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• Two YPJ fighters martyred in northern Syria 

  YPJ announced the names of two of their fighters who have fallen in resistance to Turkey's invasion in northern and eastern Syria.
• YPJ Spokeswoman calls for women’s unity and women’s revolution 

  Women play a strategic role in the freedom and independence of peoples and in the peace and justice of society.
• 15 women politicians taken into custody in Van 

  The new political operation in Van targeted women politicians. 15 women politicians, including Saray Municipality co-mayor Caziye Duman, were detained during house raids in the morning.
• Kongra Star: Everyone should join 2 November actions for Rojava 

  The Coordination of Kongra Star Rojava called on everyone to join actions organised on 2 November, "International Resistance Day for Rojava".
• Basque feminists protest for Rojava in Bilbao 

  Feminists in Bilbao organised a protest against IBERDROLA for its links with Turkey.
• Women from Afrin protest in front of Russian base in Shehba 

  In Shehba a large protest action of women from Afrin took place in front of a Russian base. The women demanded that Turkey be forced to withdraw from the occupied territories and that the population return safely to Afrin.
• Where is Çiçek Kobanê? 

  Women in Kobanê drew attention to the fate of Çiçek Kobanê. The YPJ fighter was injured and fell into the hands of Erdoğan’s mercenary groups in Northern Syria and her whereabouts are unknown.
• Kongra Star calls for action for YPJ fighter captured wounded 

  “We address our call and our voices to the public and all international institutions in the hope that they will stand up against these war crimes and inhumanities,” said Kongra Star.
• YPJ calls for action for a fighter captured alive by the invaders 

  Silence is to be complicit in acts against all of humanity, said the YPJ and called on all women and human rights organisations to raise their voices against these brutal mercenaries employed by the Turkish state.
• “Undignified attacks of invaders are an assailment on all women" 

  Kongra Star called upon all women in the world to speak out against the war and the patriarchal attacks on their free system of self-government and to unite their forces.
• Sara Organization calls for criminals to be brought to the ICC 

  Sara foundation joined the chorus of outrage at the misogynistic war crimes committed on the body of YPJ fighter Amara Renas.
• Women's Council: Turkish army and allies must be held to account 

  Regarding the desecration of fallen YPJ fighters’ bodies by the occupation forces in northern Syria, the Women's Council said; "This evil mentality and barbarism shows the mentality guiding the Turkish state and its allied gangs.”
• YPJ: We are ready to do whatever work or sacrifice is necessary 

  YPJ called on all women and women’s and human rights organizations in the world to take a stance against the invasion of the Turkish state.
• Call to create local Women Defend Rojava platforms 

  "Organize autonomous women’s and LGBTI+ meetings, create your local WOMEN DEFEND ROJAVA committee and participate in the Europe-wide WOMEN DEFEND ROJAVA PLATFORM that is calling for WOMEN DEFEND ROJAVA actions every Wednesday."
• TJA: Rise up for the Kurds in war 

  It is a humanitarian duty to call for mobilisation for peace instead of calling for mobilisation for war, said TJA.
• Platform of United Kurdish Women against Turkish invasion 

  The Platform called for international authorities to fulfil their obligations, warning that the 21st century will be the century of destruction of humanity if the International bodies and institutions do not fulfil their responsibilities.
• Women’s declaration against Turkish invasion of NE Syria 

  Women Defend Rojava Campaign urges the UNSC, all relevant bodies of the international community and governments to take urgent actions to prevent new genocides and feminicides in the 21st century.
• Letter to the people of Rojava by over 200 Irish feminists 

  "We call on feminists across the globe to join us in supporting our sisters, friends, comrades. Organise, march, shout, fight and rise up for Rojava."
• Komalên Jinên Ciwan calls on women to join the Rojava resistance 

  “We call upon not only the Kurdish young women but all socialist, revolutionary, democratic and anti-system forces to take their place in the ranks of resistance.”
• Women's Assembly condemns the massacre of civilians in Serêkaniyê 

  The Northern and Eastern Syria Women's Assembly said the massacre carried out in Serêkaniyê by the Turkish state is a "great shame for all humanity".
• YPJ General Command paid tribute to martyr Hevrîn Xelef 

  YPJ General Command commemorated Hevrîn Xelef, Secretary General of the Syrian Future Party, who was brutally massacred by ISIS mercenaries.
• Women's Council of North East Syria urges all women to mobilize 

  The Women’s Council of North and East Syria call to all women to join the international day of action on 12 October with the commitment to stop Turkey‘s occupation war on North and East Syria and defeat fascism and patriarchy worldwide.
• Mothers for Peace: No to Turkey's invasion of northern Syria 

  It is not terrorism that worries Erdogan, but that the success of the democratic nation spreads the longing for freedom to the Kurdish-Turkish people, said Mothers for Peace Europe.
• Kongra Star calls on women all over the world to stand up 

  “We call on all women of the world to protect and expand this island of freedom, which has been created through great sacrifices for all of us, and to develop activities everywhere under the campaign ‘Women Defend Rojava’.”
• Syrian Women’s Council: Turkey jeopardizes the region 

  Syrian Women’s Council General Coordinator Lina Berekat called for action to stop Turkey’s attempts to invade the region.