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Courts & crime, 1990

96 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 5

Murder in Gaza

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 October 1990 · page 13

THE SAVAGE murder of an Israel Defence Force reservist in the Gaza Strip last month has shocked…

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Join Hands It's still murder

Tribune · Wednesday 10 October 1990 · page 11

This week saw of another tragic series of murders: a man shot his wife and children and then himself…

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Auckland stabbing: woman in court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 October 1990 · page 11

A WOMAN appeared in the Auckland District Court last week in connection with the stabbing of four Kadimah College…

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Police violence against gay and lesbian protestors

Tribune · Wednesday 17 October 1990 · page 11

Fred Nile's Festival of Light March to Kings Cross in Sydney early this month attracted a lot of publicity, mainly…

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San Francisco police on alert

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 October 1990 · page 14

LOS ANGELES police here have beefed up patrols at synagogues and Jewish institutions after hate crimes were committed against three of them within a week. Although police have ruled out any link between the two cases of arson and one of vandalism at the…

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Police recommend Deri be charged

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 October 1990 · page 20

AFTER MONTHS of investigation, the police have recommended that charges be levelled against Interior Minister Arye Deri on seven counts of malfeasance, according to media reports. The charges presented to the state prosecutor relate to allegations that Deri…

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Police to cover Darling Harbour area

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 October 1990 · page 4

THE NEW South Wales Police Department has leased the seven-storey building at 192 Day Street for use as a new police station to cover the Darling Harbour and Chinatown area…

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Police appeal: report attacks

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 November 1990 · page 4

THE VICTORIAN government and senior police this week appealed to members of the Jewish community to ensure that they…

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German court fines neo-Nazi

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 November 1990 · page 12

A COURT in Stuttgart sentenced the editor in chief of German Voice, the official organ of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party, to a suspended six-month sentence and a $3,000 fine for inciting hatred and racial discrimination. The accused, Karl-Heinz…

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Tim Anderson sentenced

Tribune · Wednesday 14 November 1990 · page 3

On October 25 a jury found Tim Anderson guilty on three counts of murder. The charges arose from the deaths of three men in a bomb blast outside the Hilton…

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DPP tells High Court: Holocaust war crime against Australia

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 November 1990 · page 3

CRIMES of the Holocaust were as much crimes against Australia and Australians as against the Holocaust victims in Europe, the…

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Police investigate Kahane's son as murder suspect

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 November 1990 · page 16

THE SON of Rabbi Meir Kahane, who was assassinated November 5 in New York, is under investigation as a suspect in the fatal shooting of two elderly Palestinians in a village in the West Bank, according to a report in Yediot Achronot. Police apparently believe…

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NSW Land Rights to High Court

Tribune · Wednesday 5 December 1990 · page 12

The amendments to the NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Act (1983) which were passed in October have now been proclaimed and become law. One crucial amendment eliminates the role of regional land councils,…

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Britain's police downplay reported rise of anti-semitic parties

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 December 1990 · page 14

A RANKING police official has dismissed the notion that antisemitic and racist parties are gaining strength in Britain. “The British National Party and the National Front are in evidence, but their numbers are pathetic,” said Chief Superintendent Sally…

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BRIEFS French court sends Vichy official Bousquet to trial

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 December 1990 · page 12

RENE Bousquet, who headed the Vichy government’s police when the Nazis controlled France during World War II, must go on trial for crimes against humanity, a French court has ruled. Bousquet, 81, will be the first high-ranking official of the Vichy regime to…

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Others linked to Kahane murder

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 December 1990 · page 12

THE ALLEGED assassin of Rabbi Meir Kahane kept what may be a “hit list” of six other Jewish Americans, including members of the judicial system, a congressman and a journalist for The Jewish Press, a weekly Brooklyn newspaper for which Kahane had…

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