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• Woman HDP parliamentarians kept in isolation in prison 

  Woman HDP parliamentarians are being kept in isolation in prison. Gülser Yıldırım, one of the jailed parliamentarians, said “We are in isolation, we are being kept in one-person cells.”
• HDP Parliamentary Women's Group: We will resist your rapist laws 

  “We are very well aware of these games that legitimize rapists and darken the lives of women for life ... From past to present, we exposed your wiles and defeated your "marry your rapist" laws; do not doubt that we will do the same today!"
• KJK salutes the Operation to Avenge Êzidî Women 

  Kurdistan Communities of Women (KJK) saluted the revenge operation of Êzidî forces and called upon Êzidî people, youth and women to return home in order to protect their land, culture and faith.
• YPJ supports the 'Operation to Avenge Êzidî Women' 

  YPJ Official Spokeswoman Nesrîn Ebdullah expressed support to the Operation to Avenge Êzidî Women launched by YJŞ forces, saying they are ready to fight together with YJŞ.
• Women’s solidarity at KJA: We are here and we won’t go anywhere! 

  HDP parliamentarian Feleknas Uca and women from the DBP and KJA have gathered in front of the KJA office in Amed and held a sit-in as police officers sealed the KJA building.
• HDP Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ sends a message to women 

  Figen Yüksekdağ, Co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which is the only party implementing the co-chair system in Turkey with an equal representation of women, has sent a message to women after her arrest.
• International Women’s Alliance expresses solidarity with Kurdish women 

  The International Women’s Alliance (IWA) IWA expressed solidarity with the Kurdish women’s movement in Turkey in their struggle against the fascist regime under the leadership of Erdoğan and his party AKP.
• Argentinian women launch campaign in solidarity with Kurdish women 

  Argentina Solidarity with Kurdish Women’s Movement Committee launched a campaign for “Solidarity with KJA and arrested women”.
• Police said Ayla Akat was to be arrested while she was still in custody 

  Arrested KJA Term Spokesperson Ayla Akat’s work in the DTK was presented as “illegal organisation activity”. The police told Akat that she “should be arrested any time now, and they will take you to Istanbul.”
• KJK calls for resistance against the attacks on Kurdistan 

  KJK stated that they would enhance the resistance with the spirit of Kobanê and called upon everyone to resist the attacks on all four parts of Kurdistan in the streets on November 1 World Kobanê Day.
• Police attack the KJA members protesting state repression in Amed 

  Police forces attacked the KJA members protesting the state repression and detainment of KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata.
• WHRD MENA expresses utmost solidarity with Kışanak and Akat 

  The regional coalition for women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) called for their immediate release of Amed Co-mayor Gültan Kışanak and KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata.
• Leila Khaled calls for the release of Kışanak and all political prisoners 

  Leila Khaled, member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) called for the release of Amed Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayors Gültan Kışanak who remains in custody since October 25, and all other political prisoners.
• KJA calls for all-out resistance against attacks 

  KJA condemned the arrest of Amed Co-Mayors Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, and called upon women to resist everywhere.
• YPJ Press Office Member martyred during Turkish attack on Shehba 

  YPJ General Command announced that YPJ Press Office member Eylül Nûhilat was martyred during the artillery attacks of the occupying Turkish army on Shehba region.
• Shehba Women's Defense Front repels ISIS attack on Um Al-Qura village 

  Female combatants in Shehba have repelled an attack by ISIS groups.
• Women send 20 thousand signatures for Öcalan to CPT 

  20 thousand signed letters demanding an end to the aggravated isolation of Öcalan have been sent to CPT.
• Women in Rojava's Cizîrê Canton march for Öcalan 

  Woman employees in municipalities in Rojava's Cizîrê Canton have started a march to protest the isolation of Öcalan and appointment of trustees to municipalities in North Kurdistan.
• Women in Shengal to organise under Êzidî Free Women’s Movement 

  In the 2nd Women’s Conference held by Shengal Women’s Assembly on September 25, the Êzidî women have decided to organise under the name “Êzidî Free Women’s Movement” (Tavgera Azadiya Jinen Ezidxan - TAJÊ).
• Shengal Women's Assembly holds the 2nd Conference 

  Shengal Women's Assembly held the 2nd Conference with the participation of hundreds of delegates and guests.
• Documentary on YPJ who rewrote the history of women 

  Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) was developed in the Rojava revolution, became an effective force in all three cantons and answered the attacks from the outside as the authentic women’s organisation
• Saturday Mothers: It is not us but the perpetrators that should be afraid 

  Thousands have joined the Saturday Mothers in the 600th week of their sit-in in Istanbul's Galatasary Square seeking justice for their beloved ones that are victims of the state's “unidentified murders”.
• Female inmates in Silivri Prison set cells on fire 

  Female prisoners that were transferred from Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison to Silivri No 9 Prison recently have set cells on fire to protest the increasing torture in jails.
• Female prisoners transferred from Bakırköy to Silivri protest repression 

  Female prisoners that were transferred from Bakırköy to Silivri Prison one month ago, have set fire to the cell No. 9 where they are held to protest the repression and restrictions they are facing in prison.
• Saturday Mothers: Unrelenting cry for justice for 600 weeks 

  Saturday Mothers have been holding sit-ins in Taksim’s Galatasaray Square every Saturday for 600 weeks for the state to declare the faith of their relatives disappeared in custody and for the perpetrators to be put on trial.