According to the Health and Safety Labor Watch report, at least 113 workers lost their lives in occupational homicides last month. While 14 workers died of coronavirus, two of the deceased workers were children working in agriculture and metal sectors.
The Construction Workers Union (İnşaat-İş) Organization Secretary Yunus Özgür who states that the workers are made to sign written contracts written 'If I get coronavirus while working, it is my responsibility'; said the only solution is that the workers get a paid leave and the constructions sites to be shut down.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Europe and Central Asia Director Hugh Williamson has said, “For vulnerable prisoners, the COVID-19 pandemic risks turning a prison sentence into a death sentence.”
Secretary General of İzmir Chamber of Medicine Lütfi Çamlı stated that the supply of materials to protect healthcare workers are still not provided. Çamlı, stating that the data they have does not coincide with the data of the ministry's, drew attention to the importance of transperancy in sharing the data.
A science committee was established in North and East Syria where no Covid- 19 cases was detected. Fırat Region Health Minister Dr. Ehmed Mehmud, who is a member of the committee, stating that the epidemic did not spread to the region as a result of the measures taken, explained about the work the committee does.
Mamoste (teacher) Aledin Sinayiç, who has been known in London for teaching Kurdish language for many years, will begin online Kurdish classes for people who have to stay at home because of the coronavirus emergency.
The HDP has launched the Twin Families Campaign in order to reduce the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Istanbul Bar Association President Mehmet Durakoğlu said that the amendment on the regulation of execution does not meet the expectations of the society and said: "This regulation is an anti-democratic anti-democratic regulation that leaves those who are initially must be released in prison."
Haberin Var Mı (Have you heard?), the initiative demanding freedom for journalists in prison, protested against the measures contained in the third legal package to be discussed on Tuesday.
According to official figures, 574 people in Turkey have died of Covid-19 so far. The number of cases of infection has increased to 27,069.
In a new statement announced for the workers, who died due to the infection of coronavirus pandemic, HDP İzmir Provincial Organization said that the government continued to take side with the capitalists by still not declaring a curfew.
The entrances of the Karşıyaka Bazaar has been closed to pedestrians due to the measures against the coronavirus pandemic.
299 workers coming from Algeria are put under quarantine for 14 days in dormitories in Yunusemre district.
Students who were brought from Cyprus by a cargo ship and quarantined in Mersin stated that they would be sent to their homes without a coronavirus test.
Contemporary Lawyers Association, which made a statement due to Lawyers' Day, announced that lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, who were on an indefinite hunger strike, turned their strikes into death fast.