During a delegation trip to northern Kurdistan, Paula Maier was arrested, deported and raped by a Turkish official. In an interview, she talks about sexualised violence as a means of repression – and the question of how fear can create new resistance. You travelled to northern Kurdistan with other activists in January. What did you do there? At the beginning of January, Kurdish districts in Aleppo were attacked by HTS-led forces, and in mid-Janu…
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During a delegation trip to northern Kurdistan, Paula Maier was arrested, deported and raped by a Turkish official. In an interview, she talks about sexualised violence as a means of repression – and the question of how fear can create new resistance. You travelled to northern Kurdistan with other activists in January. What did you do there? At the beginning of January, Kurdish districts in Aleppo were attacked by HTS-led forces, and in mid-Janu…