After 6 years the Adana 5th Civil Court of First Instance acquitted radio journalist Öziç. He was on trial under charges of "humiliating " the Turkish parliament for his criticism against Turkey's joining the US invasion in Iraq.

According to information obtained from the Contemporary Lawyers Association, most of the protestors detained during the demonstrations against IMF and World Bank were assaulted in police vehicles. Many people sustained bruises and swellings. 27 people arrested on the second day were still not released although 24 hours had already elapsed.

DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB condemn the police intervention against the protestors during the meeting of IMF and World Bank in Istanbul this week. They announced to file a criminal complaint against the responsible people.

8 Policemen were involved in the assault on university student Güney. Lawyer Elif Bulaç announced that one of them has been arrested.

Because of missing voice records the 7th hearing of the Engin Çeber murder case had to be repeated. Detained defendants Karaosmanoğlu and Aksu reiterated their statements. Lawyer Tanay is concerned about a fair trial. Some crucial statements made in the previous session are still missing. The case is postponed till 16 November.

Access has been blocked to LGBT social networking sites galibe, haydigayri and shemaleturk under accusations such as prostitution, obscenity or child abuse according to law article 5651. The site administrators were no informed about the decision and spoke of a "homophobic mentality".

A police officer from Avcılar (Istanbul) is accused of heavily assaulting university student Güney Tunay because he did not leave a park as ordered by the police. After Feyzullah Ete died in a similar incident two years ago, Tunay fighting for his life in hospital.

A press release of the Bandista Group together with the 'Saturday mothers' once more raised questions about Nurettin Öztürk who disappeared in custody 25 years ago. The groups request the prosecution of Kenan Evren and other military officials behind the military coup of 1980.

Lawyer Eren Keskin, actor Murat Batğı and writer Edip Polat were handed a 1 year prison sentence for using the terms "Kurdistan" and "Kurds". Furthermore, they were deprived of all civil rights.

Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg and his delegation visited Turkey from 28 June to 3 July 2009. In the course of this visit the Commissioner held discussions on certain human rights issues, including minorities, with national and local authorities, international and non-governmental organizations. The Commissioner held also meetings with institutions and representatives of minority groups.

Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg and his delegation visited Turkey from 28 June to 3 July 2009. In the course of this visit the Commissioner held discussions on certain human rights issues, including minorities, with national and local authorities, international and non-governmental organizations. The Commissioner held also meetings with institutions and representatives of minority groups.

According to the Justice for Children Group 6 articles of the Anti-Terror Law and 2 articles of further Laws should be amended. Regarding Minister Çiçek's announcement children can still be handed long prison sentences. There will be no abatement for sentences longer than 3 years.

Batman GAP newspaper editor-in-chief Mansur Obut claims he was attacked in governor Ahmet Turhan's office. The Govenernor Generalship announced Turhan is accused because he had declined the SODES project by the State Planning Agency.

Journalist Diya Yarayan from Siirt fights for justice at the High Criminal Court; journalist Durmuş Tuna from Söke seeks for justice at the Criminal Court of First Instance. In both cases the defendants's claims were rejected.

In the court case regarding the murder of refugee Okey joint plaintiffs were not accepted. Rights Organizations are not able to obtain a mandate from the refugee's family in Nigeria. Lawyer Tanay and Dalkıran from hYd stress that Okey's lawyer is actually a prosecutor who has not requested anything from the court so far.

The prosecution is demanding prison sentence of 10 years for "Taraf" journalist Mehmet Baransu. He is accused of publishing records about the PKK raid on the Aktütün Police Station. The case begins on 18 November. Baransu: "If the General Staff spreads the news is not a crime - is it a crime if it is me who spreads it?"

The International Press Institute is urging the Turkish government to halt the investigation into journalist Devrim Sevimay and actress Hülya Avşar over an interview in the Milliyet newspaper.

After an according statement of a detained person the police searched DTP Mayor Edibe Şahin's home in Tunceli for PKK documents. Some people were arrested during another raid of the Municipality guesthouse. Hundreds of DTP members protested.

The court declined Yalın's request to detain police officer Gişi who shot at him 21 months ago. The case is adjourned to 11 March next year since the police defendant did not show up at the court.

The court decided to bring in DTP members Emine Ayna and Selahattin Demirtaş by force and to issue a new notification for Ahmet Türk. Prof. Dr. Kaboğlu suggested to solve the problem of the MPs immunity by the removal of article 14 concerned with an exception for "terror crimes".