Law enforcement
Top judicial body probes judiciary members affiliated with pro-Gülen 'terror organization'
Turkey?s justice minister has announced that the country?s top judicial body has decided to investigate judges and prosecutors who allegedly formed a ?parallel power? within the judiciary as an extension of the ?Parallel State Structure Terror Organization/Pro-Fetullah Terror Organization? (Fetullahç? Terör Örgütü).
Bulgarian Authorities Launch Nationwide Search for Judge Rumyana Chenalova
Bulgarian authorities are searching nationwide for Judge Rumyana Chenalova, who has been temporarily removed from office due to ongoing disciplinary proceedings against her.
Chenalova was not found at any of the addresses she listed in documents submitted to the court authorities, according to the prosecuting authority, as cited by dnevnik.bg.
Turkish military points finger at civilian authority for conduct in A?r?
Saying it had been tasked by a civilian authority and its primary motive was not to conduct any military operation, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has denied accusations about its conduct in an incident that resulted in a deadly clash with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the eastern province of A?r?.
Military points finger at civilian authority for conduct in A?r?
Saying it had been tasked by a civilian authority and its primary motive was not to conduct any military operation, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has denied accusations about its conduct in an incident that resulted in a deadly clash with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the eastern province of A?r?.
Two special police units to be merged
Two special police units to be merged
BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has announced that two special forces units of the Interior Ministry (MUP) will be merged into one unit.
MUP's Gendarmerie, meanwhile, will remain a separate formation.
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SAJ, PTJ to be merged into one unit
BELGRADE- Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has announced that two special forces units of the Interior Ministry will be merged into one unit, while the Gendarmerie will remain a separate formation.
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Croatia Court Releases Bandic from Custody Prison
Croatia's Constitutional Court on Thursday released Mayor Milan Bandic from custody, acting on an appeal from his lawyers, who said his fundamental rights had been breached in March when the Zagreb County Court put him behind bars.
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Top court charges prosecutor for delay in probe into deadly prison raid
Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has sentenced a prosecutor charged over delaying an investigation into the "Operation Return to Life" in 2000, in which scores of inmates died after security forces raided 20 prisons across Turkey.
Police baton 'service tool, not weapon:' Lawyer
A Turkish lawyer has defended her clients, six policemen accused of beating a Gezi Park protester, by arguing that a police baton is a ?service tool, not a weapon.?
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Parliament: Judiciary requests to pass by majority vote of attending MPs
At a plenary session on Tuesday, Parliament decided, 292 to one, that in order to approve the criminal investigation, remanding or pre-trial detention of MPs the majority vote of the MPs attending the vote session will be enough.
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