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13:01

A photo of a mentally ill woman with foot chained sparked outrage on social media. After the spread of the photo on social media, the Ministry of Women, Family, Children, and Seniors took urgent measures. The woman in her fifties has been reportedly treated at a hospital.

11:00

New Democrat Women (Yeni Demokrat Kadın-YDK) member Ceren Ağaç has been disappeared since she was taken into custody by police in Izmir province, Turkey. Social media users ask “Where is Ceren Ağaç” to know her whereabouts.

10:55

Jailed Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, who was recently hospitalized due to 75% of blockage in the artery, has been temporarily released from prison for medical treatment.

10:21

Teyba Mihemed, who was subjected to systematic violence by her husband, was murdered as a result of an inflammable substance attack. Even though her murder is tried to be recorded as “suicide”, the statements of the witnesses reveal that the incident was not a suicide but a murder. An investigation has been launched into the incident while her husband hasn’t been arrested yet.

08:41

Dicle Amed Women’s Platform (DAKAP) has announced that they will initiate their activities for International Women’s Day by organizing a march starting at the Dağkapı Square of Amed (Diyarbakır) on March 1. “We will take to the streets with the spirit of resisting women,” Hanife Kardaş, a member of the DAKAP’s organizing committee, told JINHA.

11:55

The Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for their killed relatives for 351 days. “If there is persecution, resisting is a right,” the family said.

11:20

Some of them are retired, some are workers and some are students; all of them have to work to make ends meet. All of them complain about the price hikes. They are back from shopping empty-handed.

15:15

Gozel Jalalian, the mother of political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, has been reportedly summoned to testify by the Iranian Intelligence Agency in Maku after she called on the international community to see her daughter.

15:05

Armenian teachers in NE Syria stated many languages went extinct due to the monist system in Syria and said, “But there is multilingualism in NE Syria now. The monist system was destroyed by the revolution. This revolution should be protected by everyone.”

14:10

Emine Şenyaşar and her Ferit Şenyaşar, who have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for their killed relatives, said, “We prefer freezing in front of the Şanlıurfa Courthouse than sitting at home and living under persecution. This should be the shame of those who talk about law and justice in Turkey.”

11:26

No information has been received from Zeynab Jalalian, who has been held in prison by the Iranian regime for years. Her mother Gozel Jalalian, who hasn’t seen her daughter for 15 years, calls on lawyers and authorities to find a solution for her to see her daughter.

09:40

Kurdistan Free Women's Movement (RJAK) has announced its program in Sulaymaniyah for International Women’s Day, March 8. The movement will organize a painting exhibition, plant trees, distribute roses and hold mass celebrations.

09:30

Kurdish PEN member writer Roza Metina talked about the policies of oppression and assimilation on the Kurdish language for years as part of the International Mother Language Day and said, “Mother language is learned at home. Families should speak Kurdish with their children.”

12:42

The Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for their killed relatives for 347 days. “If there is no justice, there will be no trust, peace, economic stability!” the family posted today.

08:40

Women of Amed will mark the International Women’s Day by taking to the streets in order to protest femicides, attacks on women, the economic crisis and rights violations against sick prisoners.

08:30

Journalist Zeynep Durgut, who was detained in a police raid in Şırnak on February 14, has been released under judicial control.

14:26

Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), has sent a message for solidarity with jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who is kept in prison despite being diagnosed with dementia.

13:10

Djamila Boupacha, an Algerian female revolutionary who was subjected to torture by the French army, refuses to be senator.

12:20

The Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse seeking justice for 346 days. “We ask the government, we have been in front of the courthouse for 346 days, how long will we wait for the law to be implemented?” the family posted on their social media account.

10:00

Roza Emin Bereket, a Yazidi woman rescued from ISIS with the support of Yazidi Women’s Aid Network and the Syrian Democratic Forces, has reunited with her family in Shengal after eight years.