Today is the second anniversary of international YPJ fighter Anna Campbell (Hêlîn Qereçox) death. She fell martyr in a Turkish airstrike during the occupation war on Afrin. 

Anna has become a symbol of women's revolution & internationalism across the world, as Kongra Star Diplomacy remembered.

A memorial will be held today in London, at the Kurdish Community Centre at 3 pm. 

Anna Campbell (Hêlîn Qereçox) was born in 1991 in Lewes, East Sussex. She was a feminist, anti-fascist and prison abolition activist.

She joined the YPJ and fought against the Islamic State in Deir Ez-Zor first and then in Afrin, to counter the brutal attacks launched by the Turkish army and its mercenaries in January 2018. 

Anna fell a martyrin Afrin on 15 March 2018. 

The YPJ said at the time: "Our British comrade Hêlîn Qereçox (Anna Campbell) has become the symbol of all women after resisting against fascism in Afrin to create a free world. We promise to fulfill Şehîd (martyr) Hêlîn’s struggle and honour her memory in our fight for freedom."

Following the announcement of Campbell's death, her father, progressive rock musician Dirk Campbell, started a campaign to recover her body, which could not be located by aid organisations until a ceasefire was in place in the area.

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