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<<143,000 people displaced in Sudan's Darfur State in 3 months...
and <<Mother of femicide victim: Women should not be killed anymore...
and <<397 more Yazidis return to Shengal...
and <<32 prisoners hospitalized in Amed due to food poisoning...
and <<Turkiye: 8 women killed in last 24 hours...
and <<Displaced women in Sudan living under inhumane conditions...
and <<Women of Keleke: They just watched the fire because we are Kurds...
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<<Sick prisoner Ozgur Ozbek loses her hearing in left ear...
and <<HEI: Almost 2,000 children die every day from air pollution...
and <<Banner hung on ferry to protest appointment of trustee to municipality in Hakkari...
and <<'Feminism is not just an ideology'...
and <<Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Prison again for <Propaganda Against the State>...
and <<Forced to flee: Exiled journalists face unsafe passage and transnational repression...
and <<First women's poetry festival held in Halabja...
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 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
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.>
Gianna d'Artali.

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10 years ago yes but ... big changes and revolt still needed!


Şehinaz Omar and Zekiye Mihemed
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 25 , 2024 - by HESNA MIHEMED
<<'Action should be taken against policies aiming at demographic change'
Şehinaz Omar and Zekiye Mihemed, two displaced women of Afrin living in the Berxwedan camp in Shahba, call on human rights organizations to take action against Turkish policies aiming at changing the demographic structure in Afrin.
Shahba- The Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions have been carrying out policies aiming at changing the demographic structure of Afrin since they began to occupy Afrin Canton on March 18, 2018. They have settled families and members of factions, who are not from Afrin. The Turkish state has built more than 42 buildings in Afrin with the support of 48 associations from Kuwait, Qatar and Palestine since March 2018, according to a report of the Afrin-Syria Human Rights Organization.
'They changed the names of villages and streets'
In an interview with NuJINHA, Şehinaz Omar and Zekiye Mihemed, two displaced women of Afrin living in the Berxwedan camp in Shahba, reacted to the occupation policies of the Turkish state. <The occupying Turkish state has carried out policies aiming at killing civilians and changing the demographic structure in Afrin,> said Şehinaz Omar. <The names of Afrin's historical villages and streets are being changed and replaced with Turkish names. Nature and the mountains of Afrin are burned and destroyed.>
'People are forced to learn Turkish'
Afrin was known for its nature but it has now been turned into a desert, Şehinaz Omar emphasized, adding, <It is obvious that the Turkish state has been carrying out a policy to destroy the history of Afrin. Afrin is a part of Syria; however, the Kurds and Syrians are forced to learn Turkish because the Turkish state wants to erase their identity. I call on all international organizations to unite and fulfill their responsibilities against this situation.> Zekiye Mihemed also thinks that the Turkish state aims to destroy the identity and existence of people from different nations in Afrin. <Since Shahba is a small area, we live in the camp. This camp was built for the displaced people of Afrin until they return to their homeland. The Turkish state has built buildings and camps in Afrin and settled foreign families there in order to increase the Arab and Turkish population. It aims to change the demographic structure in Afrin.> Women in Afrin are forced to wear black and long clothes to destroy their culture, Zekiye Mihemed said. <Century-old fruit trees in Afrin are also cut down and burned by Erdogan and his factions.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/action-should-be-taken-against-policies-aiming-at-demographic-change-35268?page=1


143,000 people displaced in Sudan
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 25 , 2024 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<143,000 people displaced in Sudan's Darfur State in 3 months
Over the past three months, up to 143,000 people may have been displaced from Al Fasher locality in North Darfur State due to clashes, said OCHA in a report on Monday.
News Center- Since the beginning of the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, about 16,000 people have been killed and 33,000 injured and the war has also displaced more than nine million people and left some five million on the brink of famine, according the UN.
Sudan continues to spiral into chaos
Sudan continues to spiral into chaos, with the humanitarian crisis worsening and the horrific toll of the conflict having on civilians in Al Fasher and other conflict hotspots, said a report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday. <Over the past three months, up to 143,000 people may have been displaced from Al Fasher locality in North Darfur State due to clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the area.> Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, condemned the attack on Saudi Maternity Hospital in Al Fasher, killing a pharmacy worker. <This senseless war takes Sudan another inexorable step away from what we all want,> she said Sunday on social platform X.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/143-000-people-displaced-in-sudan-s-darfur-state-in-3-months-35266?page=1


Fikriye Kar
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 25 , 2024 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<Mother of femicide victim: Women should not be killed anymore
<Women should not be killed anymore. The killers of women should not be released from prison,> said Fikriye Kar, whose daughter, Hilal Kar, was killed by a man named Mehmet D.
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Hilal Kar
Amed- 33-year-old Hilal Kar was shot dead by Mehmet D. in the 5 Nisan neighborhood of Amed's Rezan (Baglar) district when she left home to go to work yesterday. Hilal Kar had a religious marriage with Mehmet D. Hilal Kar had filed many criminal complaints against Mehmet D. before being killed.
'She had been subjected to violence since the first day of her marriage'
Hilal Kar religiously married Mehmet D. four years ago and had four children. Fikriye Kar told NuJINHA that her daughter, Hilal Kar, had been subjected to violence by her spouse since the first day of her marriage. Due to violence, Hilal Kar left her home. <My daughter had to move several times because she received threats,> Fikriye Kar said. <She had always been subjected to violence since the first day of her marriage. He constantly threatened my daughter. He took my daughter's money and left her and her children hungry. I told my daughter to 'leave him' many times but he threatened my daughter to harm us. My daughter left her home with her children but Mehmet D. took one of her sons and told my daughter 'If you go to work, I will kill you'. He attacked my daughter while she was going to work. The taxi driver is also his accomplice. The taxi driver and Mehmet D. should be imprisoned. They should not go unpunished.>
'If he had been in prison, he would not have killed my daughter'
Hilal Kar had filed criminal complaints against Mehmet D. many times. <He was arrested but then released. We were told, 'He smokes marijuana, we cannot do anything' by the police. Despite all the complaints, he was released. If he had been in prison, he would not have killed my daughter. All I want is justice, the arrest and punishment of the murderer.>
'Women should not be killed anymore'
Fikriye Kar called on all women's organizations to follow up on the murder case of her daughter and said:
<The state should not release men using violence against women and killing women. When such men are released, they kill women. Laws should defend women's rights. Women should not be killed anymore and children should not be left without their mothers anymore. The killers of women should not be released from prison anymore.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/mother-of-femicide-victim-women-should-not-be-killed-anymore-35264?page=1


397 more Yazidis return
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 25 , 2024
<<397 more Yazidis return to Shengal
Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MDM) announced on Monday that 397 more Yazidis left a IDPs camp in Duhok and returned to Shengal (Sinjar).
News Center- Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MDM) announced on Monday that 397 Yazidis left the Khanke camp, a IDPs camp located outside Duhok, and returned to Shengal (Sinjar). The Autonomous Administration of Shengal continues to provide support to the Yazidis after they return to their homeland. Since the Iraqi government announced that all IDPs camps would be closed down by July 30, 2024, the number of Yazidis returning to Shengal has increased.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/397-more-yazidis-return-to-shengal-35263

Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 24 , 2024
<<32 prisoners hospitalized in Amed due to food poisoning
32 prisoners held at Diyarbakır Prison were hospitalized due to food poisoning on Sunday.
News Center- The Amed (Diyarbakır) Bar Association, the Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD) and the Human Rights Association (IHD) have released a statement about the food poisoning at the Diyarbakır Prison, hospitalizing 32 prisoners on Sunday. The statement includes interviews with prisoners. In interviews, the prisoners said, <Due to the holiday (of Eid al-Adha), there have been problems about food for about 10 days and there has been an increase in the cases of diarrhea during this period.> According to the statement, prisoners have suffered from water outrage and on June 23, the meal (chicken schnitzel) served at the prison smelled badly. <32 prisoners were hospitalized after experiencing vomiting and abdominal pain. They were discharged from the hospital after treatment,> the statement said.
'We call on the authorities to do their duty'
The nutrient adequacy, diversity, quality, hygiene and preservation of the nutritional value of the consumed foods are important issues that should be taken into consideration, the statement said, recalling the food poisoning incident at the prison on May 14, 2024. <We reiterate that the fundamental responsibility of the state is to immediately resolve the food problem at the prison and to ensure that prisoners have access to safe food and health, which are among their most fundamental human rights and call on the authorities to do their duty in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/32-prisoners-hospitalized-in-amed-due-to-food-poisoning-35260?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 24 , 2024
<<Death toll in cholera outbreak in Nigeria rises to 35
Death toll in cholera outbreak in the Lagos State of Nigeria has risen to 35, the Lagos State Government said on Sunday.
News Center- The cholera outbreak continues to spread in Lagos State, the second most populous state in Nigeria. Death toll in the cholera outbreak in the state has kept rising due to the lack of clean water and healthcare services. Prof Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, said Sunday on his Instagram account that 14 people died of cholera in the state in two days and the number of people died of cholera has risen to 35. <The number of confirmed cases in the nation's commercial capital is 417.>
More than 100 people died of cholera in 2023
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera. It can quickly become fatal if left untreated. In 2023, more than 3,000 cholera cases were recorded in Nigeria, killing more than 100 people.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/death-toll-in-cholera-outbreak-in-nigeria-rises-to-35-35259?page=1


Protest 8 women killed
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 24 , 2024
<<Turkiye: 8 women killed in last 24 hours
Every day, women are killed in Türkiye by men due to the misogynist policies of the AKP government. At least eight women were killed by men in the last 24 hours.
News Center- Every day, women are killed in Turkiye by men due to the misogynist policies of the AKP government. At least eight women were killed in six cities in the last 24 hours, Jinnews, an all-women news agency based in Amed (Diyarbakır), reported on Monday.
Two women killed in Izmir
Fatma Kahraman was shot by her husband Rıdvan Kahraman in the Konak district of Izmir province last night. Seriously injured Fatma Kahraman died at hospital. Rıdvan Kahraman was arrested at the bus station in Denizli. On the same night, a woman identified as Gulsum Mertoglu was seriously injured by her husband Sedat Mertoglu with sharp objects. Gulsum Mertoglu died at hospital while Sedat Mertoglu has not been arrested yet.
He killed his wife and her parents
Şukran Eba (19) was shot dead by her husband Hakim Eba (23) in front of her house located in the Seyhan district of Adana province. The man then killed his parents-in-law identified as Muhammet Erat and Leyla Erat and brother-in-law identified as Turgut Erat. Hakim Eba fled the scene.
They killed by their husbands
Maizer Gokyıldız was shot dead by her husband, Cevri Gokyıldız (62) in the Gönen district of Balıkesir province last night. After killing his wife, Cevri Gokyıldız attempted to kill himself. Being seriously injured, he was taken to a hospital. Last night, a woman identified as Hilal Kar was shot dead by a man in Amed. According to the report, Hilal Kar had an informal marriage with the man.
Abdulkadir Kocaoglu killed his ex-wife, Ayten Çagıran, by using a sharp object in Antalya. The man was then detained. Fatma Mercandagı was shot dead by her husband Mehmet Emin Mercandagı in the Ereban (Araban) district of Dilok (Antep). The perpetrator was detained by the gendarmerie.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/turkiye-8-women-killed-in-last-24-hours-35257

Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 24 , 2024
<<'924 animals were killed, 14,900 decares of land burned in the fire'
924 animals were killed, 14,900 decares of land burned in the fire that erupted in an area between Amed and Mardin, Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said in a statement on Monday.
News Center- İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, has announced Monday that the damage assessment for the fire that sparked by an electrical fault in an area between Amed and Mardin has been completed.
Fire killed 924 animals
<The damage assessment for our farmers has been completed. In Diyarbakır, 7,900 decares of agricultural land was burned in Koksalan, Bagacık, Yaz Çiçek and Agaçsever neighborhoods of Çınar district,> İbrahim Yumaklı said on his social media account. 6,789 decares of agricultural land was harvested and there was only stubble and 1,111 declares of agricultural land were not harvested, according to his post. <In addition, 1 tractor and 14 irrigation facilities were burned,> his post said, adding that 924 sheep/goats perished in the neighborhood of Koksalan and 83 seriously injured sheep/goats that could not be treated were sent to the Meat and Milk Board (Turkish:Et ve Sut Kurumu, ESK)for slaughter. The ESK bought these animals from their owners. 190 animals were treated at the scene.> According to the statement, 7,000 decares of agricultural land was burned in Yetkinler and Yucebag neighborhoods and Kelek hamlet of Mardin's Mazıdagı district. 4,000 decares consist of unharvested wheat area and 3 thousand decares consist of stubble.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/924-animals-were-killed-14-900-decares-of-land-burned-in-the-fire-35255?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 24 , 2024 - by MERVAT ABDULKADIR
<<Displaced women in Sudan living under inhumane conditions
Internally displaced women in Sudan struggle to survive from the shadow of the ongoing war in Sudan and inhumane conditions in shelters.
Sudan- Hundreds of internally displaced women, who fled their homes to save their children and provide a better life for them, struggle to survive in shelters in Sudan. More than 10 million people in Sudan have fled their homes as war that erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan on April 15, 2023 continues and 80 per cent of those internally displaced are women and girls, according to the international reports.
She got kicked out for complaining
A.M., one of the internally displaced women living in shelters, got kicked out of a shelter for complaining about the inhumane conditions. <I have no place to stay now because the officers kicked me and my five children out of the shelter.>
The situations of pregnant women is especially worse
Namariq Numeiri, a displaced women from Port Sudan, talked about her difficult journey from Khartoum. <Since there was no transportation, I had to walk thousands of kilometers with my children. Then, we reached Al Jazeera province. We were displaced from there a few days later,> said Namariq Numeiri, stressing the suffering of women, especially pregnant women in IDP shelters. <Pregnant women suffer from the lack of medical support. They need money for examinations, the birth process, care of newborn babies and nutrition. However, the authorities do not allow male family members to work and deport them. There is no privacy in shelters and children are in need of special care.>
'People are turned into beggars'
The government does not fulfill its responsibility for the displaced people in the states under the control of the Sudanese-Armed Forces, especially in the north of Sudan and the Nile River, said Amira Osman, a human rights defender in Sudan and leader of the No to Oppression against Women Initiative. <Displaced people are treated as if they had arbitrarily left their homes. The government acts as if it is not responsible for displacement. People living in shelters are left alone. Due to economic collapse in the country, people have lost their jobs and business. They are turned into beggars.>
Call on authorities
Amira Osman drew attention to the living conditions and suffering of women living in IDP shelters. <The shelters are overcrowded and women living in the shelters suffer from the lack of basic services; they have no access to clean water, food and privacy. The shelters do not have health facilities providing services to displaced people. I call on the authorities and the government to provide safe shelters so that displaced people can have a safe life.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/displaced-women-in-sudan-living-under-inhumane-conditions-35254?page=1


Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 21 , 2024 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<Women of Keleke: They just watched the fire because we are Kurds
Six people were killed in a fire that erupted in an area between Diyarbakır's Çınar district and Mardin’s Mazıdagı district last night. <They just watched the fire because we are Kurds,> said the women of Keleke, a village in Mardin.
Amed- The fire that erupted in an area between Diyarbakır's Çınar district and Mardin's Mazıdagı district last night was brought under control in the morning. The villagers say that the fire sparked by an electrical fault and the late intervention resulted in the death of six people and the injury of dozens.
Fire brought under control in the morning
The fire killed four citizens in the Keleke Yucebag village of Mardin's Mazıdagı district. The killed citizens were buried in the village today. The women of the village react to the late intervention.
'We did see no fire brigade or ambulance'
<Although we cried for help, no one came to help us because we are Kurds>, said the women of the village. <They want us to die and disappear. But we will always be here and never disappear. First, the men of the village went to extinguish the fire, then we did our best to extinguish it. We did see no fire brigade or ambulance throughout the night. We did see no fire helicopters and the help of the state. They just watched the fire without helping us. We know why they did this; they see us as their enemies. We carried dead bodies without any help.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-of-keleke-they-just-watched-the-fire-because-we-are-kurds-35252?page=1


Amed Bar Association
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 21 , 2024
<<Amed Bar Association files criminal complaint against fire killing 6 people
Amed (Diyarbakır) Bar Association has announced on Friday that they have filed a criminal complaint against the fire that erupted in an area between Mardin's Mazıdagı and Amed's Çınar districts last night.
News Center- Amed (Diyarbakır) Bar Association has announced on Friday that they have filed a criminal complaint to the Çınar Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding the fire that erupted in an area between Amed's Xana Axpar (Çınar) and Mardin's Şemrex (Mazıdag) last night. We have filed a criminal complaint so that an effective investigation will be launched into the cause of the fire and the allegations about the late intervention to extinguish the fire, the Amed Bar Association said in a social media post. <According to the latest official statements, six citizens have been killed and 29 others injured in the fire that erupted between Amed and Mardin. We express our condolences to the families of the killed people and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. We have filed a criminal complaint to the Çınar Chief Public Prosecutor's Office so that an effective investigation will be launched into the cause of the fire and the allegations about the late intervention to extinguish the fire.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/amed-bar-association-files-criminal-complaint-against-fire-killing-6-people-35251?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 21 , 2024 - LINA EL-XETIB
<<Over-the-counter pain medications increase addiction rate in Idlib
In Idlib, the pain medications lead to addiction among people, especially those injured in the war. Such medications are sold illegally without a prescription by many pharmacies.
Idlib- People living in Idlib, occupied by the Turkish state and its armed faction Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have been affected by the ongoing Syrian war. Those injured in the ongoing war suffer from psychological problems and physical pain and they get addicted to pain medications prescribed by doctors and to over-the-counter medications sold by pharmacies. The instability and insecurity make it easier to use and sell such medications.
29-year-old Hanadi Al-Yassin got addicted to pain medications after being injured in a clash. <After I was injured and lost one of my legs, I got addicted to pain medications,> she said. <I first used pain medications to relieve the severity of the pain in my leg. Over time, I needed higher doses. I cannot live without them now. I tried to stop using them many times; however, I could not.>
She received addition treatment
32-year-old Zainab Haj Taha, a displaced woman from the city of Maarat al-Numan living in the Harbanoush IDP camp in Idlib, is a drug addict. <I was a student of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Aleppo. I was arrested by the Damascus government when I was in my last year of university. I was released from prison after nine months thanks to the efforts of my family,> said Zainab Haj Taha, who had to drop out of school for fear of being arrested again. <I had nothing but drugs. I isolated myself and I realized my bad situation very late. I received addiction treatment to get rid of drugs.>
'It was the hardest time of my life'
25-year-old Rana Gulsum also got addicted to pain medications after being injured in a clash. <I lost one of my hands and eyes. I was in pain and my doctor prescribed a painkiller. At the beginning, I took only two painkillers every day but then I started taking eight painkillers every day. I became addicted to painkillers. With the support of my relatives, I received an addiction treatment at a center in Idlib for five months. It was the hardest time of my life but I overcame my addiction.>
In an interview with NuJINHA, Hanan Al-Sayadi, a doctor in Idlib, spoke about the over-the-counter pain medications and how they lead to addiction. <Syrian law prohibits pharmacists from selling these medications to patients. However, they sell these medications to make money,> she said, stressing the threat posed by pain medications. <Addiction is an inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior even though it may cause psychological or physical harm. It affects individuals and society, and can lead to death when taken in high doses. Awareness-raising activities should be carried out about the threat posed by pain medications.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/over-the-counter-pain-medications-increase-addiction-rate-in-idlib-35248?page=1


5 killed in fire
Jinha - Womens News Agency - June 21 , 2024
<<5 killed in fire between Şemrex and Çınar districts
Five people were killed, 44 others injured in a fire broke out between Mardin's Şemrex (Mazıdagı) district and Amed's Çınar district on Thursday night.
News Center- The fire that broke out in an area between Merdin's Şemrex (Mazıdağı) and Amed's Çınar district on Thursday night rapidly spread to settlements. As the fire spread, the villagers fled their houses. According to the received reports, five people were killed and 44 others injured, 10 of them seriously, in the fire. Citizens and municipalities extinguished the fire with their own means.
Crisis desk established by Amed Metropolitan Municipality
Last night, the Amed (Diyarbakır) Metropolitan Municipality announced on its social media account that a crisis desk was established and the fire was brought under control.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/5-killed-in-fire-between-Semrex-and-Cinar-districts-35246

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