![US Supreme Court declines to hear Turkish appeal to dismiss lawsuits](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/06/supreme_court_1656448134.jpg)
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a request from the Turkish government to dismiss two civil lawsuits against it. The lawsuits allege that demonstrators were injured by Turkish security forces during a 2017 protest in Washington, DC. Turkey appealed on the basis of immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Foreign Sovereign Immunity [...]