The trial on the Sivas Massacre in 1993 that left 37 people dead was continued on 21 June. The prosecutor demanded to drop procedures against six out of seven fugitive defendants due to the status of limitation.

Seven university students are sued over charges of "praising crime and a criminal" because they supported two other students who were arrested after they had demanded free education.

The Istanbul police called about 50 writers of the "Sour Dictionary" to the prosecutor's office to give their statement regarding headings that were related to religious topics. This operation came just after the Sour Dictionary announced to have applied a "Hate Speech Control Project".

Human Rights Watch addressed Prime Minister Erdoğan in a letter and underlined the unique "opportunity to demonstrate at home and abroad the central importance of human rights and the rule of law in Turkey".

63 detainees and convicts of the Sincan Prison were punished for chanting "pointless slogans" on 1 May. The inmates had celebrated Labour Day by singing marches and chanting slogans. As a result, they were banned from communication and visits for 1 month.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite and transsexual individuals celebrate the 19th Pride Week from 20-26 June in Istanbul. The event kicked off with the second Trans Pride March on Sunday. It comes right after the gay rights resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council.

Child labour expert Assoc. Prof. Tanır calls for an extension of compulsory education to 12 years in order to decrease the number of child workers in Turkey further. Tanır drew attention to the fact that two thirds of all child workers in Turkey work under severe conditions.

Prime Minister Erdoğan withdrew several trials opened against politicians and journalists before the elections. However, the cases against journalists Oktay Ekşi and Ergun Poyraz, writer Yalçın Küçük and artist Müjat Gezen are still pending.

Hatip Dicle, Independent candidate of the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block in Diyarbakır, received the official approval that he was elected in the parliamentary elections on 12 June. Six elected defendants of the KCK trial request their release from prison.

International PEN and PEN Turkey held this year's "Freedom to the Word" Literature Festival in Istanbul last weekend. Publishers, writers and interpreters discussed the "Harm of Harmful Publications" and the function of the Board for Protection from Harmful Publications.

More than 10,000 people from Syria sought refuge from the Assad government in Turkish refugee camps. Three camps were set up in Antakya. Refugees now started a hunger strike because the refugee camps are completely isolated from the outside world.

Writer Akhanlı is facing an aggravated life sentence on charges of the "attempt to change the constitutional order". According to lawyer Kanar, the final speech of the prosecution lacks evidence and legal grounds.

Independent MP Emine Ayna was sentenced to imprisonment of ten months on the grounds of a speech she delivered at the Newroz celebrations in Siirt in 2007. She was charged with "propaganda" together with a further 25 defendants.

After the investigation of a mass grave in Çatak/Van, it was reported that the remains of German Sociologist Wolf were found among the approximately 40 bodies in the cave.

The Rize High Criminal Court dismissed the appeal filed by the Dink family lawyers against the closure of procedures regarding officials of the Trabzon police. Domestic remedies have been exhausted upon the rejection of the Rize court.

The anti-government demonstrations in Hopa are still creating a stir in several parts of the country. 19 people were taken into custody in Ankara, 26 people were interrogated in Antakya. The police try to find connections between the protestors and illegal organizations.

20 people in Batman, mostly affiliated to the pro-Kurdish BDP, were taken into police custody in the course of simultaneous raids on their homes. The reason has not been declared yet. Meanwhile, a signboard in Turkish and Kurdish became the subject of a court case.

15 people were taken into police custody on 15 June. The operation that was still going on on Wednesday afternoon was allegedly connected to a press release regarding the death of retired teacher Lokumcu after a massive police intervention in Hopa.

The website of the Fırat News Agency is subject to a cyber attack that made access temporarily impossible. The site can currently be reached under www.firatnews.ws.

Eleven people who stood trial in the scope of the KCK case in Ağrı were sentenced to imprisonment of 91 years and eleven months in total. The court did not hear their defence speeches because the defendants requested to speak Kurdish at the hearing.