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08:16

“We will protect the legacy of Kurdish women journalists such as Gurbetelli Ersöz, Deniz Fırat and Nagihan Akarsel, who lost their lives while following the truth,” Jinnews Kurdish editor Roza Metina said.

15:00

On September 30, Iranian regime forces opened fire on a protest in Zahedan, a city of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province. According to the latest reports, the death toll of the massacre, known as ‘Bloody Friday’, has risen to 88.

14:35

“We are appalled by the murder of this Kurdish feminist journalist and writer, perpetrated at a time when Kurdish women are leading a revolt for women's liberation,” RSF’s Middle East desk said in the statement condemning the murder of Nagihan Akarsel.

14:32

The Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse to demand justice for their killed relatives for 577 days.

11:36

“We, as Yazidi women, announce that we also participate in the move to defend the women's revolution,” the women of Shengal said.

10:52

The East Kurdistan Free Woman Society (KJAR) has issued a statement condemning the killing of Nagihan Akarsel, Jineology Academy member and Jineology Journal Editorial Board member.

10:15

“We will not leave Nagihan’s pen on the ground. We will organize our anger, knowledge, experiences and hope,” said Figen Aras, stating that the attack that killed Nagihan Akarsel, is an attack on free women’s identity.

14:14

Iraqi-born member of the European Parliament, Abir Al-Sahlani cut off her hair during a speech in the EU assembly in solidarity with Iranian women by chanting the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)” slogan.

14:06

“Demanding the revelation of the crime has become a crime. The mother stood trial as a defendant,” the Şenyaşar family posted on their social media account today.

13:48

Afghan women condemning the suicide bombing of a school in Afghanistan, which killed 35 young Hazara women and girls on Friday, chanted, “I am also a Hazara woman. I will take my sisters’ revenge.”

11:36

The killing of Jineolojî Academy member Nagihan Akarsel was protested in many European countries.

09:46

Yesterday, a group of women gathered in Amed to protest the killing of Nagihan Akarsel in Sulaymaniyah. They were blockaded and subjected to mistreatment for hours by police. The women, who were detained during the protest, were released at night.

08:09

Sulaymaniyah Asayish has announced the arrest of a man, who assassinated Jineolojî Academy member Nagihan Akarsel in Sulaymaniyah yesterday morning. Women of Sulaymaniyah had held a protest demanding the arrest of the killer.

19:00

Jineolojî Academy has released a statement calling on women to struggle in order to illuminate the murder of Nagihan Akarsel.

14:00

67 people, including children and women, were killed by Iranian regime forces in clashes erupted last week in Zahedan, a city and capital of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province, according to the Baloch Activist Campaign.

13:39

The women of İzmir have announced the foundation of the Initiative for Peacebuilding against wars produced by male-dominant mentality.

12:38

Jineology Research Center member Nagihan Akarsel was killed as a result of an armed attack in Sulaymaniyah.

12:11

The Culture and Free Thought Association (CFTA) has launched a breast cancer awareness campaign called, “Pink Bus” in the Gaza Strip.

11:06

In Turkey, men killed at least 26 women, 19 more died under suspicious circumstances in September, according to the report released by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform.

08:20

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two children were killed by the relatives and bodyguards of AKP Urfa MP İbrahim Yıldız, will stand trial today on charges of “insulting”.