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• Body of Nagihan Akersel to be sent to Konya on Wednesday 

  It has been reported that the body of journalist and writer Nagihan Akersel, who was killed in the city of Sulaymaniyah in South Kurdistan on 4 October, will be sent to Ankara on Wednesday.
• Seminar about Democratic Confederalism and Jineology in Catalunya 

  Participants paid tribute to martyrs of revolutionary struggles and talked in detail about Jineology, women’s movement the democratic confederalism system and the 9 October plot.
• Action in Sydney to support resistance in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran 

  An action was held in Sydney to support the resistance in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran.
• Prisoner in Şakran Women's Jail sends out painting in solidarity with women in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Berivan Aydın, a prisoner in Şakran Women's Prison, supported the women's resistance that started in Rojhilat and Iran by adding a lock of her hair to a painting she made to symbolize women's resistance.
• Body of Nagihan Akarsel sent to Konya 

  The body of the academic and journalist Nagihan Akarsel, who was recently murdered in Sulaymaniyah, was sent to Turkey, where she will be buried in Konya, the city of her birth.
• Semra Güzel cuts her hair for Jina Mahsa Amini in prison 

  HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel cut her hair for Jina Mahsa Amini, who was murdered by the Iranian regime. She sent a message out from prison saying “my heart is with the resisting women.”
• Iran Human Rights confirms State killing of 16-year-old protester Sarina Esmailzadeh 

  Iran Human Rights has confirmed that 16-year-old protester Sarina Esmailzadeh was killed by state security forces.
• Women in London remember Jina Amini and send solidarity to women protesting in Rojhilat and Iran 

  Women in London remembered Jina Amini and sent solidarity to women protesting in Rojhilat and Iran.
• First Ever Women's Internationalist meeting in London 

  The first ever women's internationalist gathering takes place in London
• Halime Bayram: We will increase our resistance 

  Kurdish women's movement TJA activist, Halime Bayram, underlined that the femicides of Jina Amini and Nagihan Akarsel continue to be a reason to further strengthen the resistance against the male-dominated system.
• RAJIN marks 'Kurdish Women Journalists' Day' 

  RAJIN vowed to remain committed to promoting women's revolution, the thoughts, hopes, ideals and struggles of women who resist and aspire to freedom.
• Protests in many European cities for Nagihan Akarsel and Jina Amini 

  Protests were held in many cities of Europe for Nagihan Akarsel, the Jineology Center Research member, who was murdered in front of her home in Sulaymaniyah on 4 October.
• Men kill at least 26 women in Turkey in September 

  According to the news compiled by Bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies, men killed at least 26 women and two children in September.
• Angela Davis expresses her solidarity with protesters in Iran 

  Angela Davis is currently meeting with friends from various women's struggles in Berlin.
• Activists take to the streets to protest killing of Kurdish journalist and academic Akarsel 

  Activists have again taken to the streets to protest the killing of Kurdish journalist and academic Nagihan Akarsel in South Kurdistan.
• European parliamentarian cuts her hair in support of women's uprising in Iran 

  A Swedish politician cut off her hair during a European Parliament debate in support of the women's revolution in East Kurdistan and Iran after a speech in Kurdish, citing the motto "Jin, Jîyan, Azadi" (Woman, Life, Freedom).
• PAJK: We will enhance the fight and keep Nagihan’s memory alive in our struggle 

  PAJK condemned the murder of Jineology Research Centre Member Nagihan Akarsel, saying that “The likes of Jîna Amini and Nagihan will not be silent. We will always keep Jîna’s and Nagihan’s memories alive in our struggle by raising the struggle everywhere.
• Gülizar Ipek: Women have the power to change and transform society 

  Şahmaran Women's Platform member Gülizar Ipek said that women have the power to change and transform society equally and freely.
• ADKM: Women's freedom flag is flying in the hands of millions of women 

  Stating that Nagihan Akarsel was one of the leading figures of the struggle to bring women's reality to light, ADKM said, "The flag of the women's freedom struggle in the hands of Comrade Nagihan is flying in the hands of millions of women."
• Jineology Academy calls on Bashur government to find killers of Nagihan Akarsel 

  In a statement regarding the murder of Jineology Research Center member Nagihan Akarsel, the Jineology Academy called on the Bashur government to find the murderers as soon as possible.
• TJK-E calls for participation in mass demonstrations on 8 October 

  As the anniversary of the international conspiracy against Öcalan approaches, the TJK-E called for participation in the mass demonstrations to be held all over Europe on 8 October under the slogan "Freedom of Öcalan is our freedom".
• Kongra Star: Our response will be the success of women’s revolution 

  “We must turn the anger over the murder of Nagihan Akarsel into an even stronger resistance. Let us make the 21st century the century of women's freedom with jineolojie, women's solidarity and the slogan "Jin Jiyan Azadi".”
• KNK calls on women to take to the streets and shout ‘Jin Jiyan Azadî’ 

  The assassination of Nagehan Akarsel also targets all the women who have been fighting with their slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” since the unrest in Iran began, offering a glimmer of hope for a better future, said the KNK.
• KJK calls for the defense of women’s revolution after the murder of Nagihan Akarsel 

  KJK calls on women’s groups, revolutionary movements, feminist scientists and all women that struggle to defend the women’s revolution by taking a strong stand against all kinds of attacks that target the Kurdistan Women’s Liberation Movement.
• Deposed co-mayor of Yenişehir sentenced to six years and three months in prison 

  The democratically elected and unlawfully deposed mayors of the HDP continue facing prosecution at the hands of the Turkish judiciary, which has turned into an instrument of the government waging an all-out war against the Kurdish people.