UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Callamard and the delegation with her, who came to İstanbul to investigate the journalist Khashoggi's murder, have not been given permission to enter the Saudi Consulate in İstanbul.

The Prosecutor’s Office has announced its opinion as to the accusations for Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp, who have been behind bars since April 19, 2018. The court has ruled for the continuation of their arrest.

Amnesty International has launched a petition against the indefinite ban imposed on all LGBTI+ events by the Ankara Governorship. The organization has said, “The ban on LGBTI+ events in Ankara should be ended and love should win."

A garbage collector who was dismissed from his job at Kağıthane Municipality in İstanbul without compensation “on the ground of homosexual relationship” has won the lawsuit of reinstatement.

According to a survey in 26 countries as part of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots by the Human Rights Watch, 61 percent of the people are against autonomous armed robots. In Turkey, the opposition is 78 percent.

Journalist and painter Zehra Doğan, who is currently held in Tarsus Prison in Mersin with 85-year-old ill prisoner Sise Bingöl and two-year-old Dersim, has shared their photographs and the pictures that she draws in prison with bianet.

Being nominated to Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul by the AKP, Binali Yıldırım, who is also the Parliamentary Speaker, has announced that he will resign from his office after he makes his application and becomes an official candidate for local elections.

Civil society organizations in İzmir have filed a lawsuit against the third positive Environmental Impact Assessment Report given for the İzdemir Power Plant to be built in Aliağa and Foça after the first two positive reports were cancelled by the court.

Being sentenced to to 18 months in prison for acting in solidarity with Özgür Gündem newspaper, which was shut down by a statutory decree, feminist and journalist Ayşe Düzkan has gone to the Bakırköy Women's Prison in İstanbul.

The first hearing of the case regarding Emrah İlhan, who lost his life in Silivri Prison after being battered by another inmate, has been held. Speaking to bianet, attorney Gülseren Yoleri has stated that there are serious shortcomings in the investigation.

Announcing its judgement on Dinçer, whose face and body were burned during the “Return to Life Operation” in Bayrampaşa Prison, the ECtHR has sentenced Turkey to pay 20 thousand Euro in non-pecuniary damages for “violating the prohibition of torture”.

Father of agricultural worker Berivan Karakeçili, who was killed during a whirlwind while working, has asserted that the bosses are responsible for his daughter's death, saying, "They told us we will work even if it's raining stones."

The 2019 Trust Barometer of Edelman has shown that 52 percent of the general population in Turkey trust the government. While they have a distrust of international organizations, the rate of people trusting these organizations has still been on the rise.

A verdict of non-prosecution has been given for Prof. Dr. Yahya Mustafa Keskin, the Head of Sociology Department at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, who called Armenian writer and journalist Hayko Bağdat “a leftover of the sword”.

Many women politicians have been detained after the police raided homes across southeastern province Şırnak.

AKP’s Metropolitan Mayor Candidate for İzmir Nihat Zeybekci, who previously said, “İzmir is the most beautiful girl in the neighborhood; who doesn’t want her!”, has responded to criticisms: “I called it the most beautiful girl, not the most beautiful woman.”

Progressive Lawyers Association’s arrested Chair Selçuk Kozağaçlı has attended his father’s funeral while being handcuffed to a gendarme. The International Association of People's Lawyers has denounced the practise.

The Prosecutor’s Office has given a verdict of non-prosecution in the investigation launched against artist Deniz Çakır on charges of "inciting the public to enmity and hatred” and “violation of privacy” for allegedly insulting two women wearing headscarves.

The Annual Report of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has shown that Turkey has been the second country, about which the court gave a judgement in 2018. Turkey has also ranked fourth among the countries awaiting a judgement.

Arrested photojournalist Mumcu could not attend his hearing via the Audio and Video Information System because the video conference room was "crowded". Mumcu has said, "I don't know what ruling the court gave and when the next hearing will be."