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• KJK calls for a common struggle 

  Chemical weapons have killed 44 guerrilla fighters since April. The KJK called for a common struggle.
• Kongra Star: Everyone must raise their voice against Turkish chemical attacks 

  In a statement that condemned the chemical attacks by the Turkish state, Kongra Star called on “women, our people and all democratic forces to raise their voices”.
• Cenî women's office says Turkish attacks against Kurdish people must end 

  "In the war against the Kurdish people, human values ​​are being violated and this must be stopped," demands the Cenî women's office after the latest reports on the Turkish chemical weapons use in Kurdistan.
• Kurdish politician Leyla Güven sentenced to more than eleven years in prison 

  A court has sentenced Kurdish politician Leyla Güven to eleven years and seven months in prison for "propaganda for a terrorist organisation".
• KCDP General Secretary: Nobody can stop us from living a free life 

  Fidan Ataselim from the platform "We Will Stop Femicides" points to the anti-women development in Turkey and says: "We want to live freely, whether with shorts or headscarf, and nobody will be able to stop that."
• Jin Jiyan Azadî, new podcast by Çay at the Women's Front 

  Jin Jiyan Azadî is the slogan shouted on the streets of Rojhilat and Iran by young women and all the other parts of society, echoing all over the world. Beri Salmashi talks to Çay at the Women's Front about the current protests.
• Prosecutor in Deniz Poyraz murder case gives his opinion 

  At the hearing of the trial against Onur Gencer, the killer of Deniz Poyraz, the prosecutor gave his opinion. It was requested that Gencer be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment and up to 7 years in prison for the crime of "deliberate killing".
• HDP deputy Semra Güzel transferred to Kandıra prison 

  HDP MP Semra Güzel, who was arrested on 3 September on terror charges, has been transferred from the Marmara Prison in Istanbul to the F Type High Security Prison No. 1 in Kocaeli.
• Kurds and their friends commemorate Jina Amini in Livorno 

  In Livorno, Italy, the Kurds and their friends commemorated Jina Amini.
• Funeral of Nagihan Akersel to take place today 

  The body of Nagihan Akersel, a member of Jineology Research Center, academic and journalist, was taken to Konya City Hospital and will be buried after autopsy procedures.
• City of Paris posthumously grants honorary citizenship to Jina Mahsa Amini 

  The city of Paris posthumously granted honorary citizenship to Jina Mahsa Amini.
• In memory of Havrin Khalaf 

  Havrin Khalaf was a politician and human rights activist, born in the city of al-Malikiyah on 15 November 1984. She was executed on 12 October 2019 by Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya fighters near the M4 Motorway south of Tell Abyad.
• PACE Committee calls for urgent political action against the violent repression of women in Iran 

  PACE Committee condemned the repression and denial of rights of Iranian women and girls, and demanded an end to the repression.
• Body of Nagihan Akersel to be sent to Konya on Wednesday 

  It has been reported that the body of journalist and writer Nagihan Akersel, who was killed in the city of Sulaymaniyah in South Kurdistan on 4 October, will be sent to Ankara on Wednesday.
• Seminar about Democratic Confederalism and Jineology in Catalunya 

  Participants paid tribute to martyrs of revolutionary struggles and talked in detail about Jineology, women’s movement the democratic confederalism system and the 9 October plot.
• Action in Sydney to support resistance in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran 

  An action was held in Sydney to support the resistance in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran.
• Prisoner in Şakran Women's Jail sends out painting in solidarity with women in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Berivan Aydın, a prisoner in Şakran Women's Prison, supported the women's resistance that started in Rojhilat and Iran by adding a lock of her hair to a painting she made to symbolize women's resistance.
• Body of Nagihan Akarsel sent to Konya 

  The body of the academic and journalist Nagihan Akarsel, who was recently murdered in Sulaymaniyah, was sent to Turkey, where she will be buried in Konya, the city of her birth.
• Semra Güzel cuts her hair for Jina Mahsa Amini in prison 

  HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel cut her hair for Jina Mahsa Amini, who was murdered by the Iranian regime. She sent a message out from prison saying “my heart is with the resisting women.”
• Iran Human Rights confirms State killing of 16-year-old protester Sarina Esmailzadeh 

  Iran Human Rights has confirmed that 16-year-old protester Sarina Esmailzadeh was killed by state security forces.
• Women in London remember Jina Amini and send solidarity to women protesting in Rojhilat and Iran 

  Women in London remembered Jina Amini and sent solidarity to women protesting in Rojhilat and Iran.
• First Ever Women's Internationalist meeting in London 

  The first ever women's internationalist gathering takes place in London
• Halime Bayram: We will increase our resistance 

  Kurdish women's movement TJA activist, Halime Bayram, underlined that the femicides of Jina Amini and Nagihan Akarsel continue to be a reason to further strengthen the resistance against the male-dominated system.
• RAJIN marks 'Kurdish Women Journalists' Day' 

  RAJIN vowed to remain committed to promoting women's revolution, the thoughts, hopes, ideals and struggles of women who resist and aspire to freedom.
• Protests in many European cities for Nagihan Akarsel and Jina Amini 

  Protests were held in many cities of Europe for Nagihan Akarsel, the Jineology Center Research member, who was murdered in front of her home in Sulaymaniyah on 4 October.