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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·NOVEMBER 23, 2002

The death sentences of 180 terrorist organization members,...

The death sentences of 180 terrorist organization members, who had been sentenced to death by Diyarbakir State Security Courts (DGMs), were commuted to life imprisonment

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The death sentences of 180 terrorist organization members, who had been sentenced to death by Diyarbakir State Security Courts (DGMs), were commuted to life imprisonment. Officials told reporters that the dossiers of the suspects, who were sentenced to death on charges of being members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party and Hezbollah terrorist organizations were examined after the adjustment laws to the European Union (EU) were passed at the parliament.
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  • (Sources: BBC Monitoring International Reports, Anatolia news agency, 23/11/2002)