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13:20

The 3rd Yazidi Youth Congress was held in the Sinun of Shengal.

17:25

In some cities of Iran, people took to the streets to protest ongoing water cuts.

15:06

The General Command of Internal Security Forces in North and East Syria announced the launch of the second phase of the “Humanitarian and Security Operation” in al-Hol Camp to pursue the ISIS cells, and rid the residents of their terror.

14:32

On the 535th day of their sit-in protest, the Şenyaşar family continues to demand justice for their murdered relatives.

11:31

The Network Women Weaving the Future will hold its 2nd conference in Germany’s Berlin city in November. “Now it is time to weave our future together through common struggle!” the statement issued by the network says.

10:50

A 2,350-year-old Cybele statue has been discovered in the Antandros Ancient City located in the Edremit district of Balıkkesir province.

14:15

On the 534th day of their sit-in protest, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar responded to President Tayyip Erdoğan's statement saying “We are in the same boat,” by saying, “We are not in the same boat.”

13:09

“We have shouted our demands for 10 months but there has been no response to our demands. Everyone, particularly political parties, have left us alone,” said the families of prisoners, who have held the Justice Watch for 10 months.

11:30

In Şırnak’s İdil district, a man named Hasan Karaaslan killed his wife and three daughters and then surrendered at the police station.

09:29

Village guard Ramazan Babat, who sexually abused a child in the Uludere district of Şırnak and then tried to cover up the incident, was arrested last evening.

14:18

The Şenyaşar family continues to hold their sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse despite the police blockade. Emine Şenyaşar reacted to the police blockade by saying, “What kind of state is this, what kind of justice is this?”

12:05

Yazidi and Arab women held a march in Shengal to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. “His freedom is our freedom,” the women shouted.

08:18

A man named R.B. sexually abused a child but the sexual abuse case was reportedly covered up before it was brought before a court. TJA member Güler Tunç says such incidents are linked to the special war policies.

15:28

Women living in Shengal call on the Yazidis, who had to leave their homeland due to the genocide against the Yazidi community, to return to their homeland in order to revive their values.

14:42

On the 529th day of the sit-in protest of the Şenyaşar family, the members of the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD) Urfa Branch visited the family to support the family’s struggle for justice.

10:50

The Palestinian Ministry of Information announced that it had monitored 50 Israeli violations against women journalists during the first half of 2022.

15:20

On August 21, a women’s solidarity chain will be formed at Istanbul’s Avcılar Square for Afghan women resisting the repression policies of the Taliban and all resisting women in the Middle East.

15:15

At least 26 people have died and dozens of others have been injured in forest fires that broke out in northern Algeria.

13:16

The number of the people visiting the Şenyaşar family to support their struggle for justice increases. Today, the members of the Yaşam Evi Women’s Solidarity Association visited the family.

11:42

35 female prisoners in the Kayseri Bünyan Women’s Closed Prison have tested positive for Covid-19. Four of them have been reportedly suffering from serious symptoms.