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• Three more women activists sent to prison in Amed 

  A total of 11 women activists out of the 26 taken into custody by the Turkish police in Amed on 5 April have been sent to prison.
• "The palace cannot decide on our lives" 

  For women, men are as deadly as the coronavirus. Commenting on Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, activist Nupelda Çelik says: "The palace cannot decide on women's right to life."
• Swiss Women's Strike holds action in support of the Istanbul Convention 

  The Swiss Women's Strike organised an action in the city of Lausanne demanding the Swiss state to fulfil the provisions of the Istanbul Convention and protesting Turkish state's withdrawal from the Convention.
• HDP deputy Başaran: Stop threatening women's rights! 

  HDP deputy Ayşe Acar Başaran said at a demonstration in Amed: "Give up threatening women's rights won with our struggle!"
• HDP: Women's solidarity will win against men's alliances 

  Among the 22 women arrested in Amed on Monday are four elected local politicians. A female mayor and two female councilors have been arrested, and another female councilor is still in police custody.
• Women defending Istanbul Convention blockaded by police in Amed 

  Police forces blockaded women who took to the streets in Amed today to defend the Istanbul Convention.
• Two more women sent to prison in Amed 

  Çınar Municipality co-mayor Necla Tamriş and DBP Amed Provincial co-chair Seval Gülmez, who were taken into custody in Amed on 5 April were remanded in custody.
• Six women jailed on terror charges in Amed 

  Six Kurdish women activists and politicians have been sent to prison in Amed on terror charges. A court has imposed reporting requirements on nine women who had been detained at the same time. Eight others remain in police custody for the time being.
• HDP MPs ask the minister: Conscience or Istanbul Convention? 

  Women MPs of the HDP have addressed a parliamentary question to Minister of Family, Labor and Social Services Selçuk: “As a minister and woman, with what will you protect yourself when you are subjected to violence?"
• Women activists insulted and threatened in police custody in Amed 

  22 women detained in Amed (Diyarbakir) have been kept in police headquarters for 3 days. Reports say that the women were insulted and threatened in custody.
• Another Kurdish politician sentenced to prison in Turkey 

  HDP politician Halide Türkoğlu was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for her membership in the now-banned KJA and Kurdî-Der organizations.
• Young women from Afrin rally against isolation of Öcalan 

  Women from Afrin staged a demonstration in the Shehba Canton in protest at the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Rosa Women's Association: We will take stronger steps 

  The Rosa Women's Association condemned the political genocide operations and vowed to organize more and take stronger steps.
• Police search Rosa Women's Association, arrest many - NEW 

  At least 22 people have been detained during the police raid at Rosa Women's Association in Amed.
• Police search Rosa Women's Association, arrest many 

  Rosa Women's Association was searched by police this morning and so were many houses. A number of people have been detained.
• PAJK: We must raise the struggle for Öcalan’s freedom 

  PAJK celebrated the birthday of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and urged all women to join the ‘Time of Freedom’ campaign and to fulfill their pioneering duty until the physical freedom of Öcalan is achieved."
• KJK message for April 4: It is time for freedom!  

  On the occasion of Abdullah Öcalan's birthday, the KJK said,“It must not be possible for a leader who has become a hope for the Kurdish people and humanity, and especially women, to be held incommunicado. The time for Leader Apo's freedom has come.”
• YPJ Commander: The women who defeated ISIS will also defeat the occupiers 

  On the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of the YPJ, Commander Stêrk Kobanê said: "The women who defeated ISIS will also defeat the occupation forces."
• TJA celebrates Abdullah Öcalan on his birthday 

  The TJA (Free Women's Movement) celebrated Abdullah Öcalan on his birthday, today, 4 April.
• Jineoloji Research Centre opens in Aleppo 

  A Jineoloji Research Center was opened in the neighbourhood of Şêxmeqsud, in Aleppo.
• TJA activist strip-searched in custody 

  TJA activist Seyhan Başak has been battered and strip-searched in Hakkari prison.
• Women take to the street reclaiming the Istanbul Convention 

  Women continue to protest Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on Protection from Violence. During a protest in Istanbul, attention was drawn to fifty murdered women who could still be alive.
• Two elderly Kurdish women not released from prison 

  Two Kurdish women aged 71 and 79, who were arrested on terror charges in the course of case against the Amed-based solidarity association MEBYA-DER a month ago, remain in detention. The reason given is that there is a risk of flight.
• Men in Turkey kill at least 28 women in March 

  According to the women's rights organization KCDP, in March at least 28 women were murdered by men in Turkey. The group also registered an increase in hostility and attacks against members of the LGBTIQ+ community.
• Call for action for YPJ fighter sentenced to life imprisonment in Turkey 

  YPJ fighter Çiçek Kobanê has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Turkey. YPJ Commander Newroz Ehmed said that the trial of Çiçek Kobanê is the trial of all women and vowed support for their companion.