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Another investigation was opened against Asst. Prof. Dr. Bülent Şık after the 12-year imprisonment claim against him due to announcing the cancer research hidden by the Ministry of Health to the public.

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided that the “right to freedom of expression and thought” of former Diyarbakır Metropolitan Mayor Osman Baydemir was violated.

The bill on ‘censorship regulation’ as described by the opposition and actors passed the Parliament.

The investigation on the death of Ömer Koç, who was killed with a hunting rifle on October 4, 2015 at 5 Nisan Neighborhood near a “Ranger”-type police vehicle that was patrolling around two streets away from his home in Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, was concluded with non-prosecution.

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decided that the speech made by Osman Baydemir in 2006, that faced lawsuits, was within his right to “freedom of expression and thought.”

Van Closed Prison decided for the magazine, “Sesimiz [Our Voice]” to be “banned permanently.” The magazine was being published by the prisoners and included articles written and comics drawn by prisoners themselves.

Independent Communication Network (BIA) launched the 2018 October-November-December Media Monitoring Report.

Amnesty International invited Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül to “use his authority for the protection of freedom of expression, press freedom and the right to fair trial” within the “Freedom for Journalists” campaign.

Musician Azad Bedran was sentenced to 3 years and nine months of imprisonment in the first hearing of the case he was on trial at Diyarbakır 8th Assize Court due to “making terrorist organization propaganda” through the music video launched for his song, “Partizan.”

Seven lawyers, who were on trial at Adana 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance due to the “Justice Watch” organized simultaneously in many provinces in Turkey for solidarity with arrested colleagues, were acquitted.