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ACTUAL NEWS UPDATE: Sunday March 24, 2024 - 20.00 o'clock GMT

March 22 - 20, 2024
<<'38 children were arbitrarily detained during Newroz celebrations'...
and <<'Rest in peace, the Newroz fire is lit this year'...
and <<'Now is the time for freedom'...
and <<At least 126 people detained after Newroz celebrations in Amed...
and <<Kemal Kurkut commemorated in Amed...
and <<Faten Atallah of Gaza: Women look for ways to make a living...
and <<Death toll in Gaza rises to 31,923...
and <<11 people injured in car bomb attack in Manbij...
and <<Gambia votes to repeal its ban on FGM...
and more news
 

March 19 - 18, 2024
<<Leyla Arzu Ilhan: We will light the Newroz fire against the international conspiracy...
and <<Women of Sweida call on journalists to make their voices heard...
and <<Documentary film 'Tearing Walls Down' released on website of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation...
and <<Dozens detained in Turkey...
and <<'Sustainable solutions are need for women and children with special needs'...
and <<Killing of Ehmed in Afrin sparks anger: The whole world must rise up...
and <<Displaced women of Afrin: We wage the second phase of our resistance in Shahba...
and <<Women celebrate Newroz in Dep: We should always be shoulder to shoulder...
and more news

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March 15 - 13, 2024
Breaking News: <<Zukiswa Wanner returns Goethe medal to Germany...
and <<3 women killed in Syrian desert while collecting truffles...
and <<Kurdish boy killed in Afrin...
and << 15 people kidnapped in Afrin by Turkish forces...
and <<Afghan women grow their struggle despite Taliban restrictions...
and <<War in Gaza kills more children than in four years of worldwide conflict...
and <<Challenges faced by women selling vegetables in Taiz...

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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.

Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Mar 2024
<<'38 children were arbitrarily detained during Newroz celebrations'
38 children were arbitrarily detained during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır for wearing traditional clothes, said the statement released by the Diyarbakır Bar Association Child Rights Center.
News Center- At least 126 people, including children, were detained during Newroz celebrations in Amed (Diyarbakır) on March 21, 2024. 38 children were arbitrarily detained during Newroz celebrations on charges of <propagandizing for a terrorist organization> for wearing traditional clothes, the Diyarbakır Bar Association Child Rights Center said in a statement on Friday. As every year, children wearing traditional clothes were arbitrarily detained during this year's Newroz celebrations. 38 children were detained and taken to the Children's Branch Directorate on the charges of 'propagandizing for a terrorist organization'. We state that the detention and other legal procedures initiated against the children for participating in the Newroz celebrations are against the law, and we announce to the public that we will follow the legal process.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/38-children-were-arbitrarily-detained-during-newroz-celebrations-34798?page=1


Perihan Ehmed
Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Mar 2024 - by RONIDA HACI
<<'Rest in peace, the Newroz fire is lit this year'
Perihan Ehmed, who lost her son in an ISIS attack on 2015 Nerwoz celebrations in Hasakah, visits the grave of her son every year on March 21 to say, "Rest in peace, the Newroz fire is lit this year again."
Hasakah- 54 people, mostly women and children, were killed in twin car bomb attacks by ISIS on the Newroz celebrations in the al-Mufti district of Hasakah on March 20, 2015. NuJINHA spoke to Perihan Ehmed, who lost her 17-year-old son in the attacks. <My son loved to celebrate Newroz,> said Perihan Ehmed. <Every year, he used to light the Newroz fire with his friends to celebrate Newroz. Two explosions occurred during the Newroz celebrations in 2015. 54 people, including my son, were killed. When the explosions occurred, I was at home. I immediately called my son Ciwan when I heard the explosions. I went to the area and saw killed people on the ground. Many people were killed and injured in the attacks. The enemy aims to annihilate us by using such methods but we will never remain silent. We always stand up and pursue our cause.>
She visits the grave of her son every year
Pointing to the conspiracy plans against the Kurdish people, Perihan Ehmed said, <Massacres have been committed against the Kurdish people throughout history. The aim of the massacres are to annihilate the Kurdish people. Throughout history, the Kurdish people have always risen up against the oppressive and dictatorial regimes. The Kurdish people have been fighting oppression and cruelty since Kawa the Blacksmith led an uprising against Assyrian tyrant Dehak. We will keep celebrating Newroz even though its price is very heavy. Every year, I visit the grave of my son to tell him, <'Rest in peace, the Newroz fire is lit this year again'.>
'We will light the Newroz fire'
Perihan Ehmed expressed her condolences to the families of those who were killed in the explosions. <No one can darken our day. The Newroz fire illuminates our lives. We will light the Newroz fire every year because Newroz is a response and resistance against dirty plans, slavery and oppression. We will never bow to dirty plans, slavery and oppression.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/rest-in-peace-the-newroz-fire-is-lit-this-year-34796?page=1


Now is the time for freedom
Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Mar 2024
<<'Now is the time for freedom'
Women attending the Newroz celebrations in Amed demanded the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and called for unity.
Amed (Diyarbakır)- Newroz began to be celebrated in Kurdish cities and Turkey on March 15 with the motto, <It is the time of freedom and victory>. Yesterday, the Newroz celebrations took place at Amed's Newroz Park with the participation of more than one million people. NuJINHA spoke to women at the Newroz Park. All interviewed women demanded freedom and peace and said that they were determined to ensure the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
'The Kurdish people will achieve success'
<Kurdish people are always in favor of peace and fraternity, not war,> said Emine Barut, one of the women who attended the Newroz celebrations in Amed. <Peace must be achieved now. We have struggled for years and we should achieve peace. All political prisoners must be released. I came here to demand peace and freedom. We do not want to be enemies of anyone but we are always subjected to enmity. The Kurdish people will definitely win. The Kurdish people will achieve success. We came here to voice our demands for peace and freedom.>
'Our enemies should see today's enthusiasm'
Emine Barut also drew attention to the upcoming local elections in Turkey. <We do not want trustees (appointed mayors). The trustees should go from our homeland. I call on all Kurdish people to support the DEM Party (People's Equality and Democracy Party) in the elections and reflect their will. We will resist to the end. Our enemies should see today's enthusiasm and understand that they will not never intimidate us.>
'I am here to demand freedom of leader Apo'
Mensure Akdemir told us that she attended the Newroz celebrations in Amed to demand freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and all political prisoners. <I came here to demand freedom for all political prisoners, leader Apo (Abdullah Ocalan) and Selahattin Demirtaş. Newroz means resistance and struggle,> she said. <Today, we came here to resist. We demand peace not war. In the local elections, we will vote for ourselves and send the trustees from here. We will always resist and take to the streets for peace and freedom.>
'We demand peace and freedom'
Mukaddes Bayram wished this year's Newroz to bring peace and freedom to the Kurdish people. <Today is our holiday and we came here to celebrate our holiday. Newroz means unity and solidarity, an uprising against betrayal. I wish this year's Newroz to bring peace and freedom to the Kurdish people. I wish a happy Newroz to everyone. We demand peace and the lift of the isolation (Isolation imposed on Abdullah Ocalan). We demand the end of this war. Long live peace, freedom and the DEM Party.>
'Leader Apo must be free'
Ayşe Zengin demanded the lifting of the isolation imposed on Abdullah Ocalan. <We are here today for our people and all oppressed people. Newroz means struggle and freedom. Political prisoners have been on a hunger strike to protest rights violations against them. We demand the end of rights violations against them and freedom for leader Apo and all political prisoners. I call on all Kurds to unite. The local elections are approaching and we should unite to send the trustees back. We do not want the trustees.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/now-is-the-time-for-freedom-34795?page=1


126 people detained
Jinha - Womens News Agency 22 Mar 2024
<<At least 126 people detained after Newroz celebrations in Amed
At least 126 people were detained yesterday after the Newroz celebrations in Amed.
Amed (Diyarbakır)- Many people were detained in Amed yesterday after the Newroz celebrations at the Newroz Park. According to the received reports, at least 126 people, including children, were detained and taken to the police station in Amed's Rezan (Bağlar) district.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/at-least-126-people-detained-after-newroz-celebrations-in-amed-34793


Newroz celebrations
Jinha - Womens News Agency 21 Mar 2024
<<Newroz celebrations in Aleppo, Kobane and Shahba postponed
Newroz celebrations in Aleppo, Kobane and Shahba have been postponed because of bad weather conditions.
News Center- 2024 Newroz celebrations were scheduled to take place in 12 centers of North and East Syria with the motto, <Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a resolution to the Kurdish question>. Kobane, a city in Euphrates Canton, Afrin/Shehba Canton and Aleppo were the three centers where Newroz would be celebrated today. However, the Newroz celebrations in Aleppo, Kobane and Shahba have been reportedly postponed until further notice because of bad weather conditions.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/newroz-celebrations-in-aleppo-kobane-and-shahba-postponed-34790?page=1


Kemal Kurkut
Jinha - Womens News Agency 21 Mar 2024
<<Kemal Kurkut commemorated in Amed
Kemal Kurkut, a 23-year-old university student killed by Turkish police during 2017 Newroz celebrations in Amed, has been commemorated in Amed today.
News Center- Kemal Kurkut, a 23-year-old university student killed by Turkish police during 2017 Newroz celebrations in Amed, has been commemorated in Amed today. During 2017 Newroz celebrations in Amed (Diyarbakır), was killed by Turkish police. The police claimed that the police officers shot Kemal Kurkut because they believed that he was a suicide bomber. But the photo captured by journalist Abdurrahman Gok showed Kemal Kurkut moving through a police checkpoint without a shirt on. The commemoration was attended by many people including Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair Berdan Ozturk, People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-chairs Keskin Bayındır and Çigdem Kılıçgun Uçar, Kurdish politicians Leyla Zana and Mehmet Ocalan.
'We will not forget'
Holding the photographs of Kemal Kurkut, the people left carnations at the place, where Kemal Kurkut was shot dead. <Kemal Kurkut was killed during Newroz celebrations in 2017. In 2024 Newroz, we remember him with respect,> DEM Party Co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan said in his speech. <We will not forget Kurkut. Although those who killed him were granted with impunity, we will not forget him. Kemal Kurkut is immortal.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/kemal-kurkut-commemorated-in-amed-34792?page=1


Watercrisis
Jinha - Womens News Agency 21 Mar 2024 - by Hala Al-Hashidi
<<Water crisis negatively affects rural women in Taiz
Women living in rural areas of Taiz, a city in southwestern Yemen, have to walk for kilometers to fetch drinking water.
Taiz- People of Taiz, a city in southwestern Yemen, have been suffering from a water crisis since the 1990s. The war between the internationally recognized Yemeni government forces and the Ansar Allah Houthi group has exacerbated their suffering since the governmental water corporation stopped pumping water into homes. In the rural areas of Taiz, women and girls have to walk for kilometers to fetch drinking water. Nour Ali is one of the rural women negatively affected by the water crisis. <We face many difficulties in getting safe drinking water. I take care of my children, do the housework such as laundry, cooking, and washing the dishes. In the mornings, I have to take care of my children so I have to leave the house late to fetch water from the mountainous regions. As women living in rural areas, we suffer from the water crisis more. We spend every day fetching drinking water.>
Women spend their time searching for drinking water
The biggest challenge faced by women in rural areas is the water crisis, Marjana Saleh told NuJINHA. <As rural women, we have to walk for kilometers to fetch drinking water. Rural women and girls spend their time searching for drinking water,> she said. <Therefore, girls cannot find enough time to study and this affects their educational life. Since it has not rained for five months, water levels in wells have decreased. We have to walk five kilometers every day to fetch water.> >>
Source incl. videos:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/water-crisis-negatively-affects-rural-women-in-taiz-34789?page=1


Faten Atallah
Jinha - Womens News Agency 21 Mar 2024 - by NAGHAM KARAJEH
<<Faten Atallah of Gaza: Women look for ways to make a living
<There are thousands of women who look for ways to make a living in Gaza,> said Faten Atallah, one of Gazan women facing the most brutal war. She sells tobacco in the streets of Gaza to earn a living.
Gaza- The death toll in Israel's attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2024 has kept rising. At least 31,923 Palestinians, including 14,000 children and 9,000 women, have been killed and 74, 934 others have been injured in Israel’s attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to the statement released by the Gaza’s health ministry on Wednesday. Aid agencies say that a million people in Gaza face starvation and more than two million experience acute food shortage.
'Women are subjected to violence'
Gazans facing starvation and diseases in unsafe and unhealthy conditions cannot even meet their most basic needs. Faten Atallah is one of them. When her house was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, she lost her livelihood. <Gazan women are arrested and subjected to physical and psychological violence by the Israeli forces,> she told NuJINHA.
'The war has doubled our suffering'
After losing her livelihood, she began to look for ways to earn a living for herself and her family. <The war has doubled our suffering. I sell tobacco to earn a living now. We have to meet our basic needs instead of waiting for help from others.>
'I have to work even if I face difficulties'
Faten Atallah works nine hours a day to sell tobacco in the streets. <My health is deteriorating. I have to work even if I face difficulties,> said Fateh Atallah, emphasizing that there are thousands of women like her in Gaza. <We share the same suffering. The international community must develop a plan to provide humanitarian aid to people in Gaza and to protect Gazan women.>
'Take urgent steps for Palestinian women'
Speaking about the International Women's Day, March 8, she said, <All over the world, women took to the streets for their gains; however, the Gazan women had to protect themselves. We will not forget what we have been experiencing for years. I call on the international community to take urgent steps to provide a safe environment for Palestinian women and to protect them from this brutal war. All countries must put pressure on Israel to stop its violations against women in Gaza.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/faten-atallah-of-gaza-women-look-for-ways-to-make-a-living-34788


Death toll in Gaza
Jinha - Womens News Agency 21 Mar 2024
<<Death toll in Gaza rises to 31,923
At least 31,923 Palestinians have been killed and 74,096 others have been injured in Israel’s attacks on Gaza since October 7, the Gaza's health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
News Center- At least 31,923 Palestinians have been killed and 74,096 have been injured in Israel's attacks on Gaza since October 7,2023, the Gaza's health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. At least 104 Palestinians were killed and 162 others injured in the last 24 hours, the ministry added. Many people are still trapped under rubble and the civil defense crews cannot not reach them due to the ongoing Israeli attacks, according to the statement.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/death-toll-in-gaza-rises-to-31-923-34786


Car bomb attack
Jinha - Womens News Agency 21 Mar 2024
<<11 people injured in car bomb attack in Manbij
A car bomb attack injured 11 civilians in the Al-Serb neighborhood of Manbij in the evening of Wednesday.
Manbij- A car bomb exploded in the Al-Serb neighborhood of Manbij, northeastern Syria, in the evening of Wednesday, Hawar News Agency (ANHA) reported. The car bomb attack injured 11 civilians, including three children. The names of injured civilians are: Yusiv Şahin (11), Hemze Begar (13), Ednan El Hesen (50), Elo El Elo (25), Mihemed Berho (12), Ebdullah El Elo (27), Emel Mistefa (30), Wesime Casim El Hesen (30), Enes Ezet El Musa (20), Usama Taha El Berho (22) and Mihemed Sexir (20)>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/11-people-injured-in-car-bomb-attack-in-manbij-34785


Demanding peace acquitted
Jinha - Womens News Agency 20 Mar 2024
<<Women arrested for demanding peace acquitted
100 people, including 95 women, who were detained on September 1, 2013 for demanding peace in Istanbul's Kadıkoy, have been acquitted of all charges.
News Center- 100 people, including 95 women, were forcibly detained by police during a rally held by the Istanbul Labor, Peace and Democracy forces at Iskele Square of Istanbul's Kadıkoy district on September 1, 2023 to mark the World Peace Day, annually observed on September 1 by many countries, with the motto, ,War makes you lose, peace makes you win. The final hearing in the trial against 100 people on charges of <opposing the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations. was held Wednesday by the Istanbul 17th Criminal Court of First Instance. 100 people have been acquitted of <opposing the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations> by the court.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-arrested-for-demanding-peace-acquitted-34784


Demanding ban on FGM
Jinha - Womens News Agency 20 Mar 2024
<<Gambia votes to repeal its ban on FGM
Gambia's parliament voted Monday to repeal its ban on female genital mutilation (FGM).
News Center- Gambia has taken steps towards repealing a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), a move that could make it the first country in the world to reverse legal protections against the practice for millions of women and girls. On Monday, Gambia's lawmakers voted 42 to four to send the bill to a committee before returning it to parliament for a third reading. FGM was outlawed in Gambia in 2015 under former president Yahya Jammeh who oversaw the imposition of fines and prison sentences of up to three years for individuals who engaged in the practice. The law also punished perpetrators with life imprisonment in instances where the practice led to death. Before the voting, a number of women and men gathered in front of Parliament to protest the bill while some supported the bill. According to human rights experts, lawyers and women's rights activists, if Gambia repeals its ban on FGM, it will significantly harm many years of efforts to end the practice. >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/gambia-votes-to-repeal-its-ban-on-fgm-34782?page=1


Elmas Nayif
Jinha - Womens News Agency 20 Mar 2024 - BY NUJIYAN ÊZIDI
<<'Yazidis should return to Shengal'
Elmas Nayif, Co-mayor of the Siba Sheikh Khidir Municipality, calls on all Yazidis to return to Shengal in order to rebuild their homeland together.
Shengal (Sinjar)- Nine years have passed since ISIS committed a genocide against the Yazidi community in Shengal. The attacks of ISIS on Shengal killed and displaced thousands. In an interview with NuJINHA, Elmas Nayif, Co-mayor of the Siba Sheikh Khidir Municipality, called on all displaced Yazidis to return to Shengal.
'The KDP has carried out a special policy'
Pointing to the difficult living conditions faced by the Yazidis in IDPs camps in the Kurdistan Region, Elmas Nayif said, <The poor living conditions of the camps are unacceptable. Our people are subjected to all kinds of attacks in the camps. The KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) has carried out a special policy in the camps. It tells our people, 'Shengal is not a safe place. It is subjected to airstrikes every day' to prevent our people from returning to Shengal.>
'Our people should return'
Elmas Nayif told us that they worked 24 hours to rebuild Shengal. <Many organizations and institutions make great efforts to rebuild Shengal. The Yazidi people now have their own defense forces. Our people should return to Shengal in order to rebuild our homeland together.>
'Shengal belongs to the Yazidi people'
Addressing the Yazidi people, Elmas Nayıf said, <Shengal belongs to them and it will belong to them. Everyone has plans on Shengal but they forget that the people of Shengal can only make decisions on Shengal.> Speaking about the reconstruction efforts of the municipality, she said:
<We do our best for our people. As the municipality, we do our best to provide services to our people. We clean the houses when our people return to Shengal and we provide water and electricity to them. With the arrival of spring, we distribute trees to all villages to make Shengal beautiful and green. I wish a happy Newroz to all Yazidis and Kurdish people.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/yazidis-should-return-to-shengal-34780?page=1


Rihan Loqo
Jinha - Womens News Agency 20 Mar 2024 - by RONAHI NUDA
<<Rihan Loqo: We will demand the physical freedom of leader Apo at Newroz celebrations
At the Newroz celebrations to be held in seven places of Jazira Canton of North and East Syria, people will demand the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Qamishlo- 2024 Newroz will be celebrated in North and East Syria with the motto, <Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan, solution to the Kurdish question.> NuJINHA spoke to Kongra Star Spokesperson Rihan Loqo about Newroz celebrations in North and East Syria. <We first wish a happy Newroz to leader Apo, architect of freedom. This year, thousands of women from different ethnic groups such as Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen, Circassian, Syrian and Yazidi women, celebrated the International Women's Day on March 8 across North and East Syria with great enthusiasm. They vowed to ensure the physical freedom of leader Apo. At Newroz celebrations, we, as women of North and East Syria, will demand his physical freedom.>
'The conspiracy continues in different forms'
Pointing to the international conspiracy against Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, she said, <The conspiracy against him for more than 25 years continues in different forms. He is subjected to disciplinary punishments every six months for different reasons. The isolation imposed on him has been intensified because his Democratic Nation Paradigm, ideology and philosophy based on equality have become a model for the whole world. Today, the democratic system of North and East Syria led by women has been building a free, democratic, equal and ecological society.>
'The more we achieve gains, the more attacks we are subjected to'
Emphasizing that a democratic system is being built in North and East Syria led by women, she said, <The system based on democracy spreads and becomes a model for the whole world. Thus, the more we achieve gains, the more attacks we are subjected to. The attacks on the democratic system of North and East Syria have intensified.>
'The AANES wages a historic struggle'
Speaking about the ongoing Turkish drone attacks targeting civilians, she said, <The attacks target children, women, the civilian infrastructure and the pioneers of the revolution. Due to the attacks, thousands have no electricity and water. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria develops alternatives to provide services to the people. It wages a historical struggle. The aim of the enemy is to annihilate the Kurdish people by intensifying the isolation imposed on leader Apo and carrying out genocidal attacks on four parts of Kurdistan. Everyone knows that the aim of the Turkish state is to destroy the Kurdish identity.>
'We will demand the physical freedom of leader Apo'
Rihan Loqo told us that 2024 Newroz would be celebrated in seven places in Jazira Canton. <As the people of North and East Syria, we will demand the physical freedom of leader Apo at Newroz celebrations. We call on all women, mothers, socialists, intellectuals, artists and freedom fighters to light the Newroz fire together, demand the physical freedom of leader Apo and grow our struggle.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/rihan-loqo-we-will-demand-the-physical-freedom-of-leader-apo-at-newroz-celebrations-34779

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