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Europe rights court rules Turkish authorities violated press freedom
October 22, 2009
[JURIST] The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] ruled [judgment] Tuesday that Turkish authorities violated European human rights laws in shutting down four newspapers accused of publishing propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) [GlobalSecurity backgrounder]. The dail....... [more] 
Iraq court convicts top Saddam officials of forced displacement of Kurds
August 3, 2009
[JURIST] An Iraqi court on Sunday convicted Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and former foreign minister and deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] of forcing the Kurdish population to be displaced from the northeast of Iraq during the late 1980s. T....... [more]
Iraq court begins new trial for 'Chemical Ali'
December 22, 2008
'[JURIST] An Iraqi court on Sunday began a new trial for Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known in the Western media as"Chemical Ali," and three other Saddam Hussein-era officials accused in a 1998 gas attack that killed 5,000 Kurds. The relatives of the....... [more]
Turkish court sentences Kurdish activist to 10 years in prison
December 7, 2008
'[JURIST] Leyla Zana, a Kurdish spokesperson and member of the European Union Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC), was sentenced Saturday to 10 years in prison for supporting the Kurdistan Worker''s Party (PKK). A Turkish court in the city of Diyarbakir....... [more]
Chaudhry still 'constitutional' chief justice of Pakistan: new bar president
October 30, 2008
'[JURIST] Ali Ahmad Kurd, the newly-elected president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), called ousted Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry the"constitutional" chief justice of Pakistan Wednesday, and said Chaudhry would"....... [more]
Iraq president rejects draft election law after Kurds boycott
July 23, 2008
'[JURIST] Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the two other members of the Iraqi Presidency Council refused to sign a provincial election bill on Wednesday, noting that it had been passed by an incomplete parliament. Kurdish legislators boycotted a....... [more]
EU court rules PKK improperly listed on 2002 terror watch list
April 3, 2008
'[JURIST] The European Union''s Court of First Instance Thursday ruled that the Council of the European Union improperly listed the militant Kurdistan Worker''s Party (PKK) on its list of terrorist organizations in 2002 because it failed to state its....... [more]
Iraq tribunal upholds death sentences in Anfal genocide case
September 4, 2007
'[JURIST] The Appeals Chamber of the Iraqi High Tribunal on Tuesday upheld the death sentences of three defendants convicted for their roles in the slaughter of ten of thousands of Kurds during the 1988 Anfal campaign. The defendants, including Saddam....... [more]
Iraqi Kurd government adopts regional oil law
August 8, 2007
'[JURIST] The semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has adopted the"Kurdistan Oil and Gas Law" after KRG Prime Minister Nechervan Idris Barzani signed legislation Tuesday that will allow the Kurdish government to control its own oil....... [more]
Iraq defendants appeal convictions in Anfal genocide case
July 30, 2007
'[JURIST] Five defendants convicted for their roles in the slaughter of tens of thousands of Kurds during the 1988 Anfal campaign have filed appeals with the Appeals Chamber of the Iraqi High Tribunal, Iraqi prosecutors said Monday. The five defendants,....... [more]
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