Sinan N. was arrested last year due to his social media posts and was released shortly after. In the lawsuit filed against the user, he was sentenced to 14 months of imprisonment due to “insulting Erdoğan.”
According to the data announced by the Ministry of the Interior, 4718 accounts were examined related to their social media posts in January; legal actions were taken against 2111 social media users within “terrorism charges.”
Human Rights Association (IHD) Diyarbakır Branch announced the “Eastern and Southeastern Anatolian Region 2018 Human Rights Violations Report”.
US-based Freedom House announced the “Freedom in the World 2019” report.
The second hearings of the lawsuits filed separately against Safiye Alağaş and Sertaç Kayar were held at Diyarbakır 4th Assize Court with the charge of “illegal organization propaganda.”
Actors Union demanded for arrested Izmir Yenikapı Arts Theater actress Nazlı Masatçı to be released and for all pressure against actors, actresses and theater plays to be revoked.
Following the allegation that Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s relative was accepted in a post-graduate course despite his low results in the Academic Personnel, Post-Graduate and Foreign Language Examinations, the exam results were removed from the Internet.
A summary was prepared against People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu due to “making terrorist organization propaganda.”
Constitutional Court (AYM) issued 18 thousand TL compensation against the Ministry of Justice due to the torture against Adem Erdem in the prison he was convicted in, as well as due to lack of effective investigation on the matter.
Journalist-writer Fehim Taştekin’s book, “Syria: Be destroyed and leave, resist and stay!” was not allowed in Denizli Type-T Prison, despite a lack of verdict to pull off shelves.