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• Mother Taybet commemorated where she was killed 

  Mother Taybet, one of the symbolic figures of the self-government resistance, was commemorated in Silopi on the 5th year of her murder.
• Women in Maxmur on hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Women from Makhmur launched a hunger strike against the isolation of the Kurdish People's Leader.
• Women from Raqqa condemn Turkey’s war crimes 

  Women in Raqqa call upon the international community to do their humanitarian duty and to take action against the conspiracies and attacks targeting the people in the region.
• Man kills wife in Istanbul 

  A woman named Seher Çatalca was murdered by her husband, Ceyhun Çatalca, with a cutting tool in Tuzla.
• Women in Hamburg take action in solidarity with Meryem S. 

  In Hamburg, an international women's alliance protested against femicide and expressed solidarity with Meyrem S. the Kurdish woman seriously injured by her ex-husband who also injured her two children.
• Man kills woman in Antalya 

  A man named Erhan Razı killed his friend Karina Demchenko in Muratpaşa.
• Online meeting today addresses violence against women in Turkey 

  Over the past years the incidence of violence against women, including the murder of women by men, Femicide, has steadily increased in Turkey. Online meeting today to talked about these issues.
• TJA activist faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years 

  TJA activist Gülcihan Şimşek faces between 7,5 and 15 years in prison for alleged "membership in a terrorist organization".
• Two more women murdered in Turkey 

  Two women have been killed in Turkey.
• "100 Reasons" campaign in Melbourne 

  Signatures have been collected in Melbourne for the "100 Reasons" campaign initiated by the Kurdish women's movement to prosecute Erdogan for his crimes and stop feminicides.
• Summary of proceedings against HDP Amed MP Güzel 

  A summary of proceedings was prepared about HDP Amed MP Semra Güzel for the cards she sent to prisoners to celebrate 8 March, which was considered ‘propaganda for a terrorist organisation’.
• "The dictator must be brought to justice" 

  Actions have taken place in Belgium, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark as part of the "100 Reasons to prosecute the dictator" campaign. The Kurdish women's movement wants to bring "dictator Erdogan" to justice.
• HPC-JIN: We will resist to the end 

  Members of HPC-JIN (the women's division of HPC-Civil Defenses Forces-) responded to those who remained silent on the invasion attacks against Ain Issa and Shengal and said, "We will resist to the end, we will not leave our lands".
• Women collect signatures to prosecute Erdogan 

  In The Hague and Hamburg, signatures have been collected for the “100 Reasons” campaign initiated by the Kurdish women's movement to prosecute Erdogan of his crimes and to stop femicides.
• Woman killed with firearm in Van province 

  A woman living in the Gürpınar district of Van province was killed in her home with a firearm.
• YJA Star guerrilla Hêvî Tolhildan laid to rest 

  YJA Star guerrilla Hêvî Tolhildan, whose real name is Dilan Olğun, was buried by her family in Ipekyolu. Security forces prevented participation beyond the closest family circle.
• Lawyer Keskin: Impunity is behind the increase of sexual violence 

  One of the main reasons for the increasing sexual violence against women and children, especially in Kurdistan, is impunity, explains co-chair of the IHD human rights organization, Eren Keskin.
• Second conference of female Kurdish journalists held in Brussels 

  At a conference in Brussels, Kurdish female journalists exchanged views on political developments and the requirements for their own work.
• Female prisoner denounces torture in Şakran 

  More prisoners denounce ever-worsening conditions and inhumane treatment by authorities in the prisons of Turkey.
• "The State protects perpetrators of rape" 

  The Free Women's Movement (TJA) and HDP Women's Council raised concern over a child molestation in Gercüş, Batman and pointed out that the State protects the perpetrators of rape.
• No violence against women in 15 villages in the Kurdistan Region 

  The German Wadi Association has identified 15 villages in the Kurdistan Region free of violence against women: 5 are within the city boundaries of Hewler, and 10 within the boundaries of Raperin and Germiyan.
• TJK-E calls on women to demonstrate in 3 cities at the weekend 

  The European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E) called for action in Brussels and Berlin on 10 December and in Basel on 12 December to demand the end the murder of women and to bring dictator Erdogan on trial.
• Hunger strike in Şakran continues with the second group 

  The indefinite-alternating hunger strike in Şakran Women’s Prison has been taken over by the second group.
• Mother of three arrested on terror charges in Batman 

  Menice İş from Batman was sentenced earlier this year to almost four years in prison for her participation in the 2011 Newroz celebration. After the execution of the sentence was delayed for six months, she has been imprisoned today.
• HDP and TJA: Rape in Gercüş part of the enemy law 

  TJA and HDP Women's Council in Amed said that the rape in Gerçüş is part of the enemy law of the Turkish state.