By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A British law firm filed requests on Wednesday with the authorities in Britain, the United States and Turkey to arrest senior officials from the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of carrying out war crimes and torture in Yemen. The complaints were filed by law firm Stoke White under the 'universal jurisdiction' principle that countries are obliged to...
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ANKARA, Dec 24 (Reuters) - A Turkish court ordered the release of a journalist held on remand Lawyer Turkey under the country's new disinformation law after his lawyer objected to his detention, he said. Sinan Aygul became the first person to be jailed pending trial under the law, Lawyer Turkey approved by parliament two months ago, that the government says is aimed at protecting the public, Lawyer...
ANKARA, March 7 (Reuters) - Lawyer Turkey on Friday accused the European Union of using migrants as political tools and Lawyer Turkey allowing international law to be "trampled", after EU foreign ministers said they would work to stop illegal migration into the bloc. The EU on Friday pleaded with migrants on the Turkish border to stop trying to cross into Greece but dangled the prospect of more aid for...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish court on Monday released pop star Gulsen from jail but placed her on house arrest as she awaits trial on charges of "inciting hatred and enmity" for a joke she made about Turkey´s religious schools. Last week, the 46-year-old singer and songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was taken away from her home in Istanbul for questioning, and ordered arrested and jailed...
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, July 28 (Reuters) - A proposed law that Turkey says will make social media companies more accountable to local regulations will rather increase censorship and accelerate a trend of authorities silencing dissent, critics including a U.N.body said this week. The Turkish parliament was to begin debate on Tuesday on the bill that is backed by President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK...
A lawyer fleeced a millionaire out of £2million to blow in top casinos, a court heard today.Harvard-educated Tim Damiani, 69, persuaded Aysun Kibar to invest £1.5million in a luxury home she had never even seen in Mayfair, jurors heard.But when she asked for her money back he told her he had no idea what she was talking about.Ms Kibar's family own the Turkish export company Kibar Holdings where she is on...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey´s parliament on Thursday approved electoral law amendments that critics maintain could pave the way to election fraud and aim to curtail an opposition alliance´s chances of wresting control of the house in the next elections. Parliament endorsed the changes by a show of hands after a three-day debate.The reforms were approved by legislators from President Recep Tayyip...
A recent wave of arrests targeted journalists working for Kurdish media outlets A new law gives Turkey fresh ammunition to censor the media and silence dissent ahead of elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to prolong his two decades in office, journalists and Lawyer Turkey activists say. Since 2014, when Erdogan became president, tens of thousands of people, from high-school...
Britain has been urged to 'come clean' after apparently covering up the role of a Canadian spy accused of smuggling into . There are growing calls for an inquiry into claims the Met and the government knew the alleged people smuggler was responsible for helping Begum and her two fellow schoolgirls join while also working as a double agent for . Rabina Khan, a councillor for Bethnal Green, where Begum,...
Shares in Ladbrokes owner GVC plunged nearly 12 per cent after it said it was being probed by the taxman.The gambling group told investors that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is looking into 'potential corporate offending' at its former Turkish arm.It sent shares tumbling by 11.7 per cent, or 102p, to 770p, wiping more than £600million off its market value. Probe: Ladbrokes owner GVC told...