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Nine lawyers, former HDP executive Sedat Çelik and Salih Erbekler, a former worker of Radyo Karacadağ radio station closed by a Statutory Decree, have been taken into custody in Diyarbakır and Urfa.

Put on trial for “insulting the President” upon the tip of an informer, Contemporary Journalists’ Association Mediterranean Branch Chair Engin Korkmaz had his second hearing. While the informant is convicted of “slander”, the trial of Korkmaz still continues.

A group of lawyers was in Edirne to make observations on the refugees who have been trying to cross into Greece.

Main opposition CHP MP Utku Çakırözer has visited Silivri Prison and met six journalists who have been arrested over the last two weeks, namely Barış Pehlivan, Barış Terkoğlu, Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel, Aydın Keser and Ferhat Keser.

Speaking about the coronavirus outbreak, which has been declared a pandemic by the WHO, Minister of Health Koca has warned the citizens to avoid international travel unless absolutely necessary and said, “The risk is serious.”

The Constitutional Court has concluded that the access block imposed on Sendika.org news website by the Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TİB) on July 25, 2015 has violated freedom of expression.

Berkin Elvan was shot with a tear gas canister during Gezi Resistance and lost his life at the age of 15.

While prices have been surging amid the Covid19 outbreak, Turkey today confirmed its first case.

Lawyers and rights defenders who regularly visit prisons have spoken to bianet about possible consequences of the outbreak and the precautions that should be taken.

Legal proceedings have been started against 29 social media users who alleged that “the institutions do not take necessary and adequate precautions against Covid-19 and the epidemic is hidden from the public.”

Describing earthquakes as a threat to the country, the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization could not reach its target to strengthen public buildings in 2019 “because there was no demand.”