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• Mass grave of some 80 women found in Shengal 

  A mass grave of dozens of women executed by ISIS has been found in Shengal in the wake of its liberation by Êzîdî and Kurdish forces yesterday
• 346 women murdered in Turkey in the first 10 months of 2015 

  346 women have been murdered in Turkey in the first 10 months of this year. Of these, 268 were killed and 73 others were injured by men with various guns including arm and knife.
• YPJ Shengal changes its name to YJÊ 

  YPJ (Women's Defense Units) Shengal forces have held a two-day meeting to assess the current situation.
• Turkey blocks Women’s News Agency JINHA 

  Turkey’s Telecommunications Directorate has banned access to the website of Women’s News Agency JINHA.
• TJK-E calls for strong participation in the demo against International Plot 

  TJK-E called for mass participation in the demonstration to be held in front of the European Council in Brussels in protest at the 'October 9 International Plot' that led Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan's leave from Syria in 1998.
• Women lead the building of self-rule in Cizre 

  Undertaking a leading role in the building of a democratic system in their town, women of Cizre are distributing the daily supplies they have collected to the families who lost their houses during the nine days of curfew.
• Open letter to British PM calls for action against Turkey's war on Kurds 

  The Women’s Alliance for Kurdistan, Iraq and Syria has written an open letter to British Prime Minister regarding the serious threat to the Turkish-Kurdish peace process caused by Turkey’s indiscriminate bombing of innocent Kurdish civilians
• Women for peace on their way to Cizre for solidarity 

  As many as 150 women, who gathered in Istanbul upon the call of Women’s Initiative for Peace (BİKG) have departed for Cizre this morning to show their solidarity with the women of Cizre.
• Peace Mothers visit UN and British Embassy in Ankara 

  Members of the Peace Mothers' Assembly visited the United Nations and British Embassy in Ankara to voice their demand for the ending of war and recommencement of negotiations for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish question.
• 21-year-old woman was raped by Turkish soldier at Syrian border 

  A Palestinian woman claimed she was raped by a Turkish soldier as she attempted to cross into Turkey from Syria. While the woman's father was tortured soldiers, a Turkish prosecutor's office has launched an investigation on the incident.
• Report on execution of YJA Star guerrilla Ekin Wan 

  Lawyer and human rights defender Eren Keskin has prepared a three-page report on the execution of YJA Star guerrilla Ekin Wan whose body was tortured by Turkish state forces after her death in a clash with soldiers in Varto on August 10.
• Women call for the recommencement of negotiations 

  As many as 600 women and women’s organisations have undersigned a statement calling for an immediate end to the ongoing conflict and recommencement of negotiations between two sides.
• Sexual abuse against woman detained by police in Adana 

  It came out that 25-year-old Figen Şahin was sexually abused by police after detention during recent week's declaration of self-governance by People's Assembly in Adana's Seyhan district.
• Demo for Ekin Wan in front of Swedish parliament 

  A protest demo was staged in front of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm in protest of the inhumane treatment against YJA Star guerrilla Ekin Wan and exposure of her naked body after her death in a clash in Varto earlier this month.
• Women of Botan embrace self-governance 

  Co-chair of Cizre City Assembly Asiye Yüksel said “No choice other than declaration of self-governance was left to us in the face of the cruelty and dirty policies of the AKP”.
• Thousands in Şırnak: Ekin Wan's naked body is our honor 

  Thousands in Şırnak staged a march in protest at the torture perpetrated on the body of YJA STAR guerrilla Kevser Eltürk (Ekin Wan) after her death in clashes with Turkish soldiers in Varto district of Muş on 10 August 2015.
• KJA calls upon AKP to end the operations and start negotiations 

  Free Women’s Congress (KJA) emphasized that AKP was unable to form a government by itself after the June 7 elections, and made it impossible for the democratic solution process to continue with its all-out war after failing to accept defeat.
• Women to go to border to reclaim the bodies of martyrs 

  Woman co-chairs HDP, HDK, DBP, and DTK will go to the border between North and South Kurdistan on August 6 in order to support the families who are prevented from receiving the bodies of their children at Habur border gate.
• PAJK: It is time to organize and take action against attacks 

  PAJK (Kurdistan Women's Liberation Party, Partiya Azadiya Jin a Kurdistan) described the massacre in Suruç as a call for self-defense and called upon young people to join the ranks of freedom forces.
• Kurdish women in Europe to protest isolation of Öcalan 

  Kurdish women living in Europe will organize a series of events to protest the ongoing isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Peace Mothers on their way to Kobanê border 

  Members of the Peace Mothers Assembly in Amed issued a statement to the press in commemoration of the civilians who lost their lives in the bomb attack at the HDP rally in the Kurdish city on 5 June before leaving for Kobanê border for the Eid.
• YPJ Kobanê Commander: Women became the revolution itself 

  YPJ (Women's Defense Units) Kobanê Commander Sorxwin Zagros pointed out that the Rojava revolution wasn't related with the leadership of women alone, saying; “Women became the revolution itself in all areas.”
• Peace Mothers to be at Kobanê border during Eid 

  Peace mothers from Mardin will be at the Kobanê border on the first day of Eid.
• Scream of Shengal women unites the world's women 

  “The freedom of Shengal women is the freedom of humanity” campaign led by CENİ continues to grow.
• Three sisters in the ranks of YPJ Shengal 

  Three sisters that joined YPJ Shengal after ISIS gangs’ occupation of the town called on Shengal youth to join their resistance.