University students in Malatya were sentenced to imprisonment of between eight and 13 years on charges of "membership in an illegal organization" and "propaganda". The judge commented, "We are not satisfied with the punishment".

Detained Prof. Büşra Ersanlı was elected member of the Advisory Board of the Association for Support and Education for Women Candidates. KA.DER President Aydın expressed her hopes that Ersanlı was going to be able to join their work soon.

BDP deputy Aksoy submitted a law proposal to prevent unjustified arrests and avoid lengthy detention periods to be turned into punishment. Aksoy suggests to amend Article 100/3 of the Criminal Procedure Law related to catalogue crimes.

A group of people who arranged for a dinner via Twitter for the protest action "Haydarpaşa should not get dark" encountered a police control. The police was informed due to a related notice on Twitter. In the opinion of lawyer Bolaç, the police are "closely following the internet".

According to a report of the Children Rights Centre, the reasons for the death of at least 815 children in Turkey in 2011 could have been prevented. Most violations of the right to life of children remained unpunished.

The sub-commission established for the investigation into the Uludere massacre is going to visit the region on 2/3 February in order to speak to the survivors of the bombardment and the relatives of the victims and to hold talks with pubic officials.

104 journalists and 30 distributors went to jail until the end of 2011. The journalists are in prison under allegations of affiliations with illegal organizations in the scope of the Anti-Terror Law and the Turkish Criminal Law. 94 out of these 134 press workers are from Kurdish media outlets.

28-year-old İdris Oral died after suffering from silicosis caused by his work at denim sandblasting workshop. Oral was the 50th denim sandblasting worker who died of silicosis caused by poor working conditions.

Five of the 104 detained defendants of the main trial about the Union of Kurdish Communities were released pending trial on 27 January. A total of 152 defendants stand trial in the Diyarbakır case that has been pending for 3 years.

None of the detained defendants of the Oda TV trial was released at the 10th hearing on 27 January. The following hearing was set for 12 March.

140journos is a "counter media" movement using social media tools to provide real-time, independent and objective news reporting. 140journos claim, "We are against the main stream. For this reason, we recommend to use the social media effectively. That way, we make this counter movement a reality".

The majority of judgements delivered by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 concerned Turkey. Most of these decisions were related to violations of the right to a fair trial and to an effective investigation as well as long trial periods and ill-treatment.

After the release of the RSF World Press Freedom Index, PM Erdoğan announced that his government had opened the way to freedom of expression. The PM said that people in the west were not able to understand the arrests of journalists because western journalists did not incite a coup.

Eutelsat suspended the broadcast of the Kurdish television channel Roj TV. As of 22 January, it can be watched via the internet only. Reporters Without Borders condemned Eutelsat's decision. Bianet asked the viewers what Roj TV meant to them.

Letters about rights violations in prison do not get through to columnists and journalists. Newspapers dealing with rights violations and ill-treatment in prison are not allowed into prison. A report of the ÇHD Prison Monitoring Commissions revealed a number of problems faced by inmates.

A probe has been launched about judge Eryılmaz and Prosecutor Usta of the Hrant Dink murder trial which resulted in a much disputed decision on 17 January. Investigating Judge Kakilli told bianet about the reasons for the investigation.

23 skulls have been found in the mass grave next to the former JİTEM building in Içkale/Diyarbakır. According to Bilici from the Human Rights Association, it would be possible to find the people responsible for these unsolved murders within 24 hours if wanted.

Turkey fell back ten places to number 148 in the 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index. According to the report of Reporters Without Borders, press freedom is in an even worse state in only 31 countries.

Two people were sentenced to jail on charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization" due to letters sent by imprisoned friends found at their homes. A further six people were convicted of allegations of "membership in an illegal organization" in the same context.

The Law Related to Residence and Travels of Foreign Subjects will be amended. Göç-Der President Gürbüz evaluated the amendment as a "threat to Armenian people".