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11:40

Afghan women took to the streets to protest the Taliban. They declared that they are ready to fight on the frontline of resistance. Asal Parsi, an Afghan civil rights activist, called on women all around the world to not leave them alone and asked the women of western Kurdistan to show them how to fight.

13:30

Last month, a 13-year-old girl and a woman named F.Ş. were subjected to violence by men in Hasekê. The girl and woman were taken to a hospital but the girl is reportedly still in critical condition. Nida Salih, a member of the Kongreya Star Coordination in Hasekê, condemns the attacks, “We should carry out works to raise awareness of public against violence.”

14:21

“You can only extend the process by relying on a king whose hands are shaking,” said Emine Şenyaşar and Ferit Şenyaşar, who have held their sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 179 days.

13:55

In Federal Kurdistan Region, 4.000 children have no ID card or birth certificate. “My Name Is My Mother’s Name” petition was launched on December 5, 2018, for these children to have an ID card. “The aim of the campaign is to support the mothers of these children to have their ID cards. We submitted the signatures to the Iraqi Parliament,” said lawyer Soma Yasin, one of the petitioners.

16:16

The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) has released its August report on rights violations against journalists. Five journalists were detained, eight were subjected to attacks, access to 221 news websites was blocked, says the report. “But everyone should know very well that brave journalists will continue to report, write and show the truths,” says the association in the report.

15:10

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for 178 days. “The whole world is watching this cruelty,” said the family.

13:52

“We will keep demanding justice,” say Şenyaşar family members, who have demanded justice for 177 days.

09:28

Femicide rates are increasing every passing day in Turkey. Hediye Tokay was killed in Urfa, Ebru Y. in Ankara and Saadet Kazak was killed in Siirt while a woman named Besê Ceylan was about being one of the victims of femicide in Şırnak province.

14:49

Ferda Cemiloğlu, a Kurdish businesswoman and member of the Management Committee of the Kurdish Women Entrepreneurs Association, died at the age of 70.

14:03

Sinan Ergin claimed his wife Çiğdem Ergin committed suicide in April but after four months in a coma, Çiğdem Ergin regained her memory and stated that Sinan Ergin tried to kill her.

12:10

“Prosecutors and those who cause this cruelty, you will drown in tears you cause in front of the courthouse,” say Emine Şenyaşar and Ferit Şenyaşar on the 176th day of their sit-in protest demanding justice.

16:13

Kurdish women living in Norway demand the release of three RJAK members detained by the KDP forces.

14:00

On the 175th day of their sit-in protest, the Şenyaşar family called on Turkey’s Parliament to establish a Parliamentary Investigative Commission to investigate the incident that left their three members dead.

16:07

Afghan women, who are worried about returning to the bleak period before 2001 after the Taliban's takeover of the country, are struggling against the Sharia law under the Taliban. Jinnews editor Gülşen Koçuk pointed out that women and female journalists in the country are at greater risk. “Afghan women expect solidarity from women and people not states,” Gülşen Koçuk told us.

12:26

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest demanding justice for 172 days.

15:54

Young Women's Summer Camp was organized with the motto, “self-defense is a fight of existence”. Young women attended many activities for six days.

15:50

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for 171st day. The family will begin to hold their sit-in protest in Ankara next week.

12:37

Three members of RJAK have been held in custody by the KDP for 23 days. The received reports say their health condition is deteriorating, their lawyers are not allowed to see them.

15:51

Şenyaşar family has waited for a response or statement regarding their demand for justice for 170 days.

12:34

Women and LGBTI+ Commission of the Journalists Union of Turkey demands Turkey grant unconditional asylum to women and LGBTI+ journalists, whose lives are threatened by the Taliban and “safe passage and protection for journalists and their families who want to leave Afghanistan.”