The Ministry of Justice refused to give permission for the trial of Erdal Doğan, one of the lawyers representing the Dink family. The complaint was made by Samast’s lawyer.

Talking at the press release held by People’s Law Bureau, Engin Ceber’s father says apology is not enough. Activist Ceber had died in the hospital after being tortured in prison.

The General Staff Military Court has placed a ban on publishing news about the Aktütün assault on the grounds that there was an investigation for those who leaked confidential documents and such activities “might violate the secrecy of the investigation.”

Professor Ahmet Insel says government’s stepping aside and letting the General Staff face the public and the media is not an acceptable behavior in democracies.

The Democratic Society Party deputies show their support for the newspaper Azadiya Welat, closed by a court order for one month.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) sentences Turkey to pay total of 72 thousand for the eight applications, including the one submitted by journalist Eren.

The court released Gün, Karakaya and Baykal, who were taken into custody together with Engin Ceber, activist who died of bad treatment in prison a few days ago.

Chief of Staff İlker Başbuğ critized the media about the news they have been publishing regarding the Aktütün assault of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). He told everyone to be on the right side.

The inspectors from the Ministry of Justice reached the conclusion that there was bad treatment in the case of Ceber’s death. 19 officials from the Metris Prison have been removed from their posts temporarily.

The court rejected the demand by Dink’s lawyers to see the report about Erhan Tuncel, who is on trial as one of the instigators of the murder. The next hearing will be on January 26, 2009.

Amnesty International demanded independent medical treatment an aid for Gün and Karakaya, who have been facing torture and bad treatment. Their friend Ceber, who was put into prison with time, died a few days ago for the bad treatment he received in prison.

The local journalists discussed the correct and objective journalism in the “Journalism Workshop” held by the IPS Communications Foundation and a free press institution Press Now over the weekend.

Lawyer Timtik says the secrecy decision in the investigation of Engin Ceber’s torture will affect the trial of the case negatively.

The play about the life of Musa Anter, Kurdish journalist, writer and poet, who was assassinated in Diyarbakır in 1992, has been banned in Izmir, even though it was in the program. The municipality claims that the pressure from the Police Department led to the banning.

Dink’s lawyers have objected to not being able to see the report about Erhan Tuncel’s function as an intelligence staff on the grounds that it was a “State Secret”. Witness Osman Hayal did not answer the question whether or not he was in Istanbul at the time of the murder.

Istanbul’s 14th High Criminal Court will continue hearing the witnesses in Dink’s murder case. “Hrant’s Friends” will be at Beşiktaş Square in Istanbul as before, demanding justice.

Interfering in the activity of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Izmir, police takes into custody forty-three people and ten people were injured.

Lawyer Aslan said that one of her clients, twenty-nine year old Ceber, died because of torture and another one of his clients is in the danger of dying.

Lawyer Kemalettin Gülen faces the court for threatening Hurriyet columnist Ahmet Hakan Coşkun. According to BİA Media Monitoring Report of July 18, two journalists, one academician and one writer were threatened In April-May-June period.

Bianet asks the mothers their opinion about sending their sons to the army. They ask who would. They think the problem may be solved if the mothers refuse to send their sons.