In a statement on the law draft on criminal execution, the ÜNİVDER says, “A legal arrangement that will exclude misdefined ‘terror crimes’ means a grave right violation for tens of thousands of political prisoners unjustly held behind bars.”

HDP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Beştaş has made remarks on the planned amendments to the law on criminal execution and the government's policies on the Covid-19 pandemic.

Making a statement about the law draft on criminal execution, CHP MP Tanrıkulu says, “Prisons are apparently the places where it is most difficult to maintain hygiene and isolation. When the outbreak spreads to prisons, mass deaths are likely to occur.”

The Metropolitan Municipality of İstanbul has filed a second lawsuit against Canal İstanbul project on the ground that it will cause irreversible damages in the event that the Change of Environmental Plan is put into effect.

Making a statement about the condition of ill prisoners in Turkey amid COVID-19 outbreak, the Human Rights Association (İHD) has called on the President to “use his authority to release without making exceptions.”

In the joint statement, it has been indicated, “We call on the Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalists, human rights defenders and others who have been charged or convicted simply for exercising their rights.”

Addressing the public following the cabinet meeting, President Erdoğan has announced that they have launched a “National Solidarity Campaign” to support the ones in need amid COVID-19 pandemic and he has donated his seven monthly salaries.

In a circular, the Ministry of Health stated that testing and treatment of Covid-19 would be free.

Noting that the Court of Cassation is on leave due to the outbreak, the attorneys of death fasting prisoner Koçak have applied to the Constitutional Court with a medical report documenting that he was subjected to torture and “he cannot stay in prison.”

Speaking to journalist Cüneyt Özdemir about Covid-19 pandemic and the precautions taken in Turkey, Interior Minister Soylu has said, “We do not hesitate to take any precautions. Life has withdrawn into homes by around 95 percent now.”

Parents from four provinces speak to bianet about the experiences of their children who have to receive their primary, secondary and high school education via distance learning as schools have been temporarily closed over Covid-19 concerns.

Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation against HDP MP Remziye Tosun and one more person who made announcements in Diyarbakır and warned citizens to stay indoors against coronavirus.

The pandemic, while killing the neglected subjects of nation states, ironically saves Erdoğan from another embarrassment and provides him and his European adversaries the justification for burying axes out of a cynical war on the Western Front.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that a new investigation shall be launched against the police officers who injured teacher Melih Dalbudak on the head with a tear gas cartridge during Gezi resistance in 2013.

Arrested for “being members of a terrorist organization” based on witness statements in December 2019, journalists Sadiye Eser and Sadık Toplaoğlu have been released by the İstanbul 22nd Heavy Penal Court.

An indictment has been brought against four accused suspects, including three police officers, five years after Diyarbakır Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi was murdered in Diyarbakır. The indictment has been sent to court.

As the government is unwilling to declare a country-wide curfew, mayor İmamoğlu has suggested "partial restrictions" for the city of 15 million.

MP Gergerlioğlu had claimed that one prisoner in Ankara tested positive for coronavirus.

In a statement on coronavirus measures, President Erdoğan has said, “World is headed towards an era where nothing will be the same in the aftermath of this pandemic. We are entering this new era with great advantages and a strong infrastructure.”

16 international civil society organizations have released a joint statement, calling on Turkey to avoid any discriminatory exemption and to urgently release arrested lawyers, journalists, politicians and rights defenders.