Nine people who participated in the protests organized in Mersin on May 25th and 29th were sentenced to administrative fines due to insubordination.
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People’s Democratic Party (HDP) reported the attacks and restrictions against their party daily since 18 April 2018, the day elections were announced.
Diyarbakır Kulp Co-Mayor Sadiye Süer Baran was sentenced to 2 years and six months of imprisonment due to ‘insulting the President.’
On the last day of the 2017-2018 academic year, high school students organized a protest in Kadıköy, Istanbul with the slogan, “Report cards are yours, the future is ours.”
Diyarbakır 5th Assize Court sentenced Dicle News Agency (DIHA) Managing Editor Dicle Müftüoğlu to a judicial fine corresponding to 1041 days of imprisonment.
Ministry of the Interior announced investigations started against 306 people within the last week (June 4-14) due to their social media posts.
The penalties against three People’s Communist Party of Turkey (HTKP) members, convicted of ‘insulting the President’ due to the poster they hung, were reversed by the 18th Penal Department of the Court of Appeals.
International Press Institute (IPI) started a campaign “I Subscribe” to support independent journalists in Turkey.
Constitutional Court (AYM) issued a right violation on freedom of expression in the case of the citizen who faced both a lawsuit of compensation and a criminal lawsuit due to reacting against former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek’s statements on abortion.
Çağdaş Ses news website editor journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk was taken into custody at 02:30 in the night.