Nadire Mater's book on eye-witness accounts of soldiers in Turkey's South-East was part of the Political Plays Festival in Istanbul. Mater was tried and acquitted when the book was first published in 1999. Twelve years later the topic of the book is still up to date.

Conscientious objector Süver started a hunger strike 14 days ago after his escape from prison and his arrest one day later. On 3 May, he was taken to a closed prison in Manisa where a 20-day isolation punishment was imposed on him. Reportedly, he is not in good health.

17 people were taken into custody in the course of operations against the KCK in several provinces last week. Twelve of them were arrested. Lawyer Aktar said that he has only limited access to the file because the investigation was classified.

The January-February-March Media Monitoring Report by the BİA Media Monitoring Desk revealed that a total of 103 people, 62 of whom are journalists, were tried in cases related to freedom of thought and freedom of expression.

In the trial against Ogün Samast, prime suspect of the Hrant Dink murder, the file related to charges of "membership in a terrorist organization" was separated from the case file. This way, the trial will not be put in abeyance.

Gerger Fırat newspaper owner Boğatekin faces a Tl 10,000 (€ 5,000) compensation claim filed by AKP Deputy Fırat. The court rejected the defence lawyer's request for a new expert report. The trial was postponed to 30 June.

Journalists Mavioğlu and Soykan are on trial for their article in the context of an article and a photograph published in 2009. The Freedom for Journalists Platform criticized that journalists are being pushed towards auto-censorship with this sort of trials.

The BİA 2010 Annual Media Monitoring Report claims that 220 people, among them 104 journalists, were tried for the opinions they voiced in words and writing in 2010. Penalties handed down by the ECHR were on the rise as well as domestic convictions under the Anti-Terror Law. 30 journalists were in jail.

Hundreds of thousands of people all over the country joined this year's peaceful marches on Labour Day on 1 May. Groups as diverse as journalists, students, football supporters or immigrants walked side by side with the workers to demonstrate for their rights and freedoms.

By 31 March, 5 journalists were in prison for their writings, another 42 press members in the context of operations like "Ergenekon" and other major trials and investigations. Within 3 months, 13 people were sentenced to monetary fines and almost 22 years in jail on the grounds of their opinions on the Kurdish question.

Prosecutor Usta, appointed by the Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court for the final plea in the murder case of Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink, demanded an investigation into the connections between the Dink murder case suspects and the defendants of the Ergenekon trial.

The prosecutor demanded the acquittal of Zaman newspaper writer Erdal. The journalist is being tried upon the complaint of judges Aslan and Alp on the grounds of news about the Ergenekon and Sledgehammer cases.