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European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) did not accept the application on Roboski Massacre, causing the deaths of 34 people, 19 of them children, after the bombardment of Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) aircraft.

An investigation was opened against Artı TV employee Mücahit Avras due to the news he covered and his social media posts on Afrin.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey Representative and Bianet’s Media Monitoring Report preparator Erol Önderoğlu received the 2018 Freedom of Speech and Expression Award of the Roosevelt Foundation with a ceremony organized in the Netherlands.

Stage actor Barış Atay was taken into custody after reacting against the “apology” of Senior Counsellor of the Prime Ministry Yusuf Yerkel, who kicked a miner during a protest organized after the Soma mine disaster.

Days before the election holiday of the Parliament, 28 new summaries arrived at the Parliament for the legislative immunity of Parliament members to be taken off.

Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Rectorate did not allow the activities to be organized by three different student clubs.

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office claimed Artı TV Ankara Representative Sibel Hürtaş and Mezopotamya Agency reporter Hayri Demir to be penalized with imprisonment sentences up to 10 years and six months due to their social media posts and publications on the Afrin operation.

Ministry of Justice Directorate General of Criminal Records and Statistics announced the criminal statistics of 2017.

The news published on Cumhuriyet Newspaper on 1 March 2018, entitled, “Gendarmerie prevents those protesting the massacre of 40 thousand trees for Erdoğan’s ‘summer palace’ with a ‘dumper’” was banned to access.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a statement on the situation of the academia in Turkey under the conditions of State of Emergency.