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• Letter from Leila Khalid to Leyla Güven 

  Palestinian People's Liberation Front’s Leila Khalid said in her letter to Leyla Güven “your patience and your struggle will beat hunger.”
• Peace Mother detained in Ankara sent to prison 

  Yet another Kurdish citizen defending peace has been jailed in Turkey.
• The martyrs of Paris and Silopi commemorated in Toronto 

  The six Kurdish women murdered in Paris and Silopi were commemorated in Toronto, Canada.
• 65-year-old Peace Mother detained in Ankara 

  Peace Mother Sakine Güven was taken into custody in Ankara.
• Kurdish women murdered in Paris and Silopi remembered in Sweden 

  Two commemoration events were held in the cities of Örebro and Västerås.
• Swedish Women's Peace Initiative supports Leyla Güven 

  Pointing out that Güven has reached a critical point in the hunger strike as to her health, the Women's Peace Initiative called on all human rights defenders, especially women, to take action and urge to remove the isolation imposed on Öcalan.
• Lina Berekat: Women lead the democratic nation project 

  Hêva Mehmud said the purpose of the occupying Turkish state was not only to occupy the Syrian territory, but also to occupy other neighbouring countries so to revive the Ottoman times.
• Women from all over the world in solidarity with Leyla Güven 

  “We support Leyla Güven’s demand to end of the isolation on Mr Abdullah Öcalan”.
• Literacy classes for women in Raqqa 

  The Women’s Committee under the Raqqa Civilian Council launched literacy classes for women with 42 participants.
• Women remember Sakine Cansız by her grave in Dersim 

  Women met at the grave of Sakine Cansız, who was murdered in Paris. Leyla Güven was also commended at the memorial.
• Jineology Research Centre opened in Hesekê 

  “Our aim is to improve women's science and organize trainings in all regions”, said Şerin Eli Sileman, an executive of the Hesekê Jineology Center.
• Women protest the isolation of Öcalan in Bonn 

  Kurdish women living in Bonn have urged European institutions to take action to support Leyla Güven’s resistance against the isolation of Öcalan.
• Women on hunger strike in Amed jail remembered Sakine Cansiz 

  "With her struggle, Heval Sara was like a cloud pouring rain on our black and dry world. She fulfilled her mission of leading the growth of the Kurdish women in the Middle East and Kurdistan."
• An Indian guerrilla fighter in Kurdistan 

  Indian guerrilla fighter Jinda Cudi called on women from all over the world to come to the mountains of Kurdistan for their own liberation.
• Women in Switzerland in solidarity with Leyla Guven 

  Women’s organizations in Switzerland issued a message in solidarity with Leyla Guven who is on the 60th day of hunger strike.
• Women in northern Syria have great goals 

  The women in North and East Syria who are strengthening their organization despite the attacks, experienced a significant struggle in 2018, and are beginning the New Year with greater goals against Turkey’s threats.
• Kongreya Star commemorates 3 Kurdish women murdered in Paris 

  Kongreya Star issued a written statement to commemorate the three revolutionary Kurdish women politicians murdered on 9 January 2013 in Paris.
• YPJ Commander: We will void the attacks through our own strength 

  YPJ Commander Newroz Ehmed spoke about the US decision to withdraw troops in the face of the Turkish invasion and said, “We will void the invasion attacks through our own strength.”
• Indigenous leader Milagro Salas sent to house arrests 

  After three years in ‘preventive’ detention, the Argentine indigenous leader was sentenced to house arrests.
• 440 women killed in Turkey in 2018 

  The KCDP report underlined how “attacks on women increased in parallel with the increased violence policies brought about by the OHAL (State of Emergency).”
• KJK: 2019 will be a year of struggle for women 

  “2019 began with the demand to remove isolation on our Leader, as demanded by DTK Co-Chair and HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven and with hunger strikes to support this demand in Turkey and Kurdistan prisons as well as in Europe.”
• Cudi: The slogan 'Jin Jiyan Azadi' became universal in 2018 

  PAJK Coordination Member Beritan Cudi said Kurdish women have been leading the women of the world and that the slogan “Jin Jiyan Azadi” has become universal.
• Women’s delegation appeals to visit Leyla Güven 

  An international women’s delegation promoted by UIKI and CENI will try to meet HDP Hakkari MP, Leyla Güven, on hunger strike for 54 days.
• First Conference of Manbij Women’s Council underway 

  In the hall where the conference is held, banners reading ‘the 21st century will be the women’s century’, ‘Our Will is Stronger Than Threats’ and ‘Peoples’ Unity begins from Women’s Unity’ can be seen.
• Two sisters reunited in YJA Star 

  In a cause for freedom of 40 years, it is possible to see people from the same family fighting the same enemy in the same trenches. Like YJA Star guerrilla Dirok Cudi and her sister.