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.

On the occasion of August 30 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Saturday Mother Emine Ocak has penned an open letter. We are publishing the full English translation of the letter.

Five areas have been declared “special security zones” in Hakkari for 15 days. Accordingly, entry to these five places without permission has been banned.

HDP MP Taşdemir has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the rights violations at the Patnos Type-L Prison.

Subjected to battery, insults and swear words of police officers in front of his house in Antalya, lawyer Ahmed Buğra Çelik has said, “They took down a crime scene report as if I was guilty, I did not sign the report.”

The Governorship of Van has announced that all demonstrations and events have been banned in Van for another 15 days. Removing Van Mayor from office on August 19, the Ministry of Interior previously appointed Van Governor as a trustee.

Taken into custody while reporting trustee protests in Mardin on August 20, five journalists have been released.

Mustafa Koçak, who was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for "violation of the Constitution” based on witness statements, has been on hunger strike for 56 days, demanding the right to a fair trial.

Armenian chess player Gevorgyan, who was invited to the Buruciye International Chess Tournament in Sivas, has been told she cannot join the tournament.

Ayşegül Tözeren was detained on Tuesday in a police raid in his home.

Lawyer Murat Yılmaz has underlined that the Article 18 of Child Protection Law stipulates that children shall not be shackled, handcuffed or subjected to a similar treatment while being transferred as part of an investigation.

In a conflict that erupted between the security forces and the PKK, three soldier at the ages of 26, 27 and 28 have lost their lives in Silopi in Şırnak.

UN Secretary General Spokesperson Dujarric has warned that “the continued escalation in north-west Syria and the prospect of an offensive deeper into Idlib could trigger a new wave of human suffering possibly impacting more than 3 million people.”

Security forces have once again intervened against the people protesting appointment of trustees to three Metropolitan Municipalities. In Van, police officers have used violence on the ones who took shelter in a coffeehouse.

"They are aware that they have been left to die," Lawyer Gülizar Tuncer said about the plight of prisoners who are arrested at the Metris Type-R Prison, a penal institution for seriously ill prisoners.

Literary critic Ayşegül Tözeren has sent a message through her lawyer.

Appointment of trustees to HDP municipalities has been protested in İstanbul, Van, Mardin and Diyarbakır. The police have intervened against the protests. While 6 journalists have been detained in Mardin and Diyarbakır, the injured MPs have been hospitalized.