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Hall in Lausanne named after Jina Amini
A hall of the People’s House (French: Maison du Peuple) has been named after Jina Amini, who was killed in Iran after being detained in 2022.
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Online campaign in support of Kurdish political prisoner Verisheh Moradi
An online campaign will be launched on Thursday to support Verisheh (Warisha) Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner who has been sentenced to death in Iran.
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March to Amara starts: We will demand peace and freedom
“We will demand peace and freedom in Amara,” said young women joining a four-day march to end in Amara on April 4, marking Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday.
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‘We will stop the jihadists with the unity and solidarity of Syrian women’
Rûken Ehmed, member of the Democratic Relations and Alliances Committee of Kongra Star, calls on Syrian women to unite and be in solidarity with each other to “stop the jihadists”.
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Shengal Autonomous Administration: We will realize our renaissance
“We will continue to build a democratic society and realize our renaissance,” said a statement issued by the Shengal Autonomous Administration regarding the message of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan for the Yazidi people.
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Earthquake in Myanmar kills more than 1,000 people
The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Myanmar on Friday has risen to 1,002, the country's military government announced on Saturday.
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Mahrang Baloch’s health condition deteriorating in prison
Dr. Mahrang Baloch’s condition “worsened last night. We have repeatedly requested that jail authorities allow a doctor to examine her, but no medical specialist has been permitted to visit,” her sister Nadia Baloch said on Friday.
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174 women, 322 children killed in Gaza in 8 days
830 people, including 174 women and 322 children, were killed in the Gaza Strip from 18 to 25 March 2025, Maryse Guimond, UN Women Special Representative in Palestine, said in a press briefing on Friday.
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‘We must support the historic call by achieving Kurdish national unity’
“There are no internal obstacles to achieving Kurdish national unity,” said Şerîn Oso, member of the PYD Women’s Council. “We will respond to this historic call by achieving Kurdish national unity.”
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ISHR: No concessions to rulers without improving the human rights situation in Syria
In a statement on Friday, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) warned of increasing violence, vigilante justice and progressive Islamization of Syria.
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UNICEF: At least 14 million children face disruptions to critical nutrition services in 2025
At least 14 million children are expected to face disruptions to nutrition support and services because of recent and expected global funding cuts, according to initial analyses issued by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday.
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Israeli airstrikes on Gaza's Zeitoun neighborhood kill 14 Palestinians
Israeli airstrikes targeting a civilian residential building in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, killed at least 14 Palestinians last night, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Friday.
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DEM Party Women’s Council: Legal action must be launched against police harassment
The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Women’s Council has issued a written statement, calling for a legal action to be launched against police harassment towards protesters.
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Iran executes 1,153 people in one year
Iran executed 1,153 people between March 21, 2024 and March 20, 2025, the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI) said in a report on Wednesday.
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Two women journalists detained in Türkiye
Turkish police conducted dawn house raids in Istanbul and Ankara on Friday, detaining many people, including two women journalists Elif Bayburt and Nisa Sude Demirel.
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Call from Qamishlo for being in solidarity with Alawite women
Îbtîsam El-Huseyînî, Spokesperson of Kongra Star in Qamishlo expressed her support to the campaign launched against the attacks on the Alawite minority in Syria, calling on all Syrian women to be in solidarity with Alawite women.
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‘Constitutional declaration poses a threat to the future of Syria’
“The constitutional declaration for the new Syria poses a threat to the future of the country,” said Ebir Hesaf, member of the Syrian Women’s Council.
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OCHA: Medical teams in Gaza urgently need protection and reinforcement
“Medical teams in Gaza are also exhausted and urgently need protection and reinforcement from ongoing strikes across the Strip,” the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Wednesday.
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Syrian Women’s Council holds meeting with women in Afrin
The Syrian Women’s Council held a meeting with women in the occupied Afrin about the importance of peace.
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Raheleh Rahemipour deprived of treatment despite her deteriorating health
Raheleh Rahemipour, a human rights activist imprisoned in Evin prison, has been deprived of treatment although her health has been deteriorating.