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13:28

Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian Nobel laureate and human rights activist, called on everyone to unite against the death penalty after the Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Pakhshan Azizi.

11:26

“New Syrian constitution must guarantee the rights of all people from different ethnic and religious groups,” said Amani Al-Gharbi, Spokesperson of the Future Syria Party Women’s Council in Hasakah.

10:19

“We must strengthen regional and international women’s solidarity against war,” said Moroccan activist Aisha Lakhmas, commenting on the ongoing conflicts and wars in the Middle East.

09:23

The Turkish Ministry of Interior has announced that the co-mayors of Akdeniz, a district of Mersin, elected from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM party), have been removed from office.

08:40

Women journalists in Rojhelat work largely underground due to the pervasive repression of the Iranian regime from the beginning of the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising in 2022 to the tenure of Masoud Pezeshkian.

14:13

The Syrian Women's Political Movement held a meeting in Damascus on January 9, to discuss women’s role in the new Syria.

13:30

The number of people killed in the Gaza Strip is likely 41% higher than the figure reported by authorities in Gaza, a study published in The Lancet journal has found.

13:02

“The philosophy of leader Öcalan is the key to solving all global problems,” said Hadla Hassan, Co-chair of the Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) in Kobanê.

12:36

Journalists Gülistan Dursun, Pınar Gayıp and Serpil Ünal have been transferred from Bakırköy Closed Women’s Prison to Marmara Prison.

10:55

“A system without women’s representation is doomed to collapse. Women’s representation guarantees success everywhere,” said Destîna Haleb, member of the YPJ Military Council who participated in “Dialogue Workshop” held by women in Hasakah.

10:53

“I am not a fighter and what is going on here is not a war having mutual clashes. The whole world should know this,” said Asmaa Nasser, one woman in Gaza.

10:52

Hoşyar Sarıyıldız and Nuriye Aslan, Co-mayors of the Akdeniz Municipality from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) have been detained.

14:17

Sakine Cansız, Kurdish female politician who was murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013, was commemorated upon her grave in Dersim on Thursday.

13:56

“Women will not take a step back from their struggle for freedom,” Kongra Star said in a written statement condemning the killing of Kerem Ehmed in a Turkish drone attack near Tishreen Dam on Wednesday.

13:28

Sakine Cansız (Sara), a Kurdish female politician who was murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013 along with two Kurdish women, was commemorated in Dêrsim on Thursday.

12:46

The false and manipulative discourses against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan aim to undermine the efforts for solution and peace, the Asrin Law Office said in a statement on Thursday.

12:35

Five civilians killed in a Turkish drone attack targeting a civilian convoy near the Tishreen Dam on Wednesday have been identified.

11:29

Five people were killed in Syria’s Hama, Idlib and Homs cities.

10:46

The Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner and journalist imprisoned in Evin Prison, her lawyer, Amir Reisiyan, said on Wednesday.

10:19

Women resisting dictators are seen as a threat by states, DEM Party Women's Council Spokesperson Halide Türkoğlu said, “The massacres that took place on January 4 and 9 were against revolutionary women.”