Bar heads march to the Parliament
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- 15:52 03/7/2020
Bar heads and lawyers gathered in a massive demonstration outside the Ankara Couthouse as their planned demonstration in Anıtpark was banned by Ankara Governor's Office.
Bar heads and lawyers gathered in a massive demonstration outside the Ankara Couthouse as their planned demonstration in Anıtpark was banned by Ankara Governor's Office.
The journalists following the bar heads' protest outside the parliament faced police attack. As Artı TV Ankara correspondent Sibel Hürtaş was detained, Mezopotamya Agency reporters were fined for not comforming to the "social distancing".
It was learned that 5 more prisoner will join the hunger strike that has been ongoing in Urfa Prison against the violations of rights.
Police prevented people from bringing tea and breakfast to the bar heads who continue waiting outside the parliament.
Lawyers staged a sit-in protest last night until the morning after their entrance in the parliament was blocked as they wanted to partake in the discussions regarding the bill that would allow Turkey’s bar associations to be decentralized and split into smaller groups.
Democratic Society Congress Co-Chair Leyla Güven sent a letter to the prominent European party leaders to draw attention to the ever-increasing authoritarianism in Turkey.
Association of Lawyers for Freedom raised a call to the authorities to need the demand of their colleagues, imprisoned lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who have been on death fast since April 5 with the demand of a “fair trial”.
The 33 intellectuals, authors and artists who got killed in Sivas massacre 27 years ago today were commemorated all around Turkey in various cities other than the central events in Sivas as the seek for justice for 33 lives has been continuing for almost three decades.
The central events for the commemoration of Sivas Massacre was held in Turkey central province Sivas on the 27th year of the massacre where 33 people got killed. This year's events are dedicated to Dr. Behçet Aysan, who is one of the authors killed in the massacre.
Muş 2nd Heavy Penal Court sentenced two former DBP party assembly members, Bermal Birtek and Ergin Balta to 10 years and 6 months prison.
The lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to visit the Imralı Prison where their client Abdullah Öcalan, the PKK leader, has been imprisoned.
The first hearing of case that our reporter Berivan Altan is trialed on charges of "being a member of an organization" has been postponed.
Having his 3rd hearing today, journalist Doğan Akın, founder and editor-in-chief of T24, has been acquitted of "Helping the organization willingly, although not being a member".
Co-Chair of Mardin Medical Chamber Dr. Osman Sağlam warned about the tripling numbers of COVID-19 cases after the "normalization" in Turkey saying, "Nothing is normal, pandemic is not over."
Iran sentenced journalist and activist Ruhullah Zam to death because he “fueled anti-government unrest”.