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• "1 October protests in solidarity with brave women and men in Iran who have inspired the world" 

  On 1 October, various organizations from many countries have launched an appeal to attend a global day of solidarity with the brave women and men in Iran who have inspired the world.
• Kongra Star pays tribute to “friend and sister” Meredith Tax 

  Meredith Tax was an internationalist and a great friend of the Kurds and the Rojava Revolution.
• Prominent activist and writer Meredith Tax dies 

  Meredith Tax, a prominent activist and writer of second-wave feminism, has died. She was 80.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign expresses solidarity with women of Iran and Rojhilat 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issued a statement in solidarity with the women of Iran and Rojhilat.
• Life goes on in Jinwar despite the war 

  War is raging in the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria, and Turkish bombs have also hit near Jinwar. Nevertheless, life goes on in the women's village.
• Kurdish artist Zehra Doğan carries out an action in front of Iranian consulate in Berlin 

  Kurdish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan carried out an action on Monday in front of the Iranian consulate in Berlin in support of women protesting in Iran and Rojhilat.
• HDP MP Semra Güzel held in solitary cell since her arrest three weeks ago 

  HDP MP Semra Güzel, arrested on "terror charges", has been held incommunicado in a solitary cell since her transfer to Silivri Prison Complex more than three weeks ago. "This is torture," says her lawyer.
• Kurdish and Arab women in Iraq call for action against Turkish attacks 

  A group of women from different parts of South Kurdistan and Iraq gathered in Baghdad on Sunday and called on the United Nations, international organizations and the Iraqi central government to close Iraq's airspace in order to prevent Turkish attacks.
• Tens of people died and thousands detained as protests increase in Iran and Rojhilat 

  While the protest actions that started in Tehran after the murder of young Kurdish woman Jina (Mahsa) Amini by the Moral Police continued on the eighth day, tens of people lost their lives and thousands were detained.
• Arrested TJA spokesperson Gökkan sends message to 4th Women's Conference in Batman 

  Arrested TJA Term Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan said in her message to the 4th Women's Conference, "We will resist until the isolation is broken."
• Activists in Oslo and Malmö protest killing of Jina Amini  

  The murder of young Kurdish woman Jina Amini by the Moral Police in Tehran and the deadly attacks by state forces against demonstrators were protested in Oslo and Malmö.
• Amed: "Greetings to the women's revolt in Rojhilat and Iran" 

  On the city wall of Amed, women demonstrated solidarity with the women's revolt in Rojhilat and Iran, stating "We salute all those who resist and especially the struggling women who will not be bowed down."
• PAJK calls for expanded actions in unity with the rising women's revolution in Iran 

  PAJK calls on women and the Kurds at home and abroad to continue and expand their actions in unity with the rising women's revolution in Iran, saying, “The PAJK stands by women and our people. Our women in Rojhilat Kurdistan and Iranian are not alone.”
• TJK-E: It's time to expand resistance 

  The European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E) called for participation in all actions to be staged across Europe tomorrow (Saturday 24 September) for Mahsa Emini and the people of Rojhilat (Iranian Kurdistan).
• Association of Kurdish Women organises actions in Germany for Jina, Anush and Cansu 

  In several German cities, the Association of Kurdish Women in Germany is calling for protests in solidarity with the women's resistance in Iran and East Kurdistan.
• Mauritanian writer tells story of YPJ martyr Barîn Kobanê 

  Mauritanian writer Mihemed Elemin, who wrote the story of YPJ martyr Barîn Kobanê, said: "Kurdish women have become symbols of resistance, freedom and beauty in the world. They are my source of inspiration."
• NGOs say at least 31 people killed in Iran and Rojhilat as protests for Jina Amini continue 

  According to Iranian state television, at least 17 people were killed by state forces in protests over the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, while civil society associations say the deaths are at least 31.
• Activists in Switzerland march in support of women's resistance in Rojhilat and Iran 

  Activists in the Swiss cities of Basel and Aarau greeted the women's resistance, which started from Rojhilat and spread all over the world.
• If it weren't for "Jin jiyan azadî" 

  A commentary by Jiyan Tekoşin, who reminds us that the protests that flare up when yet another woman is murdered will only lead to their goal if they become a permanent, organised and conscious stream.
• PJAK Co-Chair: Iran protests is a revolt to hold the state accountable 

  PJAK Co-Chair Zîlan Vejîn said that the popular revolt that followed the murder of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini is “a revolt to hold the Iranian state and the system accountable”.
• Kurdish Women's Movement in France organizes demonstrations to condemn killing of Jina Amini 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in France will organize demonstrations in many cities to condemn the killing of Jina Amini by Iranian "morality police".
• YPJ Commander: We stand with women in Iran 

  Protests continue after the death of the young Kurd Jina Mahsa Amini while in custody of the Iranian moral police. Rohilat Afrin from the YPJ command explains that women have always led rebellions and revolutions.
• Female prisoner in Iran calls for unity against the persecution of women 

  Following the murder of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini by the Morality Police in Tehran, a woman jailed in the Evin Prison calls upon Iranians to “unite against persecution."
• TAJÊ: We will crush the walls of Imrali  

  TAJÊ reacted to the silence towards the aggravated isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and said that, “We will crush the walls of the İmralı prison through our struggle.”
• TAJÊ condemns the murder of Mahsa Amini, expresses solidarity with women’s struggle 

  The Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement condemned the murder of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian regime forces and expressed their support for the women's resistance in East Kurdistan.