A Turkish court is set to open the trial of 20 Saudi officials indicted over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The trial will begin at Istanbul province's main court in the district of Caglayan at 10am local time (07:00 GMT) on Friday morning, officials at the Istanbul prosecutor's office told Al Jazeera. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old Washington Post columnist, was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October […]
An Istanbul court on Thursday sentenced 25 journalists to prison terms of up to seven-and-a half years over links to a group that Turkey blames for the 2016 failed coup, in a mass trial of media staff detained after the putsch bid. Twenty-three of the journalists were convicted of membership in an armed terror group, the Dogan news agency said. Almost all of those jailed worked for media close to […]
A Turkish court late Wednesday ordered the release of eight human rights activists who are standing trial, including Amnesty International's director of Turkey, Idil Eser. The activists will be released on bail. Their next hearing is set for 22 November. A total of 11 activists, including a German and a Swedish national as well as Eser, went on trial in Istanbul on contested terror charges, seen by the rights watchdog […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
