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07:34

After the February 6 earthquakes, the women of Semsûr have been struggling against torrential rains and storms. They say, “We face the same thing whenever it rains. We receive no support.”

14:45

Niloofar Mirzaei, a graphic arts student at the Alzahra University, has been suspended from university for two and half years because she was arrested in November 2022 during nationwide protests.

14:42

The Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 751 day.

14:39

Painter Mehîla Hêsamî from Rojhilat uses pencil and acrylic painting techniques to portray the resistance and suffering of women.

14:36

Yazidis have been celebrating Çarşema Sor by organizing various activities; they have visited the graves of their loved ones, lit candles and made wishes.

12:34

A Turkish court has accepted the indictment prepared against 22 people, including 20 journalists, on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization”.

11:36

Iranian political activist Sepideh Qoliyan has announced that she refuses to appear in court because she does not trust in the courts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which have ordered “the execution of the revolutionaries.”

09:09

A group of actors and film directors visited the families of jailed journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi to be in solidarity with them.

08:03

Stating that the attacks on Yazidis continue in Afrin since the Turkish state occupied it, Yazidi Union head Ayşe Sîdo said, “We have existed for thousands of years and we will always exist.”

07:46

Women of Amed say they will support the Green Left Party in the parliamentary elections to be held in Türkiye on May 14. “Together, we should stop this misogynous government.”

14:03

16 students have been suspended from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for protesting the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran and Rojhelat Kurdistan

13:30

The Coalition of Afghan Women’s Protest Movements held press conferences in various provinces of Afghanistan demanding that the United Nations close its offices.

12:13

Women’s rights activist Nargis Sadat, who was arrested by the Taliban two months ago, has been released from prison.

12:00

Kurdish journalist Zhina Modarres Gorji has been arrested and taken to an unknown location by Iranian security forces.

13:51

The Green Left Party has fielded more female candidates than other parties for the parliamentary elections to be held in Türkiye on May 14, 2023.

13:02

The shopkeepers in Saqqez have closed their shutters to protest the poisoning of students in recent months.

11:33

Iranian students call on all students in Iran to take to the streets in protest to the ongoing poisoning of schoolgirls.

08:02

Güle Akar visits the rubble of a collapsed building in Semsûr every day to lament for her relatives, who died under the collapsed building.

11:59

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has announced that the party will not submit its verbal defense to the Turkish Constitutional Court in the closure case against the party.

09:56

HDP members and Democratic Modernity Journal employee Sema Korkmaz, who were taken into custody on April 3, have been released.