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10:46

The Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish political prisoner and journalist imprisoned in Evin Prison, her lawyer, Amir Reisiyan, said on Wednesday.

10:19

Women resisting dictators are seen as a threat by states, DEM Party Women's Council Spokesperson Halide Türkoğlu said, “The massacres that took place on January 4 and 9 were against revolutionary women.”

13:49

The Mothers for Peace and Reconciliation in Eastern Kurdistan condemn the death penalty in Iran, expressing their support to the “No to Execution, Yes to Free Life” campaign.

13:25

Two journalists’ associations have started a social media hashtag campaign, supporting the delegation kept waiting at the Khabour Border Crossing to retrieve bodies of killed journalists.

12:50

A delegation travelling to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to retrieve the bodies of murdered Kurdish journalists Nazim Daştan and Cihan Bilgin has been kept waiting at the Khabour Border Crossing for two days.

12:06

Women political prisoners in Bakırköy prison refused contact visits to protest the practice of strip search.

09:37

Displaced Kurdish, Arab and Yazidi women living in the Washokani camp, call on international human rights organizations to take action to bring the Turkish state to account for its war crimes.

08:40

“Sakine Cansız is the symbol of freedom,” said TJK-E Spokesperson Ayten Kaplan, stressing that they would protect the legacy left by Sakine Cansız to the Kurdish Women's Movement and crown it with victory.

14:36

Zohreh Dadras, a women’s rights activist in Iran, has returned to the Lakan Prison in Rasht after being temporarily released from prison for 10 days, her mother announced on Instagram on Monday.

14:34

Afghan women react to Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, for saying, “My commitment is unwavering to defend their rights in Islam,” in a social media post on Saturday.

12:44

Many social media users have posted messages, expressing their support to the woman, who removed a cleric’s turban and used it as a scarf at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on Monday in protest of Iran's compulsory hijab laws.

09:59

In Türkiye, 19 women were killed and 19 women and two children died under suspicious circumstances in December 2024, according to a report released by Jinnews, an all-women news agency based in Amed (Diyarbakır), on Tuesday.

09:49

In Iran, at least 241 women were executed from 2010 to 2024 and at least 31 women were executed in 2024, said a report released by the Iran Human Rights (IHR) on Monday.

09:16

The Syrian Free Women’s Foundation aims to empower women by organizing vocational training courses and awareness-raising activities.

08:13

“A historical resistance has been taking place on Tishreen and Qereqozax against the attacks,” said YPJ commander Çiçek Zagros.

14:24

Another newborn baby froze to death in Gaza, increasing the number of babies freezing to death in Gaza to eight, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

13:28

The Turkish Ministry of Education has signed a cooperation protocol with the Grey Wolves. The protocol allows the Grey Wolves to organize vocational and technical courses at schools as non-formal education activities.

12:52

Iran has blocked access to the Instagram account of Gazal Mahour, an Iranian musical artist.

11:08

The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) has released a written statement, calling for participation in protests to be held on January 9 and January 11, the anniversary of the Paris massacres.

09:23

Tunisian women demand more awareness-raising activities and education programs be carried out to prevent violence against women “because Tunisia has laws protecting women’s rights and women are unaware of these laws.”