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• Female HDP politicians subjected to strip-search in police custody 

  Four female HDP politicians have been subjected to degrading strip-search in the western Turkish city of Aydın.
• Hasret Alp: "The need for justice is greater than ever" 

  HDP politician Hasret Alp explains the goals and background of the HDP's justice campaign.
• Activists in Germany march for Afrin 

  People all over the world took to the street on Saturday in solidarity with the women of Afrin. Activists denounce the systematic gender-based violence as a tool of Turkish warfare and occupation and demand the condemnation of Erdoğan.
• Kongra Star celebrates International Mother Language Day 

  Celebrating the International Mother Language Day, Kongra Star Coordination said: "We organize ourselves on the idea and philosophy of a democratic nation and protect the culture, language and geography."
• TJA: We will defend our language, culture and existence to the end 

  "We will defend our language, culture, existence and freedom to the end," said TJA (Free Women's Movement) in a statement published to mark 21 February, International Mother Language Day.
• TJK-E: We will take to the streets for Afrin women tomorrow 

  Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe said, "We will be in the streets to raise the voice of Afrin women," and called all women and peoples to participate in the demonstrations to embrace the Afrin resistance on February 20.
• Women in Dortmund campaign to bring Erdoğan to justice 

  A rally took place in Dortmund as part of the “100 reasons to prosecute the dictator” campaign. The activists collected signatures at an information stand demanding legal action against the Turkish president.
• 68 women killed despite official complaints 

  Even though women under threat apply to state institutions, they do not get any result and continue to be killed. Gülistan Şaylemez was one of them.
• Femicide in Amed: Brother kills sister to defend 'honour' 

  Twenty-year-old Gülistan Şaylemez was shot by her brother in Amed. Ten days earlier she had reported her father and a relative to the police.
• HDP Kars provincial co-chair remanded in custody 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives has been accelerated.
• TJA says the Imrali system must be abolished 

  TJA pointed out that the international conspiracy against the Kurdish People's Leader is continuing and the law is ignored in Imralı, and yet a new life is being built with the paradigm of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Over 60 women's organisations urge the CPT to act to put an end to isolation 

  The European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E) has written an open letter to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) urging it to act to put an end to isolation.
• Nine HDP women detained in western Turkey 

  Nine women have been detained in house raids in Aydın province. The detained women are active members of the HDP. Hundreds of people associated with the opposition party have been arrested in recent days.
• Sine court confirms prison sentence for Kurdish teacher Zara Mohammadi  

  The court of appeal in Sine has confirmed the imprisonment against the Kurdish teacher Zara Mohammadi. The term of detention was reduced to five years. Mohammadi is co-founder of the Nûjîn cultural association in East Kurdistan.
• YJA Star: The time has come to live with Leader Öcalan in a free Kurdistan 

  "We have learned the struggle from Rêber Apo. His struggle gave strength and hope to all peoples striving for freedom, and it continues to do so today. The time has come to live with Rêber Apo in a free Kurdistan," said the Kurdish women’s army YJA-Star.
• Arab woman kidnapped from Serekaniye gang-raped 

  An Arab woman was kidnapped from Turkish-occupied Serekaniye city and subject to systematic rape.
• Iranian repression targets women in Rojhilat 

  The wave of arrests against Kurdish civil society in Iran harshly affects women. Some of the women detained continue to be interrogated in Revolutionary Guard prisons.
• HDP Women's Council launches “Justice for Women” campaign 

  The HDP Women's Council has launched its "Justice for Women" campaign in Ankara amid a massive police blockade. "We see here today how necessary our campaign is," said MP Ayşe Acar Başaran.
• Yazidi woman kidnapped in occupied Afrin, delivered to Turkey for trial 

  An abducted Yazidi woman has been delivered to Turkey for trial "on charges of terrorism".
• FEDA: We stand by Boğaziçi students and academic Ayşe Buğra 

  FEDA Women's Council sent a message of solidarity to Boğaziçi academic Ayşe Buğra who was targeted by Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan.
• Sulaymaniyah Deputy Governor: Women should defend their land 

  Sulaymaniyah Deputy Governor and women's rights lawyer Leyla Omer Ali said: "We should be able to defend our land just like the women of Rojava."
• SKB calls for women's strike against the patriarchal system on March 8 

  The Socialist Women's Association SKB has called for a women's strike against the patriarchal system on March 8, International Women's Day.
• HDP Sultangazi district co-chair jailed 

  Kurdish politician Berivan Zadsan has been arrested in Istanbul. The co-chairwoman of the HDP's Sultangazi association has a final verdict against her on terror charges. She has already been transferred to the Bakırköy women's prison.
• Protest outside the Turkish Embassy in London in solidarity with Boğaziçi University struggle 

  Solidarity continues to grow for the protests which were triggered by the appointment of pro-Erdogan rector Melih Bulu, a businessman who had previously stood as a candidate for the ruling AKP.
• Kurdish women in Russia write to international institutions 

  Kurdish women in Russia send a letter to international institutions about hunger strikes in Turkey.