91. Responding to European pressure, parliament voted Friday to remove the military judge from the court hearing the treason trial of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan. 92. State security courts includes military judges. 93. Such courts have been sharply criticized by human rights organizations for bias, since the three-member panel includes a military judge. 94. That panel would have three members, including a military judge. 95. That panel would have three members, one of whom is a military judge. 96. The bill, which would remove the military judge from all State Security Courts, is expected to face a vote on Friday. 97. The European Court of Human Rights has already ruled that the state security courts were not independent because of the presence of military judges. 98. The case was initially heard by a three-judge panel including a military judge. 99. The case was initially heard by a three-judge panel that included a military judge. 100. The colonel said the military judges were shocked. |