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• Nagihan Akarsel remembered on the first anniversary of her murder 

  Nagihan Akarsel, who was murdered in Sulaymaniyah one year ago, was remembered at the scene of the crime and at her grave in Konya.
• 16-year-old Kurdish girl attacked by the Iranian "morality police" in a coma for three days 

  Kurdish girl Armita Girawend was violently attacked by the Iranian police and has been in a coma for three days.
• TJK-E calls for action against isolation on the anniversary of the 9 October conspiracy  

  The TJK-E called for action to once again protest isolation on the anniversary of the 9 October conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Man kills his wife in Kızıltepe 

  In Kızıltepe, a man named Ömer Durak murdered his wife Sema Durak.
• Istanbul Convention now applies throughout the European Union 

  The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Girls, also known as the "Istanbul Convention", is an international treaty drawn up in 2011. As of yesterday, it applies throughout the EU.
• Women protest for Nagihan Akarsel in front of the UN Office in Qamishlo 

  Women demand justice for Kurdish academic Nagihan Akarsel who was killed in Sulaymaniyah in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) a year ago.
• International women’s delegation meets UN official, demanding "Justice for Nagihan Akarsel" 

  An international delegation of women met with the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Gihan Indraguptha, in Geneva.
• Women in Southern Kurdistan write letters to Öcalan 

  RJAK calls on women in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) in particular to join the letter campaign against the absolute isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan.
• One more Yazidi woman rescued from ISIS mercenaries 

  Another Yazidi woman was rescued from the hands of ISIS mercenaries.
• Kurdish politician Selma Irmak sentenced to four years in prison 

  Selma Irmak was sentenced to over four years in prison in Turkey for disparaging the government and insulting the president.
• Armenian Women's Union in North-East Syria remembers Anush Apetyan 

  The Women's Union of the Armenian Social Council in Northern and Eastern Syria has remembered Anush Apetyan, a female Armenian soldier who was captured, raped, tortured and killed by Azerbaijani military forces a year ago.
• Kurdish female activist abducted by Iranian forces 

  A member of KJAR was abducted near Sine on 1 August and no news has been received from her since.
• Lecture 8 of Rojava series about Ecology and Jineoloji now online 

  Lecture 8 of the Rojava series promoted by Global University for Sustainability, the Civil Diplomacy Center in North East Syria, Synergia Co-operative Institute is now online.
• Socialist youth activist Berfin Polat imprisoned in Istanbul 

  Berfin Polat, a board member of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations, has been arrested in Istanbul as an alleged member of a terrorist organisation.
• Silgir calls on women to support the TJA campaign in Urfa 

  Fatime Silgir, a TJA activist from Urfa, called on all women to take part and support the 6-month campaign they started with the slogan "Towards freedom with Jin Jiyan Azadi".
• Gökkan: I am in prison because I am a Kurdish woman 

  TJA spokeswoman Ayşe Gökkan, who was imprisoned in Turkey, explained at the trial in Nusaybin that she was charged because she was Kurdish.
• KJK calls for the expansion of struggle against Turkish fascism and KDP treason 

  Following the drone attack on the Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah and on the KNK in Hewlêr, the Kurdistan Women's Community calls for the expansion of the struggle against Turkish fascism and the collaboration of the KDP.
• Kurdish women's movement TJA launches campaign in Botan 

  The Kurdish women's movement TJA is going on the offensive with its campaign “To freedom with Jin-Jiyan-Azadî” and is calling for international support.
• ‘Attacks against women in Kurdish cities are no coincidence’ 

  The Women’s Platform in Ankara called for enhanced struggle and vowed to continue the fight for peace, justice, freedom and equality.
• Activists in Amed rally in solidarity with the women-led uprising in East Kurdistan 

  In Amed, activists expressed solidarity with the women-led uprising in East Kurdistan.
• Identities of three YPJ fighters killed in Turkish drone attack in Manbij released 

  The Turkish state continues its attacks against North-East Syria where it has already occupied territories in violation of international law and is carrying out a genocidal war.
• RJAK: We will keep the spirit of ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ alive 

  Saluting the anniversary of the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ uprising, RJAK stated that the philosophy of ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ has become the manifesto of the Middle East and the world.
• The Offensive calls to attend march for Jîna Amini in Lille  

  The Offensive initiative will organize a march today in the French city of Lille to mark the anniversary of the killing of Jîna Mahsa Amini.
• TJA launches "Towards Freedom with Jin-Jiyan-Azadî" campaign in Urfa 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement TJA presented its campaign "Towards Freedom with Jin-Jiyan-Azadî”"in Urfa. The starting point of the campaign is “the resistance of Jina Amini, who became a symbol of an uprising in the 21st century with a strand of her hair."
• Statue of Jina Mahsa Amini erected in Brussels 

  A statue to honour Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini, killed in Iran one year ago, in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.