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16:03

Human and women’s rights activists and NGOs have launched a campaign for Intisar al-Hammadi, who has been held in Yemen’s prison for 94 days by Yemen’s Huthi de facto authorities and there is no accusation against her yet.

15:56

“My son has been held in prison. Those who killed my family walk freely. They destroyed my family,” said Emine Şenyaşar, who has held a sit-in protest with her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice for their killed relatives in front of Urfa Courthouse for 79 days.

15:38

“I will keep struggling for my son. We are kicked out for claiming our rights. We are taken into custody but those who killed my children are free. I demand justice,” said Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, on the 78th day of her sit-in protest demanding justice.

12:49

Campaign Group demanding the implementation of the Istanbul Convention came together in Istanbul’s Yoğurtçu Park on the 34th year of the “Solidarity March Against Violence”. Nupelda Çelik made a statement on the behalf of women and said, “Our rights are ours, our lives are ours, our struggle is ours, Istanbul Convention is ours. We don’t give up our rights to an equal and free life.”

11:04

Many members and the co-chair of the Health and Social Service Workers' Union (SES) have been detained in Ankara.

15:32

Violence against women never stops in Turkey. Two women were attempted to be killed in Şişli and Ödemiş while dead bodies of three women have been found in Muratpaşa and Kozan.

14:17

Güldal Mumcu, Pervin Buldan and Saturday Mothers issued a statement and called on Turkish prosecutors to fulfil their duty about murders remain unsolved after Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker claimed that Mehmet Ağar was the head of the deep state.

13:28

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest demanding justice for their killed relatives for 77 days. “The killers are known but there is no prosecutor to do what is necessary.”

09:36

Although rapists are punished in Jordan, rape cases have increased in the country and this shows that the punishments have no real deterrent effect or the effect of reducing rape crimes.

12:51

The sit-in protest held by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice has entered its 74th day.

12:49

Social networks have restricted the accounts of Palestinians and their supporters.

16:52

Two Iraqi sisters were killed in their tent by an unknown person or persons in the al-Hol refugee camp, known as one of the most dangerous refugee camps in the world.

16:50

Kurdish National Congress (KNK) female members issued a press statement in front of the building of the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs in Berlin to stop the Turkish state's occupation attempts.

15:26

Activist Saba Kord Afshari, who has been held in prison for campaigning against the mandatory veil in Iran and began a hunger strike on May 7, has ended the hunger strike.

14:04

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan planned to visit the Şenyaşar family to support them. But before her visit, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar were detained. “Şenyaşar family is not here but we are holding their sit-in protest in a representative manner,” said Pervin Buldan, who came in front of Urfa Courthouse.

13:32

Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest demanding justice for 73 days. The family posted a tweet and called on Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül., “Resign, if you cannot secure the justice.” After their tweet, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have been taken into custody.

11:55

Writer Mujgan Kawsi, a political prisoner from Eastern Kurdistan, launched an indefinite hunger strike on May 16 to protest the policies of the Iranian regime, the Ministry of Justice and the prison administration. Kurdistan Human Rights Network has announced that Mujgan Kawsi's demands are not personal, but all prisoners' demands.

15:17

On Tuesday, a group of men wearing face masks attacked female teachers in Algeria. Algerian National Teachers’ Coordination issued a press statement demanded the immediate arrest of the attackers.

13:53

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 for 72 days. “Perpetrators are awarded with impunity,” the family said in their tweet.

11:11

We Will Stop Femicides Platform Women Assemblies held a virtual meeting. After the meeting, the platform has announced that they will speed up their protests and activities and that they will rise up across Turkey against femicides.