The articles foreseeing restrictions on social media have been withdrawn from the 62-article omnibus bill, which is also expected to ban lay-offs for 3 months. “They have withdrawn it for now. They will bring it up at the first opportunity,” says HDP MP Paylan.

Knowing that they might have Covid-19 with little or no symptoms, many people take the risk and continue working for the fear of losing their jobs, according to the Workplace Doctors' Association chair.

Figen Çalıkuşu, the attorney of arrested journalist-writer Ahmet Altan, has requested his urgent release. Noting that her client is 70 years old, Çalıkuşu has underlined that coronavirus poses a life threat to Altan in prison.

Amnesty International has released a statement about the law on criminal enforcement approved by the Parliament: “Those convicted in unfair trials under Turkey's overly broad anti-terrorism laws are also now condemned to face the prospect of infection.”

Jointly drafted by the ruling AKP and MHP groups, the draft law on criminal enforcement has passed the Parliament. In the 600-seat parliament, 279 MPs have supported the bill while 51 MPs have voted against it.

In a written statement released by the UNICEF, it has been noted that “hundreds of thousands of children currently detained in countries around the world are at grave risk of contracting COVID-19.”

Following his cabinet meeting, President Erdoğan has said that some media outlets “started a war” against their own country with their news and columnists: “Our country will hopefully get rid of not only coronavirus, but also these media and politics viruses.”

The law on intelligence agencies, for which six journalists are behind bars, was excluded from the bill after a motion by AKP MPs was accepted.

Since yesterday's update, 98 people died and 4,093 new cases were found.

The report prepared by the Purple Roof Women’s Shelter Foundation has shown that women in Turkey are left hopeless in the face of male violence amid coronavirus pandemic.

Soylu has made his first statement after President Erdoğan turned down his resignation over the panic caused by his short-notice announcement of a curfew.

For the first time, Turkey confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths in prisons.

Long working hours, the breaks they are not allowed to take, overtime wages they are not paid… A courier worker has spoken to bianet about their workload and demands amid coronavirus outbreak.

Already troubled because their access to water is being hampered by thermal plants and coal mines, people of İkizköy village are now more concerned due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Leather, Textile, Shoe Workers’ Association has released its Refugee Workers Report. Based on face-to-face meetings with 100 workers in İzmir, the report documents the hardships experienced by refugee workers in their work lives.

The 28th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week will take place on June 22-28, 2020. The theme of this year’s pride week has been announced as “Where am I?”

Employees who are put on an unpaid leave will be paid half the minimum salary, the Minister of Treasury and Finance has announced.

HDP MP Önlü has submitted a Parliamentary question about Esma Kılıçarslan and Gülistan Doku: “Women go missing in a city like Dersim which is kept under surveillance with police stations and cameras 24 hours a day. They cannot be found in searches.”

The research shows that while 23.7 percent of the participants were subjected to psychological violence, 10.3 percent were subjected to economic violence, 4.8 percent to digital violence, 1.7 percent to physical violence and 1.4 percent to sexual violence.

Charged with “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” over a social media post from six years ago, journalist Sabiha Temizkan will have her first hearing on June 25, 2020.