The Women's Press Union (YRJ) and the Free Press Union (YRA) protested against the death sentence handed down by the Iranian state to journalist Pakshan Azizi and activist Sharifa Mohammadi and the 3-year prison sentence given to journalist Sileman Ehmed by the KDP judiciary.

YRJ and YRA made a press statement at the Reading Garden in Qamishlo in Cizire Canton with the participation of journalists from different regions of Northern and Eastern Syria.

The press statement read by YRJ Executive Board member Newroz Demhat said: “The occupying and genocidal regime of Iran is trying to intimidate women, libertarian peoples and dissenting individuals. With executions, it aims to prevent the freedom demands of peoples and women.”

“The spirit of resistance shaped by the ‘Jin Jiyan Azadî’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising echoed around the world and became the greatest fear of Iran's male-dominated, sexist and religious system. Due to this fear, the Iranian regime sentenced the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ uprising activist to death,” the statement said.

The statement continued: “As the colleagues of those targeted by Iran and the KDP, we condemn the decisions of the Iranian regime and the KDP. The demand for freedom is everyone's right. Because the collaborative mentality fears the stance of the free press.”

“We call on the democratic, libertarian and oppositional media to be the voice of these prisoners of freedom on trial,” the statement concluded.