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• 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."
• Prison sentence for journalist investigating Armita Geravand’s death in Iran 

  An Iranian court sentenced journalist Sara Masoumi to prison for investigating the death of Armita Geravand, a Kurdish girl who was murdered in October.
• Women discuss Jineolojî in Turin 

  In Turin around 40 young women that for several months read and discussed together the Jineolojî Brochure 'Transforming and killing the dominant male'.
• Kurdish activist and journalist Azizi to appear before court in Tehran in next weeks 

  The Kurdish activist and journalist Pakhshan Azizi has to appear before a revolutionary court in Tehran. The 39-year-old was tortured for four months in Ward 209 of Evin Prison to force a confession.
• Kurdish activist to stand trial following torture in Evin Prison 

  During her detention, Azizi went on hunger strike to protest the torture and pressure used by the Ministry of Intelligence to extract forced “confessions” and force her to accept the accusation of “membership of one of the opposition groups”.
• Leyla Güven transferred to Sincan Prison at her own request 

  Kurdish politician Leyla Güven, imprisoned for three years, has been transferred to the Sincan Women's Prison in Ankara at her own request.
• EŞIK: At least 50 percent of candidates to be nominated in local elections must be women 

  Stating that at least 50 percent of the candidates to be nominated in local elections must be women, EŞIK made a call: "We want candidates aiming for equal representation and gender equality in local governments."
• KJAR calls for the defense of female political prisoners in Iran 

  Vowing to continue its struggle for women's freedom, KJAR calls on all civil and political activists to be the voice of female political prisoners in Iran.
• Two femicides in Amed and Ankara 

  Medine Polat in Amed and Nursena Kozan in Ankara were murdered by men close to them on Wednesday evening.
• International Women's Delegation concludes its visits in Istanbul 

  The delegation of the International Women's Delegation, including lawyers, parliamentarians, ecologists and representatives of civil society organisations, ended their two-day talks in Istanbul with a visit to the HDK.