Major International Court Finds the Ottoman Armenian Controversy Not Settled History
On December 17, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) reversed the criminal conviction by a Swiss court of Dogu Percinek, a Turkish politician who publicly challenged that Armenians were subject to genocide in the final years of the Ottoman Empire nearly 100 years ago. The ECHR is an international court whose decisions are binding in 47 countries, including all of the European Union and every NATO member state except the U.S. and Iceland. Some 800 million people are subject to its jurisdiction. It has rendered judgment in more than 10,000 cases since its founding in 1959.- Published in Latest
NEW YORK—PEN American Center is thrilled by the news that Turkish translator, writer, and peaceful activist Ayşe Berktay has been released from prison pending trial today, but remains deeply troubled that her ongoing prosecution is indicative of a continued assault on writers, journalists, and scholars whose views the Turkish government disfavors. Ayşe Berktay’s next hearing will take place on January 30, 2014.
SALT LAKE CITY — It took a mighty good cause for Enes Kanter to give up a SpongeBob SquarePants toy he recently bought. But, yes, he did it for the kids. On Monday morning, the Jazz center, jokingly called “Kanter Klaus” by the team’s community relations department, put on a seasonal red-and-white cap and donated more than 200 stuffed animals, Jazz basketballs and toys to the Toys for Tots program. “I’m the Turkey Santa today,” Kanter said with a big smile. The Turkish citizen doesn’t personally celebrate Christmas as a Muslim, but he appreciates the Christian holiday and wanted to spread joy to children.
Clifton, NJ - Comodo, a leading Certificate Authority and Internet security organization, today announced that their Cloud-based AntiSpam Gateway (ASG) service filtered its 50 millionth email on Sunday, December 1, 2013. To-date, ASG has filtered 50,911,110 emails of which 37,954,073 were found to be spam and over 140,000 viruses were blocked by ASG. Live statistics are available of the Antispam website found here http://www.comodo.com/business-security/email-security/antispam-gateway.php.
