A court in February acquitted the defendants, who were charged with "attempting to overthrow Turkey's government.

Six rights organizations, including the Union for Democracy (DİB), have released a joint statement and condemned the recent statements of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chair Devlet Bahçeli targeting critical journalists.

Prepared by the Public Services Employees Union (Genel-İş), a recent report has shown that seven out of every 10 people are in debt in Turkey. The poverty risk is higher among women than men and one out of every two children faces poverty risk.

2020 was a year when Turkey, having serious problems with the European Union (EU) in strategic relations, could not convince the EU with its constant talks of reforms in human rights, rule of law and freedom of press and expression.

Detention warrants have been issued against three suspects as part of the investigation launched into the physical assault on Future Party Vice Chair Selçuk Özdağ. Two suspects were previously arrested as part of the same investigation.

Human rights defenders and the Ocak family have denounced President and AKP Chair Erdoğan and Interior Minister Soylu over their remarks targeting Hasan Ocak, who was tortured and disappeared in custody in 1995.

Journalists İzzet Tınmaz, Kıymet Sarıyıldız, Murat Uçkaç, Afşin Hatipoğlu and Orhan Uğuroğlu were physically attacked in the first 15 days of 2021. Detained over the assault on Uğuroğlu, four suspects have been released on probation.

Başak Demirtaş said, “Our mourning doesn't end, for the body of our loved one is still out there lying on the ground. All of us came together shoulder-to-shoulder, yet we could not lift him up from the ground. For this is such a heavy toll, a heavy legacy.”

Rakel Dink said, “Let me put it bluntly. Claiming that Hrant was killed by FETÖ is synonymous to saying, ‘it was not me, it was my hand’. Alleging that Hrant was murdered by Ergenekon is tantamount to saying, ‘it was not me, it was my foot’.”

Protesting the appointment of Melih Bulu as their new university president since January 4, students of Boğaziçi have commemorated journalist Hrant Dink at their campus on the 14th anniversary of his assassination.

Taş served 14 months in prison for "aiding a terrorist organization."

The Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) Association has released a report based on the complaints of prisoners in the first 15 days of January. Their complaints have shown that prisoners’ rights are violated due to the pandemic.

The Governor’s Office of Van has announced that the ban on events and demonstrations, which has been in effect in Turkey's eastern province for 1,519 days, will remain in force for another 15 days as of January 19.

We have spoken with Ümit Kıvanç, one of Hrant’s Friends, in the 14th year of his murder: “Apart from a very few exceptions, we are a society disgusted at justice and equity, with believers and non-believers, power-holders and opposition alike... What justice?”

Arrested for having reported on Servet Turgut and Osman Şiban, who were thrown from a helicopter and tortured by soldiers in Van, Adnan Bilen, Cemil Uğur, Şehriban Abi and Nazan Sala have been behind bars for 101 days, with no indictment.

Detained as part of the operations against the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), five people have been arrested, five people have been placed under house arrest and 37 people have been released on probation.

The Social Memory Platform has released a written statement about the “ongoing smear campaign” against main opposition CHP İstanbul Chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu and Hasan Ocak, who was tortured and disappeared in custody in 1995.

Rights organizations held a joint press conference about the ongoing hunger strikes in Turkey’s prisons, urging the authorities to end violations of rights in prisons and treat prisoners in a manner compatible with human dignity.

The documentary "Stop to Contemplate the Horizon" is now available on YouTube with English subtitles.

“There is no scientific data about the extent to which confining 65+ individuals to their houses will reduce the COVID-19 infection risk,” says the 65+ Elder Rights Association, urging the authorities to review the bans and restrictions based on age.