13.09.2011 Daily Human Rights Report
(09/048) Operations, Attacks in the South-east…
On 12 September 2011 the governor's office in Hakkâri announced that during operations that started after one soldier, one police officer and three civilian died and seven police officer were injured as the result of an attack with rocket launchers and long barrelled arms on the police headquarters and the command of the gendarmerie in Hakkâri Şemdinli district on 11 September 2011 two militants had been killed (DHA, 12 September).
(09/049) Journalists on Trial…
Istanbul Heavy Penal Court 16 decided that the trial against 14 people, 12 of them in pre-trial detention including Milliyet reporter Nedim Şener and the journalist Ahmet Şık, charged in connection with the Ergenekon investigations with having founded an armed organization, supported it, incited to hatred and enmity, obtain secret documents on the security of the State, obtain secret documents banned to be made public, violate the privacy of life, recording personal documents and trying to influence the judiciary will start on 22 November 2011 (ntvmsnbc.com, 13 September).
