First Guantánamo Bay prisoner sentenced

Australia Guantánamo Bay prisoner David Hicks was sentenced Friday by a special military court after pleading guilty to providing material support to the Taliban. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, but will only need to complete nine months of his penalty, most of it back in Australia, under the terms of his plea agreement.

Hicks, who has been detained for more than 5 years, is to be transferred to Australia within 60 days. The plea bargain also forbids Hicks from speaking to the media for one year after his sentence, suing the U.S. government for alleged abuse during his imprisonment, or appealing his sentence. The deal also mentions that he should not profit from selling his story. These terms were criticised by Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, as a "modern cutting out of his tongue", with prosecutors using the leverage of a plea deal to stifle information and public debate about the controversial detention process.

David's father, Terry Hicks, responded that he was glad that his son was returning home, but also told Australian Broadcasting Corp.:

Prosecutor Marine Lt. Col. Kevin Chenail asked for the maximum sentence, referring to Hicks by his pseudonym 'Muhammad Dawood'. He told the panel of military officers that, "Today in this courtroom, we are on the front lines of the global war on terror... The enemy is sitting at the defense table. We are face to face with the enemy... [who was] trying to kill Americans."

Australian Prime Minister John Howard told reporters in Sydney  that:

Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown suggested yesterday that the speech restrictions in the plea deal were put in place as a deliberate attempt to meddle in upcoming elections. "Of course it's a fix," said Brown. "The message has gone very clearly from Canberra to Washington to Guantanamo Bay: don't allow Hicks to be released until after the elections and certainly don't allow him to speak."

Howard disputed that interpretation of events. "We didn't impose the sentence, the sentence was imposed by the military commission and the plea bargain was worked out between the military prosecution and Mr Hicks's lawyers, and the suggestion...that it's got something to do with the Australian election is absurd."


El “talibán” australiano es el primer condenado por tribunal de Guantánamo

El talibán australiano, David Hicks, es el primero de los detenidos de Guantánamo en recibir un juicio en el tribunal militar especialmente creado para juzgar a los llamados "combatientes ilegales" de la guerra contra el terror.

David Hicks permaneció más de cinco años detenido en la prisión de Guantánamo en condiciones de confinamiento solitario. Hicks fue detenido en Pakistán en 2001 por las autoridades de ese país cuando huía de Afganistán y entregado a las tropas estadounidenses quienes lo trasladaron a la prisión de la base militar estadounidense en territorio cubano.

La forma en que se llevó a cabo el juicio ha causado controversias en Australia donde el primer ministro John Howard, amigo personal de George W. Bush, había defendido la posición asumida por la administración estadounidense de detener a los prisioneros indefinidamente y sin cargos diciendo que eran “lo peor de lo peor” entre todos los terroristas.

Para no prolongar su juicio y ante la amenaza de que una declaración de inocencia extendería el juicio por dos años, Hicks decidió declararse culpable de apoyo material al terrorismo y además firmar un documento en el que se comprometía a no entablar demanda alguna contra el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, a no mencionar la tortura a la que fue sometido, a no hablar con la prensa por un año y a no decir que se declaró culpable para salir de Guantánamo.

Según testigos, la confesión de Hicks consistió en admitir que el había cargado un arma por 2 horas, la cual nunca disparó, durante las cuales trató de venderla para conseguir dinero para irse lo más lejos posible de Afganistán.

El padre de David, Terry Hicks, afirma que la declaración de culpa de su hijo demuestra la corrupción del sistema. Terry Hicks se manifestó extremadamente contento de ver que su hijo, quien pagará la sentencia de 9 meses de cárcel (de un total de 7 años) en Australia, finalmente hubiera logrado salir de ese "infierno" llamado Guantánamo.

El debate sobre este juicio apenas está comenzando, pues Hicks no ha cometido ningún delito ante la ley internacional o la ley australiana, y la ley mediante la cual se le condenó fue creada por la administración Bush hace apenas 6 meses.


La commission militaire de Guantanamo condamne l'Australien David Hicks à neuf mois de prison

David Hicks, ressortissant australien converti à l'islam, qui avait été capturé en Afghanistan en décembre 2001 et était détenu depuis plusieurs années à la prison de Guantánamo, sur la base navale militaire américaine de Guantanamo Bay [1], sur l'île de Cuba, a été condamné par la Commission militaire de Guantanamo [2], vendredi 30 mars 2007, à une peine de neuf mois de prison, qu'il devrait purger dans le quartier de haute sécurité de la prison Yatala, dans sa ville natale d'Adélaide, en Australie méridionale.

David Hicks, parfois surnommé le « Taliban australien » par certains médias occidentaux, avait plaidé coupable, mardi 27 mars, de « soutien matériel au terrorisme », alors que les réquisitions initiales, lors de cette première audience, pouvaient lui laisser craindre une peine maximale de vingt ans de prison.

David Hicks, aujourd'hui âgé de 31 ans, passe toute sa jeunesse en Australie méridionale, y exerçant divers métiers et fondant une famille, avant d'émigrer seul au Japon en 1996, exerçant un temps les fonctions d'entraîneur de chevaux.

En 1999, il se rend en Europe et intègre pendant deux mois les rangs de l'Armée de libération du Kosovo puis, après la fin de la guerre du Kosovo, au mois de juin, tente en vain de s'enrôler dans l'armée australienne, avant de se convertir à l'islam et de commencer l'apprentissage de l'arabe.

En novembre de la même année, il passe en Afghanistan, officiellement pour étudier l'islam, mais ne tarde pas à suivre les enseignements du mouvement radical islamiste Lashkar-e-Toiba, qu'il accompagne notamment dans diverses opérations armées au Cachemire, État disputé entre le Pakistan et l'Inde.

Il retourne en Afghanistan et séjourne un temps, près de Kandahar, dans le camp d'entraînement Al Farouq, dépendant de la nébuleuse Al-Qaida. Il a à cette époque l'occasion de rencontrer Oussama Ben Laden.

Le 9 décembre 2001, David Hicks est capturé dans la province de Kondôz [3], en Afghanistan, par des miliciens de l'Alliance du Nord, et est livré huit jours plus tard, contre le versement d'une somme de 1 000 dollars américains, aux Special Forces américaines. Il est transféré, durant quelques semaines, à bord du bâtiment de débarquement USS Peleliu (LHA-5), croisant dans le golfe d'Oman, où il est interrogé conjointement par des enquêteurs américains et australiens. Il est ensuite transféré, le 11 janvier 2002 [4], à la prison de Guantanamo.

David Hicks fait état, pendant un temps, de mauvais traitements qu'il aurait subi durant son internement à Guantanamao, mais s'était récemment rétracté et, mardi 27 mars, avait décidé de plaider coupable des faits de « soutien matériel au terrorisme ».

Il encourait, en plus des cinq années d'internement déjà subies, une peine de sept années d'emprisonnement, mais un accord de plaider coupable intervient in extremis, qui conduit l'accusation à prôner une réduction de la peine à neuf mois de prison dans son pays natal, avec renoncement définitif à tout appel contre le jugement, interdiction de parler avec les médias durant un an après sa libération et renonciation à toute velléité de poursuite contre le gouvernement américain au sujet de supposés abus commis par ses geôliers durant sa captivité. Son transfert en Australie devrait intervenir dans un délai de 60 jours. Sa libération, à l'issue des neuf mois qu'il devra purger à Adélaïde, est toutefois susceptible d'être retardée, si le détenu ne collabore pas avec les enquêteurs australiens et américains, et s'abstient de révéler à ses interlocuteurs toutes informations utiles qu'il pourrait détenir au sujet d'Al-Qaïda et du mouvement Lashkar-e-Toiba.

Une frange non négligeable de l'opinion publique australienne, et notamment des juristes et défenseurs des droits de l'homme, commente sévèrement les conditions de déroulement du procès de David Hicks, et s'étonnent de l'interdiction faite au condamné de s'exprimer publiquement avant un délai de douze mois après sa libération, faisant un rapprochement, pertinent ou pas, avec les échéances électorales australiennes (les prochaines élections générales sont censées intervenir au plus tard le 19 janvier 2008). John Howard a tenu à préciser qu'il n'est pas intervenu auprès des autorités américaines pour négocier sur la peine sanctionannt David Hicks ou simplement tenter d'influencer la commission militaire de Guantanamo, et que l'obligation de silence imposé au condamné est sans rapport avec la vie politique australienne.

Le père de David Hicks, s'il se réjouit du retour de son fils sur le sol australien, entend pour sa part continuer à agir, avec le soutien de diverses organisations de défense des droits de l'homme, pour faire la lumière sur les accusations de mauvais traitements que son fils serait susceptible d'avoir subi durant son incarcération, notamment des abus sexuels et tortures. Ces accusations avaient été mises en lumière en 2006, à l'occasion d'une procédure riche en rebondissements, devant la justice britannique [5].

Par ailleurs, on ne peut écarter la possibilité de quelques rebondissements sur le sujet plus général de la loi américaine sur les commissions militaires, alors que les autorités de Washington envisageraient, selon un décompte récent, de faire passer en jugement selon ce système 80 des 385 personnes détenues à la prison de Guantánamo. La Cour suprême des États-Unis était intervenue, dans le courant de l'année 2006, pour dénoncer l'inconstitutionnalité des dispositions qui existaient alors, ce qui avait conduit le Congrès des États-Unis à adopter à l'automne la Loi sur les commissions militaires, dont la constitutionnalité serait elle-même, selon certains analystes, sujette à caution.


Five beheaded during violent prison riot in Brazil

Five prisoners were beheaded and got their heads exhibited by the rioters during a violent riot in the "Zwinglio Ferreira" Prison, located in Presidente Venceslau, São Paulo State,  Brazil.

This is the most serious riot of prisoners in the 19 year existence of the penitentiary. The rebellion began Tuesday, at 8:30 a.m. and it finished Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Some heads belonging to the murdered prisoners were put on iron spears so they could be shown from the roof of the prison.  Some prisoners played football with one of the heads.

According to Nagashi Furukawa, the secretary of the administration of the prison, the rebellion originated because of prisoners who were contrary to the criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). The supporters of PCC  killed their opponents.


Cinco presos degollados en motín carcelario en Brasil

18 de junio de 2005Brasil — Una violenta rebelión de presos se registró en el presidio Presidente Venceslau, localizado en el estado de São Paulo. Cinco presos fueron degollados y sus cabezas fueron expuestas por los amotinados.

La rebelión, la más grave en 19 años de existencia del presidio, ocurrió a las 08:30 hora local (11:30 UTC) de este último martes y terminó a las 14:30 (17:30 UTC) del miércoles.

Después de degollar a otros condenados, los presos colocaron algunas de las cabezas en varas de hierro para las exhibrlas encima del tejado de la prisión.

Algunos presos jugaron fútbol con una de las cabezas.


Cinco presos degolados em rebelião no interior de São Paulo

Houve uma violenta rebelião de presos no presídio “Zwinglio Ferreira”,  de  Presidente Venceslau, localizado no estado de São Paulo. Cinco presos foram degolados e tiveram suas cabeças expostas pelos amotinados.

A rebelião, a mais grave em 19 anos de existência do presídio, ocorreu às 8:30 de terça-feira e terminou às 14:30  de quarta.

Após degolarem seus companheiros de pena, os presos colocaram algumas das cabeças em varas de ferro para exibi-las de cima do telhado da penitenciária. Alguns presos jogaram futebol com uma das cabeças.

Segundo o Secretário de Administração de Penitenciárias, Nagashi Furukawa, a rebelião foi uma disputa entre organizações criminosas, onde presos contrários à facção criminosa Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) foram executados.


Five convicted in abortion case in Portugal

A doctor, his assistant and three women who were found to have undergone abortion were convicted of violating abortion laws in Portugal.

The three women were found to have undergone abortion in violation of Portuguese law. Abortion is illegal in Portugal except where a pregnancy is caused by rape or when the health of the mother is in danger due to the pregnancy. Further, abortion cannot be performed after the first trimester (the end of 12th week).

Twelve other defendants, mostly women and their partners, were found not guilty. The doctor was sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison. His assistant was deemed an accomplice and sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in prison. The three women were given 6 month suspended sentences.

All the defendants had earlier been acquitted of the charges in 2004 for lack of evidences. That decision was declared void by a superior court on appeal. The court decided that the medical examinations conducted on the women, which were performed without a court order or the presence of a state witness, were legal.


Portugal : Plusieurs femmes condamnées pour un cas d'avortement

Un médecin, son aide soignante et 3 femmes ont été condamnés pour crime d'avortement.

Toutes les personnes mises en examen - 17 au total - avait été libérées pour manque de preuves en 2004. Mais cette décision a été annulée par une cour d'appel, déclarant valides les examens médicaux pratiqués. La sentence est tombée aujourd'hui.

Les examens médicaux en question avaient été fait immédiatement après l'arrestation des femmes qui sortaient de la clinique sans décision de justice préalable et sans la présence d'un témoin officiel. La police avait simplement mené les femmes à l'hôpital et fait faire les examens.

De son côté, le Cameroun s'interroge sur la légalisation de l'avortement, et aux États-Unis, le gouverneur démocrate de Louisiane Kathleen Blanco déclare l'avortement illégal dans son état comme l'avait fait le Dakota en mars 2006.


Five dead in attack in Pakistan

Two explosions near a US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan killed five and wounded more than fifty early Thursday morning.  The explosions come just prior to United States President George W. Bush's scheduled visit to the country.  According to Forbes report on the incident, Pakistani officials speculated that the attack was timed to coincide with Bush's visit.

According to police, a suicide bomber apparently hit the vehicle of a United States diplomat, detonating one of the explosions.  It is not clear whether a subsequent explosion was another bomb or a vehicle explosion triggered by the initial blast.

The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reports that a hospital in the region has confirmed at least five persons were killed in the attacks, and over fifty more were injured, including a young Moroccan girl.  According to the Associated Press, among the dead was a United States diplomat, a Pakistani official who worked at the consulate, a security guard for the consulate, and an unidentified woman.  The driver of the car bomb is also presumed dead.

During a press conference in New Delhi, India, President Bush stated he would still travel to Pakistan despite the explosions, saying that: "Terrorists and killers are not going to prevent me from going to Pakistan. My trip to Pakistan is an important trip. It's important to talk with President Musharraf about continuing our fight against terrorists." Bush also expressed his condolences to the individuals lost in the attack during the conference.

The Pakistani news source GEO states that the first explosion occurred at 9:05 local time (0505 UTC), with the second explosion occurring minutes afterwards.  The explosions occurred at the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel in Karachi, about 60 feet (18 meters) from the consulate gate.  Damage to the building as well as over ten nearby vehicles was also reported.

The Associated Press reports that the same consulate has been targeted twice in the recent past: an attack in 2002 left 14 Pakistanis dead, and in 2004 police defused a time bomb before it was set to detonate.


Fem döda i attack mot USA-konsulat i Pakistan

Enligt polisen körde en självmordsbombare in i en bil som ägdes av en amerikansk diplomat och detonerade den första bomben. Några minuter senare sprängdes ytterligare en bomb.

Nyhetsbyrån Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) rapporterar att ett sjukhus i regionen har bekräftat minst fem döda och över femtio skadade, däribland en marockansk flicka. Enligt Associated Press (AP) fanns en amerikansk diplomat bland de döda, en pakistansk tjänsteman som arbetade på konsulatet, en säkerhetsvakt och en oidentifierad kvinna. Föraren av bilen förmodas också ha omkommit.

Den pakistanska nyhetsbyrån GEO säger att den första explosionen inträffade klockan 9:05 lokal tid och den andra explosionen följde några minuter efter. Explosionerna inträffade på en parkering vid Marriott Hotel i Karachi, ungefär 18 meter från entrén till konsulatet. GEO rapportera även skador på byggnaden och ett tiotal bilar.

Under en presskonferens i New Dehli i Indien förklarade George Bush att han kommer att åka till Pakistan trots explosionerna. "Terrorister och mördare kommer inte att hindra mig från att åka till Pakistan. Min resa till Pakistan är viktig. Det är viktigt att få tala med president Musharraf om att fortsätta vår kamp mot terrorister". Bush uttryckte uttryckte under konferensen sina kondoleanser för de omkomna i attackerna.

AP rapporterar att samma konsulat två gånger tidigare har varit mål för attacker. En attack 2002 dödade 14 pakistanier och 2004 desarmerade polisen en tidsinställd bomb innan den hann explodera.

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Five Europeans are released in Ethiopia

A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in northern Ethiopia 12 days ago have been released, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has said. The workers - four British citizens and one French citizen and Ethiopian staff working with them, had been held in Eritrea, she announced on Tuesday.

The party were apparently on a sightseeing tour when they were abducted on 1 March. Beckett also said that all kidnapped were safe and well and were:

The group went missing on March 1 on a tourist trip to visit geological sites in the remote Afar region, in the country's north. Two vehicles belonging to the group were later found in a north-eastern village called Hamedali. The vehicles were found were riddled with bullets, but still contained luggage and mobile telephones.

The region in which the Hamedali is, Afar, straddles the border of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had said on Monday that Ethiopian officials had a "good idea" of where the hostages were being held.

Zenawi announced that embassy staff had not been specifically targeted and suggested that the kidnapping might have been a "mistake". Hamedali is a staging post for tourists venturing into the unique geological formations of the Danakil Depression, including the area's famous salt lakes. The area is one of the hottest and inhospitable lands on Earth. Visitors are warned by the government to travel in a convoy with armed guards because of rebels and bandits. Witnesses stated that around 50 men burst Hamedali and marched the foreigners towards the Eritrean border.


Éthiopie : cinq otages européens relâchés

Un groupe d'employés de l'ambassade britannique enlevés dans le nord de l'Éthiopie il y a douze jours ont été relâchés selon Margaret Beckett, secrétaire au Foreign Office (minstre des Affaires étrangères). Les employés - quatre sujets britanniques et un citoyen français, ainsi que l'équipe éthiopienne travaillant avec eux, avaient été enlevés en Érythrée a-t-elle annoncé.

Le groupe était apparement en excursion lorsqu'il fut enlevé le 1er mars dernier. Mme Beckett a aussi indiqué que tous les enlevés étaient sains et saufs et : « largement en bonne santé ».

Le groupe fut porté disparu le 1er mars lors d'un voyage touristique pour visiter les sites géologiques de la région Afar, dans le nord du pays. Deux véhicules appartenant au groupe furent trouvés plus tard dans un village du nord-est appelé Hamedali. Ils étaient criblés de balles, mais contenaient toujours bagages et téléphones mobiles.

La région Afar chevauche la froniètère entre l'Éthiopie et l'Érythrée. Le Premier ministre éthiopien, Meles Zenawi, avait annoncé lundi que les autorités éthiopiennes avaient « une bonne idée » de l'endroit où les otages étaient détenus.

M. Zenawi avait déclaré que le personnel de l'ambassade n'avait pas été visé en particulier et avait suggéré que cet enlèvement était peut-être une erreur. Hamedali est un point de départ pour les touristes visitant les formations géologiques uniques de la Dancalie, comprenant la fameuse région des lacs salés. La région constitue l'une des plus chaudes et inhospitalières terres de la planète. Les visiteurs sont encouragés par le gouvernement à se déplacer en convois avec une escorte armée en raison de la présence de rebelles et de bandits. Des témoins ont indiqués qu'environ 50 hommes sont tombés sur le village et ont forcé les étrangers à traverser la frontière érythréenne à pied.


Five police officers injured in Naples protest over new garbage tip

Five police officers were injured as they attempted to quell a demonstration over plans to build a large garbage tip on the edge of an Italian town, officials confirmed on Saturday. Two police officers and three carabinieri suffered minor injures during the protest, which lasted several hours. Residents of Terzigno, a municipality in the Province of Naples, hurled stones and fireworks at the police, who responded by attempting to disperse the demonstrators using teargas and baton charges. Protesters are campaigning against the opening of a new waste dump near the town, and the incident on Saturday is the latest in a series of demonstrations in which campaigners are preventing access to the existing garbage tip.

The blockade means waste disposal workers are unable to collect refuse, and it has been reported that 2,000 tones of rubbish has already piled up on the streets of Naples. Protesters set the garbage alight on Friday evening, Rosa Russo Iervolino, the mayor of Naples confirmed. Some protesters burned Italian flags and set cars on fire. "The bad smell bothers us, but it is the lesser evil," one protester, a grammar school teacher, said. "The most important thing is that we are dying here, there is leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, there are the most terrible diseases around." Two parents added that their children were suffering from respiratory problems and paediatricians had advised them to move away from the area. "They have ruined our lives, the lives of our children who are growing up in a world of rubbish, they are destroying our lives day by day," said one.

In 2007, Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi pledged to create a solution to Italy's ever-growing problem with litter. However, a European commisioner has warned the Italian government that they may face legal action from the European Union (EU), who may be able to fine them for failing to improve waste management in Naples. "I am worried by what has been happening in Campania in recent days," said Janez Potočnik, the European Commissioner for the Environment.  He added that the EU were considering sending a team to the area to assess whether laws protecting human health and the enviroment were being breached. "Today's situation leads us to believe that measures taken by Italian authorities since 2007 are insufficient," he said. "What has been happening in the last days shows that the Italian authorities have not yet done what is needed." Mr. Potočnik added that he felt that the region still had no waste management and that the only incinerator "is not functioning properly and at full capacity."


Italian jätekriisi 2010


Five police officers killed in Dallas, Texas during sniper attack

On Thursday, five police officers were killed and seven were injured after a sniper attacked a public protest march in downtown Dallas, Texas. Sources indicate at least three other people were taken into custody for questioning relating to the attack. The march was held to protest the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota during engagements with police officers.

Police identified 25-year-old Micah Johnson as the suspect. Johnson had previously served in the US army, and police reported he said he wanted to exact revenge upon police officers after news of Sterling and Castile's deaths. Ammunition and weapons were found inside Johnson's home. Dallas Police reported the policemen were shot at from a height. Officials said two civilians were also injured in the attack.

Micah Johnson served for the United States Army Reserve from 2009 until early 2015, including a tour of Afghanistan. Johnson had no criminal record.  His attack was reported to be a lone mission.

After the attack earlier on Thursday, police killed Micah Johnson in El Centro College's parking lot by a bomb explosion.

Hillary Clinton, 2016 United States presidential election candidate and favorite for the Democratic nomination this July, said, "There is too much violence, too much hate, too much senseless killing, too many people dead who shouldn't be. No-one has all the answers. We have to find them together."

After Johnson was killed, Mike Rawlings, Dallas' mayor, said "We believe now the city is safe".


Dallas: cinque agenti uccisi in una sparatoria

La notte scorsa alle 20:45 circa ora locale (le 3:45 della mattina in Italia), a Dallas una violenta sparatoria ha causato la morte di cinque agenti di polizia e il ferimento di altri sei durante una protesta contro le uccisioni di afroamericani da parte delle forze dell'ordine. La protesta era in atto dopo che nei giorni scorsi due uomini afroamericani sono morti in altrettanti incidenti, Philando Castile in Minnesota e Alton Sterling in Louisiana.

Secondo le prima dichiarazioni del corpo di polizia del Texas, la sparatoria sarebbe nata dopo che quattro uomini hanno aperto il fuoco sugli agenti. Dopo lo scontro a fuoco, uno degli assalitori si sarebbe tolto la vita e altri due uomini sono stati arrestati.

La sparatoria di stanotte segna il giorno con più vittime nel corpo di polizia dopo l'attentato dell'11 settembre 2001.

Il presidente Obama, in visita istituzionale in Polonia, ha definito la sparatoria come un «feroce, calcolato e terribile attacco alle forze dell'ordine».

Il capo della polizia di Dallas, David Brown, ha affermato che gli uomini del commando avrebbero agito assieme: due erano appostati sui tetti dei palazzi con fucili da cecchino e hanno sparato agli agenti alla schiena da una posizione elevata, mentre altri, armati con fucili d'assalto, avrebbero sparato da dietro le colonne di alcuni edifici. Brown ha definito l'attacco come una perfetta imboscata, cominciata quando la protesta volgeva al termine.


Five prostitutes found dead in U.K. brings fears of "Ipswich Ripper"

The bodies of five women within the United Kingdom have been found in or around the county of Suffolk in the east of England. The latest victims were found on 12 December 2006 in a rural area a few hundred meters apart, and one body discovered within 40 minutes of the other.
Detectives investigating the murders have confirmed that the last body discovered was that of 29 year old Annette Nicholls. Five women have been found dead within 10 days and authorities face an "unprecedented" murder investigation.

Britain's infamous historical serial killers are the 19th century murderer known as "Jack the Ripper", who was responsible for the deaths of five prostitutes in east London in 1888 but was never found and Peter Sutcliffe the "Yorkshire Ripper" who murdered 13 women, mainly those who worked in prostitution, over a period of five years in northern England.

Suffolk Police have cited prostitutes to stay off the streets and women have been advised not to go out unaccompanied.


Unbekannter tötete fünf Frauen bei Ipswich

Ipswich / London (England), 13.12.2006 – Die Polizei in Großbritannien ermittelt wegen fünf Morden, die nahe der Stadt Ipswich in der Grafschaft Suffolk begangen wurden. Einer oder mehrere Täter haben dort innerhalb von sechs Wochen fünf Frauen im Alter von 19 bis 29 Jahren getötet. Obwohl die Leichen nackt aufgefunden wurden, fanden sich keine Anzeichen einer Vergewaltigung. Alle fünf Opfer arbeiteten als Prostituierte.

Die Polizei überprüft, ob eine Verbindung zu fünf anderen Morden an Prostituierten besteht, die vor fünf Jahren ebenfalls in der Grafschaft Suffolk und Norfolk, einer angrenzenden Grafschaft, begangen wurden. Weiterhin werden die Alibis von mehr als 400 vorbestraften Sexualstraftätern überprüft. Chefermittler Stewart Gull forderte den oder die Täter unterdessen auf, sich zu stellen. Die polizeilichen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen nahe Ipswich wurden erhöht.

Experten begannen mit der Erstellung eines Täterprofiles. Demnach sei der Täter vermutlich zwischen 25 und 50 Jahre alt, habe weiße Hautfarbe und kenne sich in der Region gut aus. Obwohl nicht ausgeschlossen werden kann, dass es sich um mehrere Täter handelt, ist ein Einzeltäter wahrscheinlich.

Seit dem Bekanntwerden der Morde beklagen sich nun Sprecherinnen des Rotlicht-Gewerbes über scharfe Maßnahmen der Polizei gegenüber die Prostitutionsausübung in Großbritannien. Weiterhin wurde der Polizei vorgeworfen, Desinteresse bei gewalttätigen Übergriffen aufgewiesen zu haben. Prostituierte wenden sich nicht gerne mit Informationen an die Polizei.

Britische Zeitungen verglichen den Täter mit „Jack the Ripper“ und dem dreizehnfachen Mörder Peter Sutcliffe, der in den 1970ern als „Yorkshire Ripper“ bekannt wurde und noch inhaftiert ist.


Ipswich : un meurtrier en série sévit-il ?

Une série de meurtres sur des prostituées est, depuis le 2 septembre, actuellement en cours dans la ville d'Ipswich (140 000 habitants) dans l'Est de l'Angleterre : c'est ce qu'a confirmé la police britannique en liant 5 homicides sur des femmes agées de 19 à 29 ans se connaissant, la dernière victime étant une prostituée de 29 ans, Annette Nicholls. Si, comme l'affirme le commissaire chargé de l'enquête, Stewart Gull, l'autopsie du dernier corps n'a pas permis de connaître les circonstances exactes de la mort, il s'agit tout de même d'un meurtre avéré.


Florida schools begin to enforce new statewide ban on saggy pants and other revealing attire

With the start of a new academic year, schools throughout the US state of Florida are beginning to enforce a new law that bans students from wearing revealing attire.

The state legislature overwhelmingly voted earlier this year to prohibit male students from wearing their pants so low such that their underwear is exposed. Girls are also not allowed to wear low-cut and midriff-exposing shirts. Signed by Governor Rick Scott in June, the law comes into effect during the 2011-2012 school year. Florida joined Arkansas as the only states with such widespread bans against saggy pants.

The law only applies on school campuses. Principals are required to issue a verbal warning to first-time offenders and call their parents. Students who repeatedly violate the law may be punished with up to three days of in-school suspension and up to one month of suspension from extracurricular activities.

Gary Siplin, a Democratic State Senator from Orlando, had pushed for the ban for six years. An African American, he disagreed with accusations by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that the law infringes upon individual freedom and targets minority students. Citing a need to encourage professionalism and preparedness for college, he said "I'm not going to hire anyone, white or black, with saggy pants. I want to make sure our kids qualify."

On Monday Siplin handed out a dozen belts donated by a local church to students wearing saggy pants at Oak Ridge High School in Orlando. Another 100 were donated to two other predominantly minority schools as students began their first week of classes last week.


Floridské školy začaly vynucovat zákaz pokleslých kalhot

Se začátkem nového školního roku začaly školy amerického státu Florida vyžadovat od svých žáků, aby dodržovali nový zákon zakazující jim nosit odhalující oblečení.

Zákon, který byl nedávno schválen velkou většinou hlasů, zakazuje chlapcům nosit kalhoty tak nízko, aby byly vidět spodky. Dívkám je zase zapovězeno chodit s hlubokým výstřihem nebo zkráceným tričkem odhalujícím břicho.

Guvernér Rick Scott podepsal zákon už v červnu, ovšem ve školách se zákon projevuje až teď, od školního roku 2011–2012. Už dříve podobný zákon schválil Arkansas.

Zákon reguluje oblečení pouze na pozemcích škol. Při prvním porušení má ředitel za úkol ústně porušitele varovat a také upozornit jeho rodiče. Pokud někdo porušuje zákon opakovaně, může být na tři dny vyloučen ze třídy (tj. být ve škole a plnit úkoly, ale stranou ostatních), případně být až na měsíc vyloučen z mimoškolních aktivit.

Senátor Gary Siplin za Demokratickou stranu se snažil zákon prosadit šest let, než se mu to povedlo. Proti zákonu se postavila mimo jiné Národní asociace pro podporu barevných lidí (NAACP) a Americká unie pro občanské svobody (ACLU), které se domnívají, že zákon zasahuje do osobních svobod a hůře zasáhne menšiny. Gary Siplin, který je sám afrického původu, s tím ovšem nesouhlasí a sám svůj zákon zkusil podpořit tím, že v pondělí rozdával v místní střední škole žákům s padajícími kalhotami kožené pásky věnované místním církevním sborem.


Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić boycotts genocide trial

The genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić began today at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.

Karadžić faces 11 charges, including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, which relate to the Bosnian War of the 1990s. He denies all of the charges.

Now 64, Karadžić had been in hiding for 13 years before being taken to The Hague for trial, which opened 14 years after the events to which it refers, and is expected to last until 2012. Karadžić announced on Thursday that he did not intend to attend the opening day, and it began without his presence. As he plans to defend himself, the trial could not continue.

Karadžić says he needs more time to prepare, and the trial has been adjourned until tomorrow to allow the judges to consider their options. If Karadžić fails to attend repeatedly, a defence lawyer may be assigned to him in order to allow the trial to continue in his absence.

The start date has been delayed twice, and a request by Karadžić for a further 10-month delay was rejected. He has also attempted to request that the charges be dropped on the grounds that former US mediator Richard Holbrooke offered him immunity in 1996 if he retired from public life. The court rejected this appeal.


Proces s Radovanem Karadžićem začíná. On ovšem nepřišel

Bývalý předák bosenských Srbů Radovan Karadžić měl dnes stanout před trestním tribunálem pro bývalou Jugoslávii, kde se měl zodpovídat z 11 bodů obžaloby. Ty zahrnují genocidu, válečné zločiny a zločiny proti lidskosti. Proces v těchto dnech právě začíná. Karadžić se však k soudu nedostavil, bojkotuje jej. Obvinění, která proti němu byla vznesena, popírá.

Soudce proto případ pro den přerušil a vyzval Karadžiće, aby se k procesu dostavil.

Právní zástupce Radovana Karadžiće pro BBC uvedl, že jeho klient potřebuje pro přípravu obhajoby minimálně 9 měsíců.

Radovan Karadžić, který patřil k významným osobnostem války v Jugoslávii, byl dopaden loňský rok poté, co se 13 let skrýval v Bělehradě. Byl převezen do Haagu, aby byl souzen za zločiny, kterých se měl dopustit během bosenského konfliktu v 90. letech.


Radovan Karadžić zbojkotował swój własny proces

W poniedziałek w Hadze rozpoczął się proces oskarżonego o ludobójstwo byłego przywódcy bośniackich Serbów Radovana Karadžića przed Międzynarodowym Trybunałem ds. Zbrodni Wojennych w byłej Jugosławii.

Karadžićowi postawiono 11 zarzutów. Oskarżono go o ludobójstwo, zbrodnie wojenne i zbrodnie przeciwko ludzkości, których miał dopuścić się podczas wojny w Bośni i Hercegowinie w latach 90-tych. Oskarżony zaprzecza wszelkim zarzutom.

64-letni Karadžić zanim stanął przed Trybunałem w Hadze pozostawał w ukryciu przez 13 lat. Proces rozpoczął się 14 lat po zakończeniu wojny w Bośni i Hercegowinie i oczekuje się, że potrwa do roku 2012. W czwartek Karadžić ogłosił, że nie zamierza stawić się w pierwszym dniu procesu i tak też zrobił. Jednakże proces nie może odbywać się bez jego obecności, gdyż oskarżony zamierza sam się bronić.


Radovan Karadžić bojkotuje suđenje

26. октобар 2009.Hag-  (Beta) Bivši predsednik Republike Srpske Radovan Karadžić, optužen za genocid nad nesrbima u BiH, nije se u ponedeljak ujutru pojavio na početku suđenja pred Haškim tribunalom, iz protesta što mu, kako tvrdi, sud nije dao dovoljno vremena za pripremu.

Odluku o daljem toku postupka, posle konsultacije sa tužiocima, doneće sudsko veće predsedavajućeg O Gon Kvona iz Južne Koreje u kojem su još Hauard Morison iz Velike Britanije i Melvil Berd iz Trinidada i Tobaga. Rezervni sudija je Flavija Latanci iz Italije.

Ispred zgrade Haškog tribunala okupilo se više desetina predstavnika, većinom žena, udruženja žrtava iz Srebrenice i drugih predstavnika bošnjačkih žrtava.

Oni su nosili ogroman natpis: "Sramota Evrope! Genocid: 8106 ubijenih u Srebrenici 1995". Na drugom transparentu pisalo je: "Masovni ubica Karadžić - uhvatite Mladića".


Former Chadian leader receives death sentence

Hissen Habre, the former President of Chad, has received a death sentence for plotting to overthrow the Chadian government.  He is currently in exile and is living in Senegal.

In addition, the head of Rally of Forces for Change, Timane Erdimi, was sentenced to death in absentia as well as 10 other individuals. Erdimi is related to the current President of Chad, Idriss Déby. 32 other people were penalized with hard labor.

The inquiry said that Habre's government was responsible for 40,000 politically motivated murders and 200,000 torture cases.

The trial, which began on Tuesday, lasted for three days. The individuals tried in the hearing, received no legal defence throughout the period. El Hadj Diouf, Habre's lawyer in Senegal, stated that "this is a manipulation ... I'm not taking this seriously." Habre is expected to be tried in Senegal per the request of the African Union. The trial could potentially be years away, as no official date has been set.

Since being forced out of power in 1990, Habre has fought in a rebellion against the Chadian government along the eastern border of the country.


Ex-líder chadiano recebe condenação à morte

Ndjamena, Chade • 19 de agosto de 2008

O ex-presidente do Chade, Hissene Habrê, que governou o país entre 1982 a 1990, recebeu uma sentença de morte na última sexta-feira (15) por planejar derrubar o governo Chade. Ele está atualmente no exílio e está vivendo no Senegal.

Além disso, o líder da Reunião das Forças Democráticas, Timane Erdimi, foi condenado à morte in absentia (a revelia), incluindo 10 outras pessoas. Erdimi está relacionado com o atual Presidente do Chade, Idriss Déby. As outras 32 pessoas foram duramente penalizados com trabalhabos forçados.

O inquérito disse que o Governo Habre foi responsável por 40.000 politicamente motivadas 200.000 de casos das torturas e assassinatos.

O julgamento, que começou na terça-feira (12), durou três dias. Os indivíduos julgados no decurso da audiência, não recebeu qualquer contestação jurídica ao longo de todo o período. El Hadj Diouf, o advogado da Habre no Senegal, afirmou que "esta é uma manipulação... eu não estou tendo presente a sério." Habre está previsto para ser julgado no Senegal por solicitação da União Africana. O julgamento pode ser potencialmente anos de distância, como data oficial não foi definida.

Desde que foi derrubado do poder em 1990, Habre lutou em uma rebelião contra o atual governo do Chade que o derrubou, ao longo da fronteira oriental do país.


Former chief of Czechoslovak constitutional court murdered

Slovak attorney Ernest Valko, 57, was killed yesterday in his house in Limbach near Bratislava.

An unknown man shot Valko once in the heart from several meters away.

The police department dealing with organized crime started investigating the murder. It refused to speculate about any motive. According to today's statements, neither Valko, nor his colleagues had alerts about any possible attack.

Valko was a member of the Czechoslovakia parliament after the Velvet Revolution, serving as a deputy speaker of the lower house between 1990 and 1991. He made important contributions to key laws including the preamble of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms.

In 1992, Valko led the Czechoslovak constitutional court since its establishment in April till the dissolution of Czechoslovakia at the end of the year. Since 1993, Valko has worked as an attorney representing prominent figures as well as several state institutions.

Slovak politicians and attorneys spoke about shock from the news and offered their condolences to the Valko's family.


Bývalý předseda československého ústavního soudu byl zastřelen

Večer byl ve svém domě v obci Limbach nedaleko Bratislavy zastřelen slovenský právník Ernest Valko. Byl významným advokátem a v roce 1992 jediným předsedou Ústavního soudu Československa od jeho založení do rozpadu federace.

Sedmapadesátiletého Valka zabil neznámý pachatel jedinou střelou z několika metrů, která advokáta zasáhla přímo do srdce. Oběť nalezla v domě jeho manželka, která jela do jeho domu, když jí neodpovídal na telefon. Vyšetřování vraždy převzal útvar zabývající se organizovaným zločinem. Dohled nad vyšetřováním bude provádět generální prokuratura.

Ministr vnitra Daniel Lipšic, který byl v minulosti zaměstnán ve Valkově advokátní kanceláři, slíbil vyšetření případu. Vyšetřovatelé zároveň oznámili, že budou zveřejňovat pouze zcela prověřené informace.

Valko byl od roku 1990 do roku 1991 poslancem Sněmovny lidu Federálního shromáždění, kde vykonával i funkci místopředsedy a zapojil se aktivně do vytváření novel řady důležitých právních norem. V roce 1992 se stal předsedou Ústavního soudu, který vznikl v dubnu, ale byl rozpuštěn na konci roku kvůli rozpadu federace. Poté se věnoval advokátské profesi a zastupoval mimo jiné mnohé politiky i státní úřady. V roce 2006 byl krátce zadržen, když ho policie podezřívala z vydírání, ale soud nepřijal návrh na vzetí do vazby a prokuratura zanedlouho vyšetřování kauzy zastavila. Pouze před týdnem se stal členem dozorčí rady holdingu Slovenský plynárenský priemysel.

Podle svých přátel a lidí z okolí se Valko nikdy nesvěřil z obavy, že mu hrozí nebezpečí. Bezpečnostní analytik Milan Žitný ale připustil, že s ním mluvil o obavách kvůli zastupování jedné ze stran v případu státní loterie Tipos. Tu žaluje kyperská společnost Lemikon, která převzala od společnosti Športka směnku na 60 miliard eur za zneužité know-how na hru Sportka. Valko byl ve sporu zástupcem Tiposu.

V komentářích deníku Sme se objevují často názory, že Valkova vražda může mít výrazný vliv na celou slovenskou společnost. Předseda Slovenské advokátní komory Tomáš Borec například pohrozil, že „útok na jakoukoli část justičního systému může způsobit jeho rozvrat“. Borcův předchůdce Ondrej Mularčík konstatoval: „Pokud se tato událost stala v souvislosti s jeho povoláním, tak je to úplná katastrofa.“


Former Chief Operating Officer of Wikimedia Foundation is convicted felon

The Register, a British technology news and opinion website, reports that a former Wikimedia Foundation Chief Operating Officer (COO) has a criminal record in at least four U.S. states: Texas, Maryland, Virginia and Florida.

Carolyn Doran, born Carolyn Sue Bothwell, was the WMF COO for six months from January to July 2007. The Register reported Doran's criminal record includes four convictions for driving under the influence, two of check fraud and petty larceny, one hit and run with fatality, and one charge of unlawful wounding for shooting former boyfriend Philip L. Brown in the chest in 1990. He later asked that no charges be made against her and they resumed dating each other. Two of the arrests for driving under the influence occurred this year, once in May while she was working for the Foundation and once a month after she resigned.

"He asked me to marry him after I shot him," Doran told The Washington Post on February 22, 1990.

Wikinews has confirmed, through Pinellas County police reports, that she was convicted in four DUI's and also the hit and run. It is also confirmed, she faced an additional charge of driving while a license is suspended or revoked (DWLSR).

In 1994, Doran was implicated in the murder of a man who was the lover of her friend, Cassondra Sue Betancourt. Betancourt was later convicted of the man's first degree murder in 1995 after a jury trial. According to court documents, Betancourt, "brought some cocaine to a hotel room that had been rented by the victim, her lover. The next morning, after defendant left the room, the victim was discovered dead."

Doran, who had prior knowledge that Betancourt would deliver the drugs, made a plea deal with prosecutors that if she testified against Betancourt, she would get a lesser sentence for her previous charges of credit card fraud and petty larceny. Although Doran assisted the prosecution in attempting to gain incriminating evidence by wearing a wire while with Betancourt, Doran never received her lesser sentence.

Despite the attempt, Betancourt's conviction was later overturned in 1998 because "there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. The court held that there had only been circumstantial evidence linking defendant to the crime, and that proof by circumstantial evidence was not sufficient to prove first degree murder," added the court papers.

Wikinews can also confirm that Doran's husband, Sean H. Doran, a former intelligence officer and major for the U.S. Air Force, to whom she was married for only five days, drowned on their honeymoon on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands in 1999. According to The Washington Post, the cause of the drowning which led to his death was not known.  It was later acknowledged in private records given to the Library of Virginia that his death was deemed accidental.

Six months later she remarried after meeting a man named Christopher Dale Confer in Arapahoe County, Colorado. It was earlier thought she used Confer as an alias, because according to PACER, she filed for bankruptcy in 2001 where she is listed as having "aliases," one being Carolyn S. King and the other as Carolyn Confer.

The Register quotes Mike Godwin, the Wikimedia Foundation's general counsel, as saying that the Foundation had no knowledge of Doran's prior or current criminal record. "We've never had any documentation of any criminal record on Carolyn Doran's part at all. As far as I'm concerned, I have no direct knowledge of [her criminal record] yet...We have, in our records, no evidence of any such thing."

Wikinews attempted to contact Mr. Godwin via e-mail but no response has yet been received.

Doran was voted into her COO position by the Wikimedia Board of Trustees at the time. Of the seven board members, six supported her position and one did not. The vote was made and agreed upon on January 22, 2007. She was in charge of "all office/administrative issues" and "overall administration and business operations. Areas of responsibility included administration, personnel and fiscal management. In the future, [she will be in charge of] any new employee working in the administrative area," according to public e-mails on Wikimedia's main mailing list foundation-l.

According to Florence Devouard, the Chair of the WMF Board of Trustees, background checks were not performed on anyone until at least 2007, but that recently, the Foundation began to perform them. During that time, Brad Patrick was acting Executive Director and he did all the hiring.

"In fall 2006, we did not perform criminal background checks. From what I understood, Mike took care of this and this is now being done. It is fairly recent, the board did not get any report on this," said Devouard on foundation-l.

Doran was searched and questioned by U.S. Customs agents in Florida after returning from a Foundation board meeting in the Netherlands around June. According to The Register, it was because she violated the terms of her parole by attending the meeting. She was not arrested, but according to police reports, on October 31, 2007, Doran was arrested under a warrant valid for a "nationwide extradition". Doran was then extradited back to Virginia, where she is currently being held in a prison in Staunton.

Doran resigned from her position in July 2007, and the Foundation is currently without a Chief Operating Officer.


La justice américaine s'intéresse à une ancienne employée de la Wikimedia Fondation

Cet article mentionne la Wikimedia Foundation ou un de ses projets. Notez que Wikinews est un projet de la Wikimedia Foundation.

Publié le 20 décembre 2007
The Register, un site de news et d'opinions, révèle qu'une ancienne responsable des opérations de la Fondation Wikimedia, Carolyn Bothwell Doran, possédait un casier judiciaire dans 4 états des États-Unis (Texas, Maryland, Virginie et Floride).

Elle se serait rendue coupable d'un délit de fuite dans un accident de voiture ayant conduit à un décès, sous l'influence de l'alcool, et de plusieurs autres cas de conduites en état d'ébriété.

Contactée, la Fondation a apporté quelques correctifs face à plusieurs informations inexactes rapportées sur certains sites internet. L'intéressée avait cessé de travailler pour la fondation dès le mois de juin, soit un mois avant son arrestation.


Była dyrektor ds. operacyjnych Fundacji Wikimedia jest skazanym przestępcą

The Register, brytyjski magazyn internetowy poświęcony branży IT, doniósł w grudniu, że była dyrektor ds. operacyjnych Fundacji Wikimedia (której projektami są m.in. Wikinews oraz Wikipedia) była karana w co najmniej czterech stanach USA.

Carolyn Doran (panieńskie nazwisko: Carolyn Sue Bothwell) piastowała stanowisko dyrektora ds. operacyjnych przez pół roku, od stycznia do lipca 2007. Według The Register kartoteka policyjna Doran zawiera: prowadzenie pod wpływem alkoholu (cztery wyroki), dwa wyroki za fałszowanie czeków i drobną kradzież, jeden za wypadek samochodowy ze skutkiem śmiertelnym i ucieczkę z miejsca wypadku oraz oskarżenie o zranienie postrzałem w klatkę piersiową byłego chłopaka Philipa L. Browna w 1990 roku. Brown wycofał oskarżenie przeciwko Doran po tym, jak zaczęli się ponownie ze sobą umawiać.

Dwa z aresztowań za prowadzenie pod wpływem alkoholu miały miejsce w roku 2007 – jedno w maju, podczas gdy Doran pracowała dla Fundacji, jedno w miesiąc po jej rezygnacji.
Wikinews (wersja anglojęzyczna) potwierdziło, że Doran była skazana za cztery przypadki prowadzenia pod wpływem alkoholu, a także za spowodowanie wypadku i ucieczkę z miejsca zdarzenia. Zostało także potwierdzone, że postawiono jej dodatkowy zarzut prowadzenia pojazdu w czasie, gdy prawo jazdy jest zawieszone lub odebrane.

The Register cytuje Mike'a Godwina, prawnika Fundacji Wikimedia, który stwierdza, że Fundacja nie wiedziała o aktualnych i wcześniejszych przestępstwach Doran. Carolyn Doran została najpierw zatrudniona (za pośrednictwem agencji pracy tymczasowej) na stanowisku księgowej (w niepełnym wymiarze godzin), a następnie została wybrana na stanowisko dyrektora ds. operacyjnych przez Radę Powierniczą Fundacji Wikimedia. Z siedmiu członków Rady sześciu głosowało za jej przyjęciem, a jeden członek zgłosił stanowisko odrębne. Głosowanie odbyło się 22 stycznia 2007 roku.

Według publicznie dostępnych e-maili z listy mailingowej Fundacji foundation-l dyrektor ds. operacyjnych był odpowiedzialny za wszystkie kwestie biurowe i administracyjne. Do obowiązków dyrektora ds. operacyjnych należało zarządzanie finansami, personelem oraz administracją.

Doran była przeszukiwana i przesłuchiwana przez pracowników służby celnej na Florydzie po powrocie ze spotkania członków zarządu Fundacji w Holandii w okolicach czerwca 2007. Według The Register stało się tak, gdyż biorąc udział w spotkaniu naruszyła ona warunki zwolnienia warunkowego. Nie została wtedy aresztowana, ale (wg raportów policyjnych) została aresztowana 31 października 2007 roku na podstawie "ogólnokrajowego nakazu ekstradycji". Została następnie ekstradowana z powrotem do Wirginii, gdzie aktualnie odbywa karę pozbawienia wolności w więzieniu w Staunton.

Doran zrezygnowała ze stanowiska w lipcu 2007; aktualnie Fundacja nie posiada nikogo na stanowisku dyrektora ds. operacyjnych.


Former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet fingerprinted

Police arrived at Augusto Pinochet's home this morning in the Chilean capital of Santiago to fingerprint the 90 year old man and take a mugshot, in an incident his lawyer called an insult.  His lawyer, Pablo Rodriguez, said, "This is insulting but what pains us the most is not that a police record has been made for a former president but that there are no legal grounds to do so," and "this is an arbitrary procedure by the judge."

Judge Victor Montiglio ordered the mugshots and fingerprints to create a file on Pinochet.  He has been under house arrest since November 2005.

Pinochet is being charged in relation to Operation Colombo, where 119 political dissidents disappeared during his reign in the mid-1970s.  Pinochet's regime claims that they all died in clashes with various opposition groups.  A government spokesperson said, "Once more in Chile we can happily affirm that there is equality before the law and that the courts of justice are functioning impeccably."

Pinochet is also in other legal trouble.  In November he was indicted for tax fraud and other crimes related to some $27 million in foreign bank accounts, according to Reuters.  And also on Monday he was ruled fit to stand trial for the disappearances in Operation Colombo.  This comes as a change of court rulings, previously cases have been dismissed because of medical reasons.


La justicia chilena toma huellas y fotografías de Pinochet

Funcionarios judiciales fueron enviados este miércoles (28) a casa del ex dictador chileno Augusto Pinochet, quien cumple arresto domiciliario desde finales de noviembre pasado, con el fin de tomarle las huellas dactilares y fotografías de frente y de perfil para el prontuario, como cualquier procesado.

El juez Víctor Montiglio, quien ordenó el fichaje de Pinochet, le concedió libertad provisional por seis de las nueve muertes relacionadas con la llamada Operación Colombo, en la que 119 opositores políticos desaparecieron. No obstante, debe pagar una fianza de US$47.000 y esperar la confirmación de la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago. El proceso había sido resuelto el 24 de noviembre pasado. Sin embargo, el 5 de diciembre la Corte Suprema de Justicia añadió tres nombres más a la lista de desaparecidos. El alto tribunal no ha enviado de vuelta el expediente del proceso a Montiglio.

Osvaldo Puccio, vocero gubernamental, dijo: "una vez más, se confirma la igualdad ante la ley". Otra cosa piensa Pablo Rodríguez, abogado de Pinochet: "No hay duda que esto es un insulto", dijo el abogado de Pinochet, Pablo Rodríguez, luego del procedimiento.

Hernán Quezada, el abogado querellante que solicitó la apertura de la ficha, declaró: "En Chile todo presunto delincuente, una vez que es sometido a proceso, debe ser 'prontuariado' (fichado). Augusto Pinochet interpuso recursos de amparo que fueron rechazado por la Corte de Apelaciones y por la Corte Suprema y por lo tanto corresponde que se realice esta diligencia. Es un trámite normal dentro del procedimiento penal chileno".

El 23 de noviembre pasado, Pinochet había sido puesto en arresto domiciliario por cargos de corrupción. Aunque pagó una fianza, al día siguiente debió permanecer en su casa de Santiago, pues ese día se abrió el proceso por los seis desaparecidos de la Operación Colombo. El lunes pasado (26), la Corte Suprema rechazó una última apelación de la defensa del ex dictador, que afirmaba que Pinochet no podía ir a juicio por problemas de salud.


L'ancien président chilien Augusto Pinochet a désormais un casier judiciaire

La police chilienne est arrivée au domicile d'Augusto Pinochet ce matin à Santiago, afin de relever ses empreintes, ainsi que pour prendre une photo. Son avocat, Pablo Rodriguez, trouve que cette procédure ressemble à une insulte. Il a en effet déclaré : « Ceci est insultant mais ce qui nous fait souffrir le plus est que l'enregistrement de la police a été fait pour un ancien président cependant, il n'y a aucun réglement légal pour ça » et « il s'agit d'une procédure arbitraire venant d'un juge ».

Le juge Victor Montiglio a ordonné de prendre des photographies et les empreintes afin de créer un fichier sur le général Pinochet, assigné à résidence depuis novembre 2005.

L'ancien dictateur est accusé d'être directement mêlé à l'opération Columbo, durant laquelle 119 dissidents politiques avaient disparu, dans les années 70, pendant la dictature. Le régime affirmait alors que les opposants étaient morts à la suite d'embuscades entre groupes d'opposition. Un porte-parole de l'actuel gouvernement de coalition a déclaré : « Une fois encore au Chili, nous pouvons affirmer avec joie qu'il y a égalité devant la loi et que la cour de justice fonctionne impeccablement ».


Chile: Policja w domu Augusto Pinocheta

Policja wkroczyła wczoraj do mieszkania Augusto Pinocheta w Santiago de Chile, by pobrać odciski palców 90-letniego byłego prezydenta Chile. Funkcjonariusze zrobili mu także zdjęcie do kartoteki policyjnej. Prawnik Pinocheta, Pablo Rodriguez, określił ten incydent jako uwłaczający. To zdarzenia to obraza, ale tym, co przyniosło największą przykrość nie były działania policji, lecz brak ich prawnych podstaw – powiedział Rodriguez.

Działania policji to skutek nakazu sędziego Victora Montiglio. To właśnie on zlecił funkcjonariuszom wykonanie zdjęcia i odcisków palców w celu założenia kartoteki policyjnej Pinocheta. Były prezydent Chile od października ma zasądzony areszt domowy.

Prokuratura stawia Pinochetowi zarzut udziału w Operacji Colombo, podczas której w 1975 roku znikło bez śladu 119 przeciwników politycznych przywódcy wojskowej junty. W okresie reżimu Pinocheta, władze Chile twierdziły, że politycy zginęli w wyniku walk wewnątrz opozycji.

Rzecznik chilijskiego rządu w reakcji na działania policji powiedział, że po raz kolejny w Chile można mówić o równości wszystkich przed prawem. Jego zdaniem sąd i wymiar sprawiedliwości działa w tym kraju bez zarzutu.

Pinochet ma też inne problemy prawne. Jak podaje Agencja Reutera w październiku były chilijski prezydent został oskarżony o defraudację i przestępstwa podatkowe. Ma to m.in. związek z 27 milionami dolarów, które Pinochet ma na swoich zagranicznych kontach bankowych.

Komentatorzy podkreślają, że zmienia się podejście chilijskich sądów do Pinocheta. Wcześniej byłemu przywódcy wojskowej junty udawało się unikać procesów ze względu na jego zły stan zdrowia.


Polícia tira impressões digitais de Pinochet

Na manhã de ontem (28), a polícia chilena foi à casa de Augusto Pinochet,  na capital Santiago, para tomar as impressões digitais e tirar a foto  do homem de 90 anos. O  advogado de Pinochet, Pablo Rodriguez, considerou o acontecimento um insulto: "Isto é insultante, mas o que nos dói  mais não é um registro  policial estar sendo sido feito com um ex-Presidente, mas o facto de não haver nenhuma base legal para isso.". Ele acrescentou ainda que o procedimento foi uma decisão arbitrária do juiz.

O juiz Vitor Montiglio ordenou que fossem tiradas as fotos e impressões digitais para criar um arquivo  de Pinochet. O ex-Presidente está sob prisão domiciliar  desde  novembro passado.

Pinochet é  acusado de participar da suposta Operação Colombo, onde 119 dissidentes políticos desapareceram durante o seu Governo, em meados da década de 70. O regime de Pinochet alega que todos eles morreram  em confrontos  com vários grupos de oposição.

Um porta-voz do actual Governo disse: "mais uma vez no Chile podemos afirmar felizmente que há igualdade perante a Lei e que os Tribunais de Justiça estão funcionando impecavelmente."

Pinochet tem ainda uma preocupações legais. Em novembro ele foi acusado de fraude fiscal e outros crimes que envolvem aproximadamente 27 milhões de dólares supostamente depositados em contas bancárias no exterior, segundo informou a agência Reuters.

Segunda-feira ele foi considerado apto  a comparecer no julgamento dos desaparecidos durante a Operação Colombo. Anteriormente Pinochet tinha sido dispensado sob a alegação de problemas de saúde.


Former CIA agent indicted after leaking classified information

Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, an ex-officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), was taken into custody Thursday by federal agents in St. Louis, Missouri. He was indicted on six separate counts of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information, as well as four additional charges: mail fraud, unlawfully keeping national defense information, obstruction of justice, and unauthorized conveyance of government property. Sterling, aged 43, had been employed by the CIA from May 1993 until he was fired in January 2002. During his arraignment, a judge declared that he would be held until a Monday hearing because the government called him a danger to the community.

Sterling, an African American lawyer who lives in O'Fallon, allegedly provided classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen, some of which was incorporated into Risen's 2006 State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. Risen, who wrote about the CIA's involvement in Iran's nuclear program, has not named any of his sources even after being subpeonaed twice; Risen was not explicitly named in Sterling's indictment, but his involvement in the alleged leak is strongly supported by its contents, and a US government official confirmed the connection to NBC News.

The indictment stated that, for two years during his career with the CIA, Sterling had been involved in "a classified clandestine operational program designed to conduct intelligence activities related to the weapons capabilities of certain countries." An anonymous source close to the investigation said one of those countries was Iran. While managing CIA operations, Sterling also handled a "human asset," whose name he is also accused of releasing.

From 2000, Sterling had been engaged in various disputes with the agency. According to a story authored by Risen for The New York Times in March 2002, Sterling's supervisor during the Iran program said, "You kind of stick out as a big black guy." The comment was made after Sterling made requests for new assignments concerning Iran, requests declined because his appearance could interfere with the cases. Sterling, sued the CIA  for racial discrimination shortly after being fired, but was unable to come to a settlement in February 2003, and allegedly began leaking the classified information soon after that. The indictment claimed the motive behind the leak was retaliation for the unsuccessful lawsuit.

Edward B. MacMahon Jr., a Virginia attorney for Sterling, said, "He has always maintained his innocence throughout the course of this entire investigation. We'll seek to prove that in court." MacMahon also said trial will be held at a U.S. District Court in Alexandria, as the case began in that state. Every charge against Sterling comes with the possibility of 10–20 years of jail time.

US Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer made a statement, saying that "Sterling placed at risk our national security and the life of an individual working on a classified mission." A spokesperson for the CIA said, "Separate and apart from any specific instance, including this matter involving a former agency officer who left the CIA years ago, we take very seriously the unauthorized disclosure of classified information." The New York Times did not comment on the matter.

The Obama administration has already taken action in several similar leaks involving government officers. The administration has also initiated an investigation into Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, after the site's release of thousands of classified documents.


Kiszivárogtatással gyanúsítanak egy volt CIA ügynököt

Ma hallgatják ki Jeffrey Alexander Sterling volt CIA alkalmazottat, akit szövetségi ügynökök még csütörtökön vettek őrizetbe. Sterlinget levéltitok megsértésével, az igazságszolgáltatás akadályoztatásával, kormányzati tulajdon ellopásával, védelmi információk jogosulatlan tárolásával és hatrendbeli nyilvánosságra hozásával gyanúsítják. A vádlott 1993 májusa és 2002 januárja között dolgozott a hivatalnak. A bíróság engedett a kormányzat kérésének, és a mai meghallgatásáig elrendelte az előzetes letartóztatást.

Sterling a gyanú szerint James Risen[1] egyik informátora lehetett, aki a neki átadott információkat felhasználta State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration[2] című könyvének megírásakor. A kötet az iráni atomprogrammal, illetve az amerikai titkosszolgálatok által ahhoz nyújtott támogatással foglalkozik. (A kötet szerzője nem nevezte meg forrásait annak ellenére sem, hogy kétszer is beidézték.) A vádirat ugyan nem nevezte meg Risent, de annak tartalma alapján valószínűsítik érintettségét. (A kapcsolatot az MSNBC hírcsatornának egy meg nem nevezett kormányzati forrás meg is erősítette.)

Sterling két évig dolgozott egy titkos felmérésen, amely bizonyos országok hadipotenciálját volt hivatott felderíteni. Egy másik névtelen forrás szerint ezen országok egyike Irán volt, s a gyanú szerint a vádlott még az ő alá rendelt besúgó nevét is kiadta.

– Sterling veszélybe sodorta a nemzet biztonságát, és titkos feladatot teljesítő munkatársa életét.[3] – mondta Lanny A. Breuer helyettes államügyész.

A gyanúsítottnak 2000-től voltak problémái a munkahelyén: afroamerikai lévén például elutasították azon kérvényét, hogy továbbra is az iráni ügyekkel foglalkozhasson arra hivatkozva, hogy kinézete veszélyeztethette volna az ügymenetet.[4] Miután felmondtak neki, diszkrimináció vádjával beperelte volt munkaadóját. Az eljárás 2003 februárjáig sem záródott le, s a vádirat szerint Sterling ekkor kezdhetett titkos adatokat kiszivárogtatni, bosszúból.

Védője, Edward B. MacMahon Jr. a sajtónak elmondta, hogy védence a nyomozás alatt végig tagadta bűnösségét, és hogy kitartanak emellett a bíróságon is. Az ügyet a Virginia állambeli Alexandriában tárgyalják majd: a tét nagy, hiszen a Sterling ellen felhozott vádpontok büntetése egyenként is elérheti a 10-20 évet.

– A titkosított információk kiszivárogtatását minden esetben nagyon komolyan vesszük. Így van ez most is, habár ez egy olyan ügynököt érint, aki évekkel ezelőtt dolgozott az ügynökségnek.[5] – nyilatkozta a CIA szóvivője.

Az Obama vezette kormányzat már eddig is több esetben is fellépett a kiszivárogtatókkal szemben: így rendelték el például a Julian Assange elleni nyomozást is, akinek a WikiLeaks nevű weboldala többezernyi titkosított dokumentumot hozott nyilvánosságra.


Former Colombian intelligence official claims Colombia had a plan to kill Chavez

Rafael Garcia, the former director of the Information and Technology Department of Security Administrative Department (Spanish acronym DAS) , the Colombian intelligence agency, from prison stated that there was a plan to assassinate Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

The information was revealed by Garcia in an interview with Semana magazine in which he accused former DAS Director, Jorge Noguera, of providing the paramilitary death squads with information and lists about union leaders, professors, and left-wing leaders who then after  were found dead. He accused Noguera of working with paramilitary chief Jorge 40 in a conspiracy to kill Chavez and other Venezuelan officials.

He denounces also that a system installed on a border post between the Colombian department of Guajira, and the Venezuelan State of Zulia for migration control was in reality an espionage system aimed at Venezuela.

Garcia said that Noguera had plotted a fraud to obtain 300,000 votes for the 2002 election campaign in favor of Alvaro Uribe.

According to Cambio and Semana magazines, Noguera was appointed consul in Milan after an scandal broke in which he was organizing a coup d’etat against Chavez in 2005.


Acusan a ex jefe de inteligencia colombiana de fraude electoral, nexos con las AUC y complot contra Chávez

10 de abril de 2006Bogotá, Colombia — Dos importantes revistas (Cambio y Semana) revelan las declaraciones de Rafael García, ex jefe de informática del Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS), el organismo de inteligencia colombiano, quien acusó a su ex director, Jorge Noguera, de participar en un fraude electoral en las elecciones parlamentarias de 2002, de un complot para asesinar al presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez y de poner al DAS al servicio de los paramilitares de las Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia.

Semana afirma que García, quien fue capturado a comienzos de 2005 por alterar las bases de datos del organismo de inteligencia para favorecer a narcotraficantes, "diseñó el software que permitió llevar la contabilidad para las elecciones de 2002. Confesó que también elaboró un programa de computador para facilitar el fraude electoral que, según él, fue clave para la victoria en primera vuelta de Uribe".

Además, García dice que conoce los aportes realizados por algunos grupos paramilitares a la campaña de Uribe en 2002 y que Noguera estrechó su relación con alias Jorge 40, líder del bloque norte de las AUC y hoy desmovilizado. Finalmente, el ex jefe de informática del DAS dijo que se conformaron escuadrones de la muerte para asesinar a estudiantes y líderes sindicales. Lo anterior fue revelado por la revista en su número del pasado 3 de abril (que sale a la venta 2 días antes).

La semana siguiente, García, además de ampliar los detalles de lo revelado a comienzos del mes, señala que el DAS estuvo implicado en el asesinato del fiscal venezolano Danilo Anderson. El testigo por ese crimen es Geovanny José Vásquez de Armas, un presunto reinsertado de las AUC de 36 años, que les dijo a las autoridades venezolanas que, por órdenes del DAS, realizaba actividades de inteligencia en Venezuela. Fuera de ello, señaló que Diego Montoya, alias Don Diego, jefe del Cartel del Norte del Valle (del Cauca, al occidente del país), también tenía infiltrada la institución.

Por su parte, Cambio publica en su edición de esta semana una conversación entre el entonces subdirector del DAS, José Miguel Narváez, y Carlos Andrés Moreno, un agente de dicha institución, quien al saber que iba a ser despedido, le hizo "importantes revelaciones" al entonces subdirector del DAS. Narváez y Noguera fueron separados de sus cargos en octubre de 2005 por un escándalo similar. Noguera fue nombrado cónsul en Milán, desde donde negó las acusaciones de García. El ahora diplomático llegó el domingo a Bogotá para presentarse ante la Fiscalía de su país.

Por su parte, el ministro del Interior, Sabas Pretelt de la Vega, calificó las acusaciones de "una infamia, una canallada, que tiene un sentido político y electoral", mientras que el presidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez, después de una semana de silencio, le declaró a La W Radio: "Van a empañar a mes y medio de la elección presidencial una acción del gobierno en defensa de los sindicalistas, una acción del gobierno en defensa de la transparencia, van a crear ahora la duda de que yo me robe las elecciones del 2002. Hablemos clarito. No he ejercido influencias en la Registraduría como presidente, ¿cómo la iba a ejercer como candidato? (...) No ha habido una sola duda sobre mi transparencia, ni en financiación, ni en mi relación con los electores".


Former Ecuadorian football referee Byron Moreno arrested for drug smuggling

Byron Moreno, a former Ecuadorian football referee who officiated at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, has been arrested for suspected drug smuggling.  Moreno was arrested at John F. Kennedy International airport after he arrived on a flight from Ecuador.

During a routine check, security found 10 clear bags containing nearly 10 pounds of heroin. The drugs had been strapped to his body and concealed in his underwear. In a complaint filed in a Brooklyn federal court it said that during the inspection Moreno "became visibly nervous." It also said "A customs agent felt hard objects on the defendant's stomach, back and both of his legs. A strip search revealed that the lumps were 10 clear plastic bags containing more than 10 pounds of heroin".

A judge jailed Moreno without bail on charges of drug smuggling.

Moreno is most well remembered after he refereed the World Cup second round match between Italy and host's South Korea. Moreno had disallowed a valid Italian goal and sent off Italian striker Francesco Totti for apparent diving. He also failed to call any attention to any of the South Korean's foul play. Moreno resigned from refereeing in 2003.


Arrestato l'ex arbitro Moreno per droga

L'arresto per l'ex arbitro ecuadoriano di calcio Byron Moreno è avvenuto all'aeroporto JFK di New York, mentre cercava di entrare negli Stati Uniti con 6 kg di eroina. Lo ha reso noto l'agenzia antidroga statunitense DEA: i doganieri americani hanno scoperto che Moreno, aveva nascosto la droga nei suoi indumenti intimi.

Moreno divenne famoso nel Campionato mondiale di calcio 2002 per l'arbitraggio della partita degli ottavi di finale tra Corea del Sud e Italia, partita in cui gli azzurri vennero eliminati dopo il golden goal. In Italia si fece subito ricadere la colpa della sconfitta sull'arbitro, poiché nei tempi supplementari espulse Francesco Totti ed annullò un gol a Damiano Tommasi, sempre nei tempi supplementari. Attualmente era commentatore sportivo in una radio e in un canale tv del suo paese.


Former French president Jacques Chirac found guilty of corruption

The former French president Jacques Chirac has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to a two year suspended prison sentence after a long-running criminal trial concluded this week.

The events which led to the trial predate Chirac's time as president but center around Chirac's prior role as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. The court agreed with prosecutors who alleged that Chirac created fake government jobs in order to funnel an estimated €1 million of public money to his political allies in the Rally for the Republic organization.

Benoît Hamon from the Socialist Party said he was glad that "justice has been done" and said it was "a good sign for French democracy that an independent judiciary could pronounce such a verdict on a former president of the republic".


Ex-presidente da França, Jacques Chirac, é condenado por uso indevido de verba pública

Agência Brasil

França • 15 de dezembro de 2011

O ex-presidente da França, Jacques Chirac, de 78 anos, foi considerado culpado de apropriação indébita e quebra de confiança. Ele foi sentenciado a dois anos de prisão, a serem cumpridos em regime de liberdade condicional.

Chirac foi réu em um processo que investigou desvio de fundos, abuso de confiança e conflito de interesses, facilitação na criação de empregos-fantasmas na prefeitura de Paris nos anos 90 e pagamento ilegal de salários para integrantes de seu partido. O ex-presidente sempre negou a existência de um sistema organizado de empregos fictícios na prefeitura.

Ele foi presidente da França durante 12 anos, de 1995 a 2007, é o primeiro ex-presidente do país a ser condenado desde a 2ª Guerra Mundial.

A pedido da defesa, Chirac foi poupado de estar presente no próprio julgamento. Nos últimos meses surgiram informações de que ele sofre do mal de Alzheimer (doença degenerativa que causa a perda de várias habilidades).

Os advogados de Chirac informaram que o ex-presidente estava vulnerável e sem condições de comparecer ao julgamento por causa de problemas neurológicos. A mulher do ex-presidente, Bernardette, negou que ele sofra da doença.


Жак Ширак проглашен кривим за корупцију

15. децембар 2011.Париз-  (Beta) - Бивши француски председник Жак Ширак проглашен је у четвртак кривим за проневеру јавног новца и условно је осуђен на две године затвора.

Пресудом париског суда, Ширак је постао први осуђени француски председник, након нацистичког сарадника, маршала Филипа Петена 1945, јављају светске агенције.

Судија је 79-годишњег Ширака, који је на функцији председника био од 1995. до 2007, прогласио кривим за проневеру јавног новца и злоупотребу поверења.

Ширак је осуђен за трошење новца пореских обвезника на фиктивно запошљавање 21 припадника своје странке у време док је био градоначелник Париза од 1977. до 1995. У то време, Ширак је радио на стварању нове странке десног центра са којом је победио на изборима.

Ширак није присуствовао суђењу од 5. до 23. септембра, као ни изрицању пресуде, због „озбиљних“ и „неизлечивих“ неуролошких сметњи.


Former German deputy foreign minister and family abducted in Yemen

Jürgen Chrobog, former Secretary of State in the German Foreign Office, was abducted today in eastern Yemen, along with his wife, their three children, and three locals.

The family was travelling as part of a large group in the country when their vehicle went missing around 460 km east of the capital Sanaá. According the Yemeni interior ministry they were abducted by a tribal group.

Reuters named the captors as members of the Al-Abdullah tribe who told the news agency by phone that the life of the family is not in danger and that they are their "guests". They are reportedly demanding that the Yemeni government release member of their tribe from prison.

A spokesperson for the German Foreign Office said it is unknown whether Chrobog was singled out or if it was just a coincidence that he and his family were taken.

Chrobog had been the German ambassador to the United States from 1994 till 2001 when he transferred to the Foreign Office, where he himself negotiated the release of Germans held abroad.

This incident is the fourth time this year that foreigners were abducted in the country to blackmail the Yemeni government.


Fünfköpfige deutsche Familie im Jemen entführt

Sanaa (Jemen), 28.12.2005 – Im Jemen wurde eine fünfköpfige Familie aus Deutschland entführt. Dabei handelt es sich um die Familie des ehemaligen Staatssekretärs im Auswärtigen Amt, Jürgen Chrobog.

Die fünf Personen, die sich seit dem 24. Dezember in dem Land aufhalten, waren Teil einer größeren Gruppe, die mit einem Konvoi unterwegs waren. Die Familie war mit einem eigenen Fahrzeug unterwegs und blieb aus bisher unbekannten Gründen hinter der Gruppe zurück. Der Reiseveranstalter informierte am Mittwoch die deutsche Botschaft in Sanaa, die wiederum das Auswärtige Amt informierte, welches daraufhin einen Krisenstab einrichtete. Eine Entführung wurde zu dem Zeitpunkt schon nicht ausgeschlossen, was sich kurze Zeit später bestätigte.

Ein Sprecher der jemenitischen Regierung sagte danach, die fünf Deutschen seien auf der Fahrt von der Hafenstadt Aden in die östliche Provinzhauptstadt Schabwa, rund 460 Kilometer östlich von Sanaa, entführt worden. Nach Angaben jemenitischer Behörden wurde Jürgen Chrobog, zusammen mit seiner Frau und seinen drei Söhnen, am Mittwochmittag (Ortszeit) zusammen mit ihrem jemenitischen Fahrer und dem Reiseleiter aus einem Restaurant verschleppt. Die genauen Umstände der Entführung sind noch unklar. Verschiedene Medien berichten davon, dass die beiden Geländewagen der Familie Chrobog von Soldaten begleitet wurden. Die Soldaten hätten sich im Ort El Aram zum Mittagessen zurückgezogen, wodurch die Entführung möglich wurde.

Die Entführer, vermutlich bewaffnete Stammensangehörige, haben nach Angaben des jemenitischen Regierungssprechers noch keine Forderungen gestellt. Die fünfköpfige Familie hat nach Angaben des Reiseveranstalters „Studiosus“ den Jemen auf Einladung des ersten stellvertretenden jemenitischen Außenministers, der früher Botschafter seines Landes in Deutschland war, bereist.

Einer der Entführer sagte in einem Telefonat mit der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters, dass das Leben der Geiseln nicht gefährdet sei. Der Entführer bezeichnete die Geiseln als „Gäste unseres Stammes“. Offenbar fordern die Entführer die Freilassung von fünf Stammesangehörigen, die wegen verschiedener Verbrechen, darunter auch Mord, eine Haftstrafe verbüßen.

Der letzte Entführungsfall geschah genau heute vor einer Woche: Am 21. Dezember wurden zwei Österreicher in der Provinz Marib verschleppt und kamen am Heiligabend wieder frei. Bereits 1997 und 1999 waren Bundesbürger von Entführungen in Jemen betroffen. Vier Touristen waren 1997 bei einem Abenteuerurlaub östlich der Stadt Maarib verschleppt worden, zehn Tage später wurden sie befreit. 1999 wurden ebenfalls vier Deutsche vier Wochen lang im Jemen festgehalten. Seit 1990 wurden zirka 200 Touristen gekidnappt. In den meisten Fällen hatten die Entführer von der jemenitischen Regierung Gegenleistungen für die Freilassung der Geiseln gefordert.

Das Auswärtige Amt rät in einem Sicherheitshinweis vom 27.12.2005, Reisen im Jemen immer durch eine Reiseagentur organisieren zu lassen und von Einzelreisen durch das Land dringend abzusehen.

Jürgen Chrobog war im Jahr 2003 als Leiter des Krisenstabes an den Verhandlungen über die Freilassung deutscher Touristen beteiligt, die in der Sahara im Süden Algeriens verschleppt worden waren.


Były urzędnik niemieckiego MSZ porwany z rodziną w Jemenie

Były sekretarz stanu niemieckiego ministerstwa spraw zagranicznych, Jürgen Chrobog, został dziś porwany razem ze swoją żoną i trójką dzieci we wschodnim Jemenie.

Pięcioosobowa rodzina została porwana podczas podróży. Ich samochód zaginął 460 kilometrów na wschód od stolicy Jemenu, Sany. Według ministra spraw wewnętrznych Jemenu twierdzi, że za porwanie stoi grupa z jednego z plemion zamieszkujących te okolice.

Agencja Reutera podała, że porywacze to członkowie plemienia Al-Abdullah. Jeden z ich członków w telefonicznej rozmowie z pracownikiem agencji prasowej poinformował, że niemieckiej rodzinie nic nie jest. Jednocześnie za jej uwolnienie domagał się wypuszczenia z jemeńskiego więzienia jednego z członków szczepu.

Rzecznik niemieckiego ministerstwa spraw zagranicznych powiedział, że nie można jasno stwierdzić, czy sprawcy specjalnie porwali Chroborga z rodziną, czy też był to tylko zbieg okoliczności.

W latach 1994-2001 Chroborg był ambasadorem Niemiec w USA. Potem został przeniesiony do ministerstwa spraw zagranicznych, gdzie zajmował się m.in. negocjowaniem uwolnienia porwanych niemieckich obywateli.

W tym roku to już czwarty przypadek porwania obcokrajowców w Jemenie. Turyści z zagranicy są często porywani w tym kraju dla okupu. Na ogół jednak udaje się ich uwolnić.


Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav goes to prison for rape

Moshe Katsav, President of Israel from 2000 to 2007, is to start a seven-year prison sentence for rape today at Maasiyahu Prison in Ramla. Katsav was convicted of raping an employee twice in 1998, while he was tourism minister, and then later sexually abusing two other women as president.

Katsav claims he is innocent, telling the New York Times: “I’m about to pay the price for something I haven’t done”.

Katsav is expected to arrive at the prison at 10am Israeli local time (UTC+3) and will be placed in a wing for religiously observant prisoners. The prison have stated they do not believe him to be a suicide risk, and have also stated that they have no concerns with Katsav either potentially leaking state secrets or meeting prisoners he did not pardon while president.


Bývalý izraelský prezident Moše Kacav je ode dneška za mřížemi

Bývalý izraelský prezident Moše Kacav dnes nastoupil do výkonu trestu odnětí svobody na sedm let. Kacav, který byl prezidentem v letech 2000–2007, si svůj sedmiletý trest za znásilnění začal odpykávat ve věznici Masijahu nedaleko Tel Avivu, kam nastoupil po desáté hodině.

Kacav byl odsouzen za dvojnásobné znásilnění podřízené, kterého se měl dopustit v roli izraelského ministra turismu v devadesátých letech, a dále za sexuální obtěžování, kterého se měl dopustit už jako prezident. On sám trvá na své nevinně.

Věznice Masijahu, kde Kacav bude pobývat, je věznicí s mírnou ostrahou, a Kacav bude v oddělení pro praktikující věřící.

Tato zpráva byla založena zčásti nebo zcela překladem zprávy Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav goes to prison for rape na anglických Wikizprávách.


இசுரேலின் முன்னாள் அதிபர் பாலியல் குற்றச்சாட்டுகளுக்காக சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டார்

பெண் ஒருவரைப் பாலியல் வன்முறைக்கு உட்படுத்தியதாகக் குற்றஞ்சாட்டப்பட்டு ஏழாண்டுகள் சிறைத் தண்டனை பெற்ற இசுரேலின் முன்னாள் அதிபர் மோசே கத்சவ் இன்று டெல் அவிவிலுள்ள மாசியாகு சிறைச்சாலைக்குச் சென்றார். சிறைக்குச் செல்லும் முன்னர் அவர் செய்தியாளர்களுக்குக் கருத்துத் தெரிவிக்கையில், தாம் குற்றமற்றவர் என்றும், "உயிருடன் ஒரு மனிதரை" அரசு புதைக்க எத்தனிப்பதாகவும் தெரிவித்தார்.

ஓராண்டுக்கு முன்னர் இவரது குற்றம் நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தாலும், அவர் மேன்முறையீடு செய்திருந்தமையினால், தனது இல்லத்திலேயே இருக்க அவர் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தார்.

66 வயதான கத்சவ் 2007 ஆம் ஆண்டில் தனது அதிபர் பதவியில் இருந்து விலகினார். 1990களில் அவர் அமைச்சராக இருந்த போது அவரது முன்னாள் பெண் ஊழியர் ஒருவரை பாலியல் வன்முறைக்கு உட்படுத்தியதாகவும், அதிபராக இருந்த காலத்தில் இரு பெண் ஊழியர்கள் மீது பாலியல் குற்றங்கள் இழைத்ததாகவும் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டு கடந்த ஆண்டு நவம்பரில் உச்சநீதிமன்றம் அவரைக் குற்றவாளியாகக் கண்டது.

தனது குற்றச்சாட்டுகள் தொடர்பில் அவர் குழப்ப நிலையில் இருப்பதாக அவரது வழக்கறிஞர்கள் தெரிவித்ததை அடுத்து அவர் தற்கொலை முயற்சிகளில் ஈடுபடாதிருக்கும் பொருட்டு அவரைக் கண்காணிக்க சிறப்பு பாதுகாப்பு ஊழியர் ஒருவர் சிறைச்சாலையில் பணியில் ஈடுபடுத்தப்படுவார் என சிறைச்சாலைகள் சேவை ஆணையாளர் ஆரன் பிரான்கோ தெரிவித்தார்.

புதன், திசம்பர் 7, 2011


Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi found guilty of fraud

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was yesterday found guilty of tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison, which was reduced to one year because of a law passed by Mr Berlusconi which aimed to reduce overcrowding of prisons.

The fraud relates to the purchase of television film rights by a company owned by Mr Berlusconi, Mediaset, which the company then re-sold at exaggerated prices. Although sentenced to one year in prison, Mr Berlusconi, 76, might not serve the one-year sentence because there will be two opportunities to appeal the verdict, which may take many years and no prison time is served until after the verdict is confirmed. Mr Berlusconi is also banned for three years from any political office.

The Secretary of Mr Berlusconi's centre-right People of Freedom party, Angelino Alfano, said the ruling confirmed there was "judicial persecution" against the former prime minister; while according to Antonio Di Pietro, one of Berlusconi's political rivals, "the truth has been exposed".

Mr Berlusconi resigned in November from his position as Prime Minister.  He has in the past faced several allegations against him, including embezzlement, fraud, and bribery. A separate trial is currently underway in Milan over allegations he paid for sex with an under-age prostitute, Karima el Mahroug.


El ex primer ministro italiano Berlusconi es hallado culpable de fraude

Este viernes, el ex primer ministro italiano Silvio Berlusconi fue hallado culpable del cargo de fraude de impuestos y fue sentenciado a cuatro años de prisión, sentencia que luego fue reducida a un año gracias a una ley aprobada por Berlusconi que pretendía reducir la sobrepoblación de las prisiones.

El fraude se relaciona con la compra de derechos de películas para televisión por medio de Mediaset, una compañía de Berlusconi, los cuales luego fueron revendidos a precios exagerados. Aunque fue sentenciado a un año de prisión, Berlusconi podría no penar toda la sentencia debido a que habrán dos oportunidades para apelar el veredicto, lo cual podría tomar muchos años y el condenado no debe penar en prisión hasta que el veredicto haya sido confirmado. A Berlusconi también se le suspendió durante tres años el acceso a cualquier oficina política.

Angelino Alfano, el secretario del partido de centroderecha de Berlusconi El Pueblo de la Libertad, dijo que el fallo confirmó que hubo una “persecución judicial” contra el ex primer ministro; sin embargo, según Antonio Di Pietro, uno de los rivales políticos de Berlusconi, “la verdad ha sido expuesta”.

En noviembre, Berlusconi renunció a su posición como Primer Ministro. En el pasado enfrentó varias acusaciones en su contra, incluyendo malversación, fraude y soborno. Actualmente se lleva a cabo un juicio separado en Milán por una acusaciones de que pagó por tener relaciones sexuales con Karima el Mahroug, una prostituta menor de edad.


Суд Милана приговорил Сильвио Берлускони к четырём годам тюрьмы

26 октября 2012 года суд Милана признал бывшего премьера Италии Сильвио Берлускони виновным в схемах по уклонению от уплаты налогов и приговорил его к четырём годам тюрьмы.
Кроме того, ему в течение трёх лет запрещено занимать государственные должности.

Бывший премьер Италии обвиняется в том, что в 1990-е годы неоднократно применял для ухода от уплаты налогов финансовую схему с использованием офшорной компании.
Так в 1994—1999 годах принадлежащая Берлускони компания Fininvest через посредников в офшорных зонах выкупила за 470 млн евро права на показ американских ТВ-каналов и фильмов и передала их дочерней компании Mediaset.
По мнению прокуратуры конечная цена была завышена для уменьшения налогооблагаемой базы в Италии, причём разница оседала в оффшорных фондах связанных с Берлускони.

Прокуратура требовала для бывшего главы государства наказания в виде лишения свободы на 3 года и 8 месяцев.
Однако суд назначил наказание выше требуемого.

Через несколько часов после первых сообщений ленты новостных агентств облетело следующее срочное сообщение.
В соответствии с принятой левоцентристским правительством Романо Проди в 2006 году амнистией, принятой с целью обезопасить тюрьмы от переполнения, срок Сильвио Берлускони может быть сокращён до одного года.

Адвокаты предпринимателя пока не комментируют решение суда.

Интересно, что вчера 76-летний бывший премьер-министр Италии и лидер главной партии правого центра «Народ свободы» окончательно объявил о своем уходе с политической арены.
В частности он заявил:

Интересно, что СМИ в связи с приговором Сильвио Берлускони вспоминали его тёплую дружбу с бессменным главой России Владимиром Путиным.
Итальянская пресса отмечает: «на протяжении долгой истории этих особых отношений Берлускони и Путин занимали различные государственные должности, но всегда находили повод для встреч: они советовались друг с другом, в их отношениях была гармония вне зависимости от официальных обязанностей или вызывающих подозрение личных мотивов».

26 октября 2012 года


Берлускони осуђен на четири године затвора

26. октобар 2012.Милано/ Италија  (Beta-AFP) - Бивши италијански премијер Силвио Берлускони осуђен је у петак првостепено на четири године затвора за фискалну проневеру у афери „Медиасет“ и забрањено му је вршење јавне функције три године, саопштио је суд у Милану.

У суђењу за Медиасет Берлускони је оптужен да је вештачки надувавао цене права на дистрибуцију филмова, које су најпре куповала предузећа у његовом власништву, а онда их продавала компанији Медиасет, која је такође делом у Берлусконијевом власништву.

Медиасет је медијска компанија коју је 1970. године основао Берлускони, а данас у њој има 38,6 одсто удела.

Берлускони је последњи пут био премијер Италије од 2008. до новембра 2011. када га је заменио Марио Монти.

Он је у другом судском случају оптужен да је плаћао сексуалне услуге једној малолетници мароканског порекла, као и да је злоупотребио службени положај како би она била ослобођена после хапшења због крађе.


Former Paraguayan President's daughter found dead

ÑEMBY, Paraguay —
Paraguayan authorities have confirmed the discovery of the body of Cecilia Cubas
Gusinky, aged 31, daughter of the former Paraguayan President Raul Cubas. She
was kidnapped on September 21, 2004 in the outskirts of Asuncion.

The body was found inside a tunnel under a house which is located in
Ñemby, 29 km from Asuncion. Members of the
leftist party Patria Libre (Free Country) were believed to live there.

This kidnapping shocked Paraguayan public opinion because Cecilia was the
daughter of a former President and because two days ago it was discovered that
the kidnappers would have been advised by the Colombian
Communist insurgent armed group FARC.

The authorities claim the kidnappers were led by the Patria Libre member Osmar Martínez. He was exchanging emails with Trotador505
who according to Colombian police is Rodrigo Granda, FARC chancellor. Martínez was arrested in January in Caaguazú, 200 km from Asunción.
"We don't deny our fraternal relationship with this brotherlike organization",
Martínez said in relation to FARC.
He also told how he had photographs of himself with Fidel Castro, Brazilian
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, politicians of the People's Republic of China, Libya and Iraq and added: "I am proud of relating to the great men of universal history".

People are speculating on the possible participation in the crime by members of the Paraguayan police.

The advanced state of decomposure indicates Ms Gusinsky had been
dead for more than a month.

Capture of FARC member creates crisis between Venezuela and Colombia,
January 15, 2005


Hallan muerta a hija de ex presidente paraguayo secuestrada

17 de febrero de 2005Ñemby, Paraguay — Las autoridades paraguayas confirmaron el hallazgo del cadáver de Cecilia Cubas Gusinky, hija del ex presidente Raúl Cubas, secuestrada desde septiembre del 2004. El cuerpo fue encontrado en uno de los dos túneles de una vivienda de la localidad de Ñemby, a 29 kilómetros al este de la capital Asunción, en la cual residirían miembros del partido izquierdista "Patria Libre".

Esta noticia ha conmocionado a la opinión pública paraguaya, no solamente por tratarse de la hija de un ex mandatario sino porque hace dos días se descubrió que los secuestradores habrían sido asesorados por el movimiento insurgente colombiano FARC. Se especula, además, la participación de miembros de la policía paraguaya en el plagio. El avanzado estado de putrefacción del cadáver hace suponer que Cubas habría sido asesinada hace más de un mes.


2005/02/17: Dotter till Paraguays tidigare president funnen död

Ñemby, Paraguay –
Paraguayanska myndigheter har bekräftat upptäckten av Cecilia Cubas
Gusinkys kropp. Hon var 31 år gammal och dotter till den tidigare presidenten Raul Cubas. Hon kidnappades den 21 september 2004.

Hennes kropp hittades i en tunnel i ett hus som ligger i Ñemby, 29 kilometer från Asuncion. Man tror att medlemmar av den vänsterorienterade partier Patria Libre bodde där.


Former Russian nuclear energy minister arrested by Swiss authorities on the behalf of the US

Former Russian nuclear energy minister Yevgeny Adamov was arrested on Monday by Swiss authorities. The arrest came at the request of U.S. officials who claim he stole more than nine million dollars allocated by Washington to help improve Russian nuclear safety.

The Ministry of Justice in Switzerland said Adamov will be extradited to the US. The warrant allowing this states that he is charged with diverting money from the U.S. Department of Energy to several companies he controls.

Adamov's lead lawyer said he will fight the extradition warrant and called the accusations "baseless". Adamov, who has on a number of occasions been investigated for his financial dealing by the U.S. and Russia alike, said he was being punished for his help in building a nuclear plant in Iran.

The U.S. now has 60 days to present a formal request, after which a Swiss court will make a ruling. Swiss officials said it is common for this process to take several months.

Adamov's U.S. lawyer, Larry Breur, said Adamov admitted to depositing the money into a personal account, but then he used that account to dispense the money to Russian agencies and nuclear scientists. Breur said the process was common in Russia to avoid hypertaxation.

Yevgeny Adamov was a minister in Boris Yeltsin's government, but was removed from power by Vladimir Putin in an effort to remove corruption. Adamov was in Bern attempting to unblock bank accounts belonging to his daughter.