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Statement
Jin Jiyan Azadî – Day by day we defend ourselves and life!
If we have been living a women’s revolution in Rojava for 12 years now, it is also because we know…
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Actions
Kongra Star shows solidarity with the struggle of Afghan women: Together against patriarchy and for women’s rights”
On the third anniversary of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, we express our full solidarity with the struggle of women…
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Statement
Condemning the school massacre in Gaza: A call to end the war and achieve a just peace
With the war in Gaza continuing since October 7, 2023, today we witnessed another devastating attack in the ongoing wave…
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Data and activities
The attack on women’s rights in Iraq is an attack on all women
At a time when the world is witnessing significant developments in the field of women’s rights through the tireless struggle…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Newsletter: Women’s Revolution July
In our newsletter for the month of July 2024, we provide information about the activities of Kongra Star and other…
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Data and activities
Newsletter: Women’s Revolution June
Our newsletter for the month of June 2024Our newsletter for the month of June 2024 informs about Kongra Star activities…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Monthly Newsletter on the Women’s Revolution May 2024
In our newsletter for the month of May 2024, we share information on women’s conferences, cultural works, works from Kongra…
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Data and activities
Statement on the elections by Kongra Star and the women’s organisation Zenûbiya
Kongra Star and the Zenubia Women’s Gathering hosted an event yesterday at April 4 Park in Heseke to introduce the…
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Statement
Kongra Star Letter and Call to Solidarity Against the Kobane Trial
To those seeking freedom, democracy and women’s liberation everywhere, On May 16th, the eight year long Kobane trial ended in…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Monthly Newsletter on the Women’s Revolution
The newsletter on events, happenings and issues affecting women in North and East Syria, the site of the women‘s revolution…
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Monthly Newsletter: Women’s Revolution on March 2024
In this newsletter, we are highlighting important events from the women‘s movement in North and East Syria which happened in…
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Data and activities
From Rojava, we send this message to all women in resistance worldwide
Above all, we greet all women who are resisting on the occasion of the 8th of March, International Women’s Day.…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Monthly Newsletter: Women’s Revolution
Here you can read our monthly newsletter about the events in North and East Syria in February.
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Brochure/ Dossier
Monthly Newsletter: Women’s Revolution February 2024
Here you can read our monthly newsletter about the events in North and East Syria in January.
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Data and activities
The attack on the revolutionary Zelal is an attack on the free will of women.
Yesterday evening, our friend and long-time member Feryal, known as Zelal Hesekê, was shot dead in an assassination attempt in…
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Data and activities
Show solidarity with the women’s revolution in Rojava, break the silence!
Since the night of 13 January, the fascist Turkish state has launched a second intensive air operation in Rojava (Northern…
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Ecology
New Campaign of the Women’s Ecological Platform of Rojava
To the press and the public: This year, as part of the campaign “Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution…
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Data and activities
Monthly Newsletter on Womens Revolution January 2024
Monthly Newsletter on the development and agenda of the women‘s revolution in North and East Syria The women‘s revolution and…
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Statement
Stop the Turkish state terror and defend the women’s revolution.
Since December 23, in the shadow of the Christmas holidays, Turkey has intensified its attacks on North and East Syria.…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Monthly Newsletter: Women’s Revolution December 2023
The women of North and East Syria have once again demonstrated their willingness to continue and expand the achievements of…
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Statement
Against all forms of violence and occupation: Jin Jiyan Azadi
“Against all forms of violence and occupation: Jin Jiyan Azadi” On the occasion of November 25th, the International Day against…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Monthly Newsletter: Women’s Revolution
The last month in North and East Syria has been marked by both positive and negative developments. Women‘s organisation of…
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Reports
Fact sheet: Cotton field shelled by Turkey in recent attacks, 5 women injured.
On 09 October 2023, the fascist Turkish army attacked a cotton field in northern Syria, injuring 5 female workers. In…
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Statement
Kongra Star statement for the Day of Indigenous Resistance
On this DAY OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE AND DIGNITY we join the call of the NATIONAL CONGRESS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE in…
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Statement
Open Letter to the United Nations
On behalf of women’s movements and women’s organizations in North and East Syria, we have today sent an open letter…
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documents
Turkish State Attacks on Infrastructure and Civilian Facilities
In the following dossier, we have documented the Turkish state’s attacks on infrastructure and civilian facilities in North and East…
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Statement
Call to stand in solidarity with the women’s revolution
Since October 4, 2023, the Turkish state has been intensifying its offensive on the people of North and East Syria…
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Data and activities
Call to end impunity concerning the extra-judicial killing of Nagihan Akarseland all crimes of feminicide
This is the press statement to the international public: One year ago on 4th October 2022, the Kurdish journalist, academic…
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Statement
From Rojava to Rojhilat, Iran and all over the world we will guarantee the Women’s Revolution
From the area of women’s revolution in North and East Syria, we salute the struggle of women and all people…
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Statement
Statement: Long live the resistance and struggle of women in Afghanistan and Shengal!
A statement to the public: 9 Years have passed since ISIS perpetrated a horrific genocide against the Yazidi community in…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Collection Of Speeches From The Forum On The Women’s Revolution Of North and East Syria
In this brochure we have collected the speeches given at the Forum of the Women’s Revolution. On July 19, 2022,…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Dossier: Turkey’s drone war against the women-led democratic system in North and East Syria
This dossier will examine the killing of three officials of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria by a…
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Statement
Kongra Star statement on the recent attack by the Turkish state
For a long time now the attacks of the occupying Turkish state on North and East Syria have been continuing,…
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Committees
International Environmental Protection Week
Dear members of the press, On the occasion of the start of the international environmental protection week between the 5th…
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Reports
Health situation in Shehba after 5 years of displacement
This report explores the health and economic situation of displaced people from Afrin living in five different refugee camps in…
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Reports
Earthquake and its impact in North and East Syria due to inhumane policy by Turkey and Syria
Earthquake and its impact in North and East Syria due to inhumane policy by Turkey and Syria On February 6th,…
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Statement
Kongra Star statement on the launch of the campaign against the international conspiracy
Statement to the public Twenty-four years have passed since the international conspiracy that led to the arrest of leader Abdullah…
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Interview
Feminization of politics
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the idea of “feminist politics.” Ministers and politicians talk about a…
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Actions
Conclusion of the 9th General Assembly of Kongra Star
Conclusion of the 9th General Assembly of Kongra Star The 9th General Assembly of Kongra Star was held on January…
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Statement
Kongra Star Tribute to Mursal Nabizada
We have learned with deep grief and great anger of the brutal killing of Afghan politician Mursal Nabizada. Mursal Nabizada,…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Brochure: In memory of martyred leaders of the women’s revolution
On the 23th of December 2022, Evin Goye, Mir Perwer and Abdurrahman Kizil were killed in Paris. Nearly ten years…
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Statement
Statement on the 10th anniversary of the Paris massacre: Our revenge is to guarantee the women’s revolution
Our revenge is to guarantee the women’s revolution On the 10th anniversary of the Paris massacre, we remember the fallen…
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Civil Defense
HPC Jin: Em Hêza Xwe Ne
EM HÊZA XWE NE – WE ARE OUR STRENGTH Since the revolution in Rojava, women have been active and involved…
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Diplomacy
Kongra Star in exchange with feminists from Abya Yala
Our Committee for Democratic Relations and Alliances had an online meeting with Kurdistan Solidarity Committees and feminists from Abya Yala…
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Statement
We defend the women’s revolution against political femicide!
Yesterday (the 23rd of December, 2022) three Kurds were shot and killed in a terrorist attack in Paris. The gunman…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Weekly Newsletter: Defend The Women’s Revolution
Here you can download, read and share our weekly newsletter about the attacks on and the defense of the women’s…
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Reports
Fact Sheet on Kobanê
The city of Kobane, which has become the symbol of the women’s revolution, is currently under heavy attack from Turkey.…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Weekly Newsletter On The Attacks Against And The Defense Of The Women’s Revolution
Here you can read and download our weekly newsletter:
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Reports
Drone War Against The Women’s Revolution
For more than 2 years, the Turkish state has been waging a drone war against Rojava, targeting the women’s movement…
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Statement
Against all forms of state violence and the patriarchal mindset: ‘Women, Life, Freedom’,’ Jin Jiyan Azadî’
In honor of this November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we would first like…
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Statement
Kongra Star statement on the use of chemical weapons by the fascist Turkish state
To the media and public opinion The fascist Turkish state, which is unable to enforce its technique against the freedom…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Kongra Star Monthly newsletter
The last month has shown once again that in the struggle that women in North and East Syria are waging…
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Statement
Tribute to the death of our friend and sister Meredith Tax
With a great sadness we have learned of the death of our dear friend and sister Meredith Tax after a…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Monthly newsletter on the developments of the women’s revolution and the agendas in North and East Syria
Women’s RevolutionWomen’s Revolution The women’s revolution is entering its10th year and in August, women in northern and eastern Syria celebrated…
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Rights and Justice
Social justice based on women’s freedom
Social justice based on women’s freedom Although “justice” as a concept is a feminine noun or a feminine concept in…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Mala Jin: Empowering women and strengthening society
Mala Jin: Empowering women and strengthening society The Women’s Revolution in Rojava has for more than 10 years brought forward…
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Statement
Congratulatory letter to the new president of the Chilean people
On 19 December, Chile turned an important page in its history. A turning point expected and supported by the population.…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Dossier on Underage marriage
Underage marriage is a social problem that still exists in many regions of the world. This problem, which stems from…
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Statement
Statement to the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation
We, Kongra Star, the women’s confederation in Rojava send our revolutionary greetings to the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation and congratulate the…
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Health
The work of the Health Committee
The work of the Health Committee The Health Committee was established on 6/12/2020 and is responsible for organizing and promoting…
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Statement
Solidarity message to women in Afghanistan
We as Kongra Star send revolutionary greetings and our solidarity from Rojava to our sisters in Afghanistan. The current developments…
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Article
From Philippines to France, a message for Woman’s Revolution: “Victory is certain”
European women expressed their solidarity with the Women’s Revolution in Rojava on the occasion of March 8th, saying: “We support…
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Statement
Kongra Star statement: Free West Papua
To the people of West Papua With this message, we, the women’s movement “Kongra Star” from Rojava and North-East Syria,…
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Article
Three years after the occupation of Afrin
Three years after the attack and occupation of the Afrin region, whose people showed unprecedented resistance and responded to all…
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Actions
Our struggle continues: “No to occupation and genocide! We defend women and life!”
We announce the continuation of the campaign “No to occupation and genocide! We defend women and life!: Because human was…
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Actions
2nd phase of “No to Occupation and Extermination, Together We Protect Women and Life” campaign to be launched soon
With the aim of shedding light on the violations being practiced against women and the civilian population by the Turkish…
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Statement
Kongra Star – With the spirit of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla we continue our struggle for women’s liberation
Eight years have passed since the massacre committed against the three female revolutionaries who lived the most wonderful heroic epics…
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Article
Women’s toil eases burdens of economic crisis
The role of women has always been obscured in all life fields, women were able to highlight their role with…
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Article
2020 the year of self-organization and self-awareness against violence
This year witnessed an organizational movement and many activities in order to change the patriarchal system that still imposes itself…
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Actions
Though violations against women in occupied territories documented, organizations are silent
This came in a statement the Preparatory Committee for the campaign (No to occupation and extermination, together we protect women…
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Actions
Campaign: 100 reasons to prosecute Erdoğan for his feminicidal policies!
We see that all around the world the violence against women is increasing and find its extremist expression in the…
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Statement
Let us make every day a day of struggle!
All over the world, women’s and feminist struggles are intensifying against the oppression and violence by patriarchy that has lasted…
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Statement
To all women struggling for democracy and freedom – Statement of Kongra Star for 25 November
For all the women who are struggling for democracy and freedom We respectfully remember the Mirabal sisters who were brutally…
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Statement
KJK: Let us eradicate male violence, fascism and build free life
The Kurdistan Women Union Coordination issued a statement regarding the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which falls…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Brochure:Political femicide: Systematized State assassination of politically organised women
Hevrin Xelef, Zehra, Hebun and Mother Emine are just a few of the cases of these political femicides that are…
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Statement
Kongra Star: Lets struggle together! – Solidarity with the protests in Poland
As women of Rojava (NE Syria), and as women fighting, we send our support, strength and revolutionary greetings to all…
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Actions
Call for strengthening solidarity among women against occupation and genocide!
We, the Kongra Star organization, On 9th October 2020, we launched a campaign under the slogan “No to occupation and…
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Article
Mother Aqeedah … symbol of resistance, struggle for dignity
Mother Aqeedah Ali Osman was born in 1966 in Girkê Legê. She got to know the Kurdistan Freedom Movement in…
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Statement
Kongra Star supports women resistance in Pakistan
We as Kurdish women in Western Kurdistan welcome the call and actions of our sisters of the Women Democratic Front…
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Article
Special warfare as an instrument of domination and oppression
Analysis on special warfare especially in the context of occupation and war against Northern and Eastern Syria, written by Ruken…
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Statement
“The Turkish state is trying to destroy the fraternity of the peoples through its policies.”
Statement by Remziya Mihemed, member of Kongra Star women’s movement in Rojava, on the attacks on Kurdish workers in Turkey:…
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Statement
Statement of Kongra Star for World Peace Day
Declaration for the World Peace Day September 1 The day on which we celebrate the International Day of Peace is…
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Brochure/ Dossier
NEW BROCHURE: “Shengal between the jaws of the annihilation”
Throughout history, Yezidis have been subjected to numerous massacres, beginning in the nineteenth century, ranging from the Anfal operation to…
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Reports
Report: “Turkish support for ISIS members”
From 2014 until now, the Turkish state has been supporting jihadist groups operating in Syria in various ways, from providing…
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Statement
Kongra Star: “The Rojava revolution is an international example”
On behalf of the coordinators of the Kongra Star Women’s Movement in Rojava, we congratulate all the peoples of North…
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Diplomacy
Symposium in Qamishlo entitled: “Violence under Corona, Occupation,” offering solutions
The symposium was attended by a group of women political activists and jurists, members of civil society institutions, political parties,…
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Actions
Justice For Hevrin Khalaf
Yesterday, the Research and Protection of Women`s rights Center in Syria began a campaign to collect signatures to demand justice…
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Brochure/ Dossier
New dossier: ‘Women under Turkish occupation’
Today we are publishing our new dossier ‘Women under Turkish occupation. Femicide and gender-based violence as systematic practice of the…
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Statement
With resistance we will defend ourselves! Through organisation we will end femicide!
Thousands of women are killed every week. Millions face male violence every day. We are all targeted by the patriarchal…
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Statement
Kongra Star statement on political feminicied in Halince
FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS As Kongra Star Coordination we condemn the attacks on the members of Kongra…
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Statement
We must stop the attacks of the Turkish state! We women defend Rojava!
Yesterday evening armed drones of fascist Turkish state have bombed the village Helincê in Kobane. The fascist Turkish state directly…
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Statement
Kongra Star: “We call out for strengthen our struggle and defeat fascism and occupation”
In the night of June 14, the fascist Turkish state and occupier attacked the Shengal region, the refugee camp in…
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Statement
The life of Zeyneb Jalalian is in danger. We must become her voice!
The Kurdish political prisoner Zeyneb Jalalian has been in prison in Iran for 13 years. During these 13 years, Zeyneb…
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Statement
Kongra Star statement against politic decision against Leyla Güven
Yesterday an anti-democratic act took place in Turkey in front of the people of Turkey and the world. The fascist…
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Article
Displaced women of Afrin denounce Turkish violations against detainees
Afrin displaced women in Al-Shahba district appealed to international and human rights organizations to intervene quickly to hold the Turkish…
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Statement
Let us not be silenced! – Kongra Star in solidarity with Rosa Women’s Association
Kongra Star, women’s movement in Rojava, published a statement in solidarity with this women activist: The fascist regime of AKP-MHP…
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Actions
Solidarity keeps us alive! Campaign for the release of all political prisoners
Different organizations launch a campaign to release all political prisoners whose lives and health are at serious risk due to…
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Statement
The future of Zeyneb Jalalian is unclear!
In the shadow of the current coronavirus crisis, we are very concerned about the situation of political prisoners in Iran,…
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Statement
Kongra Stars Statement on the International Workers’ Day!
We, Kongra Star, salute all workers around the world, and women in particular, on the anniversary of International Workers’ Day,…
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Video
Fighting for freedom!
For International Women’s Day 2020, we asked internationalist women in North and East Syria: What is Women’s Freedom? This question…
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Statement
Kongra Star’s letter to all the women of the world
To all the women of the world: At the beginning we send you respectful greetings. At the same time as…
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Statement
Statement of Kongra Star to the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
Today, April 24th is the commemoration day of the Armenian genocide, which took place in 1915 – 105 years ago.…
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Statement
Kongra Star statement on attacks on Makhmour and Zînê Wertê
To the public and to Kurdish society: To begin, we respectfully commemorate the three Kurdish women who died in Makhmour…
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Rights and Justice
Mala Jin: “Women must defend women!”
We interviewed Naima Mehmud, co-chair of the Mala Jin (Women’s House) in the canton of Heseke. We talked with her…
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Diplomacy
Kongra Star message to women in Italy
To all people and women’s organisations in Italy we send our warmest greetings from the heart of Rojava, standing for…
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Article
We women defend ourselves
The COVID 19 pandemic shows once again the patriarchal pandemic: We women defend ourselves! The battle for life and freedom…
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Article
YPJ: With Newroz’s flame, we will defeat occupation
The General Command of the Women’s Protection Units issued a written statement in which they congratulated Newroz, who falls today,…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Brochure on Self-Defence
Recently we have seen increasing violence against women and rising cases of femicide. At the same time, we can also…
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Statement
Our struggle is for freedom, our resistance is victorious
We in North and East Syria continue the history of women’s struggle for this International Women’s Day March 8th. A…
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Actions
Women play leading role in Kobane
Under the slogan “Our struggle is freedom and our resistance is a victory”, thousands of women in Kobane celebrated the…
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Article
Jinology Research Center held series of awareness meetings in Euphrates region
The meeting held at the invitation of the Jinology Research Center in the Euphrates region was attended by dozens of…
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Actions
Dialogue forum in al-Shahba about woman’s role in life fields
The symposium was attended by dozens of women from the political parties, organizations, institutions and civil unions of Afrin region,…
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Article
Asya Abdullah: Peace will not be achieved in Syria as long as Turkey occupies our territories
The annual general meeting of Kongra Star held in the town of Rumilan, Girke Lege district continues, with the participation…
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Article
Five years ago, the liberation of Kobanê
Five years have passed since the liberation of Kobanê and the importance of that YPG and YPJ victory will never…
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Article
Women’s Foundation in Rojava expands its field of activity
Five years ago the women’s foundation WJAR was founded in Rojava. Now the name has been changed and the field…
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Article
Nesrin Abdullah: YPJ realizes women’s dream of freedom
YPJ spokesperson Nesrin Abdullah said that YPJ is now the defensive power of women all over the world with thousands…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Information dossier
Our new dossier documents the killing of women and children in Afrin since January 2018 and in the rest of…
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Interview
Foza Yûsif: Women are stronger and will make more gains in 2020
In an interview published by Women Defend Rojava, Foza Yûsif, the Executive Committee Member of the Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) assessed the political developments…
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Article
Haifa Arabo: YPJ is the force that spread peace in NE, Syria
YPJ were able to play major role in defending the freedom of women, a woman in the regions of NE,…
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Article
Yazidi women: Turkish state targets free women
Members of the Yazidi (Êzidî) House in Cizire Region denounced attacks against women as part of ongoing events to mark…
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Article
Women Defend Rojava platform founded in Vienna
Solidarity with the resistance in Rojava also promotes the self-organization of internationalist and feminist structures. In Vienna, a “Women Defend…
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Brochure/ Dossier
Report:Effects of the Turkish invasion of North and East Syria on women and children
We published a detailed report analysing the situation and consequences of the Turkish invasion which began on 9 October on…
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Actions
WDR Barcelona: Invasion in N. Syria is also patriarchal violence
Thousands of women joined a demonstration in Barcelona marking 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,…
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Statement
May our resistance be a milestone in history
On November 25, 1960 the three Mirabel sisters were murdered in the Dominican Republic for fighting against the dictatorship of…
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Actions
Women take to the streets across North and East Syria
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, demonstrations have taken place in numerous…
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Statement
Kongra-Star and women’s movements on the 25th November
Kongra-Star and women’s movements in North and East Syria released a statement marking the 25th November, International Day for the…
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Article
Women’s workshop in Qamishlo: Silence kills!
Activities to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November, have begun in Northern and…
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Article
Kongra Star dedicates 25 November to three revolutionary women
Kongra Star has issued e a statement about the activities to be carried out to mark the International Day to…
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Actions
Seminar on 25 November at Berxwedan Camp in Shehba
The Berxwedan camp in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba is home to people displaced by Turkish invasion troops from…
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Article
Combating Violence against Women was subject of meetings in Manbij
The Kongra Star and women organizations continue holding a series of meetings to introduce the 25th November, the International Day…
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Article
Kongra Star Spokeswoman: Invaders deliberately attack women
The Turkish invasion of northern Syria is accompanied by inhumane war crimes. Selva Ehmed from Serêkaniyê says that the attacks…
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Statement
Open letter from Kongra Star to UN Secretary General
Women living in North and East Syria and the Rojava region urge the Secretary-General finally to play the role that…
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Statement
Kongra Star: Everyone should join 2 November actions for Rojava
The Coordination of Kongra Star Rojava called on everyone to join actions organised on 2 November, “International Resistance Day for Rojava”. The…
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Actions
People of Hesekê: We won’t leave our land to the occupiers
A powerful demonstration against the Turkish invasion of Rojava took place in the north-eastern Syrian city of Hesekê. The participants…
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Article
Sara Organization calls for criminals to be brought to the ICC
Sara foundation joined the chorus of outrage at the misogynistic war crimes committed on the body of YPJ fighter Amara…
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Article
YPJ calls for action for a fighter captured alive by the invaders
Silence is to be complicit in acts against all of humanity, said the YPJ and called on all women and…
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Actions
Call to create local Women Defend Rojava platforms
“Organize autonomous women’s and LGBTI+ meetings, create your local WOMEN DEFEND ROJAVA committee and participate in the Europe-wide WOMEN DEFEND…
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Statement
WOMEN’S DECLARATION: STOP TURKEY‘S OCCUPATION WAR AGAINST NORTH AND EAST SYRIA – IMMEDIATELY!
On 9 Oct 2019 the Turkish state started its invasion and occupation war on the territory of Northern Syria. The…
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Article
MEMORANDUM ON WOMEN’S DECLARATION: STOP TURKEY’S OCCUPATION WAR AGAINST NORTH AND EAST SYRIA – IMMEDIATELY
One week ago, we published the Women’s Declaration Stop Turkey‘s Occupation War against North and East Syria – immediately! with…
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Article
YPJ commemorates Zain Kobani’s leadership
The Women’s Protection Units YPJ commemorated Zain Kobani, who was martyred on October 13 in Suluk area while confronting the…
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Article
Mary Rosen: There is a need to evacuate the injured from Serêkaniyê quickly
Mary Francis Rosen, a volunteer nurse, said that the wounded in the town of Serêkaniyê needed a quick evacuation and…
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Article
Komalên Jinên Ciwan calls on women to join the Rojava resistance
The statement includes the following; “Just like fascism targets every single cell of us, we should make fascism into a…
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Statement
Women’s declaration against Turkish invasion of NE Syria
Women Defend Rojava Campaign urges the UNSC, all relevant bodies of the international community and governments to take urgent actions…
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Statement
Open letter from Kongra Star Spokesperson Evîn Swed to UN
Kongra Star Spokesperson Evîn Swed writes an open letter to the UN General Secretary and UNSC members. Evîn calls for…
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Article
Open letter from northern Syrian women to women all around the world
The Women’s Council of North and East Syria writes an open letter to women all around the world against Turkey’s…
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Statement
Kongra Star calls for worldwide solidarity with Rojava
Kongra Star, has spoken out on the impending invasion of Turkey in northern Syria and called on all forces of…
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Article
YPJ commemorate 5th anniversary of Arin, Rivana’s martyrdom
The fighters of the Women’s Protection Units in the Euphrates region renewed their pledge to fight for freedom and follow…
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Article
1st House for Syriac women opened in Qamishlo canton north of Syria
To raise the Syriac women’s awareness and resolve special and family issues related to them, the Syriac Woman’s Union in…
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Actions
Social Justice Committee’s women demand international Orgs to prevent Turkish’s threats
As part of the series of events launched by Kongra Star under the slogan “Protect your Soil and Dignity, End…
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Actions
Kobani’s women demonstrated against Turkish occupation
Tens of women of the people pf Serin District of Kobani canton demonstrated today rejecting the threats of the Turkish…
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Article
Shammo: Turkish army mercenaries repeat Shingal scenario in Afrin
The Kongra Star member, Hadiya Shammo, talked about the violations of mercenaries and the Turkish occupation army on Afrin, especially…
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Havrin Khalaf: Forum of Tribal Woman Notables is historic step
On the sidelines of the Forum of Tribal Woman Notables held in the castle of Ja’bar in the city of…
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Woman In Damascus Joined Campaign againstTurkish Fascisim
The statement was delivered in front of the conference center in Zorava Neighborhood of the Syrian capital, Damascus, in the…
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Article
Shammo: AKP’s practices against women in north Kurdistan is immoral
On the 19th of this month, hundreds of Kurdish people demonstrated against the authorities of the Justice and Development after…
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Statement
kongra star:Turkey attacks all aspects of the country.
Now, in Amed, Wan and Merdin cities in Turkey, peaceful and democratic Kurdish demonstrators are under Aattack from the brutal…
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Actions
Women from Afrin support Kongra Star campaign against invasion
The Rojava Coordination of women’s movement Kongra Star launched a campaign on August 8 against the Turkish state’s invasion threats…
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Actions
Kongra Star demands from world’s women to support them against Turkish threats
In order to denounce of the Turkish threats against the areas of north and east of Syria, large numbers of…
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Interview
Activities of stage of formation of AA, threat looming over it
For the first time in the Middle East a new administration system is being implemented in the areas of North…
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Actions
Female teachers in Manbij: We won’t allow Turkish invasion
The campaign launched by women in Tabqa, Raqqa, Manbij and Deir ez-Zor on July 23 against the Turkish state’s occupation…
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Article
Women of Shengal: We have organized to avoid further massacres
A delegation including Shengal Women’s Units (YJS) fighters headed out to the Autonomous Administration zones from Shengal to attend a…
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Statement
Kongra Star: Media attack against Besê Hozat targets free women
Kongra Star Coordination in Rojava released written statement that related about the media attack against the co-chair of the Kurdistan…
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Article
19 July revolution… Radical changes that transformed face of the region
On the nineteenth of July 2012, having expelled elements of the Syrian regime from the city weeks after mass demonstrations…
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Article
Susan Dirkerkur killed, Kongra Star calls on world to hold Turkey accountable
Dozens of members of the Autonomous Administration institutions and residents of Berxwedan camp gathered in the courtyard of the camp,…
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Education and Academies
Kongra Star Academy Women’s platform to develop their capabilities
In the years of war in Syria, the people of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo suffered from the attacks…
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Statement
Kongra Star Coordination commemorated martyrs of June 25
The Kongra Star Coordination commemorated the martyrs of June 25 who martyred in the massacre by Daesh mercenaries in Kobanî.…
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Article
Women’s Council is a political, social and cultural includes all women’s organizations
The Women’s Council of North and East Syria is a political, social and cultural rights cornerstone that includes all women’s…
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Women’s Council concluded forming a Coordinating Committee
The founding conference of the Women’s Council in North and East Syria, which began on Friday morning in the resort…
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Statement
Kongra Star congratulated the victory of the hunger strike
Kongra Star in Rojava issued a statement about the end of the hunger strike after a call by Kurdish leader…
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Actions
Hunger strikes actions concluded in Rojava
The hunger strikers in al-Jazeera and the Euphrates areas concluded the hunger strike and explained that they would continue the…
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Actions
Hunger strike in Qamishlo started
Kongra Star and Qamishlo canton’s council set up a tent for the hunger strike, in which the residents of the…
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Interview
Dalia Hanan: Isolation must be ended to stop massacres
A member of Kongra Star Coordination in Rojava Dalia Hanan pointed out that in order to block the massacres, the…
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Actions
March in Qamishlo against Turkish fascism
Thousands of women in al-Jazeera Region marched in protest against the attack by the Turkish occupation authorities on the women…
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Actions
Kongra Star in the Euphrates region salutes the resistance of hunger strikers
The Kongra Star in the Euphrates region denounced the Turkish authorities’ isolation of leader Abdullah Ocalan and expressed solidarity with…
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Statement
Kongra Star coordination congratulates workers in Labor day occasion
Kongra Star Coordination noted that they welcome the International Day of Workers with more struggle and resistance, and stressed the…
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Statement
Kongra Star commemorates Qereçox martyrs
Kongra Star Coordination has commemorated Qereçox martyrs in the second anniversary of their martyrdom, and pointed out that as Kongra…
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Statement
Message from Star Congress to the women-led uprising in Sudan
We want freedom, justice, and for this women’s revolution to grow. Women around the world have been marginalized and suffered.…
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Rights and Justice
Women’s Laws in Rojava – Northern Syria
The concept of masculinity in our society has led to many political, social, economic, cultural and psychological problems— most notably…
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Interview
Avin Sweed: Women in northern and eastern Syria will be present in the Syrian constitution
Avin Sweed explained that the plot that targeted the ideology and philosophy of the leader Ocalan was unsuccessful, because this…
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Statement
Murder of women is crime inhumane action
Kongra Star denounced the criminal acts that continue to be committed against women for many reasons. The most recent was…
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Statement
Kongra Star: Newroz 2019 The beginning of a new phase of struggle
the Kongra Star Coordination issued a statement congratulating Newroz on the Kurdish people. The statement said that Newroz holds a…
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Diplomacy
The visit of Basque delegation
The feminist delegation from Basque country gave a message in Rojava to support and show their solidarity with Leyla Guven…
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Video
Video Statement on the Paris Massacre
A video and statement in memory of Sakine Cansiz and the attacks in Paris on 9 January. On the 5th…
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Statement
Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Statement to public opinion On behalf of Kongra Star and ahead of the occasion of 25 November, the International Day for the…
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Statement
US must withdraw decision on PKK leaders
Kongra Star released a statement in response to the US decision to put a bounty on Cemil Bayık, Murat Karayılan…
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Statement
Nov 1 Kobanê Solidarity Message
The first day of November marks the international day of solidarity with Kobanê, a historic day that drew the whole…
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Statement
Kongreya Star condemns the brutal killing of a woman in Jarablus
A woman named Reşa Bisîs was raped by mercenaries affiliated to the Turkish state in Jarablus. The woman was later…
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Statement
Kongreya Star calls on the UN to act for Afrin
Members of Kurdish Women’s Movement Kongreya Star Tal Rifat Coordination have added their voices to those protesting against the invasion…
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