Kurdistan region marks 37 years since Halabja massacre
The leaders of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq on Sunday commemorated the Halabja massacre of Kurds that ...
VOA Kurdish: Iran arrests 4 female Kurdish activists after Women’s Day events
Iranian security forces have arrested four female Kurdish activists in Kurdistan province following International Women’s Day ...
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Kurdish Women Journalists Who Work Under Constant Threat Have Lessons to Share
This January, a Turkish court sentenced Sofya Alağaş, a Kurdish journalist and elected co-mayor of Siirt municipality, to six ...
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Kurdish leaders commemorate women’s day, highlight resilience
Kurdish leaders on Saturday commemorated International Women’s Day, highlighting the sacrifices Kurdistan Region’s women have ...
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Iran: Authorities continue to 'crush' women's rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty
Since 8 March, five women’s rights activists arrested, arbitrarily detained in solitary confinement and interrogated without ...
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Women's Day marked in Diyarbakır with message from Öcalan
Peace was a central theme in this year’s celebrations in the Kurdish city, where Women's Day was marked for the first time in ...
‘This is a civil war’: Syria’s Kurds watch nervously as new violence spreads
More than 1,000 people have been killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Latakia region. For the Kurds, the bloodshed only ...
Iranian musician flogged 74 times over protest song in support of women's rights
Iranian musician Mehdi Yarrahi received 74 lashes as part of his sentence a song supporing women's rights and opposes the ...
Syria’s leader signs deal to integrate Kurdish forces into new regime
Agreement with US-backed group puts all border crossings with Iraq and Turkey, airports and oil fields in northeast Syria ...
Protests on International Women's Day in Turkey demand protection from domestic violence
Thousands of women have taken to the streets of Turkish cities to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality and violence against women ...
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Iran: Authorities target women’s rights activists with arbitrary arrest, flogging and death penalty
Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists demanding equality or who defy ...