law

09:26

After a three-day hearing, nine activists of the Free Women’s Movement (TJA) have been released pending the trial.

14:26

Next hearing of the trial against journalist Safiye Alağaş will be held on February 22, 2024.

14:13

The hearing of the trial against 18 journalists has been postponed to February 2, 2024.

17:12

Writer Dilşa Kocakaya has been sent to prison after her sentence was upheld by the Turkish Supreme Court.

10:22

Legal organizations call for participation in the hearing of the trial against ISIS members, who will stand trial on charges of “human trafficking” for putting an abducted Yazidi girl up for sale online in Ankara.

14:59

Six Baha’i citizens named Arsalan Yazdani, Saeedaeh Khozouei, Iraj Shakur, Pedram Abhar, Samira Ebrahimi, and Saba Sefidi have been sentenced to a total of 32 years and 10 months in prison.

14:19

At the first hearing of the trial against journalist Beritan Canözer, the prosecutor demanded a prison sentence of up to 15 years on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization”.

09:21

The first hearing of the trial against 23 women of the TJA will be held in Ankara on November 7.In the indictment prepared against them, each step taken by them is considered as a crime.

15:20

Journalists Dilan Babat and Fırat Can Arslan have been acquitted of the “pointing to public officials as a target” charge.

14:47

Gözde Bağcı, a forensic physician in Mardin’s Midyat district, was beaten by Mehmet Sait D., who is Midyat public prosecutor. Gözde Bağcı has filed a criminal complaint against the public prosecutor.

14:34

The hearing of the trial against Emine Şenyaşar, who has been seeking justice for her killed husband and two sons, on charges of “insulting officials” has been postponed to November 30.

15:16

The first hearing of the trial launched against women politicians Ayla Akat Ata, Meryem Adıbelli, Dilek Yağlı, Pervin Oduncu and Ayşe Yağcı for making lemon juice at their ward has been postponed.

10:39

Women in Iraq still face many challenges in obtaining their right to inheritance. “Although there is a law giving women equal inheritance rights, most people deny it,” said lawyer Nour Jawad Jassim.

09:16

“All we want is to live in peace. We do not want our homeland to be occupied,” said women of Manbij, reacting to the attacks of the Turkish state and its mercenaries on the northern and western countryside of Manbij.

14:58

Lawyer Eşwaq Necîb says women’s rights are violated in the Kurdistan Region, where laws protect men, not women.

14:59

The second hearings in the trials against Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were held in Tehran. The journalists denied all accusations against them. “My loyalty is to my people since I see myself as their voice.”

14:18

The hearing of the trial against Hiranur Foundation’s founder for forcibly marrying off his six-year-old daughter to a 29-year-old man in 2004 has been adjourned to October 9.

10:35

Dilek Bitgin was seriously injured after her husband Ahmet Bitgin tried to kill her. She seeks justice in the attempted murder trial.

14:02

One-year prison sentence given to six men accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in Morocco’s Tata city has sparked debate on Moroccan judicial system.

11:52

Lebanese activists say killings of women in Lebanon increase because of impunity and call on the government to fulfill its responsibility.