Turkey: Turkey charges Amnesty International chief with membership of `terror´ group

June 10, 2017

Amnesty International’s chairman in Turkey has been arrested on charges of membership of a terror group, the country’s official news agency said.

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Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday that lawyer Taner Kilic was arrested in the western province of Izmir with five other lawyers who are accused of using an encrypted communication programme.

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Kilic was detained on Tuesday and is awaiting trial.

ByLock is allegedly used by the network of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, which Turkey blames for orchestrating last summer’s coup attempt.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-4591126/Turkey-charges-Amnesty-International-chief-membership-terror-group.html

https://turkeypurge.com/istanbul-court-jails-amnesty-turkey-chairman-on-terrorism-charges

Turkey: Imprisonment of Amnesty Chair is a devastating injustice

http://www.dw.com/en/amnestys-turkey-head-taner-kilic-charged-for-terror-ties/a-39190736

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-amnesty-idUSKBN1910KI

https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/6/10/turkey-amnesty-international-head-charged-over-alleged-gulen-links

https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/10/turkey-jailing-amnesty-head-unjust

https://onedio.com/haber/uluslararasi-af-orgutu-nun-turkiye-subesi-yoneticisi-taner-kilic-tutuklandi-773526 (TURKCE)

http://www.haber10.com/guncel/uluslararasi_af_orgutu_nden_taner_kilic_tutuklandi-707730 (TURKCE)

http://www.dw.com/tr/af-%C3%B6rg%C3%BCt%C3%BCn%C3%BCn-t%C3%BCrkiye-y%C3%B6neticisine-tutuklama/a-39192079 (TURKCE)

https://www.challenges.fr/monde/le-president-d-amnesty-international-turquie-sous-les-verrous_479292 (FRANCAIS)

http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/en-direct/a-chaud/38212-turquie-responsable-amnesty-turquie-place-garde.html (FRANCAIS)

http://www.askanews.it/esteri/2017/06/10/turchia-responsabile-amnesty-arrestato-legami-con-gulenisti-pn_20170610_00011/ (ITALIANO)

http://camerepenali.it/cat/8496/turchia,_un_nuovo_attacco_agli_avvocati_-_turkey_lawyers_under_attack.html (ITALIANO)

http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/nach-festnahme-tuerkischer-amnesty-chef-in-untersuchungshaft-27771282 (DEUTSCH)

http://periodistas-es.com/dd-hh-turquia-detenido-presidente-amnistia-internacional-87024 (ESPANOL)

http://www.expansion.com/agencia/europa_press/2017/06/10/20170610140156.html (ESPANOL)

https://www.demorgen.be/buitenland/directeur-amnesty-international-turkije-in-de-cel-aanfluiting-van-rechtsgang-bc3863e6/ (VLAAMS)

http://romanialibera.ro/actualitate/international/o-instanta-turca-a-hotarat-arestarea-presedintelui-organizatiei-amnesty-international-din-turcia–oficialul-este-acuzat-de-aderare-la-o-organizatie-terorista-453763 (ROMANIAN)

https://gondola.hu/hirek/206953-Letartoztattak_az_Amnesty_torokorszagi_vezetojet.html (HUNGARIAN)

Burma: Six Ko Ni witnesses in court

June 10, 2017

Yangon North District Court examined six witnesses in the case on the assassination of Ko Ni, legal adviser to the National League for Democracy, yesterday.

The four witnesses included a police major, captain, corporal and lance corporal and the manager of Nay Pyi Taw Herbal Park. 

Nay La, a prosecution lawyer, said: “Six witnesses were called in the case against fugitive Aung Win Khaing. The court mainly examined four out of six witnesses. Today there was one distinct point. According to the testimony of witness Myint Khaing, Aung Win Khaing visited his company’s office on around February 10. Aung Win Khaing was in Nay Pyi Taw two weeks before the police searched for him.”

Suspected ringleader Aung Win Khaing was last seen at the Herbal Park. 

Kyi Lin, Aung Win Zaw, Zeyar Phyo, Aung Win Tun and Aung Win Khaing have been charged. 

Ko Ni was shot by Kyi Lin at close range on January 29 when he arrived back with a delegation led by Information Minister Pe Myint from Indonesia. 

On February 15, the President’s Office said Aung Win Khaing, a retired lieutenant-colonel, ordered the assassination of Ko Ni by paying Ks100 million. 

The victim died on the spot and a taxi driver, Nay Win, who tried to capture the assassin, was also killed.

http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/crime/9950

Police: No New Leads in Locating Fugitive in U Ko Ni Murder Investigation

UK: Law firm Leigh Day cleared over Iraq murder compensation claims

June 9, 2017

The law firm Leigh Day and three of its solicitors have been cleared of all the allegations of professional misconduct they faced over Iraq war murder compensation claims.

The not guilty verdicts delivered by the solicitor’s disciplinary tribunal (SDT) in London are a severe setback for the Solicitors Regulation Authority, which launched the costly prosecution, and the defence secretary, Michael Fallon, who had called for legal action.

The SRA can appeal against the findings of the seven-week trial, which is believed to have cost as much as £10m and came after a three-year investigation by the authority.

None of the 20 charges against Martyn Day, Sapna Malik and Anna Crowther, or the London law firm, were proved.

Summing up the panel’s findings, the SDT chairman, Simon Tinkler, said it had “found that none of the allegations made have been proved”.

The case involved allegations over the way in which legal claims – that British soldiers tortured and murdered Iraqi detainees after the so-called battle for Danny Boy near Basra in 2004 – were pursued.

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https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/jun/09/law-firm-leigh-day-cleared-over-iraq-compensation-claims

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40220366

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/09/leigh-day-lawyerscleared-wrongdoing-iraq-war-torture-murder/

Iraq torture case: Leigh Day cleared of ALL misconduct following longest solicitor disciplinary tribunal in history

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/apr/24/lawyers-must-be-able-to-bring-cases-against-government-without-fear-of-reprisals?CMP=share_btn_fb

Lawyers rush to defend Leigh Day after solicitors cleared of 19 misconduct charges

http://www.globallegalpost.com/big-stories/lawyers-vindicated-over-claims-of-hounding-british-troops-79995644/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4598046/Iraqi-payouts-22million.html

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/more-20million-paid-out-mod-10611696

https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/15/uk-government-should-look-mirror-after-leigh-day-vindicated

https://www.leighday.co.uk/

France: Jérome Kerviel et son avocat placés en garde à vue

le 9 juin, 2017

Ils ont été entendus jeudi dans une affaire de «recel d’atteinte à la vie privée».

Jérôme Kerviel a de nouveau affaire à la justice. Ce jeudi, l’ancien trader a été entendu, jeudi, sous le régime garde à vue, avec son avocat, David Koubbi, dans les locaux de l’Inspection générale de la police nationale, selon M6.

Les deux hommes étaient entendus dans le cadre d’une enquête ouverte pour «recel d’atteinte à la vie privée», en lien avec une audition qui s’est déroulée en 2013 devant la Cour d’appel de Versailles. Ils seraient soupçonné d’avoir utilisé des enregistrements des propos d’une fonctionnaire rattachée au ministère de l’Intérieur.

David Koubbi revendique ces enregistrements

«Il est assez singulier d être convoqué pour être placés en garde à vue s’agissant d enregistrements de la Procureur de la République en charge des plainte déposées par Jérôme Kerviel où on entend cette magistrate dénoncer la conduite d’un procès entièrement truqué avec la complicité de procureurs de la section Financière du Parquet de Paris», a déclaré David Koubbi à M6. «Avant de les utiliser nous avons proposé ces enregistrements à l’institution qui les a refusés, au moins maintenant, ils seront traités et ce sera peut-être la fin de cette mascarade judiciaire.»

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http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/jerome-kerviel-et-son-avocat-places-en-garde-a-vue-09-06-2017-7035753.php#xtor=AD-1481423551

http://mobile.francetvinfo.fr/societe/justice/jerome-kerviel/jerome-kerviel-et-son-avocat-ont-ete-places-en-garde-a-vue_2230581.html#xtref=http://m.facebook.com/

http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2017/06/10/jerome-kerviel-et-son-avocat-david-koubbi-places-en-garde-a-vue_a_22135615/

http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/fait-divers/enregistrement-d-une-magistrate-jerome-kerviel-et-son-avocat-en-garde-a-vue_1916470.html

http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/jerome-kerviel-et-son-avocat-places-en-garde-a-vue-3356585

http://www.letelegramme.fr/bretagne/jerome-kerviel-place-en-garde-a-vue-jeudi-10-06-2017-11549626.php

http://www.leprogres.fr/faits-divers/2017/06/09/jerome-kerviel-et-son-avocat-places-en-garde-a-vue

http://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2083607-20170610-jerome-kerviel-david-koubbi-places-garde-vue

http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/jerome-kerviel-de-retour-en-garde-a-vue-10-06-2017-2134285_23.php

https://www.valeursactuelles.com/societe/jerome-kerviel-nouveau-place-en-garde-vue-84572

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koubbi

David Koubbi

Turkey: Ex-top judges face jail over FETO charges

June 9, 2017

Ankara prosecutors filed indictments on Friday against three former Supreme Court justices accused of being part of the terrorist group blamed for last July’s defeated coup in Turkey, according to a judicial source.

The indictments seek up to 15 years in prison for Ali Karagulmez, Ilhami Dal, and Mustafa Kemal Tepedelen, all charged with membership in the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

The indictments also mention the ex-judges’ alleged involvement in restructuring the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors.

According to Turkey’s government, FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 250 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.

Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police and judiciary.

http://aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/turkey-ex-top-judges-face-jail-over-feto-charges/838003