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14:28

17 people, including Dicle Fırat Journalists’ Association Co-chair Dicle Müftüoğlu and journalist Sedat Yılmaz, were taken into custody on May 29 as part of an investigation launched in Ankara.

14:26

201 people, who were taken into custody while trying to go to Istanbul’s Taksim Square for May Day, have been released.

13:57

B.N. is a woman joining the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” protests in Eastern Kurdistan. She calls on women to resist by leaving a note reading, “We have nothing to lose” on the windshield of cars belonging to women.

12:27

Turkish police raided some houses in Istanbul as part of an investigation. At least 17 people, including the members of the HDK, HDP and Green Left Party, have been detained.

11:09

The dead body of Mahsa Zarrin Chang, athlete and activist, was found in a highland area around Tehran yesterday after several days of her disappearance.

10:54

Open spaces of the Mashhad Ferdowsi University and the Faculty of Theology have been separated for male and female students.

09:04

Commenting on the detentions and arrests of opposition groups, Green Left Party Co-spokesperson Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar emphasizes that the AKP-MHP government will not get the result from these operations.

15:41

The Free Union of Iranian Workers (FUIW) has announced that some of their female members were summoned to testify and threatened by security forces on the eve of the International Workers’ Day. Three shops were reportedly closed down in Tehran.

15:07

The health condition of Iranian rights activist Fatemeh Sepehri is deteriorating day by day.

13:51

Drawing attention to the International Workers’ Day, the Şenyaşar family said, “We also demand justice for laborers.”

13:35

Turkish police detained dozens of protesters trying to go to Istanbul’s Taksim Square. The police also targeted journalists; journalist Zeynep Kuray was beaten and taken into custody.

12:41

Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraei, prominent Iranian political prisoner in Evin Prison, wrote a letter to mark the International Workers’ Day. “It is impossible to get through these difficult times without workers,” she said in the letter.

12:25

Women being subjected to gender-based discrimination in the labor force have to struggle more against oppression in the public and private spheres and for their invisible labor.

10:34

Journalists Dicle Müftüoğlu and Sedat Yılmaz, who were taken into custody on April 29 as part of an investigation launched in Ankara, sent a message through their lawyers. The journalists call for the defense of journalism.

15:11

“Their dirty foreheads cannot be cleaned by sajdah and prayer rugs,” said the Şenyaşar family, referring to the speech of Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ.

14:58

Palestinian journalist Mervat Al-Azza, who was subjected to sexual harassment inside a hospital where she was being treated due to her injury in a traffic accident, says she will keep struggling for the punishment of the perpetrator despite the threats.

13:19

The winners of the Mazlum Bagok Journalism and Isam Abdullah Press Martyrs Prize have received their awards. NuJINHA reporter Sorgul Şêxo has been awarded in the category of women's journalism.

12:32

Women celebrated International Workers’ Day in Tehran and Karaj by holding banners reading, “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (English: Women, Life, Freedom)”.

11:26

24 of the detained people in Amed on April 25 as part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office have been sent to prison.

09:32

Shahla Nasim, member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), believes that victory will be achieved through the struggle against the misogynist and misanthropic mentality in Iran and Afghanistan.