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Friday, May 13, 2005

World News Article | Reuters.co.uk:Turk president says law must change to retry Ocalan

"Turk president says law must change to retry Ocalan
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's president said parliament must first remove legal obstacles before Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan can be retried in line with a ruling from Europe's top human rights court.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), based in the French city of Strasbourg, declared on Thursday that the 1999 trial of Ocalan was unfair, putting pressure on Ankara to retry a man reviled by Turks as a terrorist."

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