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• Women in Aleppo rally to demand “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Kurds and their friends continue their actions around the world to demand the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan who is subjected to aggravated isolation in Imrali Prison and has not been heard from for two years.
• Online memorial for Meredith Tax 

  An online memorial will be organized to pay tribute to activist Meredith Tax.
• East Kurdistan Women's Defense Units announces death of guerrilla Rojînda Xwebûn 

  The East Kurdistan Women's Defense Units (HPJ) announced the death of Rojînda Xwebûn, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a Turkish drone strike on Mount Asos last year.
• Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement publishes final conference declaration 

  The final declaration of the conference organized by the Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement (TAJÊ) in Shengal with the participation of 350 delegates has been published.
• AKP keeps Kurdish women politicians in prison 

  The AKP, which excludes women from politics and decision-making mechanisms, aims to isolate women politicians from society through detentions.
• Sozdar Avesta: Women know no barriers to building their own existence 

  KCK Executive Council member Sozdar Avesta attended the conference held in Shengal via video and said: Yazidi women have been writing epics for 9 years. Women know no barriers to building their own existence.”
• Free Yazidi Women’s Movement holds congress in Shengal 

  The Free Yazidi Women’s Movement (TAJÊ) held a conference in Shengal under the motto “Towards Women’s Revolution with Jin, Jiyan, Azadi”.
• Women in the crosshairs of the AKP violence 

  Under the AKP government, violence against women has reached an extreme dimension. The Kurdish women's movement is the primary target of the Erdogan regime.
• Kuş: Vote for the Green Left Party on May 14! 

  Nilay Kuş, a candidate of the Green Left Party for Istanbul, said that voters show great interest in her party’s election campaign.
• Kurdish politician Ayşe Gökkan sentenced to 22,5 years in prison 

  A Turkish appeals court in Amed upheld a 22,5-year prison sentence against Kurdish politician and former mayor Ayşe Gökkan in and rejected a request for her release from prison.
• Jineoloji organizes conference-performance in Lausanne 

  A number of initiatives will mark the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne. Jineoloji will organize a conference-performance.
• Authorities in Iran close over 150 shops for not observing hijab requirement 

  Authorities in Iran announced that more than 150 commercial places were closed on the grounds that they did not comply with the hijab requirement in the workplace.
• Young women in Rojava condemn poisoning of students in Iran and Rojhilat 

  The democratic student movement made a statement in support of young women in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan who are being poisoned in Iran and Rojhilat.
• RJAK launches 'letters to the UN' campaign to protest isolation of Öcalan 

  RJAK announced that it has launched a campaign to send letters to the UN to protest the heavy isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Iran rearrests Kurdish female activist Zina Madras Gorj 

  Kurdish female activist Zina Madras Gorj, who was arrested on the 4th day of the anti-government protests in Iran and released on bail after 40 days, has been rearrested.
• 77-year-old woman murdered in Hasankeyf 

  A man murdered a 77-year-old woman in Hasankeyf, Batman.
• Purple Solidarity: Women’s rights cannot be bargained for election campaigns 

  Feminist organization Purple Solidarity member Sezen Ezer said that women would not be deceived by parties’ election promises that bargain over their vested rights.
• Cenî promotes panel on women and peace  

  Cenî the Kurdish Womens Peace Office
• Men killed at least 23 women in March 

  According to the news compiled by bianet, men killed at least 23 women and four children in March.
• YJA Star guerrilla: Öcalan created freedom out of nothing 

  YJA Star guerrilla Silava Kobanê addressed April 4, Öcalan’s birthday, saying that, “We can embrace our leader by making life more beautiful and meaningful.”
• 5 Iranian schoolgirls poisoned in Urmia 

  Five Iranian schoolgirls were taken to a hospital after being poisoned in a school in the Urmia region of East Kurdistan.
• 4 detained in police attack on mothers celebrating Öcalan’s birthday in Istanbul 

  Peace Mothers and a group of mothers participating in the Justice Vigil for sick prisoners were attacked by the police for celebrating the birthday of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• YPJ fighters celebrate Öcalan's birthday 

  YPJ fighters celebrated the birthday of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the YPJ.
• Ten years ago, the YPJ were founded  

  The Women's Defense Units (YPJ) were founded on 4 April 2013.
• PAJK celebrates Öcalan’s birthday, vowing to expand the struggle for his freedom 

  “The birthday of our leader marks a new beginning and progress in the history of humanity. It marks a rebirth in the freedom struggle of women,” said PAJK.