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• HPJ guerrilla: The youth and women of Rojhilat should stand up for Öcalan 

  HPJ guerrilla Viyan Rojhilat stated that the powers of the capitalist system are conspiring against the Kurdish people and human values and that the Kurdish People's Leader should be protected.
• Günay calls for extended solidarity with imprisoned women 

  HDP spokesperson Ebru Günay warns of more deaths due to conditions in Turkish prisons and sees the isolation system on Imrali as the "root of oppression". She calls for the expansion of solidarity with imprisoned women.
• Leyla Güven receives 11-day solitary confinement punishment in prison 

  The disciplinary board of the prison where Kurdish politician Leyla Güven is held overlooked the threats against her by the prison guards and sentenced Güven to 11 days in solitary confinement for “insulting or threatening a public official”.
• Rate of female genital mutilation is 11 percent in Hewler and 4.9 percent in Raperîn 

  According to a recent survey, girls and women are still circumcised in the Kurdistan Region. The rate of female genital mutilation is 11 percent in Hewler and 4.9 percent in Raperîn.
• Men kill at least 32 women in January 

  According to the women's news agency Jinnews. at least 32 women were killed in the month of January and 31 died under suspicious circumstances.
• Yazidi and Arab women to fight together against femicide 

  The workshop of Yazidi and Arab women in Shengal was a novelty. The joint struggle against femicide and patriarchal rule is to be continued, and a follow-up event is planned in Baghdad.
• 26 women in Yüksekova apply to IHD denouncing social media harassment 

  26 women in Yüksekova applied to the IHD because their photos were shared on virtual media without permission and they were harassed.
• “From Abya Yala to Kurdistan, long live the women's revolution" 

  Feminists from Abya Yala said, "The women's revolution from Abya Yala to Kurdistan will not be brought to an end by bombs," and called on them to "stand up to embrace a revolution that all feminists throughout the world hold dear."
• TJK-E calls for action against Turkish attacks in Kurdistan 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe called on the people of Kurdistan, particularly women, their friends and the public to stand up against fascism and expand the common struggle against the attacks of the Turkish state.
• PAJK remembers Viyan Soran, calls for resistance 

  The Kurdistan Women's Liberation Party (PAJK) commemorated Viyan Soran and said that every Kurdish woman and Apoist militants should embrace Abdullah Öcalan's historic resistance with the same spirit and responsibility created by Viyan.”
• Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî commemorated in Basel 

  A well-attended event on the life and struggle of the three Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Leyla Şaylemez and Fidan Doğan, who were murdered in Paris in 2013, took place in Basel.
• Those walls no longer exist 

  After becoming familiar with the PKK philosophy, Yazidi women realized their change and transformation fast and efficiently. They wanted Arab women to share this success. The decades-old walls have been destroyed, and there is no longer a wall in between.
• Yazidi and Arab women attend workshop in Shengal 

  Yazidi and Arab women discuss the common struggle against feminicide and massacres in Iraq at a workshop in Shengal. Numerous participants were turned back by Iraqi military personnel when they arrived.
• Women Defend Rojava: The time for freedom has come 

  In just over a week, the internationalist long march for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish question will begin in Frankfurt. Women Defend Rojava names reasons why it is worth participating in the action.
• Kurds organize event in Switzerland to commemorate three women murdered in Paris 

  Kurdish activists organize the "Sê Jinê Azad" event in Basel, Switzerland to commemorate three Kurdish women revolutionaries murdered in Paris in 2013.
• Men kill 4 women in 24 hours 

  Orhan Oruçgüney murdered his mother, Gülbeyaz Oruçgüney, with a sharp tool in Sultanbeyli district. She was the fourth woman killed in one day.
• 38-year-old woman murdered in the middle of the street by her husband  

  38-year-old Elif Turan was murdered in the middle of the street by her husband of the same age, Kamil Turan. The killing took place in the Edremit district of Balıkesir.
• 'We want justice for Aysel Tuğluk, not mercy' 

  Dilek Gökçin from the 1000 Women for Aysel Tuğluk Initiative emphasizes that they want Tuğluk to be treated in accordance with human rights law, not compassion.
• Behind all femicides there is a man who is systematically protected, says Çağla Yolaşan 

  Yenigün Women's Solidarity Association President Çağla Yolaşan said that, like in the case of Gülistan Doku, “behind all femicides there is a man who is systematically protected.”
• Trans woman murdered in Izmir 

  Günay Özyıldız, a trans woman, was murdered by unknown persons in Izmir province.
• Wards searched with dogs in Şakran Women's Prison 

  In the Şakran Women's Prison in Izmir, the repression of political prisoners is being stepped up again. The inmates report raids on the wards with the participation of the gendarmerie and service dogs.
• Kongra Star annual meeting: "We will build a free society led by women" 

  The annual meeting of Kongra Star is being held in Rojava with the participation of 300 members from all cities and regions, in addition to representatives of Kongra Star from Damascus and Aleppo, coinciding with the 17th anniversary of its founding.
• Yazidi women in Shengal organize amid Turkish attacks 

  Delila Suham Şingalî, a member of the Diplomacy Committee of the Free Yazidi Women's Council (TAJÊ) said that women are leading the self-government and democratic nation as they continue to organize against the attacks on Shengal.
• KJK condemns sentencing of Kurdish teacher, calls for struggle against cultural occupation 

  Calling the arrest of Kurdish teacher Zara Mohammadi in Iran a political measure against Kurdish identity, KJK called for a struggle against cultural occupation.
• Vigil for Gülistan Doku moves to Ankara 

  The relatives of student Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for two years, are moving their vigil to the Ministry of Justice in Ankara. They are demanding the formation of a parliamentary commission of enquiry to clarify the fate of the Kurdish woman.