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• Women from Raqqa: Silence is complicity 

  Violations and crimes of the Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue increasingly in North-East Syria. Targeting civilians, the occupation forces are carrying out brutal attacks in the areas they have occupied.
• "Women have an unlimited fighting strength" 

  "Women have to trust themselves and never doubt their strength. The biggest fight is in your own mind," say the guerrilla women of YJA-Star.
• NES administration calls for international investigation in Afrin 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria condemns the crimes against women in Afrin and calls for an international investigation.
• Disciplinary proceedings against female prisoners in Mardin 

  Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against 19 female prisoners in Mardin high-security prison for refusing to take part in the military roll call.
• Şîfa Jin: We want to defend the health of society 

  “Natural medicine is more than just herbs. We want to defend the health of society,” says the healing and health centre in women’s village Jinwar in northern Syria.
• Woman murdered in Amed 

  Nurcan Polat has been shot in her house in Amed and the perpetrator is not known.
• HDP delegation visits little Dilgeş in prison 

  HDP Law and Human Rights Commission visited little Dilgeş, who is only 3 and a half and is in prison with his mother and has to stay two weeks in isolation
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign condemns crackdown on women in Amed 

  Peace in Kurdistan condemns the latest crackdown on free women in Turkey.
• Gülistan Dogu's mother: "My heart is bleeding" 

  The search for Munzur University student Gülistan Doku continues at Uzunçayır Dam.
• HDP Batman MP Başaran calls for solidarity among women 

  Ayşe Acar Başaran, HDP Batman MP spokeswoman for the HDP Women's Council, called for solidarity.
• Women in Europe protest the attacks of the Turkish state 

  Violence against women and the aggressive policies of the Turkish state were protested by actions organized in various cities of Europe.
• Syriac Women Protection Forces complete military training 

  The Ishtar Academy held a five-day military training course, named for Martyr Kerllos, in the village of Tal Najmah in the Khabur Valley on 20 May.
• Kongra Star expresses solidarity with Rosa Women's Association 

  Kongra Star expressed solidarity with Rosa Women's Association.
• Message from women politicians jailed in Amed 

  Rosa Women’s Association shared the message of nine of its members who were arrested in Amed (Diyarbakır) last week.
• Rosa women's association vows to continue its fight 

  After the raid on the Rosa women's association and the arrest of several members, the institution announces that it will continue its fight against violence against women. An international hashtag campaign will take place on Thursday.
• Women in Russia protest attacks on Kurdish women 

  The Russian Kurdish Women's Movement called on women to resist against the government's attacks on women."
• Women are the avant-garde in guerrilla tactics 

  YJA-Star guerrillas Jiyanda Laşer and Eylem Dilxwaz talk about the restructuring of the guerrillas and the change of tactics.
• KJAR says 'organised women can build democratic nation' 

  The 3rd Congress of KJAR took place between 2 and 4 April.
• Eralp says bill proposal on child marriage will be protested 

  The government is rumoured to be ready to bring to Parliament legislative proposals that will pave the way to early marriages and the marriage of children with the men who actually abused them.
• TJA issues statement on police operations targeting women 

  "Using the rights to freedom of organization and expression, which are under the guarantee of international law and states, has now and here become a crime leading to the arrest of women," TJA said.
• European Women's Solidarity demands the release of Amed detainees 

  The European Women's Solidarity demanded the release of all those detained in Amed on May 22.
• Men kill three more women in three different cities 

  Three more women were killed by men in Ankara, Ağrı and Isparta.
• 71 women groups express solidarity with Rosa Women's Association 

  Activists of 71 women's organizations condemned latest police operation targeting women in a joint written statement.
• Reactions to detention of women in Amed increase 

  The Women's Councils of the Amed Labor Democracy Platform reacted to the detentions of women on Friday and said: "The government ignores the thoughts and freedom of women."
• Women in London protest police operation carried out in Amed 

  The political genocide operation carried out by police in Amed on Friday was protested by women in London.