A worker died in Istanbul due to an explosion in a foundry, an art assistant died at a film set in Kağıthane, İstanbul and a worker died in Ankara on May 1.

It’s stated that there’s a shift at the Heron records in the Roboski report of Ministry of Interior that’s presented to Parliamentary Committee; they’ll ask for the opinion of ASELSAN.

Member of Parliamentary Human Rights Sub-Commission, Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Gök said, “ We couldn’t get any answer to our questions” at the meeting organized by Turkey Peace Assembly for the 120. day of Uludere Massacre.

Based on Occupational Health and Safety Council's report, Ertuğrul Kürkçü asked for a Parliamentary Inquiry about the death of workers.

Third Istanbul KCK indictment, which included 36 arrested, 44 suspects -most of them journalists- was prepared and sent to the court. Arrested journalists had told bianet “why they were in prison”.

Turkey Peace Parliament organized a press conference and criticized the sentences given to Peace Group members came from Khabur in 2009.

At the action held in front of Russian Consulate in Istanbul on April 26, the protestors wanted freedom for three members of feminist punk collective that were accused of “hooliganism” and arrested in Russia.

According to the statements of the Ministry, the number of convicts and detainees in prisons increased four times since 2000, so the total population approximately tripled. There are around 7.000 “excess capacity” convicts and detainees; Kıraç told that there are 15.000 “excess capacity” indeed.

bianet received ‘the best news website award’ at the "Journalism Achievement Awards” of Turkish Journalists Association.

At the 97th anniversary of Armenian Genocide, a commemoration event organized at Taksim Square. It was stated that leading 250 Armenian people were sent to a road of no return and it was a way of silencing them all.

Yaman, Efeoğlu and Gül were disappeared in custody and their investigation files changed the prosecution office for the fifth time. Yaman’s brother says he testified to prosecution offices for 5 times, however he there is no concrete step taken.

The defenders of human rights sent a letter to Etchmiadzin and Cilicia Catholicos and declared that “Only after the recognition of the Genocide and the restitution of and/or compensation for the confiscated property of Armenians, that justice can be established.”