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14:18

The Şenyaşar family continues to hold their sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse despite the police blockade. Emine Şenyaşar reacted to the police blockade by saying, “What kind of state is this, what kind of justice is this?”

12:05

Yazidi and Arab women held a march in Shengal to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. “His freedom is our freedom,” the women shouted.

08:18

A man named R.B. sexually abused a child but the sexual abuse case was reportedly covered up before it was brought before a court. TJA member Güler Tunç says such incidents are linked to the special war policies.

15:28

Women living in Shengal call on the Yazidis, who had to leave their homeland due to the genocide against the Yazidi community, to return to their homeland in order to revive their values.

14:42

On the 529th day of the sit-in protest of the Şenyaşar family, the members of the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD) Urfa Branch visited the family to support the family’s struggle for justice.

10:50

The Palestinian Ministry of Information announced that it had monitored 50 Israeli violations against women journalists during the first half of 2022.

15:20

On August 21, a women’s solidarity chain will be formed at Istanbul’s Avcılar Square for Afghan women resisting the repression policies of the Taliban and all resisting women in the Middle East.

15:15

At least 26 people have died and dozens of others have been injured in forest fires that broke out in northern Algeria.

13:16

The number of the people visiting the Şenyaşar family to support their struggle for justice increases. Today, the members of the Yaşam Evi Women’s Solidarity Association visited the family.

11:42

35 female prisoners in the Kayseri Bünyan Women’s Closed Prison have tested positive for Covid-19. Four of them have been reportedly suffering from serious symptoms.

14:23

On the 274th day of their Justice Watch, the families of prisoners called on the authorities to “enforce the law”.

13:35

A delegation of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) met with the Independent Human Rights Commission in the Kurdistan Region to discuss rights violations in the region.

13:04

On the 527th day of the sit-in protest held by the Şenyaşar family in front of the Urfa Courthouse, the members of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) visited the family to be in solidarity with them.

11:19

The Hiwar Center for Youth and Women's Empowerment organized a meeting in the Gaza Strip to discuss the book of researcher Reem Farhat.

09:59

Underlining that children are most affected by Turkish attacks on North and East Syria, children’s rights activist Çûliya Xelo said, “We need new laws to prosecute Turkey for its crimes against children.”

08:35

Yesterday, the Turkish army carried out an attack on Kobanê. A 12-year-old child was killed and three civilians were injured in the attack.

07:30

“Every vulnerable woman is subject to male violence”

15:02

Kurdish female political prisoners Aysel Tuğluk, Figen Yüksekdağ and Laleş Çeliker have tested positive for Covid-19.

14:15

On the 526th day of the sit-in protest of the Şenyaşar family in front of the Urfa Courthouse, the members of the Urfa Bar Association visited the family to support their struggle for justice.

12:40

Mesopotamia Agency (MA) news editor and journalist Diren Yurtsever has been released to bear testimony.