Prosecution

I will explain the long story of how justice in Turkey has become dependent on political power by citing the example of only one law: An omnibus bill containing 105 clauses which was passed in parliament on June 18, 2014.

One article in the law is the document of how justice is intervened; a document which has been processed as a law. 

Sofia City Court failed to launch on Thursday the trial against Hristo Biserov, a former Deputy Parliament Speaker who quit in 2013, days before reports emerged that he was under investigation over tax crimes.

The War Crimes Prosecution is working on the Bytyqi case, War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic has said.

He added that he could not speak about "the course of the indictment" - because it is secret.

An Ankara prosecutor has launched an investigation into Interior Minister Selami Altonok and several public servants for "neglect of duty" over the Oct. 10 suicide bombing in the Turkish capital that took the lives of 102 people. 

The Sofia City Court on Monday is expected to launch the trial against former Sofia Appellate Court chair Veselin Pengezov and other ex-officials over their alleged involvement in a EU funds fraud.

The opposition Social Democrats, SDSM, on Friday blamed the government for the fact that the National Prosecutors Council only approved seven out of 14 proposed deputy special prosecutors, again delaying investigations into the alleged mass illegal wiretapping that sparked the ongoing political crisis in Macedonia.

Notorious hacker Andrew Auernheimer spent time in prison for exposing US multinational communications provider AT&T after it inadvertently posted iPad users’ personal information online. As a result,he spent time in prison in 2010 – some say unfairly. But the time has come for revenge.

A former Bosnian state prosecutor said if he is found guilty of prioritizing complex war crimes cases instead of focusing on simple ones, it will send 'a dangerous message".

Deputy Minister of Justice and responsible for fighting corruption Dimitris Papaggelopoulos spoke at plenary session and denounced networks operating within Justice which hamper the work of Justice.

He said that he honored the majority of prosecutors, but also noted that “I know people and situations within Justice, who hinder the work of Justice”.

Five police officers face from one to three years in prison each for cuffing a young boy under the age 18, who protested Turkey's top higher education body in Ankara with others in March this year.