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• Demonstrators for justice in Dusseldorf: Murderer Erdoğan 

  The protest for justice for the three revolutionary Kurdish women murdered in Paris continues in Dusseldorf, Germany.
• Women prisoners in Mardin exiled for ‘having Kurdish class notes’ 

  15 women prisoners were tortured as they were exiled from Mardin E Type Closed Prison to Bayburt and Urfa for having Kurdish class notes in their cells.
• Two Arab women rescued from ISIS in Raqqa operation join the PKK 

  Two more young Arab women that were rescued from ISIS during Raqqa operation have joined the PKK. The aim of the guerrilla candidates that we ran into by chance is to liberate peoples.
• Female workers of Mardin Municipality subjected to police harassment 

  Mardin Metropolitan Municipality’s female workers are subjected to police harassment. The women say, “Stop police harassment, remove police from municipalities.”
• İpekyolu trustee shuts down Women’s Policies Department as first act 

  Anti-women policies by trustees appointed to DBP Municipalities continue. Cemil Öztürk, appointed trustee to Van’s İpekyolu district last week, shut down the Women’s Directorate as his first act.
• Revolutionary Young Women's Movement calls for all-out struggle 

  Revolutionary Young Women's Movement has called on all the women to give an all-out struggle to break the chains of slavery against the fascist male-dominant system.
• Sakine, Fidan and Leyla commemorated where they were murdered 

  Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were murdered in French capital Paris on January 9, 2013, have been commemorated in front of the Kurdistan Information Office where they were assassinated.
• Yüksekdağ: Women are following the path of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ commemorated Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were killed in the heart of French capital on January 9, 2013.
• Thousands in Paris: We won't allow the case to be covered up 

  Thousands joined a rally in Paris today to mark the 4th anniversary of the murder of Kurdish women Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, and vowed to keep the struggle going until justice is done.
• Kurds rally in Paris to remember Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  Kurds in Europe have gathered in French capital Paris today to mark the 4th anniversary of the murder of Kurdish women Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez.
• Saturday Mother Maside Ocak detained during today's demo in Istanbul 

  Saturday Mother Maside Ocak was detained while reading the press statement at the 615th week of justice vigil by Saturday Mothers at Istanbul's Galatasaray Square.
• Paris Massacre protests in front of French consulates across Europe 

  Demonstrations were held throughout Europe on the fourth anniversary of the Paris Massacre. Protesters placed black wreaths in front of French consulates in several cities and demanded justice for Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez.
• Trustee appoints a man to lead the Women’s Council 

  Van Governor İbrahim Taşyapan, who was appointed as trustee to Van Municipality after the arrest of Co-mayor Bekir Kaya, appointed a man to lead the municipality’s women’s council.
• Dates for protests in Europe against the killing of Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  TJK-E has announced the dates for the planned protest demonstrations against the killing of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in French capital Paris on January 9, 2013.
• YPJ Spokeswoman: We also fight for a mental and intellectual liberation 

  YPJ Spokeswoman Nesrin Abdullah said: “As the women of YPJ, our goal is a mental and intellectual liberation as well as the end of ISIS occupation. We are also fighting for the liberation of women and men.”
• "In Turkey, women and children live on the edge of a knife" 

  Van Women’s Association Chair Özünver said that AKP’s policies increased the rates of femicide and child abuse throughout Turkey.
• Saturday Mother Fatma Morsümbül passes away 

  Saturday Mother Fatma Morsümbül has passed away after years of a struggle to find her son, a victim of the forced disappearances by the state.
• DBP Women’s Assembly declares ‘all-out organization' 

  DBP Women’s Assembly announced the final declaration of its Amed meeting, demanded an immediate end to the isolation of Öcalan, declared ‘all-out organization,’ and called upon women to join the struggle.
• Women in Adana demand to know Müjgan Ekin’s whereabouts 

  TJA and HDK held a press statement in Adana to demand to know the whereabouts of journalist Müjgan Ekin, who has been missing for 45 days.
• Women in Cizîr Canton march to mark November 25 

  Hundreds of women from Cizîr Canton of Rojava are joining a march in Dirbêsiyê city to mark November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• November 25 message from the imprisoned KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat 

  In her November 25 message from Kandıra F Type Prison, KJA Spokeswoman Ayla Akat saluted all women that struggle and said "the story of Mirabel sisters is the reason for us to come together and enhance our struggle."
• November 25 message from YPJ 

  YPJ has issued a message for the November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. YPJ promised all women one more time to carry the struggle ever further.
• HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ sends a letter to women to mark November 25 

  HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ has sent a letter via her lawyers to mark 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• Woman HDP parliamentarians kept in isolation in prison 

  Woman HDP parliamentarians are being kept in isolation in prison. Gülser Yıldırım, one of the jailed parliamentarians, said “We are in isolation, we are being kept in one-person cells.”
• HDP Parliamentary Women's Group: We will resist your rapist laws 

  “We are very well aware of these games that legitimize rapists and darken the lives of women for life ... From past to present, we exposed your wiles and defeated your "marry your rapist" laws; do not doubt that we will do the same today!"