News Center- Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Middle East desk has issued a statement condemning the murder of Nagihan Akarsel, member of the Jineology Academy and editor of Jineology magazine. Nagihan Akarsel was shot and killed outside of her home in Sulaymaniyah on October 4.

“We are appalled by the murder of this Kurdish feminist journalist and writer, perpetrated at a time when Kurdish women are leading a revolt for women's liberation. This is the fifth attack – four of them fatal – on a resident of Turkish origin or outspoken critic of the Turkish government in Iraqi Kurdistan in less than a year. We call on the local authorities to do everything possible to shed light on this murder, bring those responsible to trial, and render justice to Nagihan Akarsel,” the RSF’s Middle East desk said in the statement.