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14:13

The Syrian Women's Political Movement held a meeting in Damascus on January 9, to discuss women’s role in the new Syria.

13:30

The number of people killed in the Gaza Strip is likely 41% higher than the figure reported by authorities in Gaza, a study published in The Lancet journal has found.

13:02

“The philosophy of leader Öcalan is the key to solving all global problems,” said Hadla Hassan, Co-chair of the Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) in Kobanê.

12:36

Journalists Gülistan Dursun, Pınar Gayıp and Serpil Ünal have been transferred from Bakırköy Closed Women’s Prison to Marmara Prison.

10:55

“A system without women’s representation is doomed to collapse. Women’s representation guarantees success everywhere,” said Destîna Haleb, member of the YPJ Military Council who participated in “Dialogue Workshop” held by women in Hasakah.

10:53

“I am not a fighter and what is going on here is not a war having mutual clashes. The whole world should know this,” said Asmaa Nasser, one woman in Gaza.

10:52

Hoşyar Sarıyıldız and Nuriye Aslan, Co-mayors of the Akdeniz Municipality from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) have been detained.

14:17

Sakine Cansız, Kurdish female politician who was murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013, was commemorated upon her grave in Dersim on Thursday.

13:56

“Women will not take a step back from their struggle for freedom,” Kongra Star said in a written statement condemning the killing of Kerem Ehmed in a Turkish drone attack near Tishreen Dam on Wednesday.

13:28

Sakine Cansız (Sara), a Kurdish female politician who was murdered in Paris on January 9, 2013 along with two Kurdish women, was commemorated in Dêrsim on Thursday.

12:46

The false and manipulative discourses against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan aim to undermine the efforts for solution and peace, the Asrin Law Office said in a statement on Thursday.

12:35

Five civilians killed in a Turkish drone attack targeting a civilian convoy near the Tishreen Dam on Wednesday have been identified.

11:29

Five people were killed in Syria’s Hama, Idlib and Homs cities.

10:46

The Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner and journalist imprisoned in Evin Prison, her lawyer, Amir Reisiyan, said on Wednesday.

10:19

Women resisting dictators are seen as a threat by states, DEM Party Women's Council Spokesperson Halide Türkoğlu said, “The massacres that took place on January 4 and 9 were against revolutionary women.”

13:49

The Mothers for Peace and Reconciliation in Eastern Kurdistan condemn the death penalty in Iran, expressing their support to the “No to Execution, Yes to Free Life” campaign.

13:25

Two journalists’ associations have started a social media hashtag campaign, supporting the delegation kept waiting at the Khabour Border Crossing to retrieve bodies of killed journalists.

12:50

A delegation travelling to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to retrieve the bodies of murdered Kurdish journalists Nazim Daştan and Cihan Bilgin has been kept waiting at the Khabour Border Crossing for two days.

12:06

Women political prisoners in Bakırköy prison refused contact visits to protest the practice of strip search.

09:37

Displaced Kurdish, Arab and Yazidi women living in the Washokani camp, call on international human rights organizations to take action to bring the Turkish state to account for its war crimes.