Children learn a lot about fundamental rights in workshops of the Child Study Unit of Bilgi University. They address their questions to adults in their own weekly radio program. Projects are developed for schools and for the environment.

Opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu talked to the Prime Minister and proposed five suggestions for a solution of the Kurdish question. Former President of the Diyarbakır Medical Chamber İpekyüz criticized that the proposals are insignificant in the present situation.

The participants of the training program "From the Classroom to the Newsroom" visited bianet on Wednesday. Project Co-ordinator Kürkçü appreciated the fact that bianet provided a source for people struggling for rights.

A Şanlıurfa court decided to ban access to the Sanlıurfa.com website due to articles and reader comments criticizing Deputy Governor Yıdıray Malğaç. Assoc. Prof. Dr Akdeniz said the decision was a breach of the law.

On the second day of the training program "From the Newsroom to the Classroom", Özlem Dalkıran from the Helsinki Citizens Assembly and journalist Hilmi Hacaloğlu discussed relations between rights organisations and the media and the perception of rights journalism.

In a divorce case filed by a woman because of domestic violence, Judge Doğan of an İstanbul Court emphasized that the woman has to be seen as an "individual without protection". The state and the judiciary could not remain impassive to a request of protection.

Lipp reading expert Tekol and Yıldız from atv stand trial because of "attempting to influence a fair trial" on the grounds of broadcasting the contents of an expert report on TV prior to a hearing of the Engin Çeber torture case. The Çeber family were not accepted as joint plaintiffs.

Referans newspaper writer Çandar is facing imprisonment for his article about the handling of the Hrant Dink murder case. He criticized that the secret witness had not appeared at court. He had also called the judge being too free-and-easy. His trial was postponed to 13 December.

The draft law of the Anti-Terror Act concerned with the situation of children on trial will be discussed in the Turkish Parliament this week. Children's rights advocators still find the amendments insufficient and urge the MPs to recognize related international agreements.

Rights and responsibilities of journalists were the main topic of the first day of the education program "From the classroom to the newsroom". The most important message was that "a journalist may not incite racism, discrimination and sexism by the news".

In the 14th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder case, the joint attorneys of the Dink family requested to include the former Istanbul Governor Güngör and four other key figures in the trial. The Gendarmerie disproved the statement of witness Özen.

The Turkish Journalists Association awarded bianet for journalism focussing on rights. Individual awards were given to Hürriyet newspaper writer Ergin and to journalists Kurşun, Saymaz and Aktan on behalf of journalists facing prison threats and currently being detained.

The files of the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink at the ECHR and in Trabzon have reached their final stages. The Istanbul 14th Criminal Court hurries to decide the case without having considered all aspects. Lawyer Fethiye Çetin criticized the handling of the case.

The Diyarbakır Prosecution assessed Yılmaz Özdil's column about the punch on Kurdish Politician Ahmet Türk as freedom of expression. Özdil had written, "The person who punched Türk on his nose became the interpreter of the feelings of many people in this country".

Journalist Nazlı Ilıcak is facing imprisonment for an article where she wrote about accusations that Ergenekon defendant Atilla Uğur organized the order to kill Rıdvan Özden".

The training program "From the Classroom to the Newsroom" is currently being held in Istanbul for the fourth time to inform journalist candidates about responsible journalism. Nadire Mater opened the program which is attended by 26 graduates, 11 observers and 21 lecturers.

According to the 2010 January-February-March Media Monitoring Report, published by the BİA Media Monitoring Desk, a total of 216 people were on trial in the context of freedom of thought and expression during the first three months of the year, among them 69 journalists.

Şükrü Gökkaya, news director or Bizim Radio Television, was attacked on 7 July in Karabük by a member of the Turkish Metal Workers Union who had recently be made redundant.

The Constitutional Court annulled parts of the government's constitutional reform package that redefined the process of electing member to the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors and the High Court. The package is to be approved in a referendum on 12 September.

Journalists Kurt and Kökçüoğlu were finally acquitted by an Ankara court. They were tried for defending the right to conscientious objection and because they called the people responsible for the death of 12-year-old Uğur Kaymaz "murderers".