The peace meeting that will meet in three provinces on August 31 for the September 1 Peace Day defend peace against both sides, Kurdish and Turkish, armed struggle. They believe it is necessary to let know the decision makers and public that peaceful solution is possible.

New head of the Land Forces Gen. Işık Koşaner chooses security over freedoms. The Human Right Defenders ask “which laws prevent the fight against terror?" They are afraid the existing freedoms may be restricted even more.

Ruling Party’s ‘Zero Tolerance To Torture’ policy still produces way too many complaints, even according to the numbers of the Minister of Justice. Human Rights organization describe the situation as a major contradiction.

YouTube and Dailymotion are accessible again. Youtube was closed for three months and Dailymotion was banned since the beginning of August. Last week many internet sites protested this internet censorship.

Kurdish politician Ekinci thinks that the Kurdish Workers Party did not plan the bomb attacks in Güngören, Üsküdar, Mersin and İzmir. He says that both sides should lay down the arms to end the violence and those interested in peace should raise their voice and increase the pressure.

It has been suspected all along that Ogün Smast, Hrant Dink’s killer, was not alone at the scene on the day of the murder. Now the police is considering the possibility that Osman Hayal, Yasin Hayal’s brother, may have accompanied Ogün Samast on that day.

The five accused of the Malatya massacre of the three Protestants deny the charges of murder and plunder.

Malatya’s 3rd High Criminal Court will continue hearing new witnesses in the Zirve Publication case, in which three Protestants were killed for supposedly doing missionary work. The five suspects, who are under arrest, will present an additional defense.

Osman Hayal, brother of the alleged instigator in Dink’s murder, has been taken into custody, even though he had claimed before that he was not in İstanbul on the day of the murder, but in Trabzon.

The number of internet sites and blogs protesting the internet censorship in Turkey, court orders banning the sites, has risen to 412. They darkened their pages to warn the authorities and public about the policies that make life difficult for internet publishing

The Military Prosecutor sees no need to file a lawsuit for the bad treatment and torture conscientious objector Bal had to endure. Instead, Bal may be sued under article 301 for insulting the Turkish Armed Forces.

Elmaaltshift.com has launched a protest campaign against the latest internet banning of the sites such as youtube, dailymotion, and many others. The campaign will last until the midnight of August 20.