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Hugo Martin (Dirk) Montgomery Campbell F/Mc Married Married Married Married Married: 1989 Katherine Emma (Adrienne Katie) Bridges F/Mc | |||||
| Anna Montgomery Campbell [CFT #1990] Born: 1992 Died: 2018 |
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| d Afrin Canton, Syria Anna, also known as Helin Qerecox, was a British feminist, anarchist and prison abolition activist from Lewes who fought with the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in Syria. She was the first British woman to die fighting for the Kurdish forces in Rojava, Northern Syria. She was educated at the independent St. Mary's Hall, Brighton, then went to study at Sheffield University before moving to Bristol, where she worked as a plumber. She was the daughter of progressive rock musician Mont Campbell. She was involved with many political movements, including the 2010 UK student protests, the Hunt Saboteurs Association, Anarchist Black Cross and other anarchist and abolitionist organisations. She fought for the YPJ in their attack on the ISIS stronghold in Deir ez-Zor. She was also involved in the YPJ's activities in support of women's rights in Kurdistan. According to the New York Times she was moved by the defence of "an autonomous, mostly Kurdish region in northern Syria, known as Rojava, whose leaders advocate a secular, democratic and egalitarian politics, with equal rights for women". Anna was the subject of a BBC documentary "Anna: the woman who went to fight ISS" aired 3rd July 2019. |
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