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12:56

HDP Migrants and Refugees Commission Co-Spokespersons Gülsüm Ağaoğlu and Veli Saçılık issued a statement about the death of 300 migrants after a ship capsized off Yemen's coast. “The death of 300 people is not a “boat accident” but a massacre caused by the capitalist system. Unfortunately, the world is just watching this tragedy. Organizations like UN only report.”

17:00

The website of Jinnews has been blocked to access for the 31st time. The website was blocked to access twice only in March. Jinnews has announced that they continue to report at http://jinnews30.xyz.

16:48

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar were participants of the Democracy Conference today. “They destroyed my family, I have no power to resist,” Emine Şenyaşar said, asking the people to not leave them alone in their struggle for justice.

16:19

Members of the Women's Platform for Equality (Eşitlik İçin Kadın Platformu-EŞİK) wanted to issue a press statement before submitting an additional petition to the Council of State for the Istanbul Convention but police prevented them.

15:08

Resource Center for Gender Equality (ABAAD) has been established and been the co-chair of the National Technical Task Force to End GBV against Women and Girls since 2012. One of the campaigns launched by the organization was awarded the UN SDG Action Award for the most impactful campaign globally. We spoke to Ghida Anani, the founder and director of ABAAD, about the organization’s activities.

13:40

Three Iranian refugees, who were held in a removal center for participating in the protest took place in Denizli province against Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, will be sent to different cities of Turkey.

12:23

Police detained many members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Esenyurt District Organization and activists of the Free Women’s Movement (TJA) for protesting the murder of Deniz Poyraz.

11:43

Two female journalists died and 21 others injured Wednesday when a bus overturned in northwestern Iran yesterday.

16:27

Police attacked women demanding the removal of the tent set up in front of the HDP office in Izmir by police. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas against women.

15:52

Hürmüz Diril has been missing for 533 days; Apro Diril has been arrested within the scope of the investigation opened into the missing of Hürmüz Diril.

14:34

Emine Karakaş, who was seriously wounded by a man named Aslan Karakaş in the Bismil district of Diyarbakır, passed away after struggling for her life for 138 days at hospital but the perpetrator hasn’t been detained yet.

14:30

Emine Şenyaşar is holding her sit-in protest at home today due to her illness while her son Ferit Şenyaşar is holding the sit-in protest demanding justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse. “We have been constantly attacked in front of the courthouse to keep us silent. There is a crime against humanity. No one has been arrested related to the incident. There is no law, right or justice,” posted by the Şenyaşar family on their Twitter account.

16:38

First international panel for “Weaving for Life” campaign launched by 73 women’s organizations all around the world, including the Kurdish Women’s Relations Office (REPAK), and 181 women against femicides goes virtual on June 23. During the panel, women will share the objectives of the campaign and list the assassination attempts against leading women around the world.

13:29

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have been demanding justice for 106 days.

14:17

Sakine Demir, the mother of Sêvê Demir, who was killed in Silopi, visited the family of Deniz Poyraz to express her condolence. “Thousands Sêvê, Fatma, Pakize, Deniz were killed but thousands come,” Sakine Demir said.

12:00

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have staged a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 105 days, asked for support from 81 bar associations in Turkey.

11:05

21st issue of the Jineology Magazine has been published. The new issue is dedicated to resistant Êzidî women, who have built a new autonomous society and don’t leave their hometown.

15:02

Syrian Free Women’s Foundation has held its first congress with the participation of 200 delegations with the motto, “There is a free world and a life that must be realized.

13:50

A woman was shot in the arm after a clash broke out in a restaurant located in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır province. According to received reports, police fired into the air and the woman was shot in the arm.

12:45

The sit-in protest staged by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding “justice” has entered its 102nd day. Şenyaşar family will visit political parties and NGOs in Antep today. “We want to make our struggle heard across Turkey,” the family said.