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09:33

Lawyer Elif İpek Tirenç Ulaş was battered by police for refusing body search at a checkpoint while trying to attend the rally led by the Free Women’s Movement (TJA) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Women's Council. After the incident, an investigation was launched against her on the charges of “resisting police officers” and “threatening public officials” when violent police officers filed a criminal complaint against her. Lawyer Elif İpek Tirenç Ulaş becomes “a suspect” in the file.

14:00

Journalist Khabat Abbas has won this year’s Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism in the Fixer category. “I try to make women’s voices heard around the world.”

12:35

There is a very thin line between the poverty and hunger limits in Afghanistan. Afghans suffering from hunger leave their children at hospitals because they cannot feed their children anymore. Since the Taliban took the control of the country, the banking and construction sectors have collapsed. Working people wait in long queues in front of the bank buildings to receive their salaries but they return home empty-handed in the evening. Thousands of people in Kabul expect support.

10:00

Covid-19 pandemic makes the working conditions of health workers even worse. Health workers have struggled against physical, mental, and financial problems due to excessive hours and intense work. “We tried to make our voices to be heard. But they didn’t hear our voices or didn’t want to hear,” says Sevilay Yıldız is one of the health workers, who are on the point of exhausting, psychologically fade away and face financial difficulties.

15:56

Both Minister of Health and Mayor of Casablanca, Nabila Rmili resigned as Minister of Health to focus on her position as mayor, according to the statement issued by the Moroccan Royal Courts.

15:27

The number of people with diabetes has recently increased in Idlib. There are many reasons for diabetes, which is much more common in women. Doctor Ibtisam El-Helleq points out the possible eyes problems in people who have diabetes.

13:34

“The sun of truth and justice will rise again on the horizons of Şanlıurfa,” say Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar on the 221st day of the struggle for justice.

13:40

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar has demanded justice in front of Urfa Courthouse for their killed relatives for 220 days.

13:20

Women of Shengal say they will never accept the agreement signed between the Federal Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government on the fate of Shengal on October 9, 2020. The dirty games played in Shengal during Iraq’s parliamentary elections are the continuation of the conspiracy, they say.

10:45

“Women are aware of the link between the abolition of the Istanbul Convention, the policy of impunity, and the conservative authoritarian power. The women in the region (Kurdish region in Southeast Turkey) are also aware of the link between increasing femicides, suicides, and security policies. The awareness directs women to vote against the government. This is important because a political party that loses the support of women has no chance to come to power,” said Yüksel Genç, the Coordinator of the Socio-Political Field Research Center.

14:57

Sit-in protest of Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice for their killed relatives has entered its 219th day.

15:20

The Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has announced that 23 female candidates from Southern Kurdistan won seats in Iraq's parliamentary election held on October 10.

12:42

The sit-in protest for justice by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar continues on its 128th day. “One day the truth will come out,” the family says.

15:52

Political prisoner Figen Yüksekdağ, who has been held in the Kandıra Prison, sent a message through her lawyers to draw attention to the ongoing rights violations in the prison. “Pressure and tension are increasing in Kandıra F-Type Prison.”

14:36

The Independent High Electoral Commission has announced that 41% of registered voters turned out for the Iraqi early parliamentary election, which was held yesterday, October 10.

14:30

The sit-in protest staged by Emine Şenyaşar and Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice has continued on its 217th day.

13:45

Afghan women held a protest in Kabul against the restrictions imposed by the Taliban after taking the control of Afghanistan. “What you (the Taliban) say today does not reflect the general opinion of the people. If the Taliban keep tyrannizing, they will be overthrown. Listen to women.”

12:20

Al-Zahraa Network for the Development of Women and the Family will submit their demands to the new prime minister to improve women’s working conditions in Morocco.

08:55

“Serious crimes were committed against women in Girê Spî and Sêrekaniyê two years ago,” say NuJINHA reporters Leyla Mihemed and Sorgul Şexo, who have reported from NE Syria. “It is very difficult to describe those days…”

16:00

23 years have passed since the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan was brought to Turkey. “The attacks aimed to destroy the democratic nation system. We, as women, will not allow what happened during the Lausanne peace negotiations to happen again. We will strengthen our works on these principles,” said Narfin Xebat, a member of the Women's Council Coordination of the Democratic Union Party (PYD).