A police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a refugee woman from Uzbekistan in a police car in 2018.

Announcing its ruling on an access block imposed on a bianet news about plagiarism by former Minister of National Education Ömer Dinçer, the Constitutional Court has ruled that the freedom of expression and press of bianet has been violated.

The people of the neighborhood are furious and concerned after a man sexually assaulted a five-year-old child, while Syrians say they are afraid of even going out.

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.

Şaban Vatan, known for his strive to solve his daughter's suspicious death, has also paid a visit to the family: "We will strive side by side for children from now on."

Six lawyers and journalists whose prison sentences were upheld in Cumhuriyet case have been imprisoned again. Speaking before entering prison, Musa Kart said, “The one who threw a punch is free, cartoonist and journalists are behind bars.”

While eight of nine people who were previously taken into custody in relation with the sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl in Küçükçekmece, İstanbul, it has been reported that the child identified the perpetrator M.V. in company with her family and a pedagogue.

A Quran educator found guilty for abusing a 12-year-old child has not been arrested.

Raising their concerns over the hunger strikes against isolation, 50 Nobel Prize Laureates have made a call to the government of Turkey and international community to “take immediate action at this critical moment to end the solitary confinement.”

The Van Prison administration insists on not giving ill convicts the meals that were suggested by the doctor despite an order by the Ministry of Justice.

Central Bank has again kept the political interest rate fixed at its current level of 24 percent. Unlike its statement in March 2019, this month’s statement does not include the sentence “an additional monetary tightening can be introduced if needs be.”

Trans woman Işıl has been battered by police in Mersin. Speaking about the issue, Mersin 7 Colors LGBTI+ Solidarity Association’s General Coordinator Arıcan has stated that violence against transgender people has become systematic in Mersin.

"Our assembly should honor the memories of the intellectuals who put up a struggle for the enlightenment of the Ottoman and Armenian peoples," Paylan said.

Speaking about the incident of child abuse in İstanbul, Minister of Interior Soylu has stated that the perpetrator has been caught. İstanbul Governorship also announced that a legal action would be taken against “the ones who used the incident for provocation.”

The video of the incident that shows the woman saying, "I won't be quiet, you'll be ashamed!" went viral on social media.

Sentenced to 11 years, 3 months in prison, Chair of Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) Selçuk Kozağaçlı has submitted a petition of appeal, stating, “I know that there are numerous reasons justifying the reversal of this so-called legal judgement.”

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."

Judiciary in the News: Legal Journalism Handbook is now online in Turkish and Kurdish. Penned by Şengün Kılıç Hristidis, it has been edited by Gökçer Tahincioğlu and translated into Kurdish by bia Kurdî editors Murat Bayram and Ferid Demirel.

"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.

In the second session of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council chaired by Metropolitan Mayor İmamoğlu, the proposals submitted by CHP’s council members relating to expertise commissions have been rejected by members of AKP and MHP.