The Governorship of Hakkari has announced that 31 places in the city center of Hakkari and its districts of Yüksekova, Çukurca, Şemdinli and Derecik have been declared as ‘special security zones’ from March 20 to April 4, 2019.

Imprisoned journalist and writer Ahmet Altan has been sentenced to pay a judicial fine of 7 thousand Turkish Lira on the ground that he insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with an article that he penned in 2016.

Former Managing Editor of Evrensel Newspaper Sarı, against whom Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the time Berat Albayrak and his brother Serhat Albayrak filed a lawsuit of insult and libel for reporting on Paradise Papers, has been acquitted.

PhD student Nevim Borçin from Boğaziçi University and Dr. Lecturer Canay Şahin from Yıldız Technical University have been sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison. The pronouncement of both verdicts has been suspended.

In the hearing of the Boğaziçi University students who are charged with "terrorist propaganda" for having opened a banner about the Afrin operation that say, "Invasion, massacre cannot be marked with Turkish delight," the court has rejected the request of a witness to be heard.

The research of “How Much Do We Know About Children Under Risk?” has shown that though the Convention on the Rights of the Child has been heard by most people, its content has been largely unknown though it has been 30 years since it was signed.

Ill prisoner Gezen, who was on a hunger strike in Tekirdağ Prison, took his life. His deceased body has been hastily taken to Diyarbakır and laid to rest there in company of police. HDP İstanbul Organization has made a statement regarding the incident.

Armenian Patriarch of Turkey Mesrob II Mutafyan, who lost his life in Surp Pırgiç Hospital on March 8, has been laid to rest in Şişli Armenian Cemetery after a funeral ceremony held in the Holy Mother of God Patriarchal Church in Kumkapı, İstanbul.

Rights defender and businessperson Osman Kavala, who is being charged with an aggravated life sentence for organizing the 2013 Gezi Park protests, has released a statement on the 500th day of his arrest.

The 8th Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the verdict of acquittal given by the local court in a lawsuit filed for “terror propaganda.” Speaking to bianet, lawyer İnayet Aksu has defined the ruling as “just and libertarian.”

Not allowing the audience to attend the hearing, the board of the 28th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that Çare Olgun Çalışkan shall be sentenced to 2 years, 3 months in prison for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization. The sentence has not been deferred.

Şahin Öner lost his life after being hit by an armored vehicle in 2013. The court will ask the Kandilli Observatory when the weather conditions will be similar to the date of the killing, to make an examination at the scene of the incident.

İHD member Pişkin has been acquitted of terrorist propaganda by the court of appeal in a case that he was previously sentenced to 30 months in prison. Pişkin's attorney has said the verdict can establish a precedent for the Academics of Peace.

Announcing its interim judgment, the court has ruled for the release of Muharram Demirkale and Ercan Gün. Former Governor of İstanbul Muammer Güler and 11 officials will testify in the next hearings.

Two courts have sentenced two academics to 15 months in prison for the same charge, deferred the announcement of the verdicts.

After a verdict of non-prosecution was given for the investigation launched against model Soydan due to her social media posts about Saturday Mothers/People, she has said, “If they made you sad with these news, I apologize to you on their behalf.”

Academic Feryal Delfin Saygılıgil from Arel University has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The court has ruled that the pronouncement of the verdict shall be suspended.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that three university students who chanted the slogan “Murderer police will be brought to account” while being taken into custody uttered these remarks with the intention of criticism, not personal insult.

While Takanay, Bartu Candan and Korkmaz have been sentenced to 15 months in prison, Erden has been sentenced to 18 months. The sentence of Takanay has been deferred on 2-year probation. The announcement of other verdicts has been suspended.

HDP MP Ayşe Başaran has made a statement on the hunger strikes in prisons, saying that the inmates are having difficulties accessing vitamin B.