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15:59

Izmir Labour and Democracy Bloc makes preparation for the rally named, “A breath for democracy”.

13:54

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 120 days. Solidarity visits to the family continue.

16:43

16-year-old Shakiba Bakhtiar was killed in Iran’s Kermanshah city by her father for returning home late from the bazaar.

15:14

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 119 days.

13:45

Last month, the dead body of Ayşe Tayurak was found in the Silvan district of Amed (Diyarbakır) and it has been claimed that her mother committed suicide. Her daughter Elif Tayurak told us her mother had got a restraining order twice against her father Adem Tayurak for inflicting violence against her. Despite the restraining orders, her father always walked around their house. Elif Tayurak claims that her mother didn’t commit suicide but she was killed.

17:10

We will Stop Femicide Platform released its June report. Men killed at least 18 women in June; the deaths of at least 20 women were reported as “suspicious”, according to the report.

16:11

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar went to Amed to demand support for their sit-in protest demanding justice.

14:12

A girl named Îda El Hemûdi was stoned to death by her family male members in Hasekê (Al-Hasakah) city of NE Syria. The men took the video of the brutal stoning to death of the girl and shared it on social media platforms.

13:52

33 artists and writers were brutally killed on July 2, 1993, in the Sivas province of Turkey. 28 years have passed since the Madımak Massacre took place. The massacre left behind an endless mourning and unsecured justice! Today, people will hold protests across Turkey to commemorate those who were killed in the massacre.

13:06

Tunisian Ministry of Women, Family, and Children decided to engage in a national dialogue to end the increasing violence against women in the country. Minister of Women, Family and Children Iman Zahouani Hoymel noted that they will work at high pressure until August 13, National Women's Day in Tunisia, and that they will do their best to minimize the violence against women that has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic.

09:45

Jinnews, which reports on many issues such as harassment, rape, war crimes, isolation, attacks against women, and unlawfulness, has been prosecuted for their news and its website has been blocked to access 31 times. “We are the voice of women and this is our source of energy. The most important thing for us is the struggle, not pressures,” says Safiye Alağaş, the news director of Jinnews.

15:50

Women gathering at the Ankara’s Tunalı Hilmi Avenue unfurled a banner reading “We stop the life” and blocked the traffic. “We don’t withdraw from Istanbul Convention, we don’t accept one-man’s decision,” the women shouted. Female lawyers made a statement in front of the Sıhhiye Courthouse and distributed brochures. The women said, “We want to protect our lives and rights.

14:00

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 115 days. “Justice will be delivered one day,” the family said.

10:30

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) female MPs have announced that they have withdrawn from the Turkish parliamentary commission investigating the reasons for the violence against women. The Confederation of Public Employees' Trade Unions was invited to the commission but the unions have refused the invitation.

10:17

Turkey’s Presidential Decree published on March 20 announced the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. Turkey has formally withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention on Thursday.

08:00

Verdict in Elmalı child abuse case continues to spark outrages in Turkey. Actresses Hafsanur Sancaktutan and Seray Kaya announced on their social media accounts that they were also subjected to sexual abuse when they were children and that they will stand by children, who were subjected to sexual abuse by their mother and stepfather in the Elmalı district of Antalya province of Turkey.

14:26

Emine Şenyaşar hasn’t made her voice heard for 114 days. “We are being persecuted,” said Emine Şenyaşar, who made a telephone conversation with her son Fadıl Şenyaşar being held in Elazığ Prison for three years.

09:56

“Êzidî women gave a strong response to the invasion attacks by holding this conference far from their country,” said women attended the Conference of Rojava Êzidî Women's Union.

09:18

Êzidî Women's Union held its first founding conference with the motto, “With the thought of the Democratic Nation, the Êzidî Women Will Attain Victory.” Dozens of women from Shengal and Germany also attended the conference. The women decided to found Êzidî Women’s Council.

15:49

Free Women’s Movement (TJA) members hung a banner reading, “Istanbul Convention keeps alive” on a footbridge in the Silopi district of Şırnak province.