The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary detention of Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a long-standing human rights defender, former president of the Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed (MAZLUMDER)[1], doctor and columnist. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu served as a Member of Parliament from 2018 until March 2021, when his seat was revoked. On April 2, 2021, Mr. Gergerlioğlu was detained to serve the two and a half years prison sentence that he received for allegedly making “terrorist propaganda” through a social media post in 2016 in which he advocated for peace by commenting a news story that reported a call by the PKK[2]