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and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
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9 journalists taken into custody
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 23, 2024
<<9 journalists taken into custody in Turkey
The number of journalists and media workers, who were taken into custody in dawn house raids conducted in Istanbul and Ankara, has risen to nine.
News Center- The number of journalists and media workers, who were taken into custody in dawn house raids conducted in Istanbul and Ankara on Tuesday has risen to nine. Seven journalists and media workers have been reportedly detained in Istanbul. The names of journalists and media workers detained in Istanbul are: Mesopotamia Agency reporter Esra Solin Dal, Enes Sezgin, an employee of the Yeni Yaşam newspaper, media workers Saliha Aras, Yeşim Alıcı, Beste Argat Balcı and Şirin Ermiş and journalist Erdoğan Alayumat. Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reporter Mehmet Aslan has been taken into custody in Ankara. Mesopotamia Agency (MA) former reporter Doğan Kaynak has been reportedly detained in house raids conducted in Riha (Urfa). According to the received reports, an arrest warrant has been issued against three people, including two journalists.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/mkg-demands-immediate-release-of-journalists-34934?page=1


Demanding immediate release of journalists
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 23, 2024
<<MKG demands immediate release of journalists
The Mesopotamia Women Journalists' Association (MKG) has released a statement demanding immediate release of the journalists, who were detained in dawn raids conducted in Istanbul and Ankara on Tuesday.
News Center- Many journalists and media workers were detained in dawn raids conducted in Istanbul and Ankara on Tuesday as part of an investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. The Mesopotamia Women Journalists' Association (Turkish: Mezopotamya Kadın Gazeteciler Dernegi, MKG) has released a statement demanding the immediate release of the journalists. <An unacceptable interference with the freedom of the press,> the statement said.
Journalism is an indispensable part of democratic societies, the statement emphasized. <The arbitrary practices faced by journalists while doing their profession are a serious attack on the freedom of information and the press.>
Call on international organizations
Demanding the immediate release of all detained journalists, the association called on national and international human rights organizations to defend the rights of journalists and to oppose the arbitrary practices against journalists.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/mkg-demands-immediate-release-of-journalists-34933?page=1


President Erdogan insult case
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 23, 2024
<<'President Erdoğan insult case' filed against Emine Şenyaşar
A case has been filed against Emine Şenyaşar, who has been seeking justice for years, for allegedly <insulting> Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan.
News Center- A <President Erdogan insult case> has been filed against Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were murdered in the attack carried out by the relatives and bodyguards of former AKP Urfa MP Ibrahim Halil Yıldız in the Suruç (Kurdish: Pirsus) district of Urfa province on June 14, 2018. Emine Şenyaşar held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 846 days to demand justice for her killed relatives. Then, she began to hold her sit-in protest in front of the building of the Ministry of Justice in Ankara. Her sit-in protest in Ankara has entered its 84th day today.
According to the received reports, the Urfa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office prepared an indictment against Emine Şenyaşar on charges of <insulting> Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan.
First hearing on October 31
The first hearing of the case will be held on October 31. Since March 9, 2021, 31 investigations have been launched against Emine Şenyaşar on charges of <insulting>. Emine Şenyaşar faces 11 insult cases.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/president-erdogan-insult-case-filed-against-emine-Senyasar-34932?page=1


Hanife Arslan
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 23, 2024
<<Sick prisoner Hanife Arslan: I do not think I will get out of here alive
The health of sick prisoner Hanife Arslan is deteriorating. <I do not think I will get out of here alive,> she told her daughter during her visit.
Wan (Van)- 76-year-old Hanife Arslan, who was sentenced to six years and three months in prison on charges of <Being a member of a terrorist organization>, has been serving her prison sentence since 2022. Being held at Van T-type Closed Prison, Hanife Arslan suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes and hypertension. Her lawyers requested her temporary release; however, the request was rejected after a medical report saying, <She could stay in prison> was prepared. Her daughter visited her at the prison on Monday. <I do not think I will get out of here alive,> she told her daughter. She puts her head under cold water to reduce blood pressure According to her daughter, Hanife Arslan outs her head under cold water to reduce blood pressure and her headache symptoms. Hanife Arslan has suffered from diabetes for 40 years and she barely walks due to her diseases and knee pain. Her daughter, Reyhan Oren, visited her at the prison yesterday, April 22. <My mother's health is deteriorating. <Her situation is very bad and she has lost her hope,> Reyhan Ören said. <My mother told me 'I do not think I will get out of here alive'. We demand the immediate release of our mother because she cannot stay in prison anymore. She cannot meet even her basic needs in prison. Sick people should not be held in prison.> On January 26, 2024, Hanife Arslan was transferred to Van Training and Research Hospital after her lawyers requested her temporary release. Although Hanife Arslan suffers from many diseases, the hospital prepared a report saying, <She could stay in prison>.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/sick-prisoner-hanife-arslan-i-do-not-think-i-will-get-out-of-here-alive-34931?page=1


We call on Iraq not to become a partner...
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 23, 2024
<<TAJE: We call on Iraq not to become a partner with the Turkish state
The Yazidi Free Women's Movement (TAJE) has released a statement condemning the visit of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan to Iraq. <We call on Iraq not to become a partner with the Turkish state,> the statement said.
News Center- The Yazidi Free Women's Movement (TAJE) has released a statement condemning the visit of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan to Iraq and the agreement by the Turkish state and the Iraqi government. The statement read by TAJE Spokesperson Riham Hiço in Sinun, a town of Shengal (Sinjar). <The attacks on Shengal have been intensifying after the visit of Erdogan,> the statement said. <The Turkish state aims to drag Iraq into its own dirty plans and make it a partner. We call on Iraq not to become a partner with the Turkish state against its own people. Erdogan's visit has a dirty purpose. Shengal and Bashur Kurdistan (Southern Kurdistan) are part of Iraq. The Turkish soldiers must withdraw from Iraqi territory.>
'All political parties in Bashur are responsible for the Turkish attacks'
Recalling the practices of Saddam Hussein, who was the enemy of the Kurdish people, the statement said, <The current Iraqi government should not perform Saddam Hussein's practices and not become a partner of the Turkish state. Do not support the Turkish state. All political parties in Bashur are responsible for the Turkish attacks. The KDP has been already involved in the dirty plans of the Turkish state. It is no different from the Turkish state. We condemn the silence of the political parties in Bashur against these attacks.>
'The women of Shengal never bow down'
The attacks on the PKK are the attacks on the Kurdish people, the statement emphasized. <We are the real owners of these lands. The women of Shengal never bow down and they will not bow down. The women of Shengal will keep resisting.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/tajE-we-call-on-iraq-not-to-become-a-partner-with-the-turkish-state-34930?page=1


Sterk TV and Medya Haber TV
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 23, 2024
<<Belgian police raid Stêrk TV and Medya Haber TV
Belgian police raided the offices of Sterk TV and Medya Haber TV in Belgium last night.
News Center- Belgian police raided the offices of Sterk TV and Medya Haber TV in Belgium last night. The offices are blockaded by Belgian police and the employees of the channels are not allowed to enter the offices. The raids came right after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Monday. After the raids, Sterk TV and Medya Haber TV released a statement condemning police raids on their offices. <Turkey's visits to the USA, Iraq and Iran, the deal with the KDP (the Kurdistan Democratic Party) and the visit of Turkey's President Erdogan to Iraq and the Barzanis are the latest attempts to implement this genocidal concept. The invasion attack on Metina constitutes the military part of this genocide,> the statement said. <It is certain that this concept is an international attack concept. The raids on the offices of Medya Haber TV and Sterk TV in Belgium at around 02:00 a.m. on April 23 is the most concrete evidence of this. Our offices are currently occupied by hundreds of police officers. We cannot remain silent against the raids aimed at silencing the voice of the Kurdish people. <We call on our people to flock to the offices to stop these unlawful raids.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/belgian-police-raid-sterk-tv-and-medya-haber-tv-34929?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 23, 2024
<<Journalists, media workers detained in house raids
Journalists and media workers have been detained in house raids conducted in Istanbul and Ankara.
News Center- Turkish police conducted dawn house raids in Istanbul and Ankara on Tuesday. Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reporter Mehmet Aslan was taken into custody in the house raids conducted in Ankara. MA reporter Esra Solin Dal, Enes Sezgin and Saliha Aras, employees of the Yeni Yaşam newspaper, and free media worker Yeşim Alıcı were detained in the house raids conducted in Istanbul. According to the received reports, the number of detained people may increase.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/journalists-media-workers-detained-in-house-raids-34928?page=1


Makbule Ozer
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 22, 2024
<<81-year-old Makbule Ozer arrested again
81-year-old Makbule Ozer, who suffers from many health problems, has been arrested again after the Forensic Medicine Institution (ATK) prepared a report saying, <She could stay in prison>.
News Center- 81-year-old Makbule Ozer, who lives in the Artemet (Edremit) district of Van province, was detained and then transferred to prison at the Van Courthouse after the Forensic Medicine Institution (ATK) prepared a report saying, <She could stay in prison>. On July 28, 2018, Makbule Ozer and her husband, Hadi Ozer, were taken into custody along with their children in a house raid. The couple was sentenced to two years and six months in prison on charges of <aiding a terrorist organization>. Makbule Ozer and her husband were arrested on May 9, 2022 and transferred to Van Prison after their prison sentences were upheld by the Turkish Supreme Court. On September 7, 2022, Makbule Ozer was temporarily released from prison because her health was deteriorating. Her husband, Hadi Ozer, was released from prison on January 16, 2023, after serving two years and six month in prison.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/81-year-old-makbule-Ozer-arrested-again-34927?page=1


5 women detained in Dersim
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 22, 2024
<<5 women detained in Dersim
Five women, including 71-year-old Torun Dilsiz, have been detained in house raids conducted in Dersim and its Qisle (Nazimiye) district.
News Center- Turkish police conducted dawn house raids in Dersim and its Qisle (Nazimiye) district on Monday. Three women identified as Makbule Nakış, Emine Surgeç and Eylem Surgeç were taken into custody in the city center while Torun Dilsiz (71) and her daughter, Özlem Dilsiz Çakmak, were taken into custody in Qisle (Nazimiye). According to the received reports, five women have been detained over terrorism charges.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/5-women-detained-in-dersim-34923?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 22, 2024
<<DEM Party: Kurdish journalists continue to pursue the truth
<Kurdish journalists continue to pursue the truth,> the DEM Party said in a written statement to mark the anniversary of the publication of the Kurdistan Newspaper.
News Center- The Peoples' Democracy and Equality Party (DEM Party) Press Commission has released a written statement to mark the 126th anniversary of the publication of the Kurdistan Newspaper. The journey of the Kurdistan Newspaper began 126 years ago in Cairo, Egypt and it was an important step in the Kurdish struggle for enlightenment, national consciousness, equality and freedom, the statement said. <Despite the ongoing attacks, obstacles, arrests and assimilation policies, thousands of Kurdish journalists have followed in the footsteps of Mikdad Midhad Bedir Khan and pursued the trust for 126 years. The Kurdistan Newspaper was not only a newspaper; it has become the name of a shining truth in the Middle East 126 years ago against denial and destruction policies. The history of the Kurdish press has proven that it is also an area of struggle and resistance and despite all the attacks, this enlightenment movement has expanded in the whole region.>
'Kurdish journalists played a leading role'
The Kurdish press workers were determined to carry the torch of enlightenment left by the Kurdistan Newspaper in the dark days of the 90s, the statement said. <And they played a leading role in the political and intellectual change in the 2000s. Many incidents that were tried to be kept in the dark and forgotten such as massacres, oppression and human rights violations were revealed by the Kurdish journalists. The Kurdish journalists were oppressed, tortured, attacked and arrested for struggling for truth.>
'They have been subjected to oppression, censorship and attacks'
Kurdish journalists have been subjected to a great wave of oppression, censorship and attack by the AKP government especially in the last 20 years, the statement added. <Many press outlets such as newspapers, news agencies, channels and radio stations, were closed down by an emergency decree in the aftermath of a failed coup in Turkey in 2016. The attacks on the Kurdish press and the Kurdish language are going on as a continuation of historical oppression and attacks. These attacks turned into annihilation attacks in the 90s. Today, massacres have been carried out against academics and journalists such as Nagihan Akarsel. Happy Kurdish Journalists Day to all Kurdish press workers and Mikdad Midhad Bedir Khan, the founder of the Kurdistan Newspaper. We commemorate all press martyrs in the person of Musa Anter, Gurbetelli Ersoz, Nagihan Akarsel, Hafız Akdemir and Huseyin Deniz. We always remember their legacy, struggle and resistance.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/dem-party-kurdish-journalists-continue-to-pursue-the-truth-34922


Hundreds kidnapped in Idlib
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 22, 2024 - by SOHA ALI
<<Hundreds kidnapped in Idlib for criticizing HTS
People face rights violations in Idlib occupied by the Turkish state and its armed faction Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). According to the reports, hundreds were kidnapped in the city and secret executions took place in prisons.
Idlib- The number of rights violations in Idlib, occupied by the Turkish state and its armed faction Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) increases every day. In the city, where repressive policies such as detention, torture and arrest have increased, women recently protested these policies. Hundreds have been kidnapped and held in unofficial prisons called <al-Julani> and they have been held in prison for criticizing HTS leader Ahmed Hussein al-Shar'a, known by his nom de guerre as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, and the HTS.
People arrested for opposing the occupation
Zahide Al-Yakup has not known where her 27-year-old son is or whether he is alive or not since he was arrested for criticizing the policies carried out by the HTS. Zahida Al-Yakup has been looking for her son everywhere and now hopes that her son will find a way to reach her. Zahida Al-Yakup learned that her son is accused of <espionage>. <Everyone is accused of espionage for criticizing the HTS,> she told NuJINHA.
People executed and buried without informing their families
Since the occupation of Idlib, the prisons in the city are known as the places for ill-treatment and torture. Thousands of civilians are held in these prisons and many families confirm that many people, who were sentenced to death, have been executed and buried without informing their families. Many families receive no information about their children being held in prisons. Suad Al-Baterji has been struggling to survive with her four children in one of the IDPs camps in the district of Harem since her husband was arrested by the HTS. My husband has not appeared in court yet, Suad Al-Baterji said. <There is no human rights organization to investigate the rights violations in prisons.>
'We are controlled by brutality under the shadow of weapons'
In Idlib, there are many women, who cannot receive any information from their husbands and children. 41-year-old Zeina Al-Damur is one of them. <My son are subjected to torture in prison and his health is deteriorating,> she told NuJINHA. <My son was arrested for criticizing HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani. We are controlled by brutality under the shadow of weapons. We have no law or organization that will demand our rights, reveal what is happening in prisons, and fight for the freedom of our children. We talk about a dictatorship that does not provide any information to families.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/hundreds-kidnapped-in-idlib-for-criticizing-hts-34919?page=1


Madlen El-Ibed
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 22, 2024 - by SORGUL ŞEXO
<<'A political solution has not been found for the Syrian crisis'
Madlen El-Ibed, Deputy Co-chair of the Til Temir (Tall Tamer) Town Council, calls on the Syrian government to sit at the table for a political solution, emphasizing that the Syrian crisis is deepening.
Hasakah- A new era began in Syria when a civil uprising started in March 2011. Although many meetings were held in different countries to resolve the Syrian crisis, no solution was achieved. During that time, the Turkish state occupied Jarablus in August 2016 and then Afrin, Serekaniye (Ras al-Ayn) and Gire Spi (Tell Abyad) while the fight against ISIS was taking place across North and East Syria.
NuJINHA spoke to Madlen El-Ibed, Deputy Co-chair of the Til Temir (Tall Tamer) Town Council, about the importance of the dialogue between the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANED) and the Syrian government for a political solution to the Syrian crisis.
'The Syrian crisis has been deepening'
Madlen El-Ibed thinks that local and international forces have been involved in the Syrian civil war due to the weakening of the political situation of Syria. <The crisis that started in the country in 2011 has been deepening since the Turkish state occupied Serekaniye and Gire Spi. The aim of the Turkish occupation is to stop and paralyze life in North and East Syria and leave the region unsafe. The Turkish state targets civilian infrastructure and farmers in its attacks. Targeting civilian infrastructure and farmers is a crime against humanity. The attacks aim to depopulate the region.>
'The Turkish state supports ISIS'
Speaking about the recent attacks of ISIS in the region, she said, <The whole world knows that the beloved child of the Turkish state is ISIS and it supports ISIS. The Turkish state makes efforts to strengthen the armed factions in our region and occupied areas by creating instability. ISIS members organize themselves in the Syrian countryside and train children in al-Hol camp under the name of the Ashbal al-Khalifa (Cubs of the Caliphate, ISIS's brigade of boys aged between 10 and 15). The presence of ISIS poses a threat to our region and Syria in general. The reason why terrorism has become stronger again in Syria is that the Syrian crisis has not been resolved.>
'The Turkish state benefits from the crisis'
The Syrian crisis is being deepened by the hegemonic powers, Madlen El-Ibe emphasized. <There are powers benefiting from the crisis. The Turkish state benefits from the crisis by carrying its attacks and occupying cities in Syria. The Syrian people live all around the world. A political solution has not been found for the Syrian crisis yet. The Syrian people suffer in all facets of life, including in social life, politics and economy.>
'We demand a political solution'
Madlen El-Ibed believes that the Syrian crisis cannot be resolved through the military. <The Syrian crisis can be resolved only by a political solution. The Damascus government (Syrian government) claims that the AANES aims to divide Syria. But it should know very well that Syria has been already divided by the Turkish state. As the people living in Syria, we demand a political solution to the Syrian crisis. If the Syrian crisis is resolved by a political solution, people from all nationalities, religions and sects in Syria will live together in peace.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/a-political-solution-has-not-been-found-for-the-syrian-crisis-34920?page=1


Women journalists
Jinha - Womens News Agency - April 22, 2024
<<Women journalists face greater threats online
Women journalists face greater threats online in the course of their work, and the trend is increasing, Julie Posetti, research director of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), said at an international journalism festival on Saturday.
News Center- <There is significant potential for online violence to escalate to offline harm,> Julie Posetti, research director of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), said at the Perugia International Journalism Festival on Saturday. <Women tend to face greater threats online and the kind of threats they face are increasing,> she added. She accused Big Tech companies of <a failure to take responsibility>. In 2022, UNESCO and ICFJ conducted a joint study by UNESCO/ICFJ by interviewing 900 journalists from 125 countries. Nearly three-quarters of women journalists interviewed said they had experienced online violence or abuse in connection with their work. The online attacks against women journalists include insults, sexist and sexual comments, and physical threats, including death threats to journalists and their families.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-journalists-face-greater-threats-online-34921
 
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