A former head of Anti-Terrorism Unit and three police officers are standing trial for charges of torturing Mehmet Desde under detention. The court has been awaiting a report from the Forensic Medical Institution for the last three months.

Human Rights Foundation called on the AKP government to end its pressure on the Forensic Medical Institution. The Forensic Medical Institution isnt postponing the sentences of people it had previously diagnosed with the Wernicke Korsakoff disease.

An appeals court asked a lower court to wait for the outcome of the trial about torture allegations. The decision of the appeals court overturns the prison sentence of 12 years and six months and could affect the basics of the trial.

A court canceled the prime ministrys demand to change some of the board members of Malatyas Gunes TV to grant the channel a Security Document. RTUK ordered Gunes TV off the air for 30 days because of its message about the suicide bomber.

The Contemporary Journalists Association CGD criticized Minister Tuzmen for tearing up a local newspaper. Tearing up a newspaper is as lawless as blowing up a newspaper building and silencing it, said the CGD. Minister Tuzmen apologized.

A group of activists from the Initiative Against the Crime of Thought, Foundation of Turkish Voluntary Organizations, Human Rights Association and the Mesopotamia Culture Center, are pursuing legal action against threats to the Agos newspaper.

An investigation has been ordered about the police officers from the Beyoglu police station who detained and beat up reporter Hilmi Hacaloglu of the private NTV television. Police has said that Hacaloglu was not detained, but just received as a guest.

Ozic of Radyo Dunya cant appeal the one-year prison sentence he got for criticizing the motion to send Turkish troops to Iraq and to accept foreign troops. The court wasnt able to send the verdict to the journalist since there was no money for stamps.

Mutlu and Coskun, the directors of the monthly Dersim magazine, are facing a trial for violating the declaration by publishing Kurdish articles. The court handling the trial is awaiting a decision on the issue by the Constitutional Court.

Turkey has until the end of the year to show the European Union that it is meeting the European Unions expectations on human rights, said Rachel Denber, acting executive director of Human Rights Watchs Europe and Central Asia division.

Benli, the former editor-in-chief of the Hedef magazine was released a year ago when he was diagnosed with the Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Now, the official report saying Benli has recovered, and he has been sent to prison again.

RTUK, in its last meeting, warned 21 media organizations for their Paparazzi programs. It called off programs at some media organizations including GUN TV in Diyarbakir, national Show TV channel, CNBC-e and even some cable TV stations.

RTUK warned radio and television stations to follow the broadcasting principles determined by the YSK. Radio and Television stations may not broadcast programs about the elections in any language other than Turkish.

According to Diyarbakir Bar Head Tanrikulu, the regulation on Kurdish language broadcasts is more backward than the related law. Tanrikulu said the regulation does not say how the broadcasts will be done, but instead says how they will not be done.

Gun FM and Gun TV director Dogan said the new Language Regulation was more backward than a previous draft. He said just like the issue of opening Kurdish courses, Kurdish broadcasts were trying to be prevented through bureaucratic obstacles.

PEN Supports Calls for Anniversary of Ugur Mumcus Murder to be Marked as an International Day of Justice. at least 19 other writers and journalists have been killed in Turkey. Many were clearly murdered by those who objected to their views.

Karakurt, the former manager of the Anatolias Voice radio, who broadcasted programs about the operations at the F-type and Ulucanlar prisons, was acquitted. But a prosecutor appealed the verdict saying he should be sentenced for dangerous incitement.

Police detained 3 distributors of the Yeniden Ozgur Gundem newspaper, and 3 reporters of the Dicle News Agency. The reporters are accused of aiding an illegal organization through publications. They were released after 24 hours.

About inviting Yeni Safak representatives to the press conference at the General Staff military quarters, Secretary-General of the General Staff Demireren said, This is an exception. We can say we have accepted Yeni Safak as an intern.

Ozgen Is, the editor-in-chief of the Revolutionary Contestation Union, was taken to the prison for violating the demonstrations law and resisting the police. He was watching a press statement in criticism of the police.