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10:57

Journalist Pakhshan Azizi, imprisoned in Evin prison, has been denied medical care although she suffers from severe headaches.

09:26

“Prisons have inhuman conditions. I was held in a ward along with 75-year-old Hanife Arslan and a 3-year-old child,” said Makbule Özer (82), who was released from prison after 254 days.

13:16

The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Sudan has risen to 348, the Health Ministry said in a statement on Friday.

11:40

NGOs urge all states, including UN Security Council members, to adhere to the ICJ’s advisory opinion, which suggests states halt the transfer and sale of weapons and ammunition to Israel.

10:44

Women of Idlib, who are subjected to gender inequality in many facets of life due to the patriarchal mindset, call on human rights organizations to carry out awareness-raising activities.

09:25

In Urmia and its rural areas, where Kurds live, students drop out of school due to the policies of the government. This paves the way for early marriages.

15:19

Nasrin Shakarami, mother of Nika Shakarami, one of the victims of the nationwide protests of 2022, has announced that all roads leading to her daughter’s grave have been blocked.

14:55

On the 29th day of the protest for Justice at the Turkish Parliament, Emine Şenyaşar was blocked from entering the building, where the office of the DEM Party Parliamentary Group is located.

14:24

People in Gaza are only eating one meal every other day, as 83 percent of required food aid does not make it into the besieged enclave due to Israel’s blockade, 15 organizations said on Wednesday.

13:51

One woman was arrested in Iran’s Bushehr city for wearing an inappropriate dress, the police chief of Bushehr announced on Thursday.

12:50

The winners of the 31st Musa Anter and Free Press Martyrs Journalism Awards have been announced. This year’s Honorary Award is given to journalist Pakhshan Azizi, who was sentenced to death by Iran.

11:02

Members of Coalition 188, a group of NGOs, politicians and activists opposed to amendments in the Iraqi Personal Status Law No. 188, say the amendments would “endanger women’s rights and democracy” if passed.

09:23

The Turkish state carried out at least 14 attacks on the Makhmour refugee camp in the last five years, with the cooperation of the KDP and the Iraqi government.

14:39

Sudanese journalist Madiha Abdalla condemns the death sentences imposed by Iran on labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi in Iran and expresses her solidarity with them.

13:21

Parisa Salehi, an economics reporter for the state-run financial newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad, has been released from prison six days before the end of her prison sentence.

10:27

“We will never accept surrender despite all the difficulties,” said the displaced women of Afrin, who are subjected to the ongoing Turkish attacks and the siege imposed on Shahba by the Syrian government.

14:44

“We will turn the 21st century into a century of women’s freedom,” said the statement released by the Southern Kurdistan Women's Front to mark the second anniversary of the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising.

14:42

At least 41,252 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

13:45

“Although the Makhmour refugee camp is under the protection of the United Nations and the Iraqi government, it is attacked by the Turkish state every day,” said Qîmet Kilinç.

12:51

Gaza’s health ministry has released the names of 34,344 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023 to August 31, 2024. 710 infants are among them.