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• Kongra Star writes to UN Secretary General 

  "What really worries us is your failure to speak out against all these crimes, violations and human rights abuses that Turkey commits."
• YJA Star commemorates Zeynep Kınacı 

  On 30 June 1996, Zeynep Kınacı (Zilan) blew herself up on her own initiative during a flag raising ceremony of the Turkish army in Dersim. With her action she set a signal for the Kurdish freedom movement, especially the women's movement.
• Femicide in Rojava: 14 women murdered during curfews 

  The curfews in the Coronavirus crisis have encouraged violence against women worldwide - even in the autonomous regions of northern and eastern Syria. In just two and a half months, fourteen women were murdered by men. Sixteen women committed suicide.
• TJA activist Etki says women's struggle will continue 

  The campaign continues with different activities demanding the end of war, isolation, violence and child abuse.
• REPAK condemns mass-detention of activists in Manila 

  "We express our support and solidarity with the resisting women and people of the Philippines. Resistance is life," said the Kurdish Women’s Relations Office.
• Women protest against femicide in front of Russian base in Kobanê 

  Demonstrations in protest at Turkey’s killing of three women in Kobanê continue.
• Police violence with dogs and sexual insults against activist 

  Kurdish activist Rojbin Çetin was tortured for three and a half hours by a special police unit in her apartment in Amed. She was bitten by dogs, sexually insulted, stripped half-naked and photographed blindfolded.
• Women take to the streets in Heseke against Turkey’s attacks 

  Protests continue against the Turkish state’s genocidal war against the Kurdish people in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Protest against femicide in Stuttgart 

  “We, all women, should unite and enhance the resistance,” said the daughter of the 42-year-old Afghan woman who was murdered by her husband last week.
• Kurdish Women’s Movement activist detained in Amed 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people continues unabated.
• Women in North East Syria protest Turkish attacks 

  Demonstrations continue in Rojava, Kurdistan and all around the world against the Turkish state's genocidal war on the Kurdish people in various parts of their land, Kurdistan.
• KJK: Let's build our space against the male-run pandemic times 

  KJK said in a written statement: "Let's stand against all forms of violence against women! Let's turn the chain we formed into a wall that sexism, racism and colonialism cannot overcome."
• YPJ General Command pays tribute to martyrs of 25 June 2015 

  The YPJ General Command paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the massacre organized by mercenaries affiliated with the invading Turkish state in Kobanê on 25 June 2015.
• KBDH: We'll raise the struggle in the name of Zehra 

  "Let’s take our place in the struggle for revolution and freedom, not under the ranks of the reasonable boundaries of the male-dominant capitalist system which uses repression, hard and violence, torture and rape," said the KBDH.
• Women in Paris protest Turkish attacks against Kobanê 

  SKB France protested the murder of 3 women following an attack carried out on Tuesday by the invading Turkish state in the village of Helîncê in Kobane.
• PYD Women's Council condemns massacre carried out by Turkey 

  The PYD Women's Council called on people to reject the attacks carried out by the invading Turkish state targeting women.
• Zehra, Hebûn, Amina: Murdered by the Turkish state 

  A Turkish drone deliberately killed three activists of the women's movement in Kobanê. Zehra Berkel was a leading member of the women's organisation Kongreya Star, Hebûn Mele Xelîl and Amina Waysî were also active in the women's revolution in Rojava.
• TJK-E calls on women and activists to take the streets today 

  TJK-E said that the targeting of women in Kobanê is the expression of how much the Turkish state is afraid of women.
• Women Defend Rojava: We must stop the Turkish attacks! 

  Women Defend Rojava reiterated its call on all women to defend Rojava and Kurdistan against fascism, and to organize actions, demonstrations or rallies
• Identity of third woman martyred in Kobanê confirmed 

  The identity of the third woman martyred in the Turkish air strike against Helincê has been confirmed.
• Kongra Star condemns the massacre in the village of Helîncê 

  The invading Turkish state attacked the village of Helîncê [English, Halinja] in Kobanê with armed UAVs, killing three women.
• Markets have no gender, the story of Zeynep 

  Despite being told, 'You can't do it', Zeynep Tilki, 24, decided to give it a try: she opened a store and sell products she buys from wholesalers, showing once again that the market has no gender.
• Women in Amed protest against femicide 

  In Amed, women protested against femicide and rape.
• “Women’s voices after Turkish invasion” 

  The #WomenDefendRojava campaign has conducted interviews with women from northeast Syria who were displaced during the Turkish invasion last October. The interviews have now been published as a brochure.
• Seminar on violence against women in Deir ez-Zor 

  A seminar on violence against women was held in the village of Abu Hamam in the East Syrian region of Deir ez-Zor.