4 CHP MPs have gone on hunger strike for 24 hours to act in solidarity with academic Gülmen and teacher Özakça, who have been on hunger strike for 64 days with the demand that they be reinstated to their jobs.

The winners of the 20th Flying Broom International Women’s Films Festival have been announced.

Ruling on the objection to the 12 journalists being arrested soon after their release, the court has decided that the journalist remain further under arrest. Interpreting the court’s decision, Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz said: “Like the arrest order, overruling the objection is against the law as well”.

Prof. Dr. David Harvey has said “I express my solidarity with my friends and colleagues in Turkey who are on hunger strike” in the video he released for Gülmen and Özakça who have been on hunger strike for 63 days.

Following the US President Trump approving the legislation concerning arms aid to the YPG, the YPG in its statement said that it is a historical decision.

Following Selin Sayek Böke resigning from her positions in CHP, the party’s vice-Chair Bülent Tezcan has become the party’s new spokesperson.

CHP’s Adıgüzel has demanded a parliamentary investigation concerning casualties caused by the armored military and police vehicles.

While Özakça says “We need to focus on growing the hunger strike”, Gülmen stated “It is very nice that everyone trying to do something”.

Standing trial due to their participation in the Özgür Gündem daily Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign Ayşe Düzkan, Mehmet Ali Çelebi and Ragıp Duran as well as Özgür Gündem’s former co-Editor-in-Chief Hüseyin Aykol and writer Hüseyin Bektaş are facing 46 years in prison.

HDP MP Nursel Aydoğan has been relieved of her MP duties.

CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu has touched on the subject of sick prisoners in the party group meeting, asked why the 841 sick prisoners are not released.

Journalist Canan Coşkun has been sentenced to 10 months on charge of “publicly insulting the military or the security organization of the state” in a news article she had written.

Organized by the SPoD, the Disabled LGBTI Days are beginning. The events that will combine Disability Week and May 17 International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia will be held from May 17-19 and 20.

A police officer, who entered into a house with panzer through the wall and caused death of two children in Silopi district of Şırnak, has been arrested.

Friends of journalist Ahmet Şık, who has been in custody for 130 days, have celebrated Şık’s birthday with the photos they have published on the newspapers.

Asylum applications of some of the soldiers who were assigned in Germany as part of the NATO mission and were relieved of their duties following the July 15 coup attempt, have been accepted.

The winners of the “Ayşe Nur Zarakolu Freedom of Thought and Expression Award” which will be given for the 15th time this year have been announced. The award ceremony will be held in Human Rights Foundation office.

The Pride March has been banned by the İstanbul Technical University presidency. Cins Arı has said “Neither State of Emergency, nor the university presidency can prevent one from being proud of being LGBTI+. We have existed in this or that way and will continue to exist”.

A commemoration ceremony was held at first light of Saturday for Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan, the three well known leaders of the 68 generation.

Seven convicted girls have been wounded in an incident that occurred in Bozkurt Open Women and Children’s Prison. The institution called the psychologists for duty