In the shadow of the noose: The peril facing Kurdish women activists in Iran
Abbas Alizadeh & Soran Mansournia To mark International Women’s Day, the dangerous situation for women in Iran demands urgent attention. ...
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Nobel laureates demand immediate release of Narges Mohammadi, all Iran’s political prisoners
Eighty-five Nobel laureates have issued a joint statement demanding the unconditional release of Narges Mohammadi and all political prisoners in ...
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Iran targets women’s rights defenders, activists following International Women’s Day
As the Islamic Republic of Iran's security and intelligence apparatus intensifies its crackdown on Kurdish civil society activists in the ...
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‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ protests spread across Turkey on 8 March as women defy repression
Despite arrests, state restrictions and a heavy police presence, women in Turkey once again took to the streets on 8 ...
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Women prisoners in Iran send International Women’s Day messages to world’s women
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and Kurdish political prisoner Warisheh Moradi have issued messages for women on 8 March, ...
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Displaced women in northeastern Syria prepare to mark International Women’s Day
On the eve of 8 March, International Women’s Day, displaced women in northeastern Syria (Rojava) have voiced their struggle for ...
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DEM Party’s Tülay Hatimoğulları calls for women’s day solidarity, action
At a special parliamentary session to mark International Women's Day, Turkey's pro-Kurdish Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party co-chair Tülay Hatimoğulları ...
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Abdullah Öcalan’s historic message
The historic message from Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), calling for the laying down of ...
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Zeynab Jalalian marks 17 years of imprisonment with defiant letter, reinforces commitment to resistance
After 17 years in prison, Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian remains defiant, refusing to break under torture, exile, and relentless ...
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Growing outcry as lawyers and activists condemn death sentences for three women in Iran
In a deeply alarming turn of events, labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, whose death sentence was previously overturned by Iran’s Supreme ...
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