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14:23

In Turkey, 21 women were killed by men, 23 more died under suspicious circumstances in April, according to the report released by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform.

14:20

Dozens of human rights groups and activists call on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to put pressure on Iran to stop disrupting internet services in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

13:16

Four actresses were summoned to testify by the Tehran Prosecutor's Office for not complying with the mandatory hijab law.

13:13

Afghanistan National Journalists' Union (ANJU) has announced that women’s presence in journalism has declined by 64% compared to in the past two years, since the Taliban took control of the country.

09:26

In Turkey, 32 journalists have been arrested in the past 10 months. Their colleagues call on journalists’ organizations to speak out against the crackdown on journalists.

15:19

At least eight women died under suspicious circumstances in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in April.

14:45

The sit-in protest staged in front of the Urfa Courthouse by Emine Şenyaşar and Ferit Şenyaşar seeking justice for their murdered relatives has entered its 772nd day.

14:43

Highlighting that Egyptian women’s organizations face bureaucratic barriers while trying to put their projects into practice, Intisar al-Saeed, the founder and director of the Cairo Foundation for Development and Law, said, “These barriers must be lifted.

12:20

The Association of German Journalists (DJV) of Hessen has granted the 2023 Press Freedom award to Iranian journalist Niloofar Hamedi, who is imprisoned for breaking the news about Jina Mahsa Amini.

11:35

At least 14 shops and restaurants have been sealed in Iran’s four cities for not complying with the compulsory hijab laws.

10:14

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published its 2023 World Press Freedom Index on the World Press Freedom Day, May 3. Turkey slides down in the World Press Freedom, ranking 165 out of 180 countries.

09:25

A Turkish court has issued a pre-trial detention order against journalists Dicle Müftüoğlu and Sedat Yılmaz and three more people. “This robber order will break down,” shouted journalists after the court decision.

14:28

17 people, including Dicle Fırat Journalists’ Association Co-chair Dicle Müftüoğlu and journalist Sedat Yılmaz, were taken into custody on May 29 as part of an investigation launched in Ankara.

14:26

201 people, who were taken into custody while trying to go to Istanbul’s Taksim Square for May Day, have been released.

13:57

B.N. is a woman joining the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” protests in Eastern Kurdistan. She calls on women to resist by leaving a note reading, “We have nothing to lose” on the windshield of cars belonging to women.

12:27

Turkish police raided some houses in Istanbul as part of an investigation. At least 17 people, including the members of the HDK, HDP and Green Left Party, have been detained.

11:09

The dead body of Mahsa Zarrin Chang, athlete and activist, was found in a highland area around Tehran yesterday after several days of her disappearance.

10:54

Open spaces of the Mashhad Ferdowsi University and the Faculty of Theology have been separated for male and female students.

09:04

Commenting on the detentions and arrests of opposition groups, Green Left Party Co-spokesperson Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar emphasizes that the AKP-MHP government will not get the result from these operations.

15:41

The Free Union of Iranian Workers (FUIW) has announced that some of their female members were summoned to testify and threatened by security forces on the eve of the International Workers’ Day. Three shops were reportedly closed down in Tehran.