Documentary follows 3 YPJ women's lives and resistance
11:16 28/08/2015A new documentary called "New Life" ("Nû Jîn") tells the story of three YPJ woman fighters through footage shot during the resisance in Kobanê. Director Veysi Altay spoke with JINHA about the ...
'Turkey's sexual torture is a war crime'
10:20 28/08/2015Lawyer İpek Bozkurt says that the recent use of sexual torture against women in the escalating war in Turkey constitutes a war crime.
3 adults, 2 children slain in Cizre
09:37 28/08/2015Police and soldiers killed five, two of them children, in violent clashes in the town of Cizre in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey) yesterday.
Rojava prepares for a new school year
14:03 27/08/2015The cantons of the Rojava autonomous region in Syria are finishing preparations to the new school year.
War through the eyes of children in Silvan
13:54 27/08/2015The town of Silvan, Turkey has been devastated by days of police attacks. The town's children, who have witnessed death for the first time, say they just want to play freely in the streets.
Women of Hopa blame flood on environmental devastation
13:30 27/08/2015After eight people died in the town of Hopa, Turkey, local women say the state is to blame. They have called for an end to the devastation of the environment for profit.
Silopi women say 'no' to police violence, whatever the price
13:24 27/08/2015Women in the Kurdish town of Silopi have taken up vigils to guard their neighborhoods from Turkish police attacks that have killed three civilians this month.
Death toll rises to four in Yüksekova
13:08 27/08/2015One woman is among the four dead in the Kurdish town of Yüksekova, where police and soldiers have been bombing and raiding neighborhoods since last night.
Lucknow's Red Brigades punish harasser
13:03 27/08/2015In India, the teenage women's self-defense organization Red Brigade Lucknow has punished a sexual harasser in a video being shared on social media.
Police attack as Diyarbakır shuts down in protest
10:52 27/08/2015Several young people have been wounded as Turkish police attacked residents during a daylong walkout in the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakır.
Arrested woman testifies to police using sexual threats and assault
10:28 27/08/2015Turkish police sexually tortured a woman under arrest and threatened to share pictures of her genitals on Facebook, she testified yesterday.
Peace march in Van
09:54 27/08/2015Thousands held an antiwar march in the largely Kurdish city of Van to protest the Turkish government's escalating attacks.
Three dead, dozens wounded in police attack on Yüksekova
09:27 27/08/2015In the Kurdish town of Yüksekova, Turkish police and soldiers have attacked neighborhoods where residents formed self-defense units. Three are dead.
Women activists bury femicide victim in Turkey
14:39 26/08/2015Women activists have buried 35-year-old Güneş Kaynak, whose body was found in pieces in a garbage dump in Istanbul, in her native province of Elazığ.
Rojava women found 'Economy Assembly' in their city
13:58 26/08/2015In the Rojava city of Dêrik, women have founded an Economy Assembly to regain control over their labor and resources.
To live without needing anyone: Yüksekova
13:52 26/08/2015In the town of Yüksekova, in Northern Kurdistan (in Turkey), women's resistance against police attacks takes the form of an effort to continue everyday life.
Turkish police subject women co-mayors to strip-searches
11:14 26/08/2015Co-mayors of Kurdish cities report that police arrested them, then threatened and tortured them for several days.
Women tie wish-cloths for peace
10:53 26/08/2015Women in the Aegean town of Bodrum, Turkey gathered to express their wish for peace on white scarves.
Women of Yüksekova refuse to leave their homes
10:03 26/08/2015As police and soldiers order residents of the town of Yüksekova to evacuate the town, women in the area are refusing to leave.
9 YPJ/YPG fighters buried in Kobanê
14:35 25/08/2015Thousands attended a funeral ceremony for nine YPJ/YPG fighters killed defending Rojava.