Judgeship blocks access to 3 websites of JinNews

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With the decision of the Diyarbakır 1st Penal Judgeship of Peace, an access block has been imposed on "jinnews16.xyz", "jinnews17.xyz", "jinnews18.xyz" addresses where JinNews was publishing its news.

When the websites are opened in Turkey, users face a warning that says, "...has been blocked by the decision dated 05/04/2021 and numbered 2021/1932-33-34 D.İş of Diyarbakır 1st Penal Judgeship of Peace."

Another access block was imposed on the website on December 22, 2020. In fact, the website was faced with three access blocks on the same day.

While the recent access block has marked the 20th access block imposed on the website, the news agency can now be accessed on jinnews19.xyz.

About Jin News

With a team of woman editors and reporters, JinNews ("woman news" in Kurdish) exclusively focuses on women's issues.

It is published in five languages: Turkish, Kurdish, Zaza language, English and Arabic. It was founded on September 25, 2017, with the slogan, "On the path to truth, with women's pen." Safiye Alağaş, the news director of the website, was awarded the International Prize for Journalism by the Italy-based Maria Grazia Cutuli Onlus Foundation.

JinNews succeeds outlets that were shut down upon statutory decrees (KHK). The JİNHA, which had defined itself as the "first women's news agency in Turkey," was shut down on October 29, 2016, upon Statutory Decree no. 675. The "Gazete Şûjin," founded in December 2016, was shut down on August 25, 2017, upon Statutory Decree no. 693. (TP/SD)