HDP has filed a lawsuit against President and AKP Chair Erdoğan for non-pecuniary damages in amount of 145,000 euro over calling HDP’s Demirtaş “a terrorist”. The amount for the non-pecuniary damages was calculated as one Kurus for each person who voted for HDP on the elections on June 7.

Police have attacked protesters in Kadıköy demonstrating in solidarity with academic Gülmen and teacher Özakça who have been in hunger strike for 156 days to be reinstated to their jobs which they lost through a statutory decree.

President of Dersim Bar Association Yıldırım has filed a criminal complaint against those who are responsible for the forest fires which broke out during military operations and clashes.

A border wall similar to the “security wall” build on the Syrian border has begun to be built on the Iranian border. The wall built by TOKİ will be 144 km long.

Court has ruled that the detention of HDP Kars MP Ayhan Bilgen who is facing up to 25.5 years in prison and has been waiting for his first hearing in detention on remand for seven months continue.

HDP province and district chairs as well as press members who do not possess a press card are not being allowed in the area where the Conscience and Justice Watch meeting is being held in Van.

Government Spokesperson Bozdağ has said that “There is not a single soul who was arrested in Turkey for posting tweet”, however, there are probes against tens of thousands of people, and 1,656 people were arrested only during March-August 2016, according to the Ministry of Interior.

İstanbul leg of the Conscience and Justice Watch ended last night. Third leg of the watch will begin in Van on August 8, Tuesday.

Constitutional Court has rejected 70,771 applications regarding actions taken through statutory decrees under the State of Emergency due to “non-exhaustion of domestic remedies”.

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected the request of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça that “the Court order the Government to release the applicants” deciding that the “applicants’ detention at the Sincan Hospital did not pose a real and imminent risk of irreparable harm to the life or limb of the applicants”.

The short film, “She is alive” tells the story of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça who are on a hunger strike being woken up in prison every night by guardians to check whether they are still alive.

HDP Van MP Lezgin Botan who was taken into custody in Ferit Melen Airport in Van district has been released short after testifying.

CHP İstanbul Provincial Chair Canpolat and İstanbul MP Tanrıkulu have visited the Conscience and Justice Watch at Yoğurtçu Park and expressed their support.

Following İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran and Nalan Erkem, rights defenders Ali Garawi and Peter Steudtner were referred to Silivri Prison as well.

HDP’s Conscience and Justice Watch, which started on July 25 in Diyarbakır, will continue in Yoğurtçu Park in Kadıköy. Police have closed all entrances to and exits from the park.

In a draft paper sent to the European Commission, Germany has requested that financial pressure be raised on Turkey and that the European Commission should look into suspending all pre-accession aid to Turkey if the need arises.

HDP Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran has been detained at Batman Airport.

HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca was released after being kept in prison for 5 months and was arrested upon prosecutor’s objection two months ago.

2 Attorneys of Gülmen and Özakça who are on a hunger strike have been released after testifying before prosecutor’s office after four days in detention.

HDP’s Sarıyıldız and Hezer-Öztürk have been relieved of MP duties on the ground that they didn’t attend the parliamentary works since October 2016.