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Turkey court jails hundreds for life for 2016 coup plot against Erdogan

November 27, 2020 World Justice News 0

A court in Turkey has given life sentences to 337 military officers and others, in one of the biggest trials linked to the 2016 coup attempt. Air force pilots and army commanders were among the […]

Abdulkadir Masharipov: Turkish court jails man for life over Istanbul nightclub attack

September 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

A Turkish court has sentenced a man to life in prison for carrying out a gun attack on an Istanbul nightclub that left 39 people dead. Abdulkadir Masharipov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, was handed the […]

Khashoggi murder: Turkish absentia trial of 20 Saudis opens

July 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

Twenty Saudi nationals have gone on trial in absentia in Turkey over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Those being tried include […]

Carlos Ghosn: US ex-Green Beret and son arrested over escape from Japan

May 20, 2020 World Justice News 0

US authorities have arrested a former special forces soldier and his son for allegedly helping ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee Japan last December. Former Green Beret Michael Taylor, 59, and his son Peter, 26, were […]

Carlos Ghosn: Turkey charges seven over escape from Japan

May 9, 2020 World Justice News 0

Prosecutors in Turkey have charged seven people in connection with ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Japan in December. Four pilots, two other flight attendants, and an airline executive are accused of helping him flee […]

Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey charges 20 Saudis over journalist’s murder

March 25, 2020 World Justice News 0

Turkey has charged 20 suspects over the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October 2018. Prosecutors said an indictment accused former Saudi Deputy Intelligence Chief Ahmad Asiri and former royal aide […]

Carlos Ghosn: Turkey ‘arrests seven’ amid probe of Nissan ex-boss’s escape

January 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

Turkey has launched an inquiry into how ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn travelled via Istanbul as he fled trial in Japan, with media reporting seven arrests. The private jet on which Mr Ghosn escaped reportedly landed […]

Wikipedia ban: Top court calls for Turkey to lift block

December 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s block on accessing Wikipedia is unconstitutional. The court said the ban violated rights concerning freedom of expression, and ordered it be lifted. The Turkish government barred the […]

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudis sentence five to death for journalist’s murder

December 23, 2019 World Justice News 0

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death and jailed three others over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed […]

Activists in Turkey hail convictions in femicide case

December 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

Tough sentences for the rape and murder of a young woman are being hailed by activists in Turkey, where hundreds of women are killed annually amid rising concerns about gender-based violence. The killing of 23-year-old […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]