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  • Killers of Pakize Atar arrested after 13 years 

    15:10

    13 years ago, the dead body of Pakize Atar was found in Adana province. Three men were taken into custody for allegedly killing Pakize Atar. Hayri Deliçay confessed to killing Pakize Atar by the order of İbrahim Evren.

  • Women protest murder of Fatma Akdeniz 

    14:21

    In Istanbul, women held a protest at the place where Fatma Akdeniz was killed. “The government's male-dominated, misogynistic, homophobic, marginalizing policies kill women every day,” the protesters said.

  • Sit-in protest for justice enters its 127th day 

    14:19

    “Our three members were killed and no one has been arrested for three years. It is incredible, isn't it? If someone wants to be a witness, we are in front of the courthouse,” said the Şenyaşar family, who has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 127 days.

  • “3 years old child was tortured” says HRFT Treatment Centers Report 

    16:18

    The youngest tortured child in Turkey was three years old; four out of 10 tortured persons were also subjected to sexual torture, says 2020 HRFT Treatment Centers Report.

  • Şenyaşar family’s appointment request rejected by 8th prosecutor 

    15:18

    On the 126th day of the sit-in protest staged by the Şenyaşar family, the new appointed prosecutor rejected the family’s appointment request.

  • 2 women killed in Erbil, Şeqlewa 

    14:46

    Two women were killed in the last 24 hours in Iraqi Kurdistan, one of the places where the number of femicides is increasing day by day.

  • Severe penalties for sexual harassment in Egypt 

    13:13

    Egypt's parliament on Sunday passed a law toughening sentences for sexual harassment to at least five years in prison. The amendment makes sexual harassment a criminal offence, as opposed to a misdemeanor.

  • Sit-in protest for justice enters its 123rd day 

    14:20

    Urfa Bar Association members visited Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 123 days. “Don’t leave us alone,” Ferit Şenyaşar told the association members. “Your demand for justice is also our demand. We will struggle with you,” said Mehmet Velet İzol, the head of the Urfa Bar Association.

  • 2 women subjected to strip search, torture at Greek border 

    11:48

    Kurdish PEN member Meral Şimşek was taken into custody by Greek police officers while going to Greece from Turkey on June 29. She was subjected to torture and strip search in custody.

  • Emine Şenyaşar: They took my Adil, Celal, they should give me my Fadıl 

    14:34

    Support visits to Şenyaşar family continue on the 121st of their sit-in protest. “My son is in prison, he was sentenced to 37 years in prison. He has been held in a single cell for three years. I demand the release of my son. They took my Adil, my Celal from me, they should give me my Fadıl. What kind of state is this? It is the state of tyrants,” Emine Şenyaşar said.

  • Preparations for “A breath for democracy” in Izmir 

    15:59

    Izmir Labour and Democracy Bloc makes preparation for the rally named, “A breath for democracy”.

  • Mother demands justice in front of Urfa Courthouse for 120 days 

    13:54

    Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 120 days. Solidarity visits to the family continue.

  • Woman killed for returning home late! 

    16:43

    16-year-old Shakiba Bakhtiar was killed in Iran’s Kermanshah city by her father for returning home late from the bazaar.

  • Şenyaşar family holds sit-in protest for 119 days 

    15:14

    Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 119 days.

  • “It wasn’t suicide but murder,” says Ayşe Tayurak’s daughter 

    13:45

    Last month, the dead body of Ayşe Tayurak was found in the Silvan district of Amed (Diyarbakır) and it has been claimed that her mother committed suicide. Her daughter Elif Tayurak told us her mother had got a restraining order twice against her father Adem Tayurak for inflicting violence against her. Despite the restraining orders, her father always walked around their house. Elif Tayurak claims that her mother didn’t commit suicide but she was killed.

  • Turkey: Men kill 18 women in June 

    17:10

    We will Stop Femicide Platform released its June report. Men killed at least 18 women in June; the deaths of at least 20 women were reported as “suspicious”, according to the report.

  • Emine Şenyaşar visits Amed 

    16:11

    Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar went to Amed to demand support for their sit-in protest demanding justice.

  • Child brutally stoned to death by her family male members in Hasekê 

    14:12

    A girl named Îda El Hemûdi was stoned to death by her family male members in Hasekê (Al-Hasakah) city of NE Syria. The men took the video of the brutal stoning to death of the girl and shared it on social media platforms.

  • Endless mourning: Madımak Massacre 

    13:52

    33 artists and writers were brutally killed on July 2, 1993, in the Sivas province of Turkey. 28 years have passed since the Madımak Massacre took place. The massacre left behind an endless mourning and unsecured justice! Today, people will hold protests across Turkey to commemorate those who were killed in the massacre.

  • Tunisian Ministry of Women, Family, and Children to engage in national dialogue against violence 

    13:06

    Tunisian Ministry of Women, Family, and Children decided to engage in a national dialogue to end the increasing violence against women in the country. Minister of Women, Family and Children Iman Zahouani Hoymel noted that they will work at high pressure until August 13, National Women's Day in Tunisia, and that they will do their best to minimize the violence against women that has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic.