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10:51

Nine women and girls were kidnapped in different areas of Syria in the first half of February, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday.

08:21

Neslihan Şadal, Co-mayor of the Van Metropolitan Municipality, condemned the appointment of the trustee to the municipality, stressing that such practices block the new peace process.

10:23

The Mesopotamia Women Journalists Association has issued a written statement, demanding immediate release of journalists, who were detained on Saturday morning while covering the vigil against the state-appointment trustee to the municipality of Van.

10:05

Police raided the municipal building of Van on Saturday at around 4:00 AM, detaining many people, including journalists. Then, Abdullah Zeydan, Co-mayor of Van, was removed from office and replaced with a state-appointed trustee.

13:36

Trade unions in Spain have issued a joint statement, demanding freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question.

12:45

Minoo Roozehdar, resident of Tehran, has been held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison for 25 days without trial.

12:24

One woman was killed and two other civilians were injured in the Turkish shelling of a village of Zirgan (Abu Rasin), a town in northeast Syria, on Friday morning.

11:21

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid ratified three controversial laws; the General Amnesty Law, the Return of Property to Owners Law, and amendments to the Personal Status Law, On Thursday.

10:06

“Our goal is to have a democratic Iran, where everyone lives freely,” said Deniz Derya, coordinating member of the KJAR, stressing that the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” revolution is the beginning of a new path.

08:40

The retrial of Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labor activist imprisoned in Lakan Prison in Rasht, was held at Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht on Thursday. The activist has been sentenced to death again.

08:15

“Saliha Viyan left behind a history full of struggle,” said the mother of Heva Al-Arabo, also known as Saliha Viyan who was killed in a Turkish drone strike in Ranya on January 27.

14:22

At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed in 2024, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPT) said in its annual report on Wednesday.

13:56

“Appropriate conditions must be provided in order that our leader can fulfill his historical duties,” said a statement issued by the Noun Initiative to mark the anniversary of the international conspiracy against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

12:54

“As women, we must participate in every stage of the transition process to build a system that guarantees equality and justice in the new Syria,” said women in Damascus.

11:16

In a letter on Tuesday, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urged Syrian authorities to reverse their decision on the dissolution of the General Assembly of the Syrian Journalists’ Union (SJU).

10:23

Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, filmmakers of “My Favourite Cake” have received a summons from Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court. The filmmakers will stand trial on March 1.

10:22

In a video message, Margaret Owen, human rights lawyer focusing on women's and children's rights, demanded physical freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

08:22

YPJ commander Semira Al Ahmed commented on the 26th year of the international conspiracy against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and said, “2025 must be the year of freedom for leader Abdullah Öcalan.”

13:35

For three days, the people of Dehdasht, a city in Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, have taken to the streets to protest the ongoing power outages. Six protesters were arrested on Tuesday night.

13:34

The signboard showing the photographs of Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn, two Kurdish journalists killed in a Turkish drone strike in the Saidsadiq district of Sulaymaniyah on December 23, 2024, was attacked and broken down.