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Türkiye: Earthquake kills one person in Balıkesir
An earthquake with a 6.1 magnitude hit Türkiye's Balıkesir city on Sunday, killing one person and injuring 29 others.
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Women of Qamishlo demand lift of isolation
Women living in the city of Qamishlo demand the lift of the isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, drawing attention to the process started by him.
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March by Baloch women in Islamabad to make their voice heard
Baloch women held a march on Sunday, demanding the release of BYC leaders and an end to enforced disappearances against Baloch people.
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20 dead bodies recovered in Sweida
20 dead bodies were recovered in the northern and western countryside of Syria’s city of Sweida, the Syrian Red Crescent said on Saturday.
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Call on women to ‘stay at home’ sparks anger in Morocco
A political leader’s remarks urging Moroccan women to “stay at home” have sparked a wave of criticism, activists warn of a potential rollback of hard-won gains in gender equality.
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Female engineer killed in Tartus
The dead body of a female engineer identified as engineer Rawan Amatanious Salloum was found in Tartus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Thursday.
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Journalist Deniz Fırat commemorated in Van
Journalist Deniz Fırat, who was killed in an attack of ISIS on August 8, 2014, was commemorated by her colleagues in the Ebex (Çaldıran) district of Van on Friday.
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Stêrk becomes hope for displaced children
Stêrk Organization for Protection and Monitoring of Children’s Rights in North and East Syria aims to protect children from violence, abuse and being deprived of their rights.
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9,989 people killed in Syria since fall of Assad, report says
9,989 people have been killed across Syria since the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
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Suzan İşbilen: No democracy without gender equality
President of the Rosa Women’s Association, Suzan İşbilen, underscored the newly formed parliamentary committee’s key role in the peace process and stressed: “There can be no democracy where gender inequality persists.”
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3 family members killed in landmine explosion in Syria
One woman and her two children were killed and her husband and another daughter were injured in a landmine explosion near Khan Al-Sheih, Syria’s Rif Dimashq province, on Wednesday.
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Lawyer Ceylan Hemê: HTS commits crimes against humanity in Syria
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has committed crimes against humanity in Syria’s coastal areas and city of Sweida, said Ceylan Hemê, a lawyer in Qamishlo, “The HTS must be prosecuted according to international law.”
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Femicide in Algeria: Mother of four killed
A man in Algeria’s Oran province killed his ex-wife following their divorce, Algerian authorities said.
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Raquel Ataian released from prison in Qaemshahr
Raquel Ataian, a Baha’i woman who was arrested on July 1, 2025, has been released on bail from prison in Qaemshahr.
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Kurdistan Region: 3 women killed in July
At least three women were killed and three others died under suspicious circumstances in July in the Kurdistan Region, where the cases of gender-based violence and femicide are covered up.
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Türkiye: 28 women killed by men in July
In Türkiye, 28 women and three children were killed and 25 women died under suspicious circumstances in July 2025, according to a report released by JINNEWS, an all-women’s news agency based in Amed.
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Sit-in protest of Baloch women in Islamabad continues
Baloch women have been holding a sit-in protest in Islamabad for 22 days, demanding the release of BYC leaders and disclosure of the whereabouts of forcibly disappeared Baloch people.
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‘The practices of the HTS remind ISIS’
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) takeover of Syria and its inhuman practices reminding ISIS raise concerns about the resurgence of ISIS among Syrians, especially women.
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Hîlala Zêrîn Women's Cultural Movement protests femicide in Syria
The Hîlala Zêrîn Women's Cultural Movement in northeastern Syria condemned the murders of actress Diala al-Wadi and violinist Ghina Hilal in a statement, calling them as crimes against humanity.
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Houthis commit 5,618 violations against women in Yemen, report says
The Houthis have committed at least 5,618 violations against women in Yemen since January 1, 2017, the Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms said in a report on Monday.