law

09:21

A Turkish court has approved an indictment seeking a prison sentence for documentary filmmaker Sibel Tekin. The first hearing of the trial will be held on February 23.

08:00

Women face gender discrimination in all spheres of life, including in the judiciary. Elif Tirenç İpek Ulaş, lawyer and board member of the Rosa Women’s Association, said, “Judgments pave the way for femicide.”

09:00

11 years have passed since the Roboski Massacre. “Since the law enforcement in Turkey has been protected, many rights violations have been committed in Roboski,” lawyer Reyhan Yalçındağ Baydemir said.

14:00

The Iranian regime has sentenced two women in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan province and one woman in the city of Behbahan to four months in prison and 74 lashes.

09:00

Stating that they received more than a thousand applications from women victims of physical violence in the city in a year, Esmer Özer, member of the Women Rights Center of the Diyarbakır Bar Association said, “Our most basic principle is to defend women'

08:50

The news about the marriage of the six-year-old daughter of Yusuf Ziya Gümüşel, the founder of the Hiranur Foundation reminds the Lanzarote Convention. Lawyer Şükran Eroğlu says the international conventions are more than a signature.

15:10

Law 103-13 on the Elimination of Violence against Women in Morocco was passed in February 2018. However, the law has not been effectively implemented.

15:00

Zenûbiya Women’s Association member Muna Ewêd said the aim of the association is to fight violence against women in Hajin and Deir ez-Zor by “providing psychological and financial support to women victims of violence and empower them.”

08:25

An indictment has been prepared against Cemil Eser, who tried to kill his wife, on charges of “Attempting to kill” his wife.

13:48

Mala Jin is a women’s organization based in North and East Syria. Since it was founded on November 25, 2016, it has carried out activities to protect women from violence.

13:10

Activists think that child marriage is child rape legitimated by the law and society and that this phenomenon has increased especially in recent years due to poverty, ignorance, war and turmoil.

12:31

Child marriage rates have increased in Yemen, which suffer from a civil war since 2015, and a deteriorating economic situation, particularly in villages where girls are not allowed to complete their education.

13:03

Free Women's Movement (TJA) Term Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan shouted the slogan “Jin jiyan azadî” during the first hearing of the retrial against her as a response.

11:37

Migrants are subjected to violent practices such as kidnapping, torture, imprisonment, harassment and assault until they are sent to detention centers after being detained by Libyan security officials.

12:50

Çağlar Demirel, the former Diyarbakır MP of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has been sentenced to five months in prison.

10:41

A new indictment has been prepared against Aysel Tuğluk on charges of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” over the statement of a person.

09:15

On March 19, Z.A.B and her five-year-old twins were detained while celebrating Newroz in Bismil. They were subjected to strip search in custody. A prosecutor has decided not to prosecute the investigation launched into the incident.

09:30

Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has applied to the Turkish Court of Cassation to review the prison sentence given to journalist Nurcan Yalçın.

09:11

The murder indictment of Amara Dwla, who was burned to death by her father Mohammad Dwla in Urfa province, has been prepared. In the indictment, which includes no autopsy report, an aggravated life imprisonment is demanded for the father.

12:00

While Rozerin Yıldız, who was attacked by watchman Özcan Yıldız in June, still fights for her life at a hospital, in the indictment, the prosecutor's office demands a reduced penalty for Özcan Yıldız, who tried to kill Rozerin Yıldız, for unjust provocati