On the second day of @RojavaTribunal, the judges and audience heard evidence of the systematic use of sexual abuse and rape by Turkish intelligence and their allied forces against Kurdish women. As a weapon of war, these acts target women not only to instil fear and humiliation within society but, more importantly, to deter them from participating in political and civil activities. Rape and sexual abuse have been used in other contexts, such as in Iran during the #WomanLifeFreedom uprising, for the very same reasons. Criminal states always copy one another!