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15:00

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 283 days.

11:20

Gizem Miran, the Co-Chair of the Diyarbakır Bar Association’s Prison Commission, draws attention to the condition of sick prisoners, who cannot access health services in prison, “Their right to life is being violated. Ministry of Justice should implement national and international laws and regulation.”

14:05

Free Women’s Movement (TJA) issued a written statement about the suspicious deaths of Halil Güneş, Abdulrezzak Şuyur, and Garibe Gezer in prison. “We, as Kurdish women’s movement, didn’t accept the male-dominant state’s special war policies and we will not accept,” the TJA writes in the statement.

12:40

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 282nd day today. “Justice will prevail against the law of the superiors,” says the Şenyaşar family.

13:50

Iranian women have started a petition online against forced premarital virginity tests in Iran. 25,000 people have already signed the petition.

13:00

The Şenyaşar family continues to hold their sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse to demand justice for their killed relatives.

12:40

Feminists held a seminar in Algeria to mark the 61st anniversary of the December 11, 1960 demonstrations in Algeria. “Women were everywhere. They fought the enemy by themselves. The issue of freedom and equality was their cause for a long time,” said one of the participants.

08:20

Alf Ba Civilization and Coexistence Foundation launched a project in Yemen to increase the participation of young people in every part of life.

15:15

Kongra Star office in the Afrin region issued a statement and said, “We will not remain silent against attacks on our people.”

14:02

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for their killed relatives in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 280 days.

13:48

Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK) held its conference with the motto, “We Talk about Our Resistance and Struggle Methods against Patriarchy on the 4th and 5th of December. “We should support whatever attacked by the state and men,” said Mizgîn Aksu, a member of the HDK Women’s Council.

10:15

Yesterday, Iraqi soldiers opened fire on Yazidi young people protesting the attempt of the Iraqi Army to enter the Sinun town of Shengal. Journalist Nesrin Hesen was shot in the foot.

10:00

The International Women's Forum was held in Algeria between December 11 and 12. The women, who met at the forum, discussed many issues such as working life, education, and women’s participation in decision-making positions.

16:10

41 Yazidis, who were killed and buried in a mass grave in 2014 by ISIS, were laid to rest in the Kocho village of Shengal after being identified.

14:50

CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and the party members visited the Şenyaşar family, who has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 276 days.

14:28

Reacting to the rising violence against women in Tunisia, Jannat Kedashi, the president of the Association of Voix d'Ève, said that the silence of the state kills women in Tunisia.

12:00

The existence of families who want to sell their children for economic reasons in Afghanistan is a shame for humanity. “We sell our children for 4,000 Afghani ($40) to those who can look after them,” An Afghan family posted on social media.

09:15

Çiğdem Ergin (23) allegedly committed suicide by plunging from the third floor of the building where she lived in Van province. After four months in a coma, she regained her consciousness and stated her husband had tried to kill her. Her husband Sinan Ergin faces up to 20 years in prison for “attempting to kill his wife”. Çiğdem Ergin calls on women to be in solidarity with her.

14:00

The Centre for Women's Legal Researches and Consulting (CWLRC) organized an activity yesterday. The CWLRC’s members wearing orange clothes wrote, “We are here to protect you” on the seashore of the Gaza Strip as part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign.

13:50

“We live and resist because resisting for justice is living,” said Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have demanded justice for their killed relatives for 275 days.