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• Izmir women: Rape is a crime against humanity 

  Sexual assault and rape against children in Şırnak, Batman and Ağrı were protested with an action organized in Izmir.
• Kongra Star celebrates the Rojava Revolution 

  Kongra Star Coordination issued a statement to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
• YPS-JIN calls for self-defense against rape 

  In view of the increasing number of cases of sexual violence, the Civil Women's Defence Units YPS-JIN call for the organisation of women in the defence units to "take revenge on the male state".
• TJA spokeswoman Ayşe Gökkan released from custody 

  TJA spokeswoman Ayşe Gökkan has been released from custody on condition of judicial surveillance. The case against her is still ongoing.
• Another sexual assault in Ağrı 

  It was alleged that a man named N.Ş. sexually assaulted a 13-year-old child in Ağrı.
• Strong voices against violence against women 

  In Hamburg-Altona, the International Women's Alliance has protested against violence against women. The issue at stake was the increase of femicides worldwide, but also the attacks on the Kurdish women's movement in Turkey.
• Webinar on Feminicide and Self Defense with YPJ commander Aryen 

  A new webinar "Feminicide and the Answer of Women's Self Defense" is to take place on 19 July, the anniversary of the Rojava Revolution, featuring YPJ commander Aryen (Arian).
• HDP Women's Council to investigate claims against Muş MP 

  The HDP Women's Council issued a statement on the news that Muş MP Mensur Işık had been violent to his wife and confirmed it has opened an investigation. "We will stand against violence and whoever uses it."
• Activists protest violence against women in Duisburg 

  The increasing murders of women murders and attacks on women's institutions were protested in Duisburg, Germany.
• Aklime Hanas arrested in Amed 

  57-year-old Aklime Hanas has been arrested in Amed. The number of women arrested in the Kurdish metropolis since Tuesday has thus increased to 23.
• TJK-E calls for solidarity 

  TJK-E condemns the repression against the Kurdish women's movement in Turkey and calls for solidarity.
• "Femicide rate in Turkey resembles a war record" 

  With a purple human chain and pictures of murdered women on trees, the initiative "Women's Liberation" in Istanbul has drawn attention to the massive increase in patriarchal violence and called on the government to implement the Istanbul Convention.
• Women's organizations: We will never step back! 

  Numerous women's organisations show solidarity with the activists arrested in Amed and say: "The struggle of the arrested women is also our struggle. We will never bow down and step back."
• Rosa Association activist Gültekin released from custody 

  Activist Fatma Gültekin, arrested in May in Amed in the course of the investigation against Rosa women's association, has been released from prison. The trial against her, in which she faces up to 15 years imprisonment, is still pending.
• Pervin Buldan: Hands off women! 

  The final rally of the HDP campaign "Women's struggle is everywhere" took place in Istanbul. HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan condemned the Turkish government's misogynist policies and called for a joint struggle.
• Mother and 6-year-old murdered in Tekirdağ 

  Hatice Turan and her daughter Esila Turan have been killed by a man in Tekirdağ.
• Woman murdered in İzmir 

  Women continue to be the victim of femicide in Turkey.
• Australian Greens MP: I stand with the Kurdish people 

  Tammy Franks’ statement of support for Open Letter from Women.
• Women will continue to speak out! 

  Violence and repression against women in Kurdistan and Turkey continues to increase. Rosa Women's Association, which carries out women's studies in North Kurdistan, is also an institution that is subject to these pressures.
• European Women's Platform marches in Vienna 

  A rally and march were held in Vienna, organised by the European Women's Platform and the Anti-Fascist Women's Movement.
• Kurdish women take to the streets in Stuttgart, Bonn and Paris 

  Activists protested the attacks of the invading Turkish state in the cities of Stuttgart, Bonn and Paris.
• Women Webinar: Coronavirus as Litmus Test of Capitalist Modernity 

  New webinar organised by Women Weaving Future will discuss the coronavirus pandemic and how it has exposed the state and capitalism as inherently anti-society.
• Demo in protest at violence against women in Duisburg 

  Kurdish women took to the streets in Germany to protest violence against women.
• TEKO-JIN, for struggling young women 

  Young women living in Europe announced in a meeting the launch of the Jinên Ciwanên Tekoşer (Struggling Young Women) Movement.
• Çetin's lawyers: "We'll closely monitor our client's case" 

  Sevil Rojbin Çetin was arrested following a raid on her house in Amed on 26 June as part of an investigation launched by the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in Mardin.