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Greece snubs Turkey soldiers’ extradition

January 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Greece’s Supreme Court has ruled against extraditing eight Turkish soldiers whom the Turkish government accuses of being involved in last July’s attempted coup. The eight men fled in a helicopter to Greece after the coup […]

Turkish journalist Ahmet Sik charged with spreading terror propaganda

December 30, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Ahmet Sik, journalist for Turkish opposition newspaper “Cumhuriyet,” was charged in court with spreading “terror propaganda” after posting tweets and articles about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the European Union and the United States. […]

UPDATE Turkey withdraws child rape bill

November 22, 2016 zoshinuk 0

TURKEY Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has withdrawn a bill that pardons men convicted of sex with underage girls if they have married them. The bill, part of a package of amendments to the legal […]

Turkish bill sets to clear men of statutory rape if they marry underage female victim

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

TURKEY – Turkish MPs have preliminarily backed a bill which would allow men accused of raping underage girls to be cleared if they marry the girl. The bill would pardon men only if they had […]

Human Rights Watch: Turkey’s Post-coup Emergency Rule Led to Torture and Abuse

October 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

ISTANBUL – Human Rights Watch (HRW) claim those detained following a failed military coup attempt were being tortured by security services. And the Turkish government were turning a blind eye to the abuse which included […]

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War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

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US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]

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The British Renters’ Rights Act comes into force – what it means for tenants and landlords

May 1, 2026 0

Described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, new laws giving tenants more rights start on Friday 1 May 2026. The Renters’ Rights Act aims to give more stability […]