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• TJK-E Member Gülhatun Kara released on parole 

  TJK-E member Gülhatun Kara, who was detained in France as part of an investigation launched in 2019 upon the request of Germany, was conditionally released by the court.
• Education workshops for women in Washokani camp 

  Kongra Star Education Committee organized education workshops for women in Washokani camp.
• Narges Mohammadi sentenced to one year in prison 

  Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to one year in prison on charges of "propaganda against the state".
• Former co-mayor Mukaddes Kubilay released from prison 

  Mukaddes Kubilay, former co-mayor of Ağrı, was released from Sincan Women's Closed Prison on Tuesday.
• Freedom for Ecevit Piroğlu demanded in front of Serbian embassy in Berlin 

  Freedom for Ecevit Piroğlu was demanded in front of the Serbian embassy in Berlin. The Kurdish internationalist is being held illegally and arbitrarily in Serbian custody and is threatened with extradition to Turkey.
• Women in Berlin organize performance for Öcalan 

  As part of the action days “Dialogues with Öcalan – ideas cannot be locked up”, Kevana Zêrîn, the Widerklang choir and the women’s movement YJK-E organized a performance in Berlin.
• Tribute to Deniz Poyraz in Izmir 

  Deniz Poyraz was commemorated on the third anniversary of her killing.
• Police officer kills his wife and son in Mardin 

  A police officer killed his wife and his son in Mardin.
• Three years ago, the killing of Deniz Poyraz in Izmir 

  On the 17 June 2021, Deniz Poyraz, a member of the HDP, was killed in the provincial office of the party in Izmir.
• Jinkart, facilitating freedom of movement for women 

  In order to make it easier for women to participate in public life, "Jinkart" project has been introduced in Kurdish cities in Turkey. The municipal projects for women that were shut down under state administration are being reactivated.
• Zilan Women's Festival: We are building a new life 

  YJK-E Spokesperson Kezban Doğan stated that the women's struggle rising in the world under the leadership of Kurdish women took its colour from Abdullah Öcalan's philosophy and said, "We are now building a new life."
• Panel on 'Self-Defence-Women' at Zilan Festival in Germany 

  The 18th Zilan Cultural Festival started in Duisburg with the slogan “With Jin-Jiyan-Azadî to the women’s revolution”.
• Hundreds of thousands of women joined feminist strike in Bern 

  Hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in Switzerland for the feminist strike on Friday.
• Zîlan Festival will be celebrated today in Duisburg 

  A varied program awaits participants at the Zîlan Festival of the Kurdish women's movement today in Duisburg's RheinPark. In addition to music and dance, there will be an open microphone for young women and opportunities to get involved.
• Director Bahare Lelahi killed in prison in Iran 

  Film director Bahare Lelahi, who was arrested during the protests for Jina Mahsa Amini, was killed in prison and buried without her family's knowledge.
• Women’s workshop addresses “The Phenomenon of Political Islam” 

  The Syrian Democratic Council’s Women’s Office held a workshop entitled “Women Confront Political Islam and Exclusion”.
• Iran sentences female cartoonist to 6 years in prison 

  The Iranian state sentenced female cartoonist Atena Farghadani to 6 years in prison for her art.
• Suham Şengalî: KDP implements the policy of ISIS against Yazidi women rescued from ISIS 

  TAJÊ Diplomacy Committee Member Suham Şengalî stated that the KDP does not want the women freed from ISIS to stay in Shengal and said, “The KDP's policy is not different from ISIS' policy. It wants to take them away from their own culture and land."
• Women read Abdullah Öcalan's books in Amûdê 

  Kongra Star organised an event to read Abdullah Öcalan's books in Amûde. Women read and discussed the topics written by Abdullah Öcalan in his defence.
• Exhibition by women who left Hol Camp 

  25 women who left Hol Camp and returned to Raqqa Canton opened a handicraft exhibition, as part of the Autonomous Administration's efforts to integrate families who left the camps into social life.
• TJK-F holds its 5th Congress in Paris 

  TJK-F held its 5th Congress in Paris.
• Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi's trial held in her absence 

  The court session for jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi was held in Tehran without her presence.
• Şîrîn Mihemed serves the Rojava Revolution with her pen and voice 

  23-year-old Şîrîn Mihemed serves the Rojava Revolution by reflecting the reality of society with her journalism and voice.
• Kurdish language teacher detained for 23 days without legal access, family visits 

  Susan Hassanzadeh, a civil rights activist and Kurdish language teacher, has been detained for 23 days without family visits or legal counsel in the Ministry of Intelligence detention centre in Orumiyeh, West Azerbaijan Province.
• At least 34 women and 8 children murdered in Turkey in May 

  JINNEWS stated that at least 34 women and 8 children were murdered and 18 women and 2 children died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey last month.