Woman executed by her son in Raqqa
15:30 08/01/2016A woman named L.Q. has been executed by her son, a Daesh member, in the city of Raqqa, Syria.
Teenage girl Rozerin Çukur killed in Sur
15:19 08/01/2016Snipers shot 17-year-old girl Rozerin Çukur in front of her home as the ongoing blockade on the Sur district of Diyarbakır intensified today.
Call to Iran: Release Narges Mohammadi
14:50 08/01/2016An International Campaign launched for Iranian Human Rights Defender Narges Mohammadi has been detained for 8 months.
China passes law on violence against women
14:13 08/01/2016China has passed the country’s first ever law addressing domestic violence against women.
Rojava women hold conference on local government
14:01 08/01/2016Women serving in the local governments of the cantons of Rojava gathered for the First Women’s Municipality Conference in the city of Rimêlan.
HDP politician Rukiye Demir, 8 others detained
13:14 08/01/2016Police have raided the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) district building in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Nine people, including HDP district co-chair Rukiye Demir, have been detained.
Women continue to protect their neighborhoods
12:06 08/01/2016Reacting the massacres of the women and the blockades in Sur and other districts in Kurdistan,Diyarbakır women said, “They should know that women are endless and they will never obey.The women ...
Two young bodies under snow
11:52 08/01/2016In Şırnak, the bodies of two youths slain on the night of December 4 remain on the ground under a layer of snow as state forces continue their attack on the neighborhood.
Fatma Uyar: a woman’s struggle in the heart of Botan
11:22 08/01/2016Fatma Uyar, a women’s rights activist with the KJA, was among three Kurdish women politicians slain in the town of Silopi on Monday. Fatma’s friends and family tell the story of a young woman ...
She remembered Sakine Cansız’ struggle to survive torture
10:49 08/01/2016When Duygu Kasakolu was detained in Istanbul in 2013, she was sexually tortured while blindfolded in the police vehicle. Duygu told the story of how she survived the torture: by remembering the ...
At Nusaybin’s bazaar, women prepare for curfew
10:14 08/01/2016In the town of Nusaybin, where two local youths were killed yesterday have awakened fears that the curfew will return for a seventh time, women have flooded the bazaar to be ready for the next ...
Brothers killed in Cizre trying to obtain water
09:38 08/01/2016In the town of Cizre, Nidar Sümer (17) and Halis Sümer (45) left their homes yesterday evening to obtain water when their households ran out. Both died after special operations police opened fire ...
Three killed in Nusaybin and Cizre
09:38 08/01/2016In Nusaybin, an armored vehicle opened fire, killing two individuals, Kerem Akyürek and Hüseyin Akyüz. Meanwhile, citizen İbrahim Nar died in hospital after being wounded in Cizre.
Alevis start hunger strike in İzmir to protest massacres
17:17 07/01/2016The Alevis started a three-day hunger strike in İzmir to react the massacres in the cities of Kurdistan.
Women protest with white scarves at Parliament
16:29 07/01/2016Women defending human rights held a sit-in for peace outside the Parliament in Turkey’s capital. The women called on the government to immediately start peace negotiations, spreading their white ...
‘They fear our organized power’
16:28 07/01/2016Across Kurdistan and Turkey, women held demonstrations and actions to condemn the killings of Kurdish women. The actions remembered not only the three Kurdish women politicians killed on January 9, ...
2 more people killed in Nusaybin and Silopi
15:50 07/01/2016One citizen was killed and one citizen has been heavily wounded by state forces opening fire on the neighborhood of Nusaybin. Hasan Yağmur(42) with mental disabilities was deforced by special forces ...
Disabled citizen shot, killed in Cizre
15:06 07/01/2016The onslaught has been intensified in Cizre. A disabled citizen named Osman Tekin (50)was shot and killed by special forces in Cizre.
Pro-AKP TV targets JINHA reporters, students
13:47 07/01/2016As university students protested being targeted by an AKP politician’s son, a reporter from pro-AKP media targeted journalists (including journalists from JINHA) covering the event. He also ...
‘Whatever happens, we won’t leave Sur’
12:38 07/01/2016As the 24-hour curfew in six neighborhoods of Diyarbakır’s Sur district continues for a 37th day, residents throughout the area are affected. Resident Songül Kaya said that despite the mortars ...