Dutch court cites torture risk in refusing to extradite suspect to Turkey
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Friday refused to extradite the leader of the Kurdistan Worker's Party to Turkey, citing the possibility that she could be...
Dutch court cites torture risk in refusing to extradite suspect to Turkey
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Friday refused to extradite the leader of the Kurdistan Worker's Party to Turkey, citing the possibility that she could be...
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has expressed continued concern for the human rights situation in Iraq in its latest bi-monthly report , welcoming the new Iraqi government's "firm commitment to...
Turkish president signs controversial anti-terror bill subject to court review
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has signed the controversial anti-terrorism bill which the country's parliament passed on June 29, but says he will allow the country's constitutional court to...
UK home secretary bans four groups under new anti-terror law
British Home Secretary John Reid announced Monday that he is banning four groups under the UK Terrorism Act 2006 . The UK-based Al-Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect , as well...
The Turkish Grand National Assembly broadened the country's anti-terror laws Thursday by adopting new legislation that delays a suspect's guaranteed access to a lawyer for the first 24 hours of detention and expands...
Sunni Kurds want Islamic law as basis of regional Iraq constitution
The Kurdistan Islamic Group and Kurdistan Islamic Union , both major Sunni political parties in Iraq, announced plans to campaign against a draft regional constitution for Kurdistan that does not draw its "principal source of legislation" from...
The Istanbul Bar Association has urged the Turkish government to withdraw proposed anti-terror legislation, warning that the bill could harm freedom, while adding nothing to the previously adopted Turkish Penal Code . The Bar...
Iraq's election chief on Friday announced certified results in the December 15 parliamentary elections , confirming results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) last month. Of the 275 seats, 128...
Judges on the Iraqi High Criminal Court (formerly, the Iraqi Special Tribunal ), the court trying Saddam Hussein , are in disagreement over how to choose a new chief judge to replace Rizgar Amin ....
Turkey charges journalists, rights workers with aiding Kurd separatists
Turkish state prosecutors charged nine journalists and human rights activists with promoting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Monday. According to the indictment, the defendants used a Reuters reporter's observation of a PKK handover of an...