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Efforts continue for museum to resistance in Kobanê

12:53 12/04/2015 11

As the people of Kobanê debate the city's reconstruction in the wake of the Daesh assault that razed the city, plans are beginning to turn three areas that saw the heaviest fighting into a museum to ...

Turkey resorts to charges of 'ideological ululations' as election approaches

11:34 12/04/2015 1

The state has opened an investigation against Zana Yaman, a local Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) district director, for "ideological ululations" and "playing erbane," a Kurdish musical instrument.

Anarchists: 'we found the Rojava revolution to be our own'

11:05 12/04/2015 5

Anarchists who traveled to Kobanê to see the revolution for themselves and to make a documentary say the Rojava revolution is an example of what anarchists have tried to bring to life throughout ...

Cizre women hold sidewalk sit-in to retake public space

10:48 12/04/2015 6

In protest against male domination of public space, women held a sit-in on the sidewalks of the city of Cizre, in Northern Kurdistan.

Unicef: 30% of fighters in Yemen are children

16:04 10/04/2015 1

According to Unicef Yemen representative Julian Harneis, almost one in three fighters in the conflict in Yemen are children.

Yarmouk refugees: 'we saw war before, but not like this'

11:04 10/04/2015 1

Palestinian and Syrian families fleeing the Palestinian refugee neighborhood of Yarmouk in Damascus say that they refused to leave their homesin spite of years caught in the crossfire of the Syrian ...

Poster depicting qualities of a bad girl goes viral

10:03 10/04/2015 3

Indian art students have created a poster showing the habits of a

Women call for an end to male domination of sidewalks

10:02 10/04/2015 17

As spring comes to Kurdistan, women have found that tables and stools have begun creeping out of the overwhelmingly male-dominated coffee houses and into the sidewalks in front of them.

'We said we're half the world; now we'll be half the Parliament' say HDP women

12:13 09/04/2015 5

With its recent parliamentary candidate list drawing attention for its 48% ratio of women, the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is aiming to defeat patriarchal power in Turkey's Parliament ...

Khalide's trial postponed

11:33 09/04/2015 1

An Israeli military court has postponed a decision on the ongoing administration detention without charges of Palestinian lawmaker KhalidaJarrar until Tuesday, April 14.

Kurdish political prisoner Zeyneb in critical condition in Iranian jail

11:07 09/04/2015 2

Women have started an international campaign for the freedom of Zeyneb Celaliyan a Kurdish political prisoner being denied medical treatment by the Iranian regime.

YPJ reports growing volunteers

09:37 09/04/2015 5

The Rojava women's self-defense force YPJ reports that their resistance against Daesh gangs has been drawing an increasing amount of volunteers.

Cizîrê Canton prepares for second election

13:14 08/04/2015 1

After the elections of municipal and local government officials, the people of Cizîrê are now preparing for regional assembly elections in the eastern Rojava canton.

Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar appears before military court

13:03 08/04/2015 3

Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar is scheduled to appear before a military court today. Israeli military forces have ordered that Khalide, long active in the Palestinian liberation struggle, be ...

Journalist Frederike Geerdink on trial in Diyarbakır

12:52 08/04/2015 5

In the first hearing of Dutch journalist FrederikeGeerdink on charges of membership in an "illegal organization," held in Diyarbakır today, the court said it willnot issue a decision on her ...

Kenyan people remember lives and stories of Garissa students

12:28 08/04/2015 9

People in Kenya remembered the victims of the Garissa massacre and protested the state's insufficient action to protect the more than 147 students lost in the attack.

Filmmor Women's Film Festival heads for Diyarbakır

10:44 08/04/2015 11

The traveling Filmmor Women's Film Festival will arrive at Diyarbakır, its fourth stop, on April 11.

Five women to be tried for demonstrating for Özgecan

10:23 08/04/2015 9

The Turkish state has opened a case against five women activists who shut down traffic in Izmir in a demonstration in the wake of the brutal killing of Özgecan Aslan, which became a flashpoint for ...

Viyan Peyman dies in the place she immortalized in song : Kobanê

10:17 08/04/2015 2

The dengbêj and YPJ fighter Viyan Peyman lost her life in a clash with Daesh gangs on Monday in Kobanê, as recently reported by Rojnews.

YPJ fighter Amara Botan buried in Rojava

09:57 08/04/2015 3

Amara Botan, one of two YPJ fighters killed in a clash that broke out with Daesh recently in Serêkaniyê, was buried in a village near the city yesterday.