11.   In an abrupt reversal, a state security court on Monday dismissed an arrest warrant for an Islamic leader accused by prosecutors of trying to overthrow the secular government.

12.   In Nablus, a Palestinian security court sentenced three other men to death Wednesday for working with Israel.

13.   Inmeler said Fuat was taken to the state security court last month without a lawyer and told he would be charged with insulting the secular government.

14.   Israeli security courts have long been criticized for detentions without charges, secret evidence and physical abuse during interrogations.

15.   Political trials occur in state security courts where acquittals are rare.

16.   Security courts recently sentenced two prominent leaders of the Welfare Party to prison terms, strengthening the widely held view that a ban on the party is imminent.

17.   The foundation, whose budget is supported by the United Nations and other international groups, has been charged by the state security courts on several occasions.

18.   The men are being tried in an emergency state security court, which denies any chance of appeal.

19.   The special state security court trying Ocalan for treason is expected to hand down its verdict in the next few days.

20.   The state security court here said the case against the leader, Fetullah Gulen, was too weak to support the warrant issued this month.