Supreme Court

The lawyer for two police officers who were convicted of killing of 19-year-old Gezi protester Ali ?smail Korkmaz has appealed a court decision that sentenced them to 10 years in prison.

The lawyer reportedly submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Appeals on Jan. 23, demanding a reversal of the judgment and the release of the officers, according to Hürriyet.

Following the light sentences issued by Tirana's Appeals Court against two former Republican Guard officers accused of the murder of three protestors in the January 21, 2011 riots in Tirana, the General Prosecutors office appealed the cases to the Supreme Court.

Release of Glavas "insult to Serb victims"

BELGRADE -- Miodrag Linta believes that the release of war criminal Branimir Glavas constitutes another insult and humiliation for Serb victims.

The president of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia believes this is true not only of those who perished Croatia's town of Osijek, but throughout that country as well.

BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta believes that the release of war criminal Branimir Glavas constitutes another insult and humiliation for Serb victims, not only in Osijek, but throughout Croatia as well.

BELGRADE - The decision by the Croatian Constitutional Court to overturn the sentence against Branimir Glavas, found guilty of war crimes in the "garage" and "duct tape" cases, is shameful and scandalous, head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta has said.

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has accused India of fomenting intolerance with its ban on gay sex amid uproar over a ruling party minister's plans to make homosexuals "normal."

Speaking on a visit to the capital New Delhi, Ban said he "staunchly opposed the criminalisation of homosexuality" referring to India's colonial-era law that prohibits gay sex.

War crimes conviction against Croat politician canceled

ZAGREB -- Croatian Constitutional Court has overturned the ruling that the country's Supreme Court passed against Branimir Glavas.

Glavas is a former Croatian police official, army general, and member of parliament who was found guilty for committing war crimes against Serb civilians in the town of Osijek in 1991.

Bulgarian Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov has backed the establishment of a new entity tasked with investigating high-level corruption.

In a Friday interview for the Bulgarian National Television, Ivanov made clear that the proposal was part of his judicial reform plan.

Turkey?s top court has ruled that the rights of all 46 people convicted in a controversial so-called military espionage case and charged with membership of an illegal organization were violated.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies who voted against sending four former Cabinet members to the Supreme Court for graft allegations have defended the former ministers with controversial statements during the parliamentary commission's meetings.