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09:46

On December 23, hundreds of Sudanese women took to the streets in Sudan to protest against sexual violence and harassment, including the rape of eight young women by security forces during a pro-democracy protest. Speaking about the sexual attacks against women, Sudanese activist Shadia Abdel Moneim stated that the aim of the sexual attacks is to prevent women’s participation in protests, “But sexual attacks will not intimidate Sudanese women.”

08:00

Muhammed Encü was one of the 34 persons, who were killed in the Turkish airstrikes that took place on December 28, 2011 near the Iraq-Turkey border. His mother Heybet Encü was one of the women who arrived the region where the massacre took place. “We walked in the snow for two hours to reach our children. God knows that I will never forget what I saw there,” she says.

11:54

Members of the Young Women's Union (Yekîtiya Jinên Ciwan-YJC) had a meeting in the Ehdas district of Shehba to discuss how to “be yourself”.

11:38

The sit-in protest staged by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar in front of the Urfa Courthouse to demand justice for their killed relatives has entered its 291st day.

11:12

Egyptian human rights activist Mona Seif, who is known for her activism, has been released from prison.

08:35

Rupak Ahmed, a member of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, emphasized that hundreds of people, particularly women, are targeted and unlawfully detained in the Kurdistan Region, “Some women are detained and arrested for no reason, just for using their rights to freedom of expression.”

13:42

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for their killed relatives for 290 days. “Justice is under the control of the oppressors,” the Şenyaşar family said.

08:36

Fewziya Ebdi, co-chair of the Euphrates Region Legislative Assembly in NE Syria, spoke to NuJINHA about Turkey’s attacks on Shengal. “The Turkish state wants to continue its existence by annihilating people,” she said.

11:35

Emine Şenyaşar keeps demanding justice for her killed relatives despite the silence of the authorities.

11:00

Feminist group FiLiA has organized women across multiple countries to fast for the freedom of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been jailed in Iran since 2016.

10:30

Many girls and women are sexually abused by doctors in Egypt. We spoke to several of these women, who say they were sexually abused during medical exams by doctors.

14:43

The three-day tent protest organized at the Martyr Egid Square in Kobanî as part of the “Dem Dema Azadiye (Now is the time for freedom)” protests has ended.

14:22

The UN Women’s Gender Innovation Agora Forum has organized a traveling photography exhibition to tell the stories of women, who were subjected to violence, abuse, and rape. “We try to raise awareness about gender-based violence,” Shaima Hamad, a member of the forum, told us.

13:08

Emine Şenyaşar, who has demanded justice for her killed relatives in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 288 days, has been summoned to testify for the 11th time for allegedly “insulting a public official”.

09:20

Drawing attention to the barriers against journalists and citizen journalists working on the street, the lawyer Sevgi Kalan says, “Everyone who wants can conduct street interviews. They need to ask permission only from the interviewed person before recording an interview.”

15:40

47 political prisoners held in the Urmia Prison have been on a hunger strike for days in protest of being transferred to a high-security ward and rights violations in the prison.

14:38

The Şenyaşar family applied to the Urfa Governor´s Office in order to set up a tent in front of the Urfa Courthouse due to cold weather but their demand has been rejected.

15:20

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Batman MP Feleknas Uca issued a press statement to celebrate all Yazidis’ Cêjna Êzî (Feast of Ezid), “I hope for all abducted women to be saved from ISIS,” she said in the statement.

11:52

“There can be no peace and even bread without justice,” say Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have demanded justice for their killed relatives in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 284 days.

09:10

Afghan woman Derya Alizei fled from Afghanistan with her family. They walked from Afghanistan to Turkey. “We were subjected to harassment and violence on the way. Many Afghan women in Van were detained and sent to removal centers. We struggle to survive now,” she told us.