The CoE Committee of Ministers has released its annual report on the implementation of the ECtHR judgments.

The sub-governor has banned demonstrations citing coronavirus measures ad the Asian-side district of the city has recently become a center of protests by women, LGBTI+s and students.

US Department of State has released its 2020 country report on human rights practices in Turkey, listing a series of violations of rights including “torture”, “limited steps to investigate and penalize members of security forces” and “violence against minorities.”

Bülent Aydın, one of Hrant’s Friends, says, “The conscientious people of this country will also keep on raising their demand for justice in front of Agos every January 19. Until all perpetrators of this murder receive the penalty they deserve...”

Having lost their three family members in an armed conflict and staging a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar were taken into custody on the 22rd day of their protest.

Painted in rainbow colors by the students of Middle East Technical University in Ankara, the stairs have been painted in gray by the university administration. Students have announced that they will paint them back today, on March 30.

Sixty-six percent of respondents predict that the situation regarding freedom of expression will be worse or much worse in the next five years, according to a survey among artists.

In his last speeches before his assassination killing, Dink had said, "This is an operation of the depth of the state to make me know my place," the family recalled.

A group of students came to the İstanbul Courthouse to support their friends detained for carrying rainbow flags at Boğaziçi University during the protests against the appointed rector. They have also been detained; police intervention is still ongoing.

Having lost their three family members in an armed conflict and staging a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse, Ferit Şenyaşar and Emine Şenyaşar have been detained by police for the second time since mid-March.

The protesters are charged with violating the Law on Gatherings and Demonstrations.

Charged with "being a member of an illegal organization," Türkdoğan was detained on March 19.

Conscientious objector Murat Kızılay, who is currently in the Netherlands, has said that he might be sent back to Turkey any moment.

Four journalists were acquitted of "terrorism-related" charges, reports about the incident of sexual harassment at a university were blocked and a newspaper received a public ad ban in two weeks.

Saying that the children's right to life was violated, the Diyarbakır Bar called on the government to abide by the Ottawa Treaty and remove landmines in the area.

An investigation has been launched against HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar over his speech during the Newroz celebrations in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakır on March 21. 13 people were detained yesterday.

“The domestic situation in Turkey remains of serious concern,” said High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, holding a press conference after the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU.

Arrested for protesting the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, Akın Karakuş, Necmettin Erdem and Hasan Koral Hacıbeyoğlu have been released.

Detained on March 19, İHD Co-Chair Öztürk Türkdoğan has been released on probation.

In operations targeting the Peoples’ Democratic Party in İstanbul, Ankara, Eskişehir and Adana, several party executives and Öztürk Türkdoğan, the Co-Chair of the İHD, which was targeted by Interior Minister Soylu, have been taken into custody.