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First woman dies in Egypt prison

Proposed by Mimika Kritsanidou An Egyptian woman died in Qanater Prison in Egypt yesterday after her health deteriorated, making her the first female fatality in an Egyptian jail. Some 900 women have being detained in Egypt since the 2013 coup, 70 are still in prison and are being subjected to serious physical and psychological violations, …

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Women lawmakers perform Las Tesis in Turkish Parliament

Women lawmakers of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) protested Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Dec. 14 in the Turkish Parliament for their version of the protest song first performed by the Chilean feminist group Las Tesis. The protest was initiated by CHP lawmaker Sera Kadıgil during budget talks in parliament and was broadcast …

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Women in solidarity with the people of Bolivia

Statement of the World March of the Women of the Americas  Faced with the coup d’état that the government of Evo Morales Ayma is experiencing, the World March of Women in the Americas region stands in solidarity with the Bolivian people. Faced with a new offensive by the bourgeois sectors of the country to destabilize …

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