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• Women's Academy Silan opened in Kobane 

  An emotional ceremony to inaugurate the new Women's Academi in Kobane.
• Iranian human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested 

  Well-known Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who received the 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, has been arrested.
• Syria Women’s Council opens office in Manbij 

  The decision is in line with the Congress decision to open offices all over Syria.
• Women from Afrin: We will resist until our home is liberated 

  Kongreya Star Afrin organization today declared through a press release in Fafin district of Shehba that the second phase of the campaign named “Women, rise up for Afrin” has come to an end.
• Jalaliyan: I will continue on my path 

  Imprisoned Kurdish woman Zeinab Jalaliyan wrote a letter on the Iranian state refusing her treatment and said, “On my own I am stronger than all of you. And I will continue on my path.
• Leyla Güven's election campaign in Amed prison 

  Journalist and painter Zehra Doğan has painted HDP MP candidate Leyla Güven during the election campaign in Amed Prison (Diyarbakir). The two women are in custody and are in the same cell.
• Jailed co-mayor of Amed, Kışanak sends a letter to women 

  We need to win this election to win our future, says jailed Amed co-mayor.
• Afrin women organise in Shehba 

  The women of Afrin are organising the resistance in the refugee camps in Shehba.
• Women from Qandil: We will not allow Turkish invasion 

  Women from Qandil voiced reactions against the attack threats against Qandil by Turkish President Erdoğan who promises nothing other than war.
• Biehl: Autobiography of Sakine Cansız is a historical document 

  Janet Biehl who recently presented in London volume 1 of the autobiography by Sakine Cansiz she translated, said: "She is potentially an eminent person in the history of the international left, in world revolutionary movements."
• Sakine Cansız Women’s Festival in Zurich 

  Resistance of women in Rojava commended and campaign for Afrin launched at the Kurdish women’s festival in Zurich.
• Kongreya Star calls on the UN to act for Afrin 

  Women are the most affected by the Turkish occupation of Afrin.
• Manbij Women’s Council: No to Turkish intervention 

  The women of Manbij reiterated they are against the Turkish state’s plans for their city.
• HDP candidate Tosun: I’ll be the voice of women of Sur 

  Remziye Tosun has been in prison with her baby girl during the curfew in Sur.
• Golshifteh Farahani: “Jin Jiyan Azadi is a hope” 

  Lead actress in the Girls of the Sun screened in the 71st Cannes Film Festival Golshifteh Farahani says the Kurdish women fighting ISIS are “The bravest women in the world.”
• 59-year-old Peace Mother detained in Mardin 

  The AKP/MHP regime of Turkey continues its political genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people.
• Two young women commit suicide in Mariwan 

  Two young women have killed themselves in Mariwan city of East Kurdistan (Rojhilat).
• Women's Center of Tabqa: A contact point for migrant women 

  The Women's Center Tabqa is an important point of contact for women who have fled from different places within Syria and settled in Camp al-Tiwêhîne.
• At least 37 women murdered in Turkey in May 

  We Will Stop Femicide Platform announced that 37 women have been murdered in Turkey in the month of May.
• Women’s election declaration 

  Women met in Istanbul to present their elections declaration
• Rojava Women’s Coordination condemns Turkish abuses in Afrin 

  An appeal to the international community to raise their voice for Afrin.
• KESK Women Secretary: Only the HDP talks of peace 

  Atasoy said women are tired of empty promises.
• HDP MP candidate Hasbay: Women have a house in the HDP 

  HDP Antalya MP candidate has been fighting against sexism since she was a child.
• Women from Shengal go to Rojava for solidarity with Afrin 

  Women from Shengal have gone to Rojava in solidarity with the campaign launched by Kongreya Star for Afrin.
• First YPJ martyr remembered in Berlin 

  The first martyr of YPJ in Rojava was remembered in Berlin.