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10:43

Rates of child marriage increase in Alexandria, one of the largest cities in Egypt. Women lawyers say Egypt needs tougher penalties against child marriage.

10:02

Zehra Semo, member of the Sêrekaniyê Committee on Migration and Displaced Persons, said, “We will expose the Turkish state’s crimes against humanity in Sêrekaniye (Ras al-Ayn).”

14:40

The workshop titled, “Lausanne: course Correction, Stability, and Regional security” continues on its second day.

14:38

Emine Şenyaşar has been seeking justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 837 days.

13:41

Xeme Akdoğan, a member of the Peace Mothers’ Initiative, has died at the age of 85.

13:00

Rojava Center for Strategic Studies (NRLS) member Rozerîn Bekir commented on the Treaty of Lausanne, which will enter its 100th year. “It is the dirtiest conspiracy on people.”

10:57

Zenûbiya Women's Community has announced the final declaration of its second congress. Prevention of violence against women also includes in the final declaration.

15:19

Through their poems and artworks, many Afghan girls express the strict restrictions imposed on them by the Taliban, and their hope for a bright future.

13:41

Iranian actress Afsaneh Baygan has announced that she has been summoned to court for wearing a hat.

13:15

The Syrian Women’s Council aims to empower women across Syria and to strengthen women’s participation in the decision-making process for the resolution of the Syrian crisis.

11:04

Iran has sentenced four Baha’i citizens to 5 years in prison, according to a group of human rights activists.

10:48

Men killed 25 women and 27 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey last month, according to JINNEWS.

10:42

Palestinian feminist activists say that Israel violates international conventions protecting women and children and that the silence of the international community against the violations encourages Israel to commit more crimes.

15:24

The Turkish state keeps cutting down trees in Kurdistan. In the Biliga village of Şırnak’s Silopi district, village guards have cut down thousands of trees under the supervision of soldiers.

14:51

At least 20 prisoners died in Iran’s prisons in the first six months of 2023, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.

14:49

This morning, police raided a refugee camp in the town of Lavrio, Greece. More than 50 Kurdish refugees, including women and children, have been detained to be transferred to other camps.

14:18

Kurdish activist Halide Dündar was laid to rest in Amed by her comrades.

12:37

12-year-old Melika Borji, who was shot in the head by Iranian security forces three and half months ago, has reportedly died at a hospital.

09:17

Aliye Muhammed, Co-chair of the Health Committee of Afrin-Shahba, says diseases have spread in the camps of Shahba due to the siege imposed by the Syrian government and calls on humanitarian organizations to take action against the siege.

15:32

Heyat Pîşkîn, who makes a living by working as a tailor in the Martyr Rustem Cudi Camp (Makhmour Refugee Camp), says they cannot meet their needs due to the embargo imposed on the camp by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).