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Brussels attacks judge orders removal of defendant "cages"

Nine men accused of participating in the 2016 Brussels bombings that killed 32 people cannot be put on trial in glass boxes their lawyers have likened to animal cages, a judge ruled on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 16, 2022

French jihadist denounces 'unfair' Brussels bombing trial

BRUSSELS: French jihadist Salah Abdeslam, already jailed for his role in the 2015 Paris attacks, refused to take the stand Monday on the first day of the trial for the 2016 suicide bombings in Brussels.

Bangkok Post · Sep 12, 2022

Trial opens of 10 accused over 2016 Brussels suicide attacks

The trial of 10 men accused over the suicide bombings at Brussels airport and an underground metro station has opened amid high security

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2022

Paris attacks terrorist Salah Abdeslam transferred to Belgium to face new trial

The sole surviving member of the terror squad that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015 has been transferred from France to Belgium, where he will be tried later this year for attacks there in 2016.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 14, 2022

Paris attackers’ sentence stands after Abdeslam and 19 accused turn down right to appeal

The sole surviving member of an Islamic State group cell that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015 has not appealed his whole-life sentence for the killings, the Paris chief prosecutor said Tuesday. Nor have the other 19 accused. The head of one of the victims' associations has expressed his…

Radio France Internationale · Jul 12, 2022

Lawyers: Man convicted in 2015 Paris attacks won't appeal

Lawyers for the only surviving attacker from the November 2015 terrorist massacre in Paris say their client has renounced his right to appeal his conviction and sentence

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

No Appeal from Bataclan Suspect, Closing Chapter on 2015 Paris Attacks

Salah Abdeslam, the lone survivor of an extremist militant squad that killed 130 people in attacks in Paris in 2015, has not appealed his life sentence or guilty verdict - closing the door to a second trial, a Paris appeals court said Tuesday. A French court last month judged Abdeslam…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 12, 2022

No appeal from Bataclan suspect, closing chapter on 2015 Paris attacks

Salah Abdeslam, the lone survivor of an Islamist militant squad that killed 130 people in attacks in Paris in 2015, has not appealed his life sentence or guilty verdict - closing the door to a second trial, a Paris appeals court said Tuesday.

Reuters · Jul 12, 2022

Woman whose boyfriend was killed in Bataclan attack 'has no hate' for terrorists

Helen Wilson, 56, lost her boyfriend, Nick Alexander, in the 2015 Paris attack, but now she believes his killers are sorry and that prison isn't the right punishment for them

Daily Mirror · Jul 9, 2022

Lawyer for Convicted Paris Attacker Questions Harsh Sentence

The lawyer for the only surviving attacker from the November 2015 terrorist massacre in Paris criticized her client's murder conviction and life prison sentence without the possibility of parole, saying Thursday the verdict "raises serious questions." Salah Abdeslam, the chief suspect in the ISIS attacks on the Bataclan theater, Paris…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 30, 2022