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14:56

88 Nobel Laureates have sent a joint letter to international institutions and Türkiye’s President Tayyip Erdoğan to support the “Call for Peace and Democratic Society” of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

14:03

A memorial ceremony was held for Emine Ocak, the mother of 30-year-old Hasan Ocak, in Istanbul’s Galatasaray Square on Thursday. “Goodbye, we are here, mother,” chanted the people attending the ceremony.

12:24

Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan must be free to manage the process with people, said Stîvan Îbo, a member of the Armenian Community Council of North and East Syria.

11:11

Women had to leave their homes amid bombardment and flying bullets. Some carried their elderly mothers on their backs, others hid their injured children. “What happened was not a fight but a massacre against civilians.”

10:06

Moroccan women’s rights activist Zahra Alwardi thinks that transnational feminist solidarity is a must to defend women against systems of oppression, colonialism, and war.

15:24

“What is happening in Sweida is no longer just a protest against the government, but a fight for existence,” said Linia Darwish, a women’s rights activist in Sweida, criticizing the international silence against the attacks.

14:28

Leila Saremi and Ahmad Moazzami Goudarzi, parents of political prisoner Farzad Moazzami Goudarzi, were arrested in a house raid conducted by Iran’s security forces in the city of Borujerd on Tuesday.

12:54

Emine Ocak, mother of Hasan Ocak who was tortured to death in custody and one of the Saturday's Mothers, has died at the age of 84, the Saturday Mothers announced in a post on social media platform X on Wednesday.

11:08

Ebir Hasaf, member of the Women’s Council of North and East Syria, expressed their solidarity with women of Sweida, calling on all Syrian women to unite against all kinds of attacks.

11:05

Nezahat Teke and Kudret Eryılmaz are two Kurdish mothers, who buried their children for the sake of honorable peace. Having witnessed the dirtiest side of war, these two women want peace to be ensured.

15:36

KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Besê Hozat attended the ceremony of the Peace and Democratic Society Group to destroy the weapons.

12:18

The “Peace and Democratic Society Group” has announced: “We voluntarily destroy our weapons, before your presence, as a step of goodwill and determination.”

15:24

“The government must take concrete steps now,” said women of Amed while commenting on the process that started following the “Call for Peace and Democratic Society” by Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

15:18

At least 57,680 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

13:44

Zohreh Sarv, a political prisoner, has been transferred to solitary confinement in Qarchak Prison, Varamin, for refusing to comply with mandatory hijab rules during a court appearance.

12:03

“Now is the time to defend the co-presidential system because it is one of the gains of the women’s revolution,” said Kürdistan Koçer, a member of the YPJ Military Council.

12:01

“We are determined to take the step that Leader Apo has asked us. However, this process cannot proceed unilaterally and only with the steps taken by us,” said the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council Co-Presidency.

09:15

The Yazidi Free Women’s Movement (TAJÊ) announced on Wednesday its participation in the “I want to visit Abdullah Öcalan” campaign.

08:27

One woman was killed in a landmine explosion in the town of Ayn Issa, north of Raqqa.

20:15

All hospitals in the Gaza Strip will cease operations in the next three hours due to fuel shortages, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, director of al-Shifa Hospital, said in a press conference on Wednesday.