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A group of women’s organizations and activists have formed a new initiative called, “Women's Coordination for a Comprehensive Amendment of the Family Code” in order to carry out activities for having a family code based on gender equality.

14:14

Moroccan women victims of violence face many barriers when they try to report violence.

15:40

11 members of the Peace Mothers’ Initiative and two journalists stood trial today for supporting the hunger strike against the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan. The next hearing will be held on July 13, 2023.

14:12

In 2022, an investigation was launched against Jinnews editor Gülşen Koçuk on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization”. After a year, a Turkish prosecutor has decided not to prosecute the journalist.

10:53

A lawsuit has been filed against Saturday Mothers and human rights defenders even if they were attacked by police. “The indictment was prepared without any evidence. This legal disgrace must end now,” they said.

17:44

TJA Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison on charges of “Knowingly and willfully helping a (terrorist) organization”.

14:39

The second hearing of the murder trial against Metin Aydoğdu, who killed his wife Cansu Geyik after she filed a divorce case, was held today. The next hearing will be held on July 2, 2023.

13:44

Two-year prison sentence to the perpetrators, who gang raped a 11-year-old girl in Morocco, has sparked anger in Morocco. Taking to the streets, Moroccan women protested the court decision.

11:56

The territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are separated from each other by Israeli territory. This separation causes women and children to suffer more.

10:09

The Iranian regime's Revolutionary Court has upheld a 18-year prison sentence against political activist Fatemeh Sepehri.

14:39

Lawyer Suzan Hisên says divorced women face many rights violations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, adding, “Awareness-raising activities should be carried out in the region.”

12:11

The Turkish Constitutional Court has rejected the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) request for the postponement of the party’s closure case until the upcoming elections are over.

07:52

For years, some Libyan laws, particularly the Family Law, have been raising concern about women's rights and human rights.

10:00

Since the beginning of “Jina Mahsa Amini” protests, many activists and protesters have been arrested by Iranian security forces. In custody, they are subjected to many inhuman practices. Some of them told us their stories.

15:00

“The adoption of the Moroccan Family Code is an important step for women; however, it still causes a series of problems leading discrimination, injustice and inequality,” Moroccan Lawyer Aisha Qalaa said, calling for the reform of the family code.

09:55

Seda Zengin, member of the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD), pointed to the rights violations against political prisoners in Turkiye and said, “The Ministry of Justice is responsible for violations in prisons.”

09:26

An armored police vehicle hit and killed seven-year-old Miraç Miroğlu. The child has been found “primary negligent” by the report prepared by the Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK).

12:31

The Iranian authorities keep issuing prison sentences against protesters in an attempt to crack down on the nationwide protests.

09:21

A Turkish court has approved an indictment seeking a prison sentence for documentary filmmaker Sibel Tekin. The first hearing of the trial will be held on February 23.

08:00

Women face gender discrimination in all spheres of life, including in the judiciary. Elif Tirenç İpek Ulaş, lawyer and board member of the Rosa Women’s Association, said, “Judgments pave the way for femicide.”