Supreme Court

A report submitted by the Athens Medical Association to Greece's Supreme Court, according to which 200 intensive care units at Greek hospitals remain closed, putting patients' lives at risk, is to be examined the Athens Court of First Instance, Kathimerini understands.

Outgoing Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu began his political career as a diplomatic adviser 14 years ago. He rose to the Foreign Ministry and ultimately to the Prime Ministry with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) before choosing to quit the latter post on May 5. 

Bangladesh's Supreme Court on May 5 rejected a final appeal by the leader of the top Islamist party against a death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time. 

Brazil's top prosecutor on May 3 asked the Supreme Court to open a probe into alleged obstruction of justice by President Dilma Rousseff, major Brazilian newspapers reported, in a potentially explosive twist to the country's political crisis.

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a local court ruling requiring compulsory vaccination for a couple's baby, citing the Turkish Constitutional Court which previously reversed a similar ruling arguing the requirement was a "violation of rights." 

Public prosecutor Evliya Çal??kan has said "espionage" charges against daily Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, who are on trial for reporting on Turkish intelligence trucks allegedly transporting weapons to rebel groups in Syria, are "unfounded." 

An Ankara court has decided to halt the extraordinary party congress process of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) as a precaution, MHP deputy leader Oktay Öztürk announced on April 29.

Appeals court prosecutor Georgia Tsatani, under scrutiny for her handling of a probe into businessman Andreas Vgenopoulos and his role in the collapse of Laiki Bank in Cyprus, is at odds again with Supreme Court president Vassiliki Thanou.

Turkey, the United States and the European Union have condemned an April 26 Crimean court decision to ban the Mejlis, the governing body of the Crimean Tatar community. 

The Supreme Court decided on Monday to close its case on the killings of the protesters during an anti-government rally on January 21, 2011, when several other demonstrators were also wounded when Republican Guard troops opened fire.

But the families of the four victims told Albanian media that they are not going to abandon their efforts to find justice.