ÇHD member Didem Baydar Ünsal stated that death fasting lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal are experiencing excessive weight loss and said: "We invite everyone to be sensitive to hear our friends' voices."
DİSK Chair Arzu Çerkezoğlu who issued an open letter to Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on the grounds that there was a distinction between health workers in additional payments, requested that the discriminatory practices be terminated.
The reaction of the families of political prisoners who are excluded from the new law on execution continues. Mehmet Ali Can whose two sons are in prison, said: "They released gangster Alaattşn Çakıcı and left my two sick sons for dead."
Mazlum Güzel, a prisoner in Şırnak Type T Closed Prison who spoke to his brother Fırat Güzel in his weekly call, said that there are no measures taken and they are being given half a portion of meals while their wards are being raided all the time by guards.
ESP Co-Chair Sahin Tumuklu called on unions and labor organizations to organize a strike on May 1st, demanding their “right to paid leave” against the legal change that allowed employers to give the employees unpaid time off.
Violent conflicts erupted in Serêkaniye controlled by Turkey and Turkey backed groups. The conflict erupted between these groups were confirmed by Ceylanpınar District Governorate.
In a statement for the press, Hunger Strikes Monitoring Committee has said, “The responsibility for the people forced to give their own lives by going on a hunger strike lies with the ones who rule the country.”
A four-day curfew will be implemented in Turkey against pandemic as another 123 people have died of Covid-19.
HDP's Murat Çepni, stating that the ordinary prisoners who were released already started to commit crimes, said the paramilitary forces were released for the survival of the government.
Editor-in-Chief of Kocaeli Ses Newspaper İsmet Çiğit has said, “The police are examining the camera footage. As we are making oppositional news, we are getting on the nerves of some people a lot, which makes us a target for these groups.”
The people of Zînî Wertê called on the KDP to withdraw its military forces from the region.
Dersim Municipality Co-Mayor Nurhayat Altun, stated that they were not given food for 3 days following the release of the ordinary prisoners.
Mayor of Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Lütfü Savaş stated that 5 of the 7 deaths in the city caused by coronavirus were recorded as "infectious diseases".
2 prisoners who were released from Dalaman Prison as a result of the law on execution, tested positive for coronavirus.
MATUHAY-DER, reacting to the law on execution that was legislated by the parliament despite all efforts of the opposition, stating that this is a 'Law of shame', called out to the Ministry of Justice to open the communication channels with Öcalan and said they are concerned about his health.