Four suspects allegedly involved in burying hundreds of barrels of dangerous solid waste are released due to lack of law. Attorney Ozkan calls for control mechanisms. Greenpeaces Dokmecibasi says there should be special commissions.

ICAD and YAKAY-DER organise 5th International Conference on Forced Disappearance Under Custody to be held in Diyarbakir between May 16-20. Family members of forcibly disappeared people call for opening of mass graves.

Ankara decides on to base countrys first nuclear power station in Sinop. Energy Minister starts talks with companies. Sinop Platform challenges the move. Dr. Uyar says Turkey should recognize nuclear danger like the rest of the world.

Discovery of hundreds of barrels containing dangerous solid waste in Tuzla boosts concerns. CMO Istanbul branch says its heedlessness for those who dont know what to do with solid waste insist on nuclear terminals. An environmental policy is needed.

Approximately 10 thousand children are suffering from scabies in Sirnak as schools go on 2-day holiday to control spread. Dr. Sutlas of Health Rights Movement says primary reason for mite outbreak is lack of health services in the region.

Lambdaistanbul compiled a survey result it conducted last year among 393 homosexuals and bisexuals in a book called, Were Neither Wrong, Nor Alone! Most of the participants revealed they are faced with social violence and hide their sexual oriantation.

BIA² and the UNICEF- Turkey organized the final journalist training seminar on Reporting on Childrens Rights in Kocaeli. The local reporters discussed the issues that are generally neglected and the reasons for neglect.

The Osmangazi Municipality has decided to gather places that sell liquor to a region outside the city center. The Malatya Municipality, which has been administered by Islamic parties for the last 15 years, has been implementing the red street practice.

There is no alcohol ban, said Interior Minister Aksu. Lawyer Vuraldogan from the Ankara Bar Association, who is preparing to take legal action, and bar owners Keskiner and Ersuren, argue the practice constitutes a limitation of rights.

Emrah Eserli, a child labourer who worked in mines in Zonguldak, has died. Employing children is a crime against humanity, said Coban from the union DISK. Rights activists and journalists also criticize the problem of child labour in the mines.