Having lost their already low income after the pandemic, the Romani people face hunger.

The bill on criminal enforcement is at the Parliament today. Regarding the possibility of ill prisoners’ release, lawyer Yoleri says, “Forensic Medicine Institution had a discriminatory treatment of political prisoners. This picture does not seem likely to change.”

According to the 2019 Report of the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers supervising the execution of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgements, Turkey ranks second after Russia in failing to execute the ECtHR judgements.

The parliament will discuss today a sentence reduction bill to reduce the prison population due to the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 800 thousand people aged between 18 and 20 have been exempted from the curfew. Union representatives say the decision is discriminatory.

In a statement released by the Ministry of Interior, it has been announced that 229 people have been taken into custody over their social media messages about coronavirus.

President and AKP Chair Erdoğan and Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) have filed a criminal complaint against FOX TV anchor Fatih Portakal at the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Releasing a joint statement about the bill on criminal enforcement to be debated at the Parliament today, 11 political parties have said, “The government disregards the right to life of those standing in opposition to itself.”

Speaking to bianet, farmers say that they are having difficulties in production and their future is full of uncertainties amid coronavirus outbreak. Facing several hardships from finding workers to distributing products, farmers are worried.

In the last 24 hours, 75 people died of Covid-19 and 3,148 people were found to be infected according to the Health Ministry.

Expressing a dissenting opinion to the law draft on criminal enforcement approved by the Parliamentary Justice Commission, the HDP has raised concerns over the overcrowding in prisons and the conditions of ill prisoners.

Releasing a statement on the occasion of April 6 Remembrance Day for Killed Journalists in Turkey, the Journalists’ Association of Turkey (TGC) has stated, “We still have colleagues battered due to their news in mainstream and local press.”

A country-wide network of volunteers makes and distributes 3D-printed face shields to tackle the protective equipment shortage of health workers.

According to the Health and Safety Labor Watch report, at least 113 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides last month. While 14 workers died of coronavirus, two of the deceased workers were children working in agriculture and metal sectors.

People of Cide, Kastamonu have been in a legal struggle for more than a decade against the construction of a power plant in Loç Valley.

According to the data of İstanbul Security Directorate, the number of reported domestic violence incidents in the city has increased from 1,804 in March 2019 to 2,493 in March 2020, marking a 38.2 percent increase.

The Ministry of National Defense has announced that the movement of military personnel and units in operation areas in Syria has been reduced to minimum unless absolutely necessary due to coronavirus pandemic.

Releasing a statement, "Have You Heard” Initiative has said, “We call on everybody, with or without authority: Take action for the release of imprisoned journalists before they are faced with the virus threat. Raise your voice with ours.”

Aygün has been remanded in custody over a tweet where he mocked the President's campaign to help the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

The Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) has announced that arrested lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal have turned their hunger strike into a death fast. While Timtik was on the 94th day of her hunger strike, Ünsal was on the 63rd day.