.
• Over 150 women from Manbij fight in the ranks of the Military Council 

  More than 150 women from Manbij have joined the ranks of the Manbij Military Council to fight against the ISIS. Women partaking in the operation are preparing to form Manbij women's battalion.
• KJA launches 'I reclaim my Leader, Land and Freedom' campaign 

  KJA has launched a campaign with the motto 'I reclaim my Leader, Land and Freedom' on the basis of Öcalan's freedom. The campaign will last six months.
• Signatures collected for Zeinab Jalalian in Rojava delivered to KJAR 

  The Community of Free Women of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR) said 276 thousand signatures collected in the campaign by the Congress Star in Rojava have been delivered to their office in Sulaymaniyah.
• TJK-E calls for participation in the march for Êzîdî women in Germany 

  TJK-E announced that a march will be staged in the German city of Bielefeld on July 30 to mark the attack on Shengal on August 3, 2014.