law

09:00

For the first time in Egypt’s history, a woman sits on the bench of Egypt's State Council, a top court in the country. Egyptian women are happy with the decision.

14:10

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation against Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Semra Güzel, whose legislative immunity was lifted on March 2.

14:06

The Yazidi (Women) Survivors Law (YSL) was passed by the members of the Iraqi Parliament last year on March 1. Although a year has passed, nothing has been done for the implementation of the law. Feride Şengali, Coordinator of the Yazidi Women Support Network, told us the law remains only on paper.

12:30

The Palestinian NGO Forum to Combat Violence Against Women (Al Muntada) and the Amal Coalition to Combat Violence Against Women held a conference on Tuesday (March 1) in the Gaza Strip with the motto, “Family Protection is a National Right: Experiences and Lessons”. Women participating in the conference demand the Family Protection Law to be enacted in Palestine.

09:30

Kemal Bilem, who is charged with sex abuse of a child in Mardin province, has been released from prison one month after being arrested. The first hearing of the trial will be held on June 23.

13:25

Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair Leyla Güven has reportedly filed a criminal complaint against the warden, who threatened her.

10:00

On February 19, a court in the city of Aswan, south of Egypt, sentenced a doctor to three years in prison for performing the FGM procedure. “The ruling is important but insufficient,” women lawyers said.

09:40

Hatice Demir, a member of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, criticizes the report prepared by the Forensic Medicine Institution (ATK) about jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who is diagnosed with dementia, “The report includes indictment and this overshadows the scientific nature of the report. The report was prepared according to Aysel Tuğluk’s political stance.”

15:05

The Antalya 7th Criminal Court of First Instance has ruled the acquittal of 15 people, including journalists Eylem Sonbahar and Sema Karakurt, who stood trial on charges of “obstructing public duty” and “insulting” public officials at anti-G20 protests in 2015.

10:30

Stating that the deaths of sick prisoners, which are increasing day by day in Turkey’s prisons, cause deep wounds in the conscience of the public, Seda Zengin, a lawyer of the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD), pointed out that the sick prisoners are held in prison until their last day. “The circle of prosecutor, hospital, and ATK condemns prisoners to death,” she said and called on the Ministry of Justice to do its duty.

08:21

Violence against women is increasing in Morocco. Many women’s organizations and groups continue to carry out activities to support the victims of violence. “Morocco must fully comply with all international conventions ratified by it and improve its law protecting women from violence,” Fatima Maghnaoui, head of the Annajda office of the Union of Women's Action (UAF), told JINHA.

13:20

In the Federal Kurdistan Region, women have been facing arbitrary arrests to be silenced.

14:15

Father killed his three-year-old son named Osman to punish his wife. Human rights activists draw attention to the fact that children are subjected to violence to discipline due to the gap in Yemeni law.

10:30

Peace Mothers and the relatives of prisoners, who held a sit-in protest to support the hunger strikes that started in prisons in November 2018 and ended in May 2019, were battered and insulted by police many times. The mothers, who had been subjected to police violence, filed a criminal complaint against police officers. While the Governor's Office didn’t allow an investigation to be opened on the ground that the police violence against the mothers “did not constitute a criminal offense”, the mothers’ lawyers applied to the Court of Appeal but the court ruled the same thing. The lawyers will apply to the Constitutional Court.

13:53

Egyptian women activists warn against the alarming rise in the cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the country. “The policy of immunity causes more women to undergo this practice.”

11:56

The and hearing of the trial against Leyla Güven, the co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) who has been held in the Elazığ Women’s Closed Prison, on the charge of terror propaganda was held today. During the hearing, Leyla Güven learned that another indictment has been prepared against her. The next hearing will be held on April 11.

12:40

Journalist Nurcan Yalçın has been detained.

16:22

Şükran Akboğa, a member of Diyarbakır Peace Mothers Council, has been taken into custody after the police raid on her house. She has reportedly suffered from a stroke for days.

13:20

For two years, prisoners are kept in the 15-day quarantine when they are transferred back from hospitals to prisons. This practice has turned into torture for sick prisoners because they are kept in single cells alone for 15 or 20 days and they cannot meet their basic needs. The relatives of sick prisoners demand the quarantine period be arranged in a way that does not affect the sick prisoners.

11:05

Cairo Foundation for Development and Law has launched many awareness-raising campaigns to support Egyptian women. The aim of the foundation is to eliminate gender-based violence. “Although we faced many y challenges in carrying out our activities in 2021, we will work harder this year to support women,” Intisar al-Saeed, the director of the Cairo Foundation for Development and Law, told NuJINHA.