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15:15

Kongra Star office in the Afrin region issued a statement and said, “We will not remain silent against attacks on our people.”

14:02

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for their killed relatives in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 280 days.

13:48

Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK) held its conference with the motto, “We Talk about Our Resistance and Struggle Methods against Patriarchy on the 4th and 5th of December. “We should support whatever attacked by the state and men,” said Mizgîn Aksu, a member of the HDK Women’s Council.

10:15

Yesterday, Iraqi soldiers opened fire on Yazidi young people protesting the attempt of the Iraqi Army to enter the Sinun town of Shengal. Journalist Nesrin Hesen was shot in the foot.

10:00

The International Women's Forum was held in Algeria between December 11 and 12. The women, who met at the forum, discussed many issues such as working life, education, and women’s participation in decision-making positions.

16:10

41 Yazidis, who were killed and buried in a mass grave in 2014 by ISIS, were laid to rest in the Kocho village of Shengal after being identified.

14:50

CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and the party members visited the Şenyaşar family, who has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 276 days.

14:28

Reacting to the rising violence against women in Tunisia, Jannat Kedashi, the president of the Association of Voix d'Ève, said that the silence of the state kills women in Tunisia.

12:00

The existence of families who want to sell their children for economic reasons in Afghanistan is a shame for humanity. “We sell our children for 4,000 Afghani ($40) to those who can look after them,” An Afghan family posted on social media.

09:15

Çiğdem Ergin (23) allegedly committed suicide by plunging from the third floor of the building where she lived in Van province. After four months in a coma, she regained her consciousness and stated her husband had tried to kill her. Her husband Sinan Ergin faces up to 20 years in prison for “attempting to kill his wife”. Çiğdem Ergin calls on women to be in solidarity with her.

14:00

The Centre for Women's Legal Researches and Consulting (CWLRC) organized an activity yesterday. The CWLRC’s members wearing orange clothes wrote, “We are here to protect you” on the seashore of the Gaza Strip as part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign.

13:50

“We live and resist because resisting for justice is living,” said Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have demanded justice for their killed relatives for 275 days.

13:18

As the period for collective bargaining between the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Istanbul bureau has ended in disagreement, the employees at the BBC's bureau in Istanbul decide to take strike action. “If we don’t reach an agreement, we will go on strike. We will not take a step back,” TGS Secretary-General İlkay Akkaya told NuJINHA.

12:56

Social South Team has launched a campaign on social media in cooperation with Wifaq Association for Women and Child Welfare, Palestinian NGO Forum to Combat Violence Against Women, Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN), and “FADAA” coalition under the hashtag #تعنفهاش (Don’t use violence) to combat violence against women. Haneen Judeh, a member of the South Social Team, told us that two million people supported the campaign on Twitter in a day.

09:55

Yemeni women painted walls to draw attention to gender-based violence as part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign.

14:50

“The phenomenon of violence against girls is still under-reported in Tunisian society and requires specific prevention strategies and programs,” said Moufida Abbasi, the president of the Association of Tunisian Women for Research and Development (AFTURD).

13:00

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for their killed relatives for 274 days. “Those who destroy justice are doomed to perish. If there is AKP, there is no justice,” the Şenyaşar family said.

12:42

Gazan women have launched an online campaign under the slogan of “Your Safety is Her Safety” to draw attention to online violence against women.

11:30

The Women's Research and Training Centre at Aden University has launched a workshop to empower women and support them in the science world.

08:44

83-year-old prisoner Mehmet Emin Özkan, who has been held in prison for 26 years and suffered from many health problems, lost his memory in prison. His daughter Selma Özkan answers all calls with fear. “He should be immediately released from prison. What we face is torture,” she said.