43 rights advocates who have been taken into custody during a demonstration in solidarity with arrested academic Gülmen and teacher Özakça, who are on hunger strike in prison, have been referred to Court to testify before Prosecutor’s Office.

Ankara University Faculty of Law lecturer Asst. Prof. Dr. Kerem Altıparmak has been reprimanded by the university administration over a lecture on the State of Emergency.

43 rights advocates including İHD İstanbul Branch executives, who attempted to stage a demonstration for educators Gülmen and Özakça, who have been on hunger strike, have been in custody for two days.

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”.

Women will have a picnic with “whatever they want to wear” at Maçka Park in İstanbul. Women’s forum will be organized following the picnic, after then artists will sing.

The media has been debating on what sort of color the dry almond is rather than the fact that the uniform attire planned to be implemented for July 15 trial defendants is an antidemocratic practice and a right violation.

Police have seized and battered cellist Gülşah Erol at the Kadıköy Metro Station on the pretext of her carrying a bomb.

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Council, at least 205 workers, 163 of whom are laborers/public servants, 30 others are farmers/small-scale landowners and 42 are self-employed including 12 tradespeople, have lost their lives in occupational homicides in July.

Women from İzmir were on the streets to say “Don’t Mess With My Outfit” yesterday.

International Publishers Association has announced that 2017 Voltaire Prize will be given to journalist and publisher Turhan Günay and Evrensel Publishing House, which is the 30th publishing house closed through statutory decree, to draw attention to issues in freedom of expression in Turkey.

The HRW has said that “there are credible grounds to believe that the men are also victims of enforced disappearance by state agents” and asked about their whereabouts.