HDP Siirt MP Meral Danış Beştaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry, requesting that a parliamentary investigation commission be established so that steps could be taken towards the resolution of hunger strikes and provision of right to life.

At the funeral of Raci Tetik, the Commander of Mamak Military Prison, which was a torture center during the military junta of September 12, 1980, torture victims have protested the commander, shouting the slogan, “May your fire abound in hell.”

A new video has come out showing the moment of attack against CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu during the funeral of a soldier in Çubuk, Ankara.

Representatives from political parties, unions and rights organizations have held commemorations at the Kazancı Yokuşu, where most of the 41 deaths in the 1977 massacre occurred.

Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has stated that HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 173 days, is not on hunger strike due to her own situation and it would not be right for him to pay a visit to Güven.

Lawyer Sürenoğlu was accused of “insulting the president” and battered by security guards after he reacted to the blocking of traffic for a wedding of Demirören and Kalyoncu families. The video footage of the moment when he was detained has come out.

President Erdoğan has sent a letter to Aram Ateshian, the deputy Armenian Patriarch appointed by the government, saying the Ottoman Armenians "lost their lives under harsh conditions of the First World War."

"Even if there is one just one right defender left, the spirit against the genocide and the denial will not be absent from this region," said the Human Rights Association (İHD). HDP MP Paylan, MP Clapot from France, and EGAM Chair Abtan also made speeches at the event.

The 1915 Commemoration to be held in Sultanahmet by Human Rights Association (İHD) İstanbul Branch, Commission Against Racism and Discrimination has been prevented by police. Commemoration and statement will be held in İHD Office in Beyoğlu.

A five-year-old girl child has been hospitalized after being subjected to sexual abuse in the district of Küçükçekmece in İstanbul. The neighborhood residents have gathered in front of the police station to protest the incident.

Levon Ekmekjian was executed after the 1980 coup. His family has been searching for his grave since then, only to be given the bones of a woman and some animals.

Releasing a statement on the occasion of April 23 Children’s Day, the Human Rights Association (İHD) has stated that children are asked to celebrate as if it was a real festive day and, as the İHD, they will not be in this unrealistic picture.

The former office of Agos newspaper at Sebat Apartment in İstanbul will open as 23.5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory. Rakel Dink, the wife of late journalist, has summarized the site of memory as follows: “So that Turkey will not forget from now on…”

Several rights groups gathered in the capital Ankara to make a press statement on the hunger strikes in prisons have been dispersed by the police.

Announcing the response that he received from the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, CHP MP MP Ali Şeker has stated, “So long as a pseudo-struggle is waged against child labor, our children will continue falling victim to occupational homicides.”

Six people have been detained in relation with the lynch attempt against CHP Chair Kılıçdaroğlu. While the detained are still deposing at the Gendarmerie Commandership, AKP Spokesperson Çelik has stated that the man who punched him is an AKP member.

Releasing a report on human rights violations committed in 2018, Human Rights Association (İHD) has announced that 20 people lost their lives in 11 months due to the extrajudicial executions of law enforcement officers or for disobeying their stop warnings.

Whenever a war or a conflict starts, the virtues of peace are forgotten and the voice of nonviolent people calling for peace is muted by the voice of weapons. Hence, the times when real love of peace is tested are not the times of peace, but times of war.

Turkey has again ranked 157th among 180 countries in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Commenting on Turkey, the organization has underlined, “Turkey is the world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists.”

Releasing a declaration on hunger strikes, 150 professional and rights organizations and associations have underlined that they defend life and added: “It is not at all difficult for the government to resolve hunger strikes which started with a legal demand.”