Raising concerns over the conditions of prisons and ill prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak, rights organizations have reiterated that preventive measures against the outbreak need to be implemented in prisons immediately.

It has been 48 years since Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan, the leading figures of the 68 Generation, were executed. They have been commemorated with carnations on their death anniversary.

Arrested on April 3 over a tweet where he mocked the fundraising campaign launched by President Erdoğan against coronavirus outbreak, journalist Hakan Aygün has been released.

According to the annual report of the Human Rights Association (İHD), 1,344 meetings and demonstrations were intervened last year and 3,935 people were subjected to beating and ill treatment during these interventions.

Grup Yorum music band has announced that its bass guitarist İbrahim Gökçek has ended his death fast on the 323rd day.

The Circassian exile and genocide on May 21, 1864 have made the front-page headline in the new issue of monthly Jıneps / Free Voice of Circassians newspaper. “Facing the past liberates,” the headline has read.

In examining the objections of six journalists behind bars due to their news on the funeral of an intelligence officer, the court apparently did not inform their attorneys, summoned other lawyers from the bar and ruled for the continuation of their pre-trial detention.

HDP Ağrı MP Taşdemir has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the difficulties in accessing hygiene products and medical treatment in the prison where 72-year-old former MP Halil Aksoy is also behind bars.

CHP and HDP MPs have released statements in the 83rd year of Dersim Massacre. The MPs have demanded the establishment of a Truth and Confrontation Commission, opening of the archives and trial of perpetrators, albeit in their absence.

İbrahim Gökçek of the Grup Yorum music band has been on a death fast for 322 days, demanding the release of the band's members and the end of concert bans.

In a written statement, Amnesty International has noted that “the COVID-19 crisis has added a new layer to the crackdown on media freedom in Turkey with journalists being targeted across the country under the guise of combating misinformation.”

From the report of Press in Arrest: “In April, numerous news stories were associated with ‘terrorism’. Reporters were obliged to testify and defend against charges of 'terrorism'. Journalists were kept in prison without indictment, thus being sentenced in advance.”

Ferhat Akgün, a local journalist from Tekirdağ province, has been put under house arrest on the ground that “he violated the inviolability of a workplace” by entering Tekirdağ State Hospital, a pandemic hospital, without permission.

In January-February-March 2020, at least 33 journalists and media representatives were detained. During the coronavirus outbreak, 12 local journalists were detained for “spreading panic and fear” and three journalists had to depose.

As reported by the US-based news websites Deadline and Variety, Netflix has removed an episode of “Designated Survivor” in Turkey following a demand from the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK).

The killing of young worker Ali al-Hemdan at a police checkpoint mars the already depressive mood prevailing among Turkey's millions of precarious and informal Syrian refugee workers fatally hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

"I lost my faith in justice. It is very clear that this was an attempted murder. Most likely, this case will end without the assailants receiving any sentence," says one journalist.

Facing a terror investigation due to the news regarding the house of Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, journalists Hazal Ocak, Vedat Arık, Olcay Büyüktaş and İpek Özbey from daily Cumhuriyet have been summoned to depose.

Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) Association has prepared a report on the complaints of prisoners in Turkey amid Covid-19 pandemic. Covering the period from April 15 to 28, the report shows that access to rights in prisons has been restricted.

Human Rights Commission of Adana Bar, Human Rights Association (İHD), Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) and KESK Confederation have issued a report on the killing of 18-year-old Ali El Hemdan and noted that his right to life has been violated.