Sêvê, Pakize and Fatma: their stance gave strength to all

The Kurdish women politicians Sêvê Demir, Pakize Nayır and Fatma Uyar were murdered on 4 January 2016. Their comrade-in-arms Kezban Kuday remembers the three revolutionaries killed by special forces. On 4 January 2016, the Kurdish politicians Sêvê Demir, Pakize Nayır and Fatma Uyar were murdered by Turkish special forces in the northern Kurdish town of …

Justice demanded for Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî

Today, German cities also called for the punishment of the murderers of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez. “We know the murderer, he must be brought to justice,” they said, referring to Turkish dictator Erdoğan. Not as in previous years in Paris, the place of the massacre, but decentralised due to the pandemic, Sakine …

Thousands remember Sara, Rojbin and Ronahi in Paris

Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were murdered in Paris in 2013 have been commemorated on the eighth anniversary of their death. PKK founding member Sakine Cansız (Sara), Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) representative in Paris Fidan Doğan (Rojbin) and Leyla Şaylemez (Ronahi) from the Kurdish Youth Movement were assassinated by the Turkish intelligence …

TJK-E: Reckoning with sexism, militarism and racism

The Kurdish women’s movement TJK-E is calling for protests to mark the anniversary of the murders of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in Paris. On 6 January, there will be rallies in front of French consulates, and on 9 January, demonstrations. 9 January marks the 8th anniversary of the Paris killings. On 9 …

FEDA: Dictators must be brought to justice

FEDA Women’s Council issued a statement to mark the anniversary of the murdered Kurdish women revolutionaries in Silopi and Paris, and said that dictators and accomplices should be brought to justice in international criminal courts. The Democratic Alevi Federation (FEDA) Women’s Council issued a statement to pay tribute to the Kurdish women revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, …

Europe-wide commemoration: Sakine, Fidan and Leyla live on

Led by the Kurdish women’s movement, people everywhere are protesting and commemorating the three friends who were murdered in Paris 8 years ago by the Turkish secret service. Across Europe, the Kurdish women’s movement today remembered the Kurdish women Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were murdered in Paris eight years ago and …

Kurds protest in front of the French Consulate in Düsseldorf

On the eighth anniversary of the murder of three Kurdish women revolutionaries in Paris, a protest took place in front of the French Consulate in Düsseldorf, Germany. A rally was held in front of the French Consulate in Düsseldorf for Sakine Cansız, one of the founders of the PKK, KNK Paris representative Fidan Doğan and …

Sakine, Fidan, Leyla commemorated in Paris

For the past few days and for the next few days, Kurdish women and friends have been on the streets to commemorate the murders of the three Kurdish women in Paris and to protest against the conditions of feminicide worldwide. These three women are three of the 100 reasons for our campaign. PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ …

“The campaign is the campaign of all of us!”

“We must be clear in our minds that Erdoğan’s conviction is not only the moment of victory for justice, but also saves many lives,” Berfin Gözen and Yvonne Heine explain in an interview with Kurdistan Report. “In order for us to live freely, equally, fairly, in mutual trust and ecological balance, the demand for accountability …