Tag: trial
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Paris 2015 attacks trial hears closing arguments
[ad_1] The November attacks traumatised the French nation – Copyright AFP Odd ANDERSEN Marie DHUMIERES, Alain JEAN-ROBERT and Anne-Sophie LASSERRE The trial over the November 2015 attacks in Paris, France’s worst-ever terror assault, heard the beginning of closing arguments Wednesday by the three leading prosecutors in the case. For three days, the prosecutors will detail…
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Paris 2015 attacks trial hears closing arguments
[ad_1] The November attacks traumatised the French nation – Copyright AFP Odd ANDERSEN Marie DHUMIERES, Alain JEAN-ROBERT and Anne-Sophie LASSERRE The trial over the November 2015 attacks in Paris, France’s worst-ever terror assault, heard the beginning of closing arguments Wednesday by the three leading prosecutors in the case. For three days, the prosecutors will detail…
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Horsemeat traffickers on trial in France in new industry scandal
[ad_1] Horsemeat has long had a place in French kitchens – Copyright AFP/File ANGELA WEISS Nicolas BOVE Eighteen people went on trial in France on Tuesday accused of running a Europe-wide giant horsemeat trading network involving produce not cleared for human consumption. Mostly shunned by consumers in the United States and Britain, horsemeat — typically…
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Hong Kong pro-democracy figures set for largest national security trial
[ad_1] The 47 defendants stand charged with “conspiracy to subversion” for organising an unofficial primary election – Copyright AFP Anthony WALLACE Hong Kong’s largest national security case was sent to trial on Tuesday, after lingering 15 months in pre-trial procedures during which most of the 47 defendants were denied bail. Under the security law, which…
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Anti-femicide group goes on trial in Turkey
[ad_1] Protesters waved banners bearing slogans such as ‘You will never walk alone!’ outside the court Wednesday – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS Fulya OZERKAN A prominent Turkish anti-femicide campaign group went on trial on Wednesday accused of activity against law and morals, with several hundred women rallying outside Istanbul’s main court in protest. Prosecutors had…
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Dissident Cuban artists’ disorder trial begins
[ad_1] – Copyright AFP ARIS MESSINIS Two dissident Cuban artists who have been classified as prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International went on trial Monday, with foreign press and diplomats excluded. Prosecutors have accused Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Maykel Osorbo of disturbing public order and want them sentenced to seven and 10 years in…
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UK companies to trial four-day workweek
[ad_1] The Pressure Drop brewery in north London is one of 60 UK companies taking part in the four-day week trial – Copyright AFP Justin TALLIS Shivani KHANDEKAR Louis Bloomsfield inspects the kegs of beer at his brewery in north London, eagerly awaiting June, when he will get an extra day off every week. The…
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Shakira loses appeal, inches closer to Spanish tax fraud trial
[ad_1] Shakira’s lawyers said her conduct ‘has always been impeccable in all the countries she had to pay taxes’ – Copyright AFP Philip FONG Colombian superstar Shakira inched closer to standing trial in Spain for tax fraud after a Barcelona court dismissed an appeal from the singer, in a ruling made public Thursday. Prosecutors accuse…
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Shakira loses appeal, inches closer to Spanish tax fraud trial
[ad_1] Shakira’s lawyers said her conduct ‘has always been impeccable in all the countries she had to pay taxes’ – Copyright AFP Philip FONG Colombian superstar Shakira inched closer to standing trial in Spain for tax fraud after a Barcelona court dismissed an appeal from the singer, in a ruling made public Thursday. Prosecutors accuse…
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Gaffes or trial balloons? Biden loose lips rattle world stage
[ad_1] US President Joe Biden adjusts his mask as he launches an Asia-wide trade framework in Tokyo – Copyright AFP CHARLY TRIBALLEAU Aurelia End From promising to defend Taiwan militarily to suggesting regime change in Russia, US President Joe Biden has developed a knack for off-the-cuff pronouncements that have rattled diplomacy. For journalists following Biden…