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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1987

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Nakash extradition case is re-opened Court criticizes minister

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1987 · page 3

Justice Minister Avraham Sharir came under [?]arsh criticism last week in the High Court judgement which reversed his December 4 decision not to extradite William Nakash to France…

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Undercover police investigator quotes defendant ‘They have no proof against me’ Demjanjuk on Trial

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1987 · page 5

Some of John Demjanjuk’s revelations to his Israeli investigators began to surface Thursday, as Israel’s second major war crimes…

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Sana in Wonderland Talking to the enemy means starting to like them - and that can be dangerous treason, Egyptian writer Sana Hassan tells Andy Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 March 1987 · page 12

YEARS BEFORE Anwar Sadat made his historic visit to Israel, an Egyptian girl returning from a family vacation in Europe made her first…

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Sexual assault suspect doesn’t have Aids virus

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 4

Avrohom Mondrowitz, accused of sexual assaults on young boys in New York, does not have Aids and is not a carrier of the Aids virus. This was…

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$2m. drug haul Belgian police hold 3 Israelis

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 4

Israel will apparently not try to extradite three Israelis arrested in Belgium on suspicion of belonging to a ring that planned to smuggle…

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Ruling in Jerusalem war crimes court Testimony by deceased is valid Demjaimjuk on Trial

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 5

As the war crimes trial of John Demjanjuk entered its second month last week, the defence lost a major battle against the validity of…

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Purim Spiel Anglo-Jewlsh Holdings Ltd the Business By Authority of the Court on High, and by Authority of the Court Below, United Federation Bank Limited, On Behalf of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Race Relations, Offer for Sale 420,000,000 6% Preference Shares in at One New Shekel per Share, Redeemable at Par in the Hereafter

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 March 1987 · page 26

Anglo-Jewish Holdings Limited(hereinafter The Company) was formed in 1656 for the preservation and betterment of members of the Mosaic faith, them, their wives, their sons and daughters, and all…

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Nuke ships in port -- counting the cost in lives and dollars Police attack anti-fees demonstration

Tribune · Wednesday 1 April 1987 · page 8

Last week, in the wake of the Davis report into nuclear warship accidents, Greenpeace released details of US nuclear accident plans to the media. STEPHEN LONG examines the Davis report and this new information which promises to ignite opposition to warship visits. The campaign for free education achieved prominence in the mainstream media last week after police attacked students occupying the…

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Court delay averts converts clash

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 April 1987 · page 8

The expected showdown between the High Court of Justice and the Chief Rabbinate over the “Who’s a Jew” issue was temporarily averted…

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Qld. Govt's assault On Union Rights

Tribune · Wednesday 15 April 1987 · page 1

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Printers oppose Holmes a'Court on redundancies

Tribune · Wednesday 22 April 1987 · page 4

PERTH: Robert Holmes a'Court said last week that 250 printers employed by his West Australian Newspapers…

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BRIEF Court demands Wittenoom documents

Tribune · Wednesday 29 April 1987 · page 5

PERTH: Migalco Pty Ltd and its parent company CSR have been ordered by the WA Supreme Court to present…

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EDITORIAL No one escapes Qld's police state

Tribune · Wednesday 29 April 1987 · page 2

A civil rights activist, walking along the street, is forced into an unmarked car by men (policemen) in civilian clothes. One of the men holds a gun at the activist's stomach…

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Police Over-reaction

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 April 1987 · page 17

Sir, - According to your issue of April 18, there was a spontaneous, non-permitted, non-violent, non-civil-disobedient demonstration of…

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Woman gets life in kidnap-murder

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 May 1987 · page 5

NABLUS. - A Brazilian national was sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment by the military court here for her role in the kidnap-murder of soldier David Manos. Her accomplice received a 12-year sentence. Lamia Ma’aruf, a Brazilian citizen, was given a life term for renting and…

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Supreme Court building for the capital

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 May 1987 · page 5

The new Supreme Court building, whose cornerstone was laid last week, will stand higher than the Knesset and the government…

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Israelis plead guilty to jewelry theft

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1987 · page 7

LARNACA(AP). - Two Israelis pleaded guilty last week to stealing jewelry worth $46,200 from a shop in this southern Cyprus port…

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4 Israelis held in Germany murder

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1987 · page 7

RAMLE (Itim). - Four Israeli citizens were last week remanded in custody for 15 days by the magistrates’ court here on…

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Barbie ‘Quits’ Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1987 · page 3

LYONS: The accusers of Klaus Barbie, dubbed the “Butcher of Lyons”,…

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Court considers bid for son’s kidney

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 May 1987 · page 8

A five-man Supreme Court panel last week began considering a basic legal question: may a kidney be removed from the body of a retarded…

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