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08:18

A 30-year-old woman, reportedly an activist, was arrested by security forces in the Yasuj region of Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province on Monday.

07:50

“If anything happens to me, hold the prison administration responsible,” Sidar Varlu said in her last phone call with her mother, reporting that she had been subjected to physical, psychological violence in the prison of Erzincan.

14:15

A group of Syrian women held a meeting in the city of Tartus on Monday to discuss the status of women and exchange ideas about their presence in the new Syria.

13:08

“We have gained experiences in North and East Syria,” said Bêrîvan Yunîs, member of the Education Committee of Kongra Star, expressing that they are always ready to share these experiences with all women.

11:35

At least 580 Palestinians, including women and children, were arrested in January 2025 by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian rights groups.

09:42

The Women's Defense Units (YPJ) “plays an important role in fighting against the attacks on the Tishreen Dam and defending it,” said Amira Mohammed, one of the commanders of the YPJ.

08:19

A street in the Saidsadiq district of Sulaymaniyah, a city in Southern Kurdistan, has been named after Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn, who were killed in a Turkish drone strike in the district on December 23, 2024.

06:56

The people of North and East Syria continue to hold a vigil on the Tishreen Dam in order to protect it from the Turkish attacks despite being targeted by it.

13:19

The house arrests and judicial control placed on journalists Melike Aydın and Tolga Güney have been lifted.

12:53

“The Iranian government has intensified its crackdown on journalists,” the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said in a statement on Friday, condemning the Iranian authorities’ ongoing crackdown on press freedom.

12:28

Maryam Sadat Yahyavi, a political activist, was released from Evin prison on Sunday after serving a one-year prison sentence. Upon her release, she stood in front of the prison holding a banner reading, “No to Execution”.

12:16

“A decentralized system is the best system for Syria's future,” said Îlham Ehmed, Co-chair of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

10:34

The employees of the Child Protection Office in Kobanê call on the international community and human rights organizations to break their silence against the ongoing Turkish attacks, targeting and killing Kurdish children.

09:31

Women attending the “Freedom for Peace" rally in Amed on February 8 demanded physical freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and “steps to be taken for peace”.

08:18

Following the fall of the Assad regime, Kawthar Jundi went to the prison of Sednaya to find her husband, who has been missing for 10 years; however, she could not find him.

13:38

The Mesopotamia Women Journalists’ Association (MKG) has released a written statement, demanding the immediate release of Jinnews reporter Öznur Değer, who was detained in a dawn hour raid in Mardin on Friday.

13:37

Journalists Dicle Müftüoğlu and Nezahat Doğan have applied to the Turkish Ministry of Justice, requesting to interview Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in the prison island of Imrali.

12:41

Birsen Orhan, Co-mayor of Dêrsim who was removed from office and replaced with a state-appointed trustee, has been sentenced to five months in prison over her speeches.

11:22

Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Thursday, targeting several areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.

10:30

Iran’s Supreme Court rejected the request for judicial review of the conviction and death sentence of Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi, her lawyer, Amir Raisian, announced on Thursday.