18 international rights and freedom of expression organizations have penned a joint letter to UN Human Rights Council: “You must not continue to ignore such a blatant violation of Turkey’s international human rights law obligations and commitments.”

Attended by several artists and businesspeople, the opening reception of the 16th İstanbul Biennial has witnessed a ‘Freedom to Kavala’ protest by artists wearing shirts and bags with Kavala’s photograph on them.

The Governorship of Van has announced that all demonstrations and events have been banned for 15 days “in order to prevent any possible incidents of attack that could arise.”

Explaining his opinion as to the accusations, the prosecutor has requested Başkaya be penalized according to Article 7/2 of the Anti-Terror Law and a criminal complaint be filed against him for "publicly degrading the Republic of Turkey."

Arrested 45 days ago, 79-year-old convict Buğrahan fell ill in prison and has lost his life at hospital. According to Human Rights Association (İHD), 73 people, 39 of whom were ill inmates, have lost their lives in prison over the past 2.5 years.

Five organizations called for the acquittal of the academics after Constitutional Court ruling.

Several more academics have been acquitted after the Constitutional Court ruling.

The court has ruled that freedom of expression is violated in the case of journalist İmrek who was beaten by the police while on duty.

Ruling in Kızıltepe JİTEM case: Charges of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial execution have been dropped due to violation of statutory limitations, defendants charged with leadership and membership of an organization have been acquitted.

Diyarbakır 11th Heavy Penal Court has ruled for the acquittal of three academics and İstanbul 28th Heavy Penal Court has ruled for the acquittal of five Academics for Peace signatory to the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”.

His family is surprised that 59-year prison sentence of arrested student Korkmaz has been upheld. His sister has said, “We thought that his prison sentence would not be upheld, we were hopeful” and asked, “Where is this judicial reform, then?”

MPs from the CHP and the HDP have brought the claims that İlhami Ballı, a defendant in the trial of the Ankara Massacre in 2015, stayed in a hotel in Ankara while he was sought with red notice into the parliamentary agenda.

Academic Özlem Şendeniz has been acquitted after the Constitutional court ruled in July that the sentences violate the academics' freedom of expression.

While the police investigation into the torture images in Halfeti has not yet been concluded, a lawsuit has been filed against Fatma Kılıçarslan, who shared a photo of the torture on social media.

HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has put forward a motion for the opening of a parliamentary inquiry into the Pogrom on September 6-7, 1955.

MP Sertel has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the claims that fourteen inmates died in eight months in an overcrowded prison for seriously ill people.

Asst. Prof. Kendirli, one of the Academics for Peace who were dismissed from duty has told us about difficulties they have faced since losing their jobs and the Academy for Solidarity they founded.

Nazan Bozkurt has said the police come to her house at 02.30 am and checked if she is home because of a house arrest verdict that was appealed.

A lawsuit has been filed against four former executives of the daily BirGün for having covered the tweets posted from “Fuat Avni” account. The journalists are charged with “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization as non-members.”

Ümit Uzun, a reporter for the Demirören News Agency (DHA), has been battered, handcuffed behind the back and taken into custody by the police while he was covering a road accident in İstanbul.