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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1987

90 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 5

The rule of law and the dignity of man Dvorah Getzler interviews former Supreme Court president Shimon Agranat

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 June 1987 · page 3

“THE RULE of the law is all about the dignity of man. Izat Nafsu was treated during his interrogation as if he were a thing, and not a human…

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Protest against police raid

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1987 · page 16

A pro-abortion rally in Sydney at the time of the raids on the Queensland abortion clinic…

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SINGAPORE Church activists framed by Lee's police

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1987 · page 6

In the biggest crackdown on dissidents in Singapore for a decade, 16 church and other activists were arrested…

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BRIEF High Court challenge to Q'land Saw

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1987 · page 5

The combined coal mining unions' national liaison committee is meeting in Sydney as Tribune goes to…

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Workers Rights Court upholds Robe River appeal

Tribune · Wednesday 24 June 1987 · page 5

Western Australia's Court of Industrial Ap;peal last week upheld an appeal by Peko-Wallsend over an Industrial…

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Ex-bank lawyer denies charges of fraud, theft

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 June 1987 · page 6

The former legal adviser of the North American Bank, Shmuel Barzel, who was charged last week with theft and fraud totalling $13…

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Police declare a drug alert in the North

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 June 1987 · page 6

Police have ordered a drug alert in the north in the wake of mounting evidence that Lebanon has become a centre for the production of heroin…

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Court order holds up extradition

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 July 1987 · page 5

The High Court of Justice gave William Nakash a temporary reprieve last week, issuing an interim injunction ordering the Justice Ministry to…

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El Salvador Troops murder captured guerrillas

Tribune · Wednesday 8 July 1987 · page 6

Four wounded combatants of the Farabundi Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in El Salvador were…

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Alarm blocks theft of rare Einstein papers

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 July 1987 · page 6

Two 18-year-olds who allegedly tried to steal rare manuscripts —including some by Albert Einstein —from the Jewish National and…

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Court order, on ID numbers

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 July 1987 · page 4

The High Court of Justice last week issued an order nisi, giving Yitzhak Shamir as acting interior minister 30 days to show why he shouldn't…

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After court rejects his no-extradition plea Nakash still hopeful

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 July 1987 · page 3

Following the rejection of his High Court petition last week, William Nakash is now pinning his hopes on the goodwill of French…

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Court goes into recess for a month Judges reject ‘no case’ plea by Demjanjuk

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 July 1987 · page 8

Yoram Sheftel, defence attorney in the Demjanjuk war crimes trial, presented an impassioned “no case” plea for almost five hours on…

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BOOK It's murder living in London Jumping the Cracks, by Rebecca O'Rourke. Virago Press. $9.95

Tribune · Wednesday 22 July 1987 · page 10

Mention detective fiction and Agatha Christie probably springs to mind, maybe Dorothy Sayers,…

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Dekel may be charged in land probe

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 July 1987 · page 7

A government attorney was last week considering whether to press charges against Deputy Defence Minister Michael Dekel over his…

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Wakf pressing court claim to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 July 1987 · page 6

The Moslem Wakf in East Jerusalem, which has never officially recognized Israeli law, is making its first appearance in Israel’s highest…

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Professor seeks court ruling on free speech

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 July 1987 · page 4

An-Najah University professor Saeb Erakat, sentenced last week for incitement, says he will pursue an appeal to the High Court of Justice…

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Palestinian’s bid to buy factory nixed in court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 July 1987 · page 7

The bid of a Gaza Strip businessman to purchase a Jewish-owned Kiryat Gat factory was blocked last week by the Tel Aviv District…

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Drama on and Off the Court Israel bows out from Davis Cup Jerusalem Post Sports Editor Yoram Kessel Reports From New Delhi on the Israel v India Davis Cup Match

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 30 July 1987 · page 24

ISRAEL bowed unceremoniously out of the World Group Davis Cup quarter-final when…

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Amsterdam, Tel Aviv police bust drug ring

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 August 1987 · page 3

TEL AVIV.- The central unit of the Tel Aviv police and a special drug unit of the Amsterdam police have arrested five Israelis and one Colombian citizen for suspected involvement in a major cocaine ring…

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