Turkey - Court refuses to free Ergenekon case journalists, adjourns until end December

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The trial of 10 journalists accused of involvement in the ‘Egenekon' anti-government conspiracy began yesterday in the Istanbul district of Caglayan with the court rejecting a defence request for their immediate release and then adjourning until 26 December. Lawyers representing some of the journalists, including Sener Yalçin, also requested the replacement of the court's president on the grounds that he had already convicted them in another media case. The request will be considered another (...)

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