Kaouther Abbes, delegate of the South African World March of Women joined the campaign '1000 women for Aysel Tuğluk'. Abbes expressed her movement’s solidarity with Aysel Tuğluk because “Aysel is in prison to defend the rights of her people. It is also very important for us to imagine a world free from violence, oppressive, patriarchal, totalitarian and imperialist regimes."

Aysel Tuğluk was put on trial for her speeches, which she delivered as a member of the parliament and by exercising her freedom of thought and expression, and she has been in prison for years. Although accredited local health institutions determined months ago that she could not survive in prison conditions, she remains in custody due to a report issued by the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute. While it is impossible for her to recover in prison conditions, her health is deteriorating rapidly and irreversibly.