Ministry of Justice

Bosnia Gays Demand Probe Into Attack on Club

The LGBT community in Sarajevo has called on the Bosnian authorities to punish the perpetrators of an attack last Friday on the Kino Kriterion, one of the few LGBT-friendly clubs in the capital.

"Authorities need to prosecute this homophobic attack as a proper hate crime," Emina Bosnjak, from the Sarajevo Open Center, which promotes LGBT rights in Bosnia, told BIRN on Monday.

Sreten Jocic "sues state for illegal detention"

Sreten Jocic, aka Joca Amsterdam, has sued the state for illegal detention and is seeking damages of RSD 60 million (some EUR 490,000), daily Politika writes.

However, the Ministry of Justice told Tanjug on Thursday that Jocic wants to reach a settlement, and that he may sue only if no decision is made within three months, or if he is dissatisfied with the compensation offered.

Council of Europe reacts to Turkish journalists' arrests

The arrest of prominent Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül has again raised concerns about media freedom in Turkey, a spokesperson from the European Council has told daily Hürriyet, with the reporters urging the EU not to ignore human rights violations in Turkey as it bargains with Ankara on refugees.

Govt takes legal action against unknown individuals

Minister of Justice Nikos Paraskevopoulos and Deputy Minister of Citizen protection Nikos Toskas had a meeting with Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani and filed a lawsuit against unknown individuals, because it was revealed that one of their advisors held talks with terrorist organizations, following the revelations made by former citizen protection minister Giannis Panousis  and publi

UPD: Panousisgate: Greek govt sues ex-minister for going public with death threats

Former citizen protection minister Giannis Panousis’ accusations concerning links between the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) ruling party and terrorist group, Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, have caused a political stir in the government. SYRIZA officials are downplaying the severity of his claims, despite the domino of revelations that are coming to light in a political avalanche.

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