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12:25

The Taliban have recently arrested at least 100 women and girls in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, for allegedly violating dress codes. “Resistance is the road to freedom,” said Yalda Ahmed, an Afghan women's rights activist.

11:53

People of Kobanê have launched a humanitarian aid campaign called, “Tomorrow Will Be Better” to support women and children in Sweida.

15:50

Women in Syria complain about social silence and lack of enforcement for laws against harassment especially in public transport since Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in the country.

15:37

UN experts welcome the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States in respect of climate change.

15:33

Mahsa Shafiee, sister of Nima Shafiee who was killed during the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” revolutionary uprising, has been released from Iran’s Yasuj Central prison after 12 days in detention.

15:31

Kurdish musician Viyan Kiçî has released the “Bişenga Min” song on the second anniversary of the deaths of Bişeng Brûsk and Sara Hogir.

12:39

Qemer Lîfa Xidir has been waiting for the return of her daughter and grandchildren since they were abducted by ISIS in 2014. “If they return, I will play drums and zurna,” she said.

10:25

Remziye Mihemed believes that the paradigm of the Democratic Nation is a must in social organization, calling on women to lead social organization.

09:29

“The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is devastating. One in three people in Gaza hasn’t eaten for days,” Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a statement on Monday.

09:27

Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan met with his nephew Ömer Öcalan and his legal guardian Mazlum Dinç in the prison island of Imrali on Monday.

15:12

At least 43 people have been killed in an attack by militants, with ties to ISIS, on a church in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

15:04

Farzaneh Rashidi, a Kurdish civilian from Baneh, Kurdistan Province, has been released from prison in Saqqez on bail after two months in prison.

13:49

Gaza has been experiencing a humanitarian crisis due to famine, drought and shortages of basic supplies caused by the ongoing blockade imposed by Israel.

12:16

Women from different sects and social backgrounds in Iraq have founded the first women’s party named “Al-Mawadda” to increase women’s political participation in the country.

11:33

100 women from 13 countries have sent a formal letter to the Turkish Ministry of Justice, requesting to visit Abdullah Öcalan as part of the “I want to visit Abdullah Öcalan” campaign.

11:12

At least 54 children and about 30 adults swam from Morocco to Spain, Spanish television reported on Saturday.

11:11

In the Druze majority city of Sweida, women resist all kinds of human rights violations, weaving networks of solidarity.

11:08

“We saw death with our own eyes. We saw children and adults dying of thirst. We will never forget those painful days.”

15:21

A young Yazidi woman identified as Reham Haji Hami, who was rescued by the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) has reunited with her family in Shengal after 11 years in ISIS captivity.

14:37

The Yazidi Free Women’s Movement commemorated those killed in the village of Qiney in the attacks of ISIS on Shengal and said, “We will not allow the Iraqi state and the United Nations to ignore us.”