NY judge rules against ex-bin Laden spokesman

November 26, 2013   Statements Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law made to U.S. authorities when he was brought to the United States earlier this year can be used against him at a terrorism trial next year, a federal judge said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected claims by Sulaiman Abu Ghaith that he was…

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Daughter of Turkish victim testifies in Nazi terrorism trial

November 5, 2013   Gamze Kubasik, daughter of Mehmet Kubasik who was one of the victims of the murder series of the Nationalist Socialist Underground (NSU) testifies against the accused Beate Zschäpe at the court of Munich. Beate Zschäpe has shown no reaction or signs of regret towards any family members of the victims. April…

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Veils in court: judges to be given guidance, says lord chief justice

November 5, 2013   The most senior judge in England and Wales has disclosed plans to launch a consultation on whether veils can be worn in court as he warned the issue had become highly divisive. At his first press conference since taking up his judicial post last month, the lord chief justice, Lord Thomas…

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NSU trial against Beate Zchaepe

October 2rd   The parents of one of the victims of the right-wing terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU) attended the trial against the accused NSU member Beate Zschaepe. Halit Yozgat was 21 years old when becoming the ninth victim of the NSU terrorist group. On April 6th 2006, he was murdered in an Internet…

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Muslim woman Rebekah Dawson must remove niqab while giving evidence, judge rules

Judge Peter Murphy made the ruling in the case of Muslim convert Rebekah Dawson, who is facing trial for allegedly intimidating a witness. The 22-year-old had claimed her religious beliefs dictated that no male other than her husband could see her face. Lawyers for the defendant had argued that forcing the 22-year-old convert to remove…

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