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• Young woman abducted by Turkey’s mercenaries found dead 

  The Turkish army and allied jihadist proxies continue committing crimes against humanity amidst a worldwide silence legitimizing their occupation operation in North-East Syria in violation of international law.
• HDP Women's Council launches campaign 

  The HDP's Women's Council is launching a month-long campaign with street actions, events and assemblies. In addition, the international exchange with women politicians and women's organisations is set to be intensified.
• Women in Kobanê march for HDP deputies Güven and Farisoğulları 

  Women in Kobanê held a march to protest the detention of HDP deputies Leyla Güven and Musa Farisoğulları.
• Women protesting for Leyla Güven detained in Istanbul 

  Turkish police take brutal action against those taking to the streets today to protest against the removal of parliamentary membership of two HDP MPs and one CHP MP on Thursday.
• Kongra Star in solidarity with Leyla Güven: Resistance is life 

  "This fascism cannot break the voice and the will that shout “resistance is life!," said Kongra Star, expressing their support for the struggle of women in the person of Leyla Güven.
• TJK-E calls on people to join actions on 6 June to protest coup 

  The TJK-E called on people to join actions organised on 6 June to protest the new political coup in Turkey.
• Woman from Uzbekistan murdered in Istanbul 

  The foreign woman living in Istanbul was killed by her husband.
• Women from Raqqa protest against crimes of occupation forces 

  Hundreds of women have taken to the streets in Raqqa in protest against crimes against women in the Turkish-occupied areas of northern Syria.
• At least 51 women murdered in Turkey during pandemic 

  119 women have been murdered in Turkey since the beginning of the year, while 66 others died under suspicious circumstances.
• "Attacks on women in Afrin will be responded with self-defence" 

  In occupied Afrin women are abducted and tortured. The Kurdish women's movement in Europe calls for self-defence and condemned the rapist mentality born by the occupation forces.
• 5 injured as invaders open fire on civilians in Manbij 

  Following a case of sexual harassment by Turkish militiamen, a riot broke out in a village near Manbij. The people set fire to a military checkpoint and the Islamists reacted by shooting into the crowd.
• Thousands from Afrin and Shehba march against Turkish invasion 

  Protests continue across North-East Syria against the torture of women held captive in Afrin.
• Demonstration for women held prisoner by militias in Afrin 

  In occupied Afrin, women are held prisoner and tortured by Turkish-backed jihadists. Women expelled from Afrin have today demonstrated in front of the UNHCR headquarters in Qamishlo and demanded immediate action.
• 21 women murdered in Turkey in May 

  According to the ‘We Will Stop Femicide’ Platform, 21 women have been murdered in Turkey in the month of May.
• Rosa Women's Association members hold press conference 

  “We declare that we are behind every work we have done since the day we opened," said the Rosa Women's Association which was targeted by a political genocide operation recently.
• 'Attacks on women in Afrin show real face of the Turkish state' 

  Afrin Autonomous Administration called on the international community to take action and to prosecute the invaders in the occupied city.
• Women from Raqqa: Silence is complicity 

  Violations and crimes of the Turkish army and allied mercenaries continue increasingly in North-East Syria. Targeting civilians, the occupation forces are carrying out brutal attacks in the areas they have occupied.
• Urgent appeal from the women's organisations in Syria 

  Women’s organisations in Syria have made an urgent appeal for Turkish-occupied Afrin where war crimes have become part of daily life since the occupation of the city in March 2018.
• "Women have an unlimited fighting strength" 

  "Women have to trust themselves and never doubt their strength. The biggest fight is in your own mind," say the guerrilla women of YJA-Star.
• NES administration calls for international investigation in Afrin 

  The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria condemns the crimes against women in Afrin and calls for an international investigation.
• Disciplinary proceedings against female prisoners in Mardin 

  Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against 19 female prisoners in Mardin high-security prison for refusing to take part in the military roll call.
• Şîfa Jin: We want to defend the health of society 

  “Natural medicine is more than just herbs. We want to defend the health of society,” says the healing and health centre in women’s village Jinwar in northern Syria.
• Woman murdered in Amed 

  Nurcan Polat has been shot in her house in Amed and the perpetrator is not known.
• HDP delegation visits little Dilgeş in prison 

  HDP Law and Human Rights Commission visited little Dilgeş, who is only 3 and a half and is in prison with his mother and has to stay two weeks in isolation
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign condemns crackdown on women in Amed 

  Peace in Kurdistan condemns the latest crackdown on free women in Turkey.