News Center- On August 12, 2024, the Women’s Press Union (YRJ), a women journalists’ organization based in northeastern Syria, started a petition against the death sentences given to labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi by the Iranian regime.

36,393 signatures collected for the petition have been sent to 14 organizations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, the Reporters Without Borders, journalists’ union in Oman, Somalia, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Bashur Kurdistan (Southern Kurdistan) and the Human Rights Watch.

 The “No to Execution” petition was supported by journalists, politicians, intellectuals, activists, NGOs, women's organizations, legal organizations in North and East Syria, as well as well-known figures from the four parts of Kurdistan, Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and European countries.