Factories in Egypt are now a battle front for the workers' rights movement that began in December 2006. Most of these events were led or initiated by women. They say “We don't want anything of the sort [feminist demands], we just want to have a good salary and a decent life for both of us, women and men.”

Ten-year conflict between armed Islamists and the civil army continue victimizing Algerian women in extreme ways. The violence of Islamists started in 1992, when Algerians discovered the use of punitive raids against women.

Some elementary school students get together to form a group to take action against global warming.

The seven administrators of the Turkish Road Transport Union have been waiting to appear before the court for four and a half months for the accusations of enrolling members at the union forcefully, founding a crime organization. The union secretary-general blames the employers for the incident.

The Peace Meeting will start at Kadıköy square at 12:00. The participants will gather in front of Tepe Nautilus. There will be a single message: “We want a democratic solution in the Kurdish problem, no more deaths, but solution.”

The Supreme Court Chief Prosecutor presents his viewpoint about the AKP closure case. AKP has one month to present its defense.

The opposition party (CHP) accuses the governing party (AKP) for tapping and bugging their conversations and giving the information to the newspapers of their choice. The government refuses the charges.

University students from Yüksekova start a signature campaign to support Erkan Çapraz of the Yüksekova Haber Newpaper to stop the pressure on him, which is preventing him to do his work as a journalist.

The Bank accounts of the Turkish branch of Amnesty International, which were frozen by Istanbul governor 17 months ago, are finally released. “Both our freedom of association and our right of property were violated”, says AI.

Amnesty International presents its yearly report. With the freedom of expression violations, the Dink murder, the Malatya massacre, the police violation and the like, the section of the report about Turkey paints a bleak picture.

The Director of Religious Affairs puts some directives about sexual life on its internet site. The women find them discriminating. They say people take them seriously and therefore they need to be careful in what they say about women.

The Prime Minister mentions that they allow for broadcasting in other languages, but Keser, the production director of a Kurdish broadcasting TV, says that there are too many restrictions to create a satisfying Kurdish TV atmosphere.

DTP elects Emine Ayna to head its group in the parliament. Speculations arise as to the meaning of this change. Ahmet Türk says nothing has changed, they continue working in solidarity.

The public prosecutor demanded punishment for Sarkis Seropyan and Aris Nalcı of the newspaper Agos. They are on trial for “obstructing proceedings for fair trial.” The lawyers say that there is no need for defense, since the decision has already been made.

Zihni Çakır, the author of books about secret operations within the state and the coups, is detained in Ankara for acquiring secret state documents.

Activist Eren Keskin was up against two trials for the same crime of “denigrating the Turkish military.” The previous one had ended in acquittal and the court decided that she could not be tried twice for the same crime.

A conversation about smoking turns into an article 301 investigation. A slogan using Bush is construed as denigrating the heads of the state.

The State Council is displeased by the government’s statements targeting the Supreme Court. It says the judiciary organs take their authority to share their opinions from the same Constitution.

The Supreme Court’s Board of Chairperson critiques the government, stating that the government has stepped outside the bounds of the legitimate means of defending itself. The government says the Board cannot take a side.

Seven human rights organizations start a campaign for the removal of article 318, “the alienation of people from military service”. Close to a thousand people sign the declaration.