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Displaced women: We want to return to our homeland
“We want to return to our homeland where we made great efforts to build a life,” said displaced women from Afrin, Serêkaniyê and Girê Spî, calling for struggle against capitalist modernity.
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DİSK places wreath at Taksim Square
The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) placed a flower wreath at Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Thursday morning to mark the International Workers Day despite the police blockade.
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Women of Kobanê celebrate May Day
The International Workers’ Day has become a symbol of the struggle of women workers building their society in Kobanê. “May Day is an important day because we celebrate our labor and efforts,” said the women of Kobanê.
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Indian scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak expresses her support to ‘call for peace’
“I speak in absolute support of the peace process,” Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, an Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic, said in a video message to support the call for peace by Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
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New dress code for male students in Afghanistan
Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan male students have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics.
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Lida Alexani held in Evin prison more than two weeks without charge
Lida Alexani, an Armenian citizen living in Tehran, has been held in Evin prison without charge since April 12, 2025.
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TJK-E to hold demonstrations in Europe
The European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E) has released a statement on Wednesday, announcing that they will hold demonstrations and activities in Europe on May 3 to demand freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
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4 students sexually abused by their teacher in Şırnak
A teacher named Muammer Uğur was arrested for sexually abusing four students in Şırnak. The fourth hearing of the child sexual abuse trial will be held on May 16, 2025.
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‘The conference was a response to genocidal plans’
The conference “Unity of Kurdish Position in Rojava” was a response to all “genocidal plans. The conference was held thanks to the efforts of our martyrs during the Rojava Revolution,” said women in northeastern Syria.
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Halabja officially becomes one of Iraq’s provinces
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Tuesday ratified a law officially recognizing Halabja as Iraq’s 19th province.
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‘The conference will have an influence on current developments’
The conference Unity of Kurdish Position in Rojava “will have an influence on current developments in Syria,” said Foza Yusif, member of the Presidential Committee of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).
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Death toll in Iran port explosion rises to 70
The death toll in a massive explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas has risen to 70, Iran’s state IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
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Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing ‘live-streamed genocide’ in Gaza
Israel is committing a "live-streamed genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza by targeting critical infrastructure, displacing most of the enclave's inhabitants and depriving them of life-saving aid, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
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PAJK: Pelin Zozan was martyred in enemy attack
KJK Executive Council member Pelin Zozan, her birth name Pelin Yılmaz, was martyred in an enemy attack on January 27, 2025, the Kurdistan Women’s Liberation Party (PAJK) Coordination announced on Tuesday.
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Dulce Maria of Abya Yala: Women’s freedom can make a change
“It is important to start understanding that women’s freedom can make a change on our planet,” Dulce Maria of Abya Yala told NuJINHA during her visit to Rojava.
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‘Women’s political participation should be supported in Libya’
“Women’s political participation should be supported in Libya,” said Asmaa Al-Mahdawi, an activist and women’s rights advocate, stressing that more women should participate in decision-making positions.
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Journalist Ceren Kaynak İskit laid to rest in Ankara
Journalist Ceren Kaynak İskit, who died on Sunday, was laid to rest in Ankara on Monday.
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31 civilians killed in Sudan’s Omdurman
31 people, including children and women, have been killed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the Sudanese Doctors Network said on Sunday.
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Hasti Amiri arrested, transferred to Evin prison
Hasti Amiri, a woman human rights defender and former political prisoner, was arrested by Iran’s security forces and transferred to Evin prison on Saturday.
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At least 68 people killed in US airstrike on migrant prison in Saada
At least 68 people have been killed and 47 others injured in a U.S. airstrike hitting a prison holding African migrants in Yemen’s Saada governorate, Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV channel reported on Monday.