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A local Istanbul court has acquitted some 400 suspects, who were inmates involved in a hunger strike and subsequent protest 16 years ago, which ended in dozens of casualties. 

Some 399 inmates were tired with charges of "rioting, possession of explosives and manslaughter," by the court, which concluded the case on its 98th ruling on Jan. 22. 

The government submitted a bill to Parliament on Thursday that foresees the scrapping of maximum-security prisons, an issue that had been one of the driving forces behind numerous sit-in protests by anti-establishment groups over the last few weeks.