The survivors of 1994 Turkish Military Airstrike in Kuşkonar, Koçağılı and Sapaca villages had previously told about the bombardment to James Ron from Human Rights Watch. Judicial authorities, on the other hand, convicted Ertuğrul Kürkçü for translating the report into Turkish.

Egyptian authorities have reportedly added another 45 days to the arrest term of Metin Turan - TRT’s Cairo correspondent who was arrested while reporting anti-military coup protests on August 18.

Author Yaşar Kemal has been awarded with Bjørnson Prize by Norway’s Literature and Freedom of Expression Academy. “Nobody should forget that every war is a death order,” he said at a panel after the award ceremony.

Deputies Leyla Zana and Sebahat Tuncel attended yesterday’s parliamentary session in trousers after the passing of a bill allowing female deputies to wear trousers in the parliament.

“The identification of more than 800 suspects within Gezi Resistance investigation and mass-prosecutions violate human rights. This is an issue that requires public discussion,” Assistant Professor Korkut told bianet.

Another taser-related death was reported in Canada as Turkish authorities are paving the way to implement the usage of electro-shock weapon among policemen. Amnesty International cited at least 500 taser-related death cases in North America until 2012.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 22 women, 16 raped, 20 battered and 6 harassed in October 2013. While 23 percent of slain women were seeking divorce, 69 percent of women were raped by their acquaintances.

Turkey’s Media Council (Basın Konseyi) sent a letter to Egypt’s Prime Minister, demanding the immediate release of Metin Turan, TRT’s Cairo correspondent who was arrested while reporting anti-military coup protests.

ECHR found Turkey guilty of “bombarding Kumçatı and Koçağlı villages in 1994”, ordering Turkey to pay 38 applicants a sum of 2,305,000 euros.

On the second hearing yesterday, Samsun 3rd High Criminal Court released Utku Kalı, a private on compulsory drafting who has been jailed for “leaking top secret documents” regarding Reyhanlı blasts.

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals announced its verdict on Engin Çeber case, approving the life sentence of a prison administrator for “neglecting torture” setting a landmark to find a prison warden guilty even though he didn’t directly take part of torture.

Authorities issued a 186 lira fine to 9 protestors in the southern province of Adana for protesting Governor Coş during the death anniversary ceremony of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk yesterday.