Sending a letter from Sincan Prison, Yücel says prisoners are prevented from paying for other prisoners’ personal needs such as sanitary pads, underwear and cleaning supplies; the ones who have no money in their accounts cannot buy anything.

On the anniversary of the Dersim Massacre of 1937-1938, the Human Rights Association (İHD) released a written statement and made five requests, including the rehabilitation of the name of Dersim, which was changed into Tunceli in 1935.

According to the Press in Arrest’s recent report on journalist prosecutions in Turkey, the country “consistently fails to meet its obligations under international law”.

The General Directorate of Security has banned recording images and voices of police officers during demonstrations.

Following a local court ruling merging the files in Gezi trial, several social media have responded under the hashtag #GeziBirleştirir (Gezi unites).

In a joint statement on World Press Freedom Day, three professional press organizations have stated, "We call on the public authority to give up all kinds of practices that are against the freedom of press, which is guaranteed by universal and local law.”

On May 3 World Press Freedom Day, the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has launched a social media campaign of “Basın Belada” (The press is in trouble), making a word play with “basın” (press) and “başın belada” (You are in trouble).

The Governor’s Office of Turkey’s eastern province of Van has once again banned public protest meetings and marches for another 15 days.

The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has revealed the circular of the Directorate General of Security, which bans capturing the images of police officers.

The Presidential decision extending the lay-off ban till June 30, 2021 and the Presidential decision extending the period of financial support to shopkeepers and artisans for another month have been published in the Official Gazette.

The court of appeals has reversed the prison sentence of food engineer Asst. Prof. Bülent Şık for sharing the results of the Health Ministry’s cancer research with the public. His 15-month prison sentence has been overturned, Şık has been acquitted.

The top court has concluded that the incident of police violence caused Erdal Sarıkaya to be injured in the eye shall be reinvestigated.

Amid reports that six children lost their lives in irrigation canals in different cities across Turkey in the last three days, two siblings, working as shepherds in Urfa, fell into an irrigation canal and lost their lives.

The İHD İstanbul Branch has released its quarterly report on violations of rights in Marmara region’s prisons: “All social rights have been denied in prisons under the pretext of the outbreak, isolation and segregation have intensified.”

A US-based community dialogue groupthat brings together Armenians and Turks commends the US President's move to recognize the genocide.

The cases of the defendants, including journalists, actors and rights advocates, were previously separated because they were abroad.

Lawyer Metin Gökoğlu's letter, where he said "Police practice torture and judges vindicate it" was censored by the prison administration.

The Human Rights Association (İHD) has demanded that a lawsuit be filed against İstanbul MP Ümit Özdağ as per the Articles 106 and 216 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and the Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Five children lost their lives by drowning in irrigation canals in Turkey’s southern provinces of Osmaniye, Adana and Maraş in two days. One of the children was from a Syrian family working as agricultural workers and had mental disability.

The İstanbul Organization of the Peoples' Democratic Party attempted to hold a press statement about the ongoing trial over Kobanî protests. The police have hindered the statement, detaining several people, including two journalists.