Mesopotamia Ecology Movement has announced its Ecological Damage in Clash Environment Report; the report notes clashes have caused animal deaths, polluted water and traumatized children.

Reporters Without Borders has called on the Constitutional Court to release Can Dündar and Erdem Gül who are under arrest due to their report on the trucks of the Turkish National Security Organization for a month.

Russian General Staff Spokesperson Rudskoy has announced that they have detected 11,775 oil tankers on the border of which 4,530 are on the Turkish and 7,245 others are on the Iraqi side.

Hearing of Lice trial has been held for the first time without the presence of the murdered Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi. Teacher Cantekin who had witnessed the massacre testified in the hearing today (December 25) and told what the soldiers have been doing.

Police have intervened in protests against curfews in Sur, three people have been shot to death.

Attorney İlkiz has stated that a basic legislation to protect personal data should be enacted prior to draft law to include biometric data in IDs and save it in family registries.

Diyarbakır City Forest has been named after the deceased Tahir Elçi.

HDP Vice Co-Chair Gür has said PM Davutoğlu’s statements as to Demirtaş are unacceptable.

Constitutional Court has decided that vaccination was an interference in the physical integrity and vaccinating children without parents’ consent would contradict the constitution.

Arrested journalist Vildan Atmaca has sent a message through her visitors: “Although I am in prison, I am feeling Beritan’s fever”.

Seven organizations drawing attention to food shortage lived in areas under curfew have made a call to join nutrition campaign.

A permanent peace environment can be established only by normalizing the relations between Turkey and Israel.

The curfews declared in 15 neighbourhoods in Nusaybin have been lifted, the curfew had been continuing in four of the neighbourhoods for 11 days and in others for four days.

An attack launched on a house in Dargeçit has left two civilians dead.

KCK has expressed that “All democratic forces, socialists, progressive humanity, human rights organizations, international forces sensitive to democracy and human rights of the world maintain a stance against the state and AKP government”.

In Sur district of Diyarbakır province a specialized sergeant has been killed and six persons including five soldiers injured due to an explosion, and the funeral of 13-year-old Davut Özer who had been killed during a protest yesterday night (December 22) in Tarsus district of Mersin province was held today.

According to preliminary autopsy report for Yeliz Erbat and Şirin Öter killed in Gaziosmanpaşa, some of the bullets hit them fired in close-range, which led the lawyers to claim “This indicates these women were executed by being captured wounded”.

Kaos GL has made a research on the situation of LGBTI persons employed in the private sector in Turkey and interviewed for the research 151 persons working in a private company; only 22% of the LGBTI persons working in private sector in Turkey have disclosed their LGBTI status.

Those detained in Şişli while distributing magazines have told police hit their heads on the ground, stepped on them, make them listen to anthem in bus and police station and beat them up for hours.

HDP Deputy Chair İdris Baluken has stated they they would give a positive response to Prime Minister’s request for an appointment which CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu has already accepted.