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249 women executed in Iran since 2017
Seven prisoners, including a woman, were hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj on Wednesday, bringing the number of women executed in Iran since 2017 to 249, according to the NCRI Women Committee.
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Member of Afghan Girls Robotics Team wins two medals at 2024 FIRST Global Challenge
A member of the Afghan Girls Robotics Team has won two medals at the 2024 FIRST Global Challenge held in Athens, Greece. 13-year-old Ghazal was the only member of the team participating in the competition.
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Letter from 99 US health workers: End this madness now!
99 US health workers, who have volunteered in the Gaza Strip over the past year, sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, urging the administration to “end this madness now!”
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Mothers of Plaza de Mayo demand end of isolation in Imrali
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who gathered in the Plaza de Mayo on Thursday, demanded the end of isolation imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in the prison island of Imrali.
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Narges Mohammadi prevented from leaving prison to undergo angiography
Evin prison authorities have prevented Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi from being transferred to the hospital to undergo angiography three times since September 10, 2024, Narges Mohammadi’s family said in a statement on Thursday.
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Justice for Nagihan Akarsel: The murderer said he had been assigned by the Turkish state
“At the court, the murderer said he had been assigned by the Turkish state. We must fight for the real murderers to be brought to justice,” said Sarah Marcha, member of the International Justice Initiative for Nagihan Akarsel.
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‘We want to build a society based on real science’
Arab women, who participated in the second Jineology Conference said, “Today, we are here to leave our mark in history, to improve ourselves and to build a society based on real science.”
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WHO: The health system in Lebanon has been weakened by successive crises
“The health system in Lebanon has been weakened by successive crises and is struggling to cope with the immense needs,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, said Wednesday on social media platform X.
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Yazidi woman abducted by ISIS in 2014 reunited with her family
A 21-year-old Yazidi woman named Fawzia Amin Sido, who was abducted by ISIS in Shengal 10 years ago, has been rescued and reunited with her family, Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday.
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Sakineh Parvaneh denied family contact
Sakineh Parvaneh, a Kurdish political activist imprisoned in Evin prison, has been denied family contact for starting a hunger strike.
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Mahrang Baloch named among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2024
Time magazine has named Dr Mahrang Baloch, a human rights activist in Pakistan and leader of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), among its 100 “most influential people of 2024”.
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‘Jineology catches women’s attention all over the world’
“Jineology catches women’s attention all over the world,” said Nayrouz Muslim, an academic at the Al-Sharq University in Raqqa, talking about the second conference of the Jineology Academy held in Hasakah.
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Rawya Islim of Gaza: We will struggle to survive
“Despite the siege and lack of food, we, as women, will struggle to survive with limited resources,” said Rawya Islim, a displaced woman in Gaza.
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Conference on Sociology of Freedom kicks off in Hasakah
The Conference on Sociology of Freedom, organized by Kongra Star, has kicked off in Hasakah.
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BATZAC calls for support to campaign demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan
The employees and activists of BATZAC, an anti-capitalist and anarchist organization based in Catalonia, calls for support to the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question” campaign.
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2nd Nagihan Akarsel Jînergy Days kicks off in NE Syria
The Jineology Academy of North and East Syria has organized the 2nd “Jînergy Days” on the anniversary of journalist and Jineology Academy member Nagihan Akarsel’s murder.
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‘The PYD is ready for dialogue with all parties’
“The PYD is ready for dialogue with all parties to the Syrian conflict because we care about the interests of the people,” said Şerîfe Mihemed, member of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Assembly.
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‘Jineology will light the way of women all over the world’
Jineology, women’s science, will light the way of women all over the world, said women, who participated in the conference of the Jineology Academy. “Our aim is to spread the ‘Jin,Jiyan,Azadi’ philosophy.”
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Flash floods kill 13 people in Iran’s Kerman province
Flash floods in Jiroft, a city of Iran’s Kerman province, on Monday have killed 13 people, the governor of Jiroft city told journalists at a press conference.
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Nahid Taghavi temporarily released from Evin prison
Nahid Taghavi, a German-Iranian citizen, was temporarily released from Evin prison on September 28. She has to wear an ankle monitor in order to comply with the terms of her release.