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15:29

The Taliban have announced that women doctors will not be allowed to take medical expert exams and that male doctors will be recruited to positions in hospitals.

14:27

In Turkey, 27 journalists were detained and five journalists were sent to prison in April, according to the 2023 April report on the rights violations against journalists released by the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG).

13:40

“The declaration released by the AANES for a solution in Syria has been welcomed by many countries,” said Cîhan Xelîl, advisor of the AANES, adding, “The declaration offers a democratic, social and political solution for the Syrian crisis.”

12:52

Iranian political activist Sepideh Gholian has been sentenced to two years in prison

11:28

People demanding freedom continue to hold overnight protests in many cities of Iran and Rojhilat despite the repression, threats and the increase in the number of security forces.

09:26

Mesopotamia Women’s Journalists’ Platform (MKGP) Spokesperson Roza Metîna thinks the arrest of her journalists as a pre-election crackdown. “Raise your voices in solidarity with journalists,” she said.

15:27

Malda Kosar, who was a member of the Jineology Academy who was killed by ISIS in 2019, was commemorated in al-Hol town of Hasakah on the fourth anniversary of her murder.

15:05

Green Left Party’s parliamentary candidate Kezban Konukçu and 15 workers have been forcibly detained during the protest of the construction workers demanding their unpaid wages.

14:23

In Turkey, 21 women were killed by men, 23 more died under suspicious circumstances in April, according to the report released by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform.

14:20

Dozens of human rights groups and activists call on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to put pressure on Iran to stop disrupting internet services in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

13:16

Four actresses were summoned to testify by the Tehran Prosecutor's Office for not complying with the mandatory hijab law.

13:13

Afghanistan National Journalists' Union (ANJU) has announced that women’s presence in journalism has declined by 64% compared to in the past two years, since the Taliban took control of the country.

09:26

In Turkey, 32 journalists have been arrested in the past 10 months. Their colleagues call on journalists’ organizations to speak out against the crackdown on journalists.

15:19

At least eight women died under suspicious circumstances in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in April.

14:45

The sit-in protest staged in front of the Urfa Courthouse by Emine Şenyaşar and Ferit Şenyaşar seeking justice for their murdered relatives has entered its 772nd day.

14:43

Highlighting that Egyptian women’s organizations face bureaucratic barriers while trying to put their projects into practice, Intisar al-Saeed, the founder and director of the Cairo Foundation for Development and Law, said, “These barriers must be lifted.

12:20

The Association of German Journalists (DJV) of Hessen has granted the 2023 Press Freedom award to Iranian journalist Niloofar Hamedi, who is imprisoned for breaking the news about Jina Mahsa Amini.

11:35

At least 14 shops and restaurants have been sealed in Iran’s four cities for not complying with the compulsory hijab laws.

10:14

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published its 2023 World Press Freedom Index on the World Press Freedom Day, May 3. Turkey slides down in the World Press Freedom, ranking 165 out of 180 countries.

09:25

A Turkish court has issued a pre-trial detention order against journalists Dicle Müftüoğlu and Sedat Yılmaz and three more people. “This robber order will break down,” shouted journalists after the court decision.