Afghanistan under Taliban rule has turned into an open prison for women and children. Women, whose rights are restricted in every field from health to education, sports to entertainment, create alternative spaces for themselves with solidarity.
Elif Ege from Mor Çatı (Purple Roof) said that in the report they submitted to the UN, they described the discrimination and racism experienced by migrant women and added: “Violence against women cannot be prevented unless gender equality is achieved.”
ICAVI Founder Rouhi Shafii pointed out that women's struggles are targeted with death sentences in Iran and said: “People forget what happened quickly. When we raise our voices, they support us, but when our struggle is silenced, they remain silent.”
Stating that the amendments to the "Personal Status Law" in Iraq are an attack on women's rights, TAJÊ said: "This law must be abolished without any changes. We call on all institutions and organizations fighting for the rights of women and children in Iraq to raise their voices against it."
Drawing attention to the KDP's pressure and threats against the Yazidis, TJA called on the KDP to immediately give up the dirty game its playing against the Yazidis.
Journalists Nilüfer Hamedi and Elaha Mohammadi, who are being held in Iran, have been sentenced to 6 years in prison each.
Nevroz Uysal Aslan from DEM Party, one of the women who paid a condolence visit to the family of murdered Pınar Bayrak, said: "We are not helpless. We are neither obliged to the family nor to men."
Behiye Sevim, one of the mothers resisting the isolation that has spread from İmralı to all prisons, said: "We want a life under equal conditions. As long as the isolation is not abolished, we will be on the streets."
Sual Seyfo Xelef, who was liberated by QSD after being taken captive with her family during the 74th Edict against Yazidis, has been looking for her captive daughter for 5 years without any news from her.
Mehmet Ali Elbeli, who was released from prison on leave in Denizli, murdered his wife, Muge Elbeli.
DEM Party and TJA delegation met with a group of politicians and activist women in Hewler.
Pointing out that at least 30 women were murdered in the Federated Kurdistan Region in 6 months, RJAK member Ronak Majid said: "Women are left unprotected. New laws must be implemented urgently."
Reacting to the sentence of 6 years and 8 months given to a village guard who was tried without arrest on rape charges in Elbak district, Attorney Jiyan Özkaplan said: "An effective investigation was not conducted. The perpetrator was protected because he was in uniform."
TJK-E announced that more than 20 thousand letters have been sent to the CPT for the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
MKG reacted against the attack against journalists in Shengal.