The actors and actresses protested the seizure of a fly swatter used in a theatre play Gavara during a culture festival in Hakkari. The fly swatter was seized because of its colors.

Police confiscated a number of confidential files and computers of Human Rights Association, some of which contain information on human rights violations perpetrated by the security forces.

Human Rights Associations Diyarbakir branch revealed that 24 people died and 45 injured from landmine explosions and other leftover explosives between 2002-2003. Most of those who died were children.

Kadın ailenin barınma, beslenme, eğitim ve sağlık gereksinimlerini sağlayabilmek için yaşamı ucuza getirmenin yollarını ararken ağır fiziksel ve ruhsal bedeller ödeme pahasına yapabilirliklerini en son noktasına kadar zorluyor.

Molped reklamı ile ilk defa üstü örtük özel günler deşifre oldu. Deşifre olmakla da kalmadı, kapalı mekanlardan ya da gündelik hayatla mesafesi çizilmiş doğal manzaralardan beri gelip sokağa indi, ele güne sorulabilir oldu.

Dar Zamanlar üçlemesinin ilk kitabı olan Ölmeye Yatmak, cinselliğini ulusal ideallerle bastırmak zorunda kalan Cumhuriyet kadınının sesini bugünlere taşıyan bir roman. Adalet Ağaoğlu, Cumhuriyet kadınının cinselliğinin izini sürüyor.

HRW: Dont Repeat Civilian Killings and Displacement. If Turkish operations in Northern Iraq bear any resemblance to those in southeastern Turkey, we can expect to see a human rights disaster.

The European Court of Human Rights has delivered a judgment in the case of Refah Partisi (The Welfare Party) and others v. Turkey: There had been no violation of Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Amnesty welcomes the recent announcement by Mr. Elkatmis, chairman of the Turkish Parliamentary Human Rights Monitoring Committee, that he will seek a visit to examine the conditions under which Abdullah Ocalan is being held.

Unfortunately, the legislation, which passed in December, was apparently mis-drafted and left restrictions on access to counsel in place. A further amendment repealing one paragraph of an article of a 1992 law is necessary.

Human Rights Watch 2003 reports issues: Minority languages, particularly Kurdish, torture and ill-treatment, tension in the new F-type prisons, forcibly displaced villagers, honnor killings, August reform legislation, human rights defenders, UN and EU.

The Grand Board of the ECHR is holding an open-door hearing for Acar, who is missing since 1994 from Diyarbakir. The hearing is to be held Wednesday at the ECHR building in Strasbourg.

The 21 founding members and the board of directors of the Foundation of Immigration and Humanitarian Aid, have been sued for charges of, helping an outlawed organization. The first hearing of this trial will be held on December 23.

158 people were sued in the first six months of the year 2000 because of their thoughts. In the first half of 2001, this number increased to 1,500, and in the first half of 2002, 2,260 people were sued because of their thoughts...This is the reality.

The Istanbul Bar banned IHD deputy chair Eren Keskin from serving as a lawyer for a year. The reason for this decision is her prison sentence seven years ago. She will go to court and demand that the execution of the decision is halted.

The 2002 Human Rights Watch Annual Dinners in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco will honor two other human rights defenders, in addition to Yurdatapan, a Chadian lawyer and a leading HIV/AIDs activist from India.

Conscientious objector Bal, started a death fast claiming he was tortured. He was taken to an Ankara military hospital as his condition worsens. Bals lawyers prepare to take the case to international human rights organizations.

Ciftci died during an operation in prison. A Turkish court continued to try the people detained during the events that broke out at his funeral ceremony. Genefke from IRCT said, those who opposed torture were standing trial, and not the actual torturers.

Turkish court acquits 47 people who were accused shouting slogans at the funeral ceremony of hunger striker Kayaci. Among the 47 defendants were a TIHV doctor Alp Ayan, union heads from CHD and IHD, and journalist Kaya.

A group of intellectuals, including Calislar, Zarakolu, Turkali, Yagmurdereli and Yurdatapan asked political parties about what they will do to end the isolation in F-type prisons, and called on Justice Minister Celikel to come up with a solution.