The Court of Cassation issued the acquittal of journalist Idris Yılmaz, who was sentenced to imprisonment due to covering the news of the violence against a student by the guards.
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An eight-floor building collapsed in Kartal district of Istanbul.
Felicity Party Chairman Temel Karamollaoğlu announced that the broadcast of the advertisement video they prepared for the March 31 Local Elections was discontinued.
Four more academics, who are on trial due to signing the petition “We will not partake in this crime” by the Academics for Peace, were convicted due to “making illegal organization propaganda.”
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.”
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IHD 2018 rights violations report: 11,643 rights violations experienced in Kurdish provinces
by Dusun-ThinkHuman 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.