law

10:28

The first hearing of the Maria Sami’s murder trial was held in Erbil yesterday. “We think there is an intervention in the file,” the lawyers said.

11:10

The Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the six years and three months prison sentence given to Gülistan Nazlıer, a member of the Rosa Women’s Association.

08:22

The Diyarbakır Governor's Office did not allow an investigation to be launched against police officer Burhan Kolbaşı, who caused the death of three people, including a child, in Lice in 2017.

08:25

An indictment was prepared against a police officer being accused of child sexual abuse in Diyarbakır but he is still on duty.

11:16

Women face gender discrimination in Egypt and the opportunities given to men are not given to them. Gender discrimination prevents them from realizing their dreams.

08:05

Speaking about the increase in femicide cases, Rosa Women’s Association Board member Raife Camcı points out that this increase has not been stopped because the government thinks about its own quota instead of women’s right to life.

11:49

Rabiha Al-Safadi, a member of the Jordanian Women Solidarity Institute, says that Jordan needs to amend its discriminatory laws in order to eliminate gender-based violence and gender discrimination.

09:37

Stating that the laws in Libya do not protect children, lawyer Fariha Al-Jilani says that in order to protect children, the Child Protection Law should be amended and awareness-raising activities about the laws are essential.

10:45

Female university students staying in dormitories were demanded to submit a written statement on charges of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” for attending an event organized at the university campus to celebrate International Women’s Day.

12:10

Another criminal complaint has been filed against actress Ezgi Mola, who was previously fined for “insulting” ex-soldier who sexually assaulted İpek Er.

11:00

The autopsy report of Hasret Tutal, who was shot and killed by Şervan Gülel, found traces on her body showing she was beaten many times before being killed.

09:00

Hüseyin Oruç, who inflicted violence and raped Pelda Karaduman after kidnapping her while she was going to school, was reportedly acquitted in the rape case.

08:00

Speaking about women’s successful work in the judiciary system, Xedîce El-Bedawî, a human rights defender in Raqqa, said that the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has been working in this sense.

09:10

Turkish court has acquitted Ferhat Karahan, who was accused of sexually abusing a child in Mardin’s Nusaybin district for the lack of “concrete evidence”.

13:14

An Egyptian Court has sentenced the murderer of Naira Ashraf to death by hanging.

08:20

Imam Hamdüsena C. will stand trial for sexually abusing 10 children in Diyarbakır’s Kulp district. The families of the children are claimed to have been threatened by mukhtar and village guards.

09:12

Divorced women and human rights advocates demand that divorced women should have the right to custody of their children after they remarry.

12:42

Violence, harassment and death threats against media workers are escalating in Libya. Women media workers say that there is no law protecting the rights of media workers and press outlets in the country.

08:00

One of the worst crimes that may ever occur is the sexual abuse of a child by relatives.

09:10

Every year, the articles of Algerian Family Code are discussed in June. Stating that the current Family Code blocks the women’s struggle, Algerian women note that women's demands should not be ignored anymore