| Author (Person) | Strauss, Delphine |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 6.1.11 |
| Publication Date | 06/01/2011 |
| Content Type | News |
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Article discusses the problems in Turkey’s justice system of lengthy trials and pre-trial detention – issues that have often drawn criticism from human rights groups and from international institutions. Turkey’s justice minister promised on the 5 January 2011 'radical steps' to speed up criminal trials after new rules limiting pre-trial detention led to the release of Islamist militants whose convictions for decade-old killings had not yet been confirmed. |
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| Countries / Regions | Turkey |
