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13:10

Basma Soussi, feminist activist and vice-president of the Ibsar Association for the Culture and Leisure of blind and visually handicapped people, stated that women with disabilities in Tunisia face problems both in working life and in social life, “Women's movements must work coordinately for women's rights. Women with disabilities should be supported more particularly in the countries suffering from war-conflicts,” she said.

09:30

Seven months ago, Nurcan Kaplan, who applied for protective order 12 times against her husband, and her mother Nezire Demir were attacked by her husband, Tarık Kaplan, with a gun. Lawyer Zelal Erdemci told us that an indictment has been prepared against the perpetrator, who went to kill two women, for “deliberately” killing and injuring women not for “by planning”.

13:55

Stating that women’s rights are not guaranteed in the Syrian constitutions and women are ignored in Syria, Ster Qasim, member of the North and East Syrian Women's Council Coordination, said that women in Northern and Eastern Syria have been writing the laws that concern them.

09:42

The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) Istanbul representative Ümit Efe spoke to NuJINHA about the conditions of prisoners and she said, “2021 was a year when allegations of violence, torture, ill-treatment, and harassment in prisons were intense.”

11:02

Peace Mother Hadle Oğur was arrested while attending her daughter’s commemoration ceremony. At the hearing of the trial against her, the judge asked her, “Why did you attend your daughter’s commemoration ceremony?” She has faced three years and 15 days prison sentence for attending her daughter’s commemoration ceremony.

10:35

Yemeni journalist and media activist Hala Fouad Badawi has been arrested over her reports and social media posts. Lawyer and a human rights defender Afraa Al-hariri told NuJINHA that the rights of Hala Fouad Badawi have been violated since she was arrested.

10:09

Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch Chairperson Gülseren Yoleri spoke to NuJINHA about the situation of jailed politician Aysel Tuğluk and sick prisoners. Holding sick people in prisons is “murder”, she said.

09:50

We spoke to Ahlem Belhadj, a member of the Tunisian Association of the Democratic Women (ATFD), about their works and goals.

09:48

Violence against women has been increasing in Algeria especially after the Covid-19 outbreak. Algerian women demand the implementation of anti-violence laws, the punishment of perpetrators of violence, support to victims of violence, and awareness-raising activities to be carried out in order to prevent gender-based violence in the country.

08:35

111,777 cases of violence against women were recorded in the first 10 months of 2021 in the Federal Kurdistan Region. Women lawyers spoke to NuJINHA about the increasing rate of gender-based violence in the region and said, “Awareness-raising activities against violence should be carried out.”

13:30

The final hearing of the murder trial of Marwa Al-Baiti was held in Yemen. Muhammad Al-Jafri has been sentenced to death for murdering Marwa Al-Baiti.

08:45

Women's Council for Social Justice, which has become a role model for European countries, has carried out many important works since its foundation in 2015. The council saved 106 women’s lives in 2021 and it is ready for 2022. In the new year, the council will create a website to announce crimes committed against women, prepare the draft of the civil code, and many more.

11:50

The increase in unilateral divorce rates in Algeria affects women and children the most.

16:00

Iraqi activists have started a fundraising campaign for the treatment of Maryam Al Rikabi, a victim of an acid attack in Iraq.

12:02

“Algeria needs a law protecting divorced women over 50,” says Saadia Kassem, an Algerian feminist and member of the Wassila Network working on the prevention and protection of women and children from violence.

15:22

Kurdish political prisoner Zeyneb Celaliyan’s lawyer Shirin Ebad drew attention to her client’s health condition and said, “My client is subjected to torture and exile.”

10:54

The number of femicides and suspicious deaths of women is increasing in Turkey. According to the reports of press outlets, the deaths of 12 women in Amed have been recorded as suspicious deaths since January 2021. Lawyer Elif Tirenç İpek Ulaş, also a board member of the Rosa Women’s Association, commented on the legal process of the suspicious deaths of women. “The sensitivity shown in murder cases is not shown in the cases of suspicious deaths,” she told us.

09:04

Women’s organizations in Morocco complain about the insufficient number of women’s shelters in the country and demand new women’s shelters be opened in every city for victims of violence.

13:50

The first hearing of the retrial against writer Aslı Erdoğan has been adjourned to February 10, 2022.

12:38

Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance Foundation (CEWLA) has started a project against the trafficking of women and girls. The foundation aims to raise awareness of women and support the economy of women.