Judge says Quran burning is not a criminal offence

An activist who burned a Quran in front of the Turkish consulate has successfully overturned his conviction for a racially aggravated public order offence by a judge said he was exercising his right to free speech. Hamet Coskun, 51, held the burning holy book aloft outside his home country’s embassy building on 13 February. Coskun later told police he was protesting against the Turkish government’s support of radical Islam and claimed relatives had been killed during the Armenian genocide. A…