A Turkish court has ordered the retrial of Kurdish rights activist Layla Zana and her three co-accused, in a case watched carefully by the EU.
An appeal to quash convictions for subversion failed in April this year, prompting a fierce rebuke from Brussels, which declared that all political prisoners must be released before Turkey can begin negotiations to join the EU.
Ms Zana was later released after it emerged that procedural flaws dogged the initial retrial, pending further lega...
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