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• Women’s conference 'Chain of Silence' salutes the resistance in prisons 

  Speaking at the 'Chain of Silence' conference in Amed, TJA activist Hacer Özdemir saluted the resistance of political prisoners in Turkey.
• Conference 'Breaking Down the Walls Surrounding Women Political Prisoners' kicks off in Amed 

  A conference titled 'Chains of Silence: Breaking Down the Walls Surrounding Women Political Prisoners' will take place in Amed today and tomorrow.
• Violence against women and femicide on the rise in South Kurdistan 

  There is an increase in femicide and violence against women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. RJAK member Gulizar Evîn stated that the real data is concealed and said, "The fact that most of the murderers are members of the KDP leads to their acquittal."
• Sakine, Fidan, Leyla commemorated at their graves: We will continue the struggle of our comrades 

  Commemorations at the graves of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez were marked by pledges to continue the struggle of the fallen women of the freedom movement.
• PAJK: We will overcome all darkness with Comrade Sara's Apoist militant attitude 

  Remarking that they have great grounds for historical reckoning, PAJK said, "Our relentless struggle against the mentality that normalizes the massacres in Paris and tries to make them forgotten will continue at any cost."
• YJA Star commemorates Sakine, Fidan, Leyla: “We will lead our freedom struggle to victory" 

  “Through people like Sara, we will hold the male-dominated mentality that cannot tolerate the existence of free women to account, said YJA Star on the eleventh anniversary of the murder of three Kurdish revolutionary women in Paris.
• Kongra Star: Let's make 2024 the year of justice and revenge for the martyrs 

  Commemorating the three Kurdish women murdered in Paris, the Kongra Star Assembly said, "We need to achieve great gains. Let's make 2024 the year of justice and revenge for the martyrs."
• Women in Kobanê commemorate Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  Sakine Cansız (Sara), Fidan Doğan (Rojbîn), Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahî), who were murdered in Paris on 9 January 2013, were commemorated in Kobanê.
• KJK sends a message to Paris rally: Our revenge will be the women's revolution 

  The KJK sent a message to the Paris rally calling on the people to claim the martyrs and to increase organisation and self-defence.
• Peace in Kurdistan honours the memory of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  Peace in Kurdistan paid tribute to three martyrs of Paris.
• 6 Kurdish women murdered by the Turkish state commemorated 

  6 revolutionary Kurdish women who were murdered by the Turkish state in Paris and Silopi were commemorated in Batman.
• Aygül Doku: Gulistan has been in the dark for 4 years 

  The family of Gülistan Doku, whose fate has not been clarified for four years, came to Dersim and stated: "Gülistan has been in the dark for 4 years, let this darkness end".
• Demonstrations in Barcelona, Girona and Bilbao for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  Demonstrations will take place in Barcelona, Girona and Bilbao for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla.
• Cenî pays tribute to Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez  

  Cenî paid tribute to Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez and said that the liberation of women and the liberation of life are inseparable.
• Pakize, Sêvê and Fatma, three pioneers of the women's movement murdered in Turkey in 2016 

  On 4 January 2016, in the course of curfews in Northern Kurdistan, three women were shot dead in Silopi: Sêvê Demir, a board member of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), Fatma Uyar, co-chair of the Silopi People's Council and KJA activist Pakize Nayır.
• KCDP: 315 women were murdered in Turkey in 2023 

  The platform "We will stop femicides" published a report on femicides in Turkey in 2023. According to the report, 315 women were murdered by men and 248 women died in unexplained circumstances.
• Two-day conference in Stockholm will discuss women's resistance in Iran and Rojhilat 

  A two-day conference will be held in Stockholm to discuss the women's resistance in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan.
• Female journalists who reported on Jina Amini banned from phone calls and family visits in prison 

  Journalists imprisoned in Iran for their news reports on Jina Mahsa Amini, who was murdered by the morality police in the capital Tehran, were banned from phone calls and family visits.
• JINNEWS: At least 320 women were murdered in Turkey in 2023 

  According to the figures compiled by JINNEWS, at least 320 women were murdered by men in Turkey in 2023 and 189 women died under suspicious circumstances.
• Women Weaving the Future Network in solidarity with the Baloch Long March 

  Women Weaving the Future Network calls for solidarity with the Baloch women in their demand for the abolition of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and army atrocities.
• KJK calls for the defense of Rojava, a beacon of hope for humanity 

  KJK calls on women's organisations in the Middle East and around the world to increase their joint organisation, consciousness and action power alongside the legitimate resistance of the Kurdish people.
• Imprisoned politician Sebahat Tuncel to join the hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Kurdish politician Sebahat Tuncel, who is imprisoned in the Kobanê Case, announced that she will join the hunger strike in prisons for the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for 34 months.
• Jineolojî Academy: From Rojava to all freedom-loving people of the world 

  The Andrea Wolf Institute of Jineolojî Academy wrote an open letter to the world while Turkish planes bombed Northern and Eastern Syria.
• RJAK condemns the Paris massacre, calls on all women to increase the common struggle 

  RJAK issued a statement on the 23 December 2022 attack against Kurds in Paris, which has gone down in history as the Second Paris Massacre, and renewed its promise to continue the struggle.
• Ayşe Sadun, the pleasure of reading Kurdish books 

  Ayşe Sadun said: “Even at this age, I wanted to be a Kurdish teacher. I love Kurdish very much. Our children and grandchildren who grew up with the revolution can easily learn their native language."