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12:49

Social networks have restricted the accounts of Palestinians and their supporters.

16:52

Two Iraqi sisters were killed in their tent by an unknown person or persons in the al-Hol refugee camp, known as one of the most dangerous refugee camps in the world.

16:50

Kurdish National Congress (KNK) female members issued a press statement in front of the building of the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs in Berlin to stop the Turkish state's occupation attempts.

15:26

Activist Saba Kord Afshari, who has been held in prison for campaigning against the mandatory veil in Iran and began a hunger strike on May 7, has ended the hunger strike.

14:04

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan planned to visit the Şenyaşar family to support them. But before her visit, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar were detained. “Şenyaşar family is not here but we are holding their sit-in protest in a representative manner,” said Pervin Buldan, who came in front of Urfa Courthouse.

13:32

Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest demanding justice for 73 days. The family posted a tweet and called on Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül., “Resign, if you cannot secure the justice.” After their tweet, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have been taken into custody.

11:55

Writer Mujgan Kawsi, a political prisoner from Eastern Kurdistan, launched an indefinite hunger strike on May 16 to protest the policies of the Iranian regime, the Ministry of Justice and the prison administration. Kurdistan Human Rights Network has announced that Mujgan Kawsi's demands are not personal, but all prisoners' demands.

15:17

On Tuesday, a group of men wearing face masks attacked female teachers in Algeria. Algerian National Teachers’ Coordination issued a press statement demanded the immediate arrest of the attackers.

13:53

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 for 72 days. “Perpetrators are awarded with impunity,” the family said in their tweet.

11:11

We Will Stop Femicides Platform Women Assemblies held a virtual meeting. After the meeting, the platform has announced that they will speed up their protests and activities and that they will rise up across Turkey against femicides.

16:29

500 days ago, Gülistan Doku went missing in a city watched by surveillance cameras. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Dersim Women’s Council members flew balloons from Dinar Bridge and shared the photos on Twitter. “First, they said she committed suicide, and then they promised us to find our daughter. The result is a big lie! Man is again protected, the same mindset supports him.”

15:35

Rosa Women’s Association has applied to the Turkish Council of State demanding the cancel of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, stating that the decision is an unconstitutional decision.

15:33

On the 71st day of their sit-in protest, the Şenyaşar family sits in front of the Urfa courthouse to demand justice for their killed relatives. “Justice should not consist of only this above signboard. This human tragedy should be ended now…” the family said.

12:25

Hunger strikes launched by prisoners have entered their 173rd day. Lawyer Ekin Yeter, member of the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD), draws attention to the conditions in prisons becoming more aggravated with hunger strikes.

16:37

Members of Kongra Star drew attention to Turkey’s attempts to change the demographic structure of Afrin and to rights violations in the city. “We call on all our people and public opinion to protest this situation. We should raise the level of our struggle.”

15:33

Women’s rights activists in Turkey held a virtual panel titled “Increasing sexism during the pandemic”. The activists drew attention to the increasing violence against women during the Covid-19 pandemic and called for a joint struggle to end discrimination.

13:25

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar came to in front of Urfa Courthouse to hold their sit-in protest demanding justice for their killed relatives. “We will keep protesting in front of the courthouse until the prosecutor begins a legal process against 23 persons, involved in the attack on the hospital,” says the Şenyaşar family.

11:57

The protest held by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice for their killed relatives has entered its 67th day.

13:02

The protest held by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice for their killed relatives has entered its 66th day.

13:01

Free Women’s Movement (TJA) issued a press statement on Israeli attacks at Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. “We stand by the Palestinian people,” TJA said in the statement.