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Taking Taksim under blockade, police units did not allow hundreds of people to march towards the Gezi Park this year as well.

University student Özdem K, who was on trial due to ‘making illegal organization propaganda’ on the social media, was sentenced to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days of imprisonment in Kastamonu.

Turkish folk music artist and researcher Erdal Güney was sentenced to 11 months and 20 days of imprisonment due to insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with his song, which involves the words, “my dear father.”

10th Penal Chamber of the Council of State issued that there is an administrative neglect in the case regarding the assassination of the DISK Founder-Chairman Kemal Türkler, who was killed 38 years ago.

Ankara Governorate banned the LGBTI Short Movie selections to be screened by Ankara Bar Association’s Human Rights Center.

Mezopotamya Agency reporter Hayri Demir was sentenced to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days of imprisonment due to his social media posts.

Taksim Solidarity called for gathering at the Gezi Park on May 31st for the fifth anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, saying, “Gezi is everywhere we are… The darkness fades, Gezi remains.”

A verdict of non-prosecution was issued in the investigation opened against the 24 April 1915 Armenian Genocide commemoration event, which is organized annually by the Human Rights Association (IHD) since 2005.

Union of Political Science Graduates announced the report prepared by Dr. Barış Ünlü and Dr. Özlem Albayrak, who were dismissed from profession with emergency decrees.

In the application on the killing of Şiyar Perinçek by the police, the European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of violating the right to life by not conducting an effective investigation; sentencing Turkey to pay 50 thousand Euros of moral compensation.