Nach Anschlag auf US-Soldaten am Flughafen Frankfurt lautet das Urteil „Lebenslang“

Frankfurt am Main (Deutschland), 10.02.2012 – Der jetzt 22 Jahre alte Arid U.  hat den ersten islamistisch motivierten Mordanschlag in Deutschland begangen.  Am 02.03.2011 hatte er am Flughafen in Frankfurt in einem Bus zwei amerikanische Soldaten erschossen und zwei weitere durch Schüsse schwer verletzt. Jetzt wurde er vom Landgericht Frankfurt zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt.

Das Urteil lautet auf zweifachen Mord in Tateinheit mit drei versuchten Morden und zweifacher schwerer Körperverletzung. Nur einer Ladehemmung hatten weitere Soldaten ihr Leben zu verdanken. Der Staatsschutzsenat stellte im Urteil die besondere Schwere der Schuld fest. Somit kann der junge Kosovoalbaner nicht nach 15 Jahren entlassen werden. Nach der Haft dürfte er in sein Heimatland abgeschoben werden. Ohne mit der Miene zu zucken, nahm er den Urteilsspruch entgegen.

Die Bundesanwaltschaft argumentierte vor Gericht: „Arid U. hat möglichst viele amerikanische Soldaten, die auf dem Weg nach Afghanistan waren, töten wollen und  nur durch die Ladehemmung seiner Waffe ist er davon abgehalten worden. Er hat seinen persönlichen Beitrag zum Dschihad in Afghanistan leisten wollen“. Die Anwendung von Jugendstrafrecht kam nicht mehr in Frage, da er kurz vor der Tat 21 Jahre alt geworden war. Im Alter von 18 bis 20 Jahren hätte er als Heranwachsender gegolten und je nach seiner geistigen Entwicklung hätte das für ihn günstigere Jugendstrafrecht angewendet werden können; dies hätte eine Höchststrafe von zehn Jahren für Mord vorgesehen.


German Minister for Foreign Affairs gives evidence about visa practice

Berlin (Germany) - Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Joschka Fischer, a leading figure in the German Green Party, gave evidence in front of an investigation committee. Fischer is blamed for the award of visa practice. The German embassy in Kiev gave thousands of visas which were abused by criminals.

Fischer opened with a two hour speech explaining the visa practice from his point of view, and accepting responsibility for mistakes. He accused the conservative opposition of exaggerating the problem and campaigning against him and the government.

The investigation committee questioned Fischer about the visa program under the new liberalised rules, passed under the previous government. Fischer noted that his visa practice was mainly a succession from the Kohl government, and that a liberal handling of the visa practice was a political decision. He argued for more freedom of travel, especially for citizens under authoritarian governments such as the former Ukraine government and the current in Belarus.

For the first time, sessions of an investigation committee are being broadcasted live on television.


Fischer sagt vor Untersuchungsausschuss aus

Berlin (Deutschland), 25.04.2005 – Bundesaußenminister Joschka Fischer sagt seit heute Vormittag um 10:00 Uhr vor dem Untersuchungsausschuss aus. Fischer wird die Visa-Vergabepraxis vorgeworfen. Nach Aussagen der Untersuchungsausschussmitglieder hätte die deutsche Botschaft in Kiew tausende Visa ausgegeben, welche zu kriminellen Zwecken missbraucht worden seien.

Die Ausschussbefragungen bestehen je aus zwei Teilen. Im ersten hat Fischer Stellung nehmen können. Im zweiten Teil konnte der Untersuchungsausschuss Joschka Fischer befragen.

Fischer wies darauf hin, ihm wäre die Visa-Praxis von der Vorgängerregierung übergeben worden, die er fortgeführt hätte. Er merkte an, dass die legalen Prüfungen nie außer Kraft gesetzt worden seien. Fischer sprach sich deutlich für die Reisefreiheit aus.


Germany legalises medical use of cannabis

Yesterday, the German Bundestag passed a law to legalise cannabis drug for medicinal purposes. The law is to come under effect in March.

"Seriously ill people must be treated in the best ways possible" ((de))German language: Schwerkranke Menschen müssen bestmöglich versorgt werden., German health minister Hermann Gröhe tweeted. Doctors can prescribe marijuana — cannabis — for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, or loss of appetite or nausea from cancer's chemotherapy treatment.

Christian Democrats (CDU) lawmaker Rainer Hayek said this law  would still prevent recreational use of cannabis. The cost of cannabis is to be covered under health insurance. Patients can buy dried buds or cannabis extracts from pharmacies with a prescription or get synthetic derivatives from other countries, though possession of the drug in large quantities is not allowed.

Cannabis cultivation is to be monitored by the government. Germany has joined other European countries such as Austria, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Netherlands in legalising the drug to some extent.

In October, a 53-year-old multiple sclerosis patient showed cannabis was the only solution to reduce his pain, and the court granted him permission to grow as many as 130 plants in one year for personal use. Purchasing, rather than growing, medical cannabis at the time cost about €15 (US$16.85) per gram.


Alemanha legaliza uso médico de cannabis

Hoje, o parlamento alemão (Bundestag) aprovou uma lei para legalizar a droga cannabis para fins medicinais. A lei entrará em vigor em março.

"As pessoas seriamente doentes devem ser tratadas da melhor maneira possível", disse o ministro da saúde alemão Hermann Gröhe. Médicos podem prescrever maconha ou cannabis para pacientes que sofrem de esclerose múltipla, dor severa, perda de apetite ou náuseas devido tratamento da quimioterapia.

A lei não permite o uso de cannabis para fins recreativos. O custo da cannabis deve ser coberto pelo seguro de saúde. Os pacientes podem comprar extratos da cannabis em farmácia com a prescrição médica ou adquirir derivados sintéticos em outros países, embora a posse da droga em quantidades grandes não seja permitida.

O cultivo de cannabis deve ser monitorado pelo governo. A Alemanha juntou-se a outros países europeus, incluindo Áustria, Espanha, França, Itália, Portugal e Países Baixos para legalizar a droga em pequenas quantidades.

Em outubro, um paciente com esclerose múltipla de 53 anos mostrou que a cannabis era a única solução para reduzir sua dor, e o tribunal concedeu-lhe permissão para cultivar no máximo 130 plantas em um ano para uso pessoal. Os extratos de cannabis custam cerca de 15 euros (US$ 16,85) por grama.


В Германии разрешили использование марихуаны в медицинских целях

В Германии депутаты легализовали использование марихуаны в медицинских целях.

В четверг, 19 января 2017 года, Бундестаг принял закон, согласно которому разрешается использовать данный наркотик при лечении больных, страдающих от хронических болей. Купить марихуану можно будет только по рецепту врача.

При этом власти страны подчёркивают, что не собираются разрешать свободное обращение этого вещества в других целях. Против полной легализации марихуаны выступает канцлер Ангела Меркель.

20 января 2017 года


Germany says Alexei Navalny poisoned with Novichok

On Wednesday, the German government said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, a range of neurotoxins developed by the Soviet Union. Last month, Alexei Navalny was airlifted from Omsk to Berlin because of falling ill, and transferred to a hospital in Berlin, Charité.

The German government announced the tests by a military laboratory found Novichok in Navalny's blood, and said there was "unequivocal" proof he had been poisoned. The spokesperson for the German government strongly condemned the attack. Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, demanded an explanation from Russia. The Russian government dismissed the claim from Berlin as groundless.

Navalny was airlifted from Omsk to Berlin in August when he was suffering from a serious medical condition.  Navalny is an outspoken critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, and his associates had alleged Navalny was poisoned.  Initial reports from Omsk hospital reported no traces of poison were found in his blood or urine before he was airlifted by Berlin non-profit Cinema for Peace Foundation.


У Навального нашли следы яда из группы Новичок

Алексей Навальный отравлен веществом из группы «Новичок». Это заявил представитель кабмина ФРГ со ссылкой на военных токсикологов.

Об этом сообщается на сайте правительства Германии:

Власти Германии осудили покушение на политика и требуют от властей России объяснить случившееся. Посол России в Германии будет официально проинформирован о результатах анализов.
В правительстве заявили:

При поступлении Навального в Берлин специалисты рассказали, что у него есть признаки отравления веществом из группы ингибиторов холинэстеразы. Среди них есть фосфороорганические соединения: природные яды, боевые отравляющие вещества, как зарин, зоман и «Новичок».

Раньше российские медики утверждали, что у Навального, по анализам взятым в России, не было никаких ядов в организме.

Собеседник «Интерфакса» в Москве вчера заявил, что российские специалисты из нескольких лабораторий не нашли у политика никаких отравляющих веществ:

Журнал Spiegel написал в конце августа об обращении лечащих оппозиционера врачей из клиники «Charité» к токсикологической лаборатории бундесвера и британской лаборатории Porton Down. Она нашла вещество, отравившее Юлию и Сергея Скрипалей в 2018 году. Перед этим The Insider, Der Spiegel и Bellingcat написали, что врачи ещё консультировались с болгарскими специалистами, исследовавших отравление бизнесмена Емельяна Гебрева в 2015 году, тоже отравленного, возможно, веществом «Новичок».

На фоне этой новости доллар резко вырос до 75 рублей. Российские биржевые индексы начали падение. Индекс РТС упал на 2,5 %.

Навальному стало плохо утром 20 августа в самолете, летевшем из Томска в Москву. Его высадили в Омске и доставили в местную больницу скорой помощи. Близкие и родственники уверены, что это отравление, однако врачи больницы заявили, что признаков отравления нет. С 20 августа он находится в коме. К нему не сразу пустили жену Юлию. По словам Ярмыш и соратников Навального, на территории больницы находились оперативники в штатском.

Отправке Навального в берлинскую клинику Charité предшествовал долгий процесс переговоров с участием специально прибывших в Омск 21 августа немецких врачей-реаниматологов. Поначалу врачи омской больницы вопреки требованиям родственников отказывались отпустить Навального в Германию, объясняя это тем, что у них есть все необходимые для его лечения условия.

Кто-то сомневался в заказчике?  SAV  14:56, 3 сентября 2020 (UTC)

2 сентября 2020 года


德國指俄反對派領袖納瓦爾尼血液含軍用級神經毒劑

德國政府表示，俄羅斯反對派領袖納瓦爾尼的血液檢測結果證實含有軍用級神經毒劑「諾維喬克」，德國已傳喚俄羅斯大使追捕疑似中毒者。

俄羅斯反對派領袖納瓦爾尼上月底因懷疑自己中毒而陷入昏迷，受到國際社會關注。柏林政府宣佈，軍方實驗室進行的檢測在納瓦爾尼的血液樣本中發現了俄羅斯軍用級神經毒劑「諾維喬克」，稱有明確證據表明他已中毒。

德國政府發言人強烈譴責此次襲擊事件，表示將向俄羅斯駐柏林大使、歐盟和北約通報檢測結果，並敦促俄方就納瓦爾尼的案件表態。

現年44歲的納瓦爾尼上月底乘飛機從西伯利亞返回莫斯科途中，在機上突然發病，被送往醫院。俄方一直表示，他沒有中毒跡象，但納瓦爾尼後來被轉往德國治療，目前仍處於昏迷狀態，但情況穩定。

德國總理默克爾形容納瓦爾尼被謀殺未遂，要求俄羅斯作出解釋，並將與北約討論如何應對。莫斯科駁斥德國的說法，認為毫無根據。俄羅斯政府被質疑是這一事件的幕後主使，國際社會也對這一事件進行了譴責，美國要求俄羅斯關閉駐三藩市領事館，並將俄方人員驅逐出境。

【2020年9月3日讯】


Germany's top officials seek to ban Scientology

After an investigation into the Church of Scientology (CoS), top security officials in Germany said that they consider its goals to be in conflict with the German constitution. Hamburg's Interior Minister Udo Nagel first brought complaints to state interior ministers in Hamburg. The German Office for the Protection of the Constitution has also been monitoring the group, fearing they may gain control in German elections. In official reports, the government agency has said "There is substantial evidence that the Scientology organization is involved in activities directed against the free democratic order." Nagel has been building support among other interior ministers.

Berlin's Interior Minister, Senator Erhart Koerting, presided over a two-day conference on the issue with the interior ministers of all of Germany's 16 states.  Federal Interior Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, also attended. The German government does not believe Scientology is a religion, but instead treats it as a commercial enterprise, and states that it takes advantage of its members. The government taxes the CoS and its sister organizations as businesses in the country.

The interior ministers will ask Germany's domestic intelligence agency to determine what will be necessary in order to ban the CoS in Germany. The organization has been under investigation by the German government for over a decade, under allegations that it "threatens the peaceful democratic order."

Scientologists have said that the investigation is a violation of their freedom of religion, and the United States Department of State has criticized Germany in its Human Rights Reports in previous years. Sabine Weber, a representative of Scientology in Germany, called the actions to ban Scientology "more than incomprehensible."

This past summer, Germany had initially refused producers of a film starring Scientologist Tom Cruise to film at key sites. Cruise was later able to shoot his film in certain restricted areas.


Skientologia aiotaan kieltää Saksassa

Saksan turvallisuusviranomaiset ilmoittivat skientologiseen kirkkoon kohdistuneiden tutkimustensa jälkeen, että skientologian tavoitteet ovat ristiriidassa Saksan perustuslain kanssa, ja nyt skientologia pyritään Saksassa kieltämään.

Myös Saksan perustuslakia suojeleva valtiollinen virasto on tutkinut skientologiaa. Virallisissa tiedotteissaan virasto väittää, että "on merkittäviä todisteita siitä, että skientologien järjestö on sekaantunut toimiin, jotka vastustavat vapaata demokraattista järjestelmää." Jo kymmenen vuoden ajan skientologiaa on syytetty Saksassa siitä, että se vastustaa "rauhallista demokraattista järjestelmää". Skientologisia järjestöjä verotetaan kuten liikeyrityksiä, siis selvästi enemmän kuin muita uskonnollisiksi yhteisöiksi itseään nimittäviä järjestöjä.

Skientologien mukaan järjestöön kohdistuvat tutkimukset ja syytökset ovat rikos heidän uskonnonvapauttaan vastaan. Yhdysvallat on kritisoinut Saksan toimia asiassa.


Google shuts down Google News Spain

On its blog, Google, a U.S. headquartered multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products, announced it would be shutting down the Spanish version of Google News, effective from December 16 of this year. The shutdown came in direct response to amendments to the Spanish intellectual property law —Ley De Propiedad Intelectual— imposing a compulsory fee for the use of snippets of text to link to news articles, by online news aggregators that provide a search service.

The Spanish intellectual property law passed the Senate on October 15, passed Congress on October 30, and would take effect starting in January 2015. Spain made the right to payment inalienable, so that even the news organization quoted is not permitted to waive it. Google News did not run ads on its news service, so did not profit directly, and said continuing to run the service would not be sustainable.

A similar fee had been first introduced in German law in 2013, where it was described as an "ancillary copyright" — Leistungsschutzrecht. International copyright law preserves the right to make quotations without remuneration, the only such mandatory limitation to copyright. In Germany publishers willingly forfeited their right to payment from Google, given how much traffic they would lose from not being indexed on Google News.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) had expressed concerns that "these ancillary copyright laws form part of a broader trend of derogation from the right to link." They continued, "This can be seen when you examine the other parts of the Spanish copyright amendments that take effect in January [...] — notably placing criminal liability on website operators who refuse to remove mere links to copyright-infringing material." EFF quoted the recent introduction of the so-called "right to be forgotten" legislation allowing removal of entries from Google web search results.


구글, 구글 뉴스 스페인판 폐쇄

미국에 본사를 두고 인터넷 관련 서비스와 정보를 제공하는 구글이 구글 뉴스 스페인어판을 2014년 12월 16일부로 폐쇄한다고 블로그에 밝혔다. 이 폐쇄는 스페인의 저작권법인 스페인어: Ley De Propiedad Intelectual이 개정되어 뉴스 애그리게이터가 사용하는 뉴스 기사에 대한 링크나 문구의 사용에 대한 강제적 징수요금이 부과되게 되기 때문이다.

스페인 저작권법 개정안은 상원에서 10월 15일에 통과되었고, 하원에서 10월 30일에 통과됨에 따라, 2015년 1월에 효력을 발휘하게 된다. 스페인은 청구권을 양도할 수 없도록 만들어서, 뉴스 기관이 청구권을 포기하도록 허락하지 않았다. 구글 뉴스는 뉴스 서비스에 광고를 넣지 않고 있고, 서비스를 통해 수익을 벌어들이고 있지 않으므로 서비스를 지속하기가 힘들다고 밝혔다.

비슷한 수수료가 2013년에 독일에서 처음 시행되면서 "부수적인 저작권 - Leistungsschutzrecht"으로 이름붙여졌다. 독일 발행자들은 구글 뉴스에 색인되지 않을 때의 트래픽 감소를 우려해 자발적으로 구글로부터 보수를 받을 권리를 포기했다.

한편, 국제 저작권법은 비용 없는 인용의 권리를 보호하는데, 이는 저작권에 대한 기본적이고 의무적인 보호책이다. 전자 프런티어 재단 (EFF)은 "이러한 부수적인 저작권 법률의 개정 트렌드가 링크할 권리에 대한 위협이 되고 있다"며 "내년 1월에 효력을 발휘하는 스페인 저작권법 개정안을 보면 알 수 있다 [...] - 웹사이트 운영자가 링크를 저작권 침해로서 삭제하지 않은 데 대한 법적 위협을 가한다"고 발언했다. 재단은 최근의 "잊혀질 권리"에 대한 법률 제정을 통한 구글 웹 검색 결과에서 삭제하는 기능에 대해서도 언급했다.


Google encerra Google News Espanha

Em seu blog, a empresa multinacional americana especializada em serviços e produtos relacionados com a internet, Google, anunciou que vai fechar a versão espanhola do Google News, efetivado a partir de 16 de dezembro deste ano. O fechamento foi uma resposta direta às alterações à Lei de Propriedade Intelectual espanhol (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual) impondo a taxa obrigatória para a utilização de trechos de texto para conectar-se a artigos de notícias, por agregadores de notícias online que oferecem um serviço de busca.

A lei de propriedade intelectual espanhol passou ao Senado em 15 de outubro e passou pelo Congresso em 30 de outubro (que foram aprovadas) e entrará em vigor a partir de janeiro de 2015. Espanha fez o inalienável direito ao pagamento, de modo que mesmo a organização de notícias citada não é permitida a dispensá-lo. Google News não exibiu anúncios no seu serviço de notícias, por isso não lucrar diretamente e disse que continua a executar o serviço não seria sustentável.

A taxa semelhante havia sido introduzido pela primeira vez no direito alemão, em 2013, onde foi descrito como um "acessório copyright" (Leistungsschutzrecht). O copyright (direito autoral) internacional de lei autoral preserva o direito de fazer citações sem remuneração, o único tal limitação obrigatória aos direitos de autor. Na Alemanha, os editores de bom grado perderam o direito ao pagamento do Google, dada a quantidade de tráfego que perderiam de não ser indexado no Google News.

A Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) tinha expressado preocupação de que "essas leis de direitos autorais auxiliares fazem parte de uma tendência mais ampla de derrogação ao direito de ligar." Eles continuaram, "Isto pode ser visto quando você examinar as outras partes das alterações de direitos autorais espanhóis que entram em vigor em janeiro [...]. Nomeadamente colocando a responsabilidade criminal em que operadores de sites que se recusam a remover meros links para material que viole direitos autorais" EFF citou a recente introdução do chamado "direito ao esquecimento" legislação que permite a remoção de entradas dos resultados de pesquisa na web do Google.


Government poll indicates 85.6% of Japanese support death penalty

An opinion poll performed by the Japanese government reported that 85.6 percent of respondents consider the death penalty "unavoidable". The survey, released this Saturday, registered the highest percentage since 1994, when the government began conducting the polls.

For the survey, 3,000 men and women aged 20 or older were polled nationwide between November and December last year. However, only 64 percent of respondents –1,944 people– gave valid answers. They could choose more than a reason to support their opinion about capital punishment.

Of the people who favor execution, 51.2 percent said that the number of murders would increase if the death penalty were abolished. In addition, 54.1 percent considered the feelings of victims and families would not find consolation if criminals did not pay with their lives.

Only 5.7 percent expressed being against capital punishment in Japan. Of this group, 55.9 percent think criminals should pay for their crimes kept
alive, and 43.2 percent said it would be impossible to avoid miscarriages of justice.

The Japanese government performs this survey every five years. Compared to the previous poll, conducted in 2004, the number of death penalty supporters rose by 4.2 percent, while the proportion of people against it decreased by 0.3 percent.


Según una encuesta, el 85,6% de los japoneses aprueba la pena de muerte

Una encuesta realizada por el gobierno japonés concluyó que el 85,6% de los consultados considera "ineludible" la pena de muerte en el país. El estudio, que fue publicado este sábado, registró el porcentaje más alto desde 1994, cuando se comenzaron a realizar este tipo de sondeos.

Para la pesquisa, que tiene alcance nacional, se encuestaron a 3.000 hombres y mujeres mayores de 20 años entre noviembre y diciembre de 2009. De los entrevistados, sólo el 64% –1.944 personas– dieron respuestas válidas. Los consultados podían dar más de un motivo para justificar su postura sobre la pena de muerte.

Un 51,2% considera que, de abolirse la pena capital, aumentaría la cantidad de crímenes. Además, el 54,1% de los que aprueban la pena de muerte opina que los familiares y víctimas no encontrarían consuelo si el criminal no paga con su vida.

Sólo el 5,7% está en contra de la pena máxima en Japón. De este grupo, el 55,9% cree que los criminales deben seguir vivos para pagar por sus delitos, mientras que para el 43,2%, es imposible evitar que, en algunos casos, personas inocentes sean condenadas a muerte.

La encuesta se realiza cada cinco años y el sondeo anterior fue en 2004 –el estudio publicado hoy es de fines 2009–. Comparado con la consulta de 2004, la cantidad de gente a favor de la pena capital aumentó en un 4,2%, mientras que la cantidad de personas en contra descendió en un 0,3%.

La pena capital está vigente, pero fue suspendida en la práctica desde la asunción de Keiko Chiba como ministra de Justicia, en septiembre de 2009. El método utilizado en aquel país para las ejecuciones es la horca y se aplica en casos de asesinatos múltiples y que tengan agravantes.

La sentencia debe aplicarse dentro de los seis meses desde la última apelación fallida del acusado. Tras el veredicto judicial, debe enviarse un informe al Ministerio de Justicia para que dicte la orden de ejecución, indulte al acusado, u ordene realizar un nuevo juicio. La aprobación de la condena a muerte debe tener la firma del ministro.

Los condenados son trasladados a uno de los llamados corredores de la muerte, donde están incomunicados y sólo pueden tener tres libros. Las visitas de familiares y abogados son pocas y están estrictamente vigilados. Además, los reclusos pueden estar esperando varios años a que el Ministerio decida si se lo ejecuta o no.

Si el ministro da el visto bueno a la muerte, ésta se realizará en el plazo de una semana. La persona implicada se entera de la condena el mismo día de su ejecución, mientras que sus familiares y abogados son notificados después de aplicada la sentencia.


Japánban társadalmilag elfogadott a halálbüntetés

A legutóbbi kormányzati felmérés szerint Japán lakosságának 85,6%-a egyetért a halálbüntetés alkalmazásával. Hasonló véleménykutatás eddig három volt: 1994 óta ötévente végzik ezt el. A mostani felmérés mutatta ki az eddigi legnagyobb támogatottságot.

A felmérés 3000 alanyát az ország 20 év feletti lakosaiból választották ki és múlt év november-december folyamán vették fel válaszaikat. Mindössze 1944 megkérdezett (64%) adott feldolgozható választ, vagyis hozott fel legalább egy érvet véleménye mellett. A kivégzést támogató válaszadók 51,2%-a szerint a gyilkosságok száma emelkedne, ha eltörölnék ezt a büntetési formát. 54,1% véleménye, hogy az áldozatok és hozzátartozók számára bizonyos esetekben csak a halálbüntetés nyújthat megfelelő elégtételt.

A támogatók 85,6%-ával szemben csak 5,7%-nyi ellenező akadt. Közülük 55,9% gondolta úgy, hogy a halálbüntetés helyettesíthető letöltendő büntetéssel, míg 43,2% szerint elkerülhetetlen, hogy az igazságszolgáltatás időről-időre tévesen döntsön.

Az előző, 2004. évi felméréshez képest a támogatók aránya 4,2%-kal emelkedett, míg az ellenzőké 0,3%-kal csökkent.

A fejlett országok közül az Egyesült Államokon kívül Japán az egyetlen, ahol a halálbüntetés intézményesített. 2009 szeptemberében 102-en várták kivégzésüket siralomházban.


Governor of Illinois arrested on suspicion of corruption

The Democratic governor of Illinois in the United States, Rod Blagojevich, 51, along with his chief of staff John Harris, 46, were arrested Tuesday morning by the FBI on federal corruption charges.

The Chicago Tribune reports that federal agents raided Blagojevich's home this morning and took him into federal custody. The arrest comes after a three-year investigation into Blagojevich's "pay-to-play politics."

Specifically, the Department of Justice alleged that Blagojevich attempted to sell the Senate seat previously held by President-elect Barack Obama. Blagojevich, as governor, has the sole authority to appoint someone to complete Obama's term. Authorities believe the process to select a new senator was tainted after authorities secretly recorded several of Blagojevich's conversations. They believe that he was attempting to sell the seat in exchange for financial benefit for himself and his wife.

Documents from the FBI and from U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald identify the people whom Blagojevich was considering as Senate Candidates 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. According to Fitzgerald's press release, Blagojevich told an advisor that he wanted to "get some (money) up front, maybe."

In Illinois, a new state ethics law will take effect on January 1, 2009, so Blagojevich was trying to embezzle as much money as he could before that date, said Fitzgerald.

Authorities also believe that Blagojevich was trying to withhold state financial assistance from the owner of the Tribune, the Tribune Company, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection. They allege he was trying to get members of the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune fired by threatening to complicate the sale of Wrigley Field by Tribune Company.

On December 8, Blagojevich responded to the reports that federal authorities had wiretapped his phone conversations, saying that "I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I can tell you that whatever I say is always lawful and the things I'm interested in are always lawful."

If convicted, Blagojevich could face up to 30 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.

This is not the first time in Illinois history that a governor has been arrested for corruption charges. In 2006, George Ryan was indicted and is now serving a 6½-year prison term.


Governador de Illinois é preso acusado de corrupção

O governador democrata de Illinois, nos Estados Unidos, Rod Blagojevich, juntamente com o seu chefe de equipe John Harris, foram presos com acusações de corrupção federal.

Jornal Chicago Trinue relatou que agentes federais invadiram a casa de Blagojevich esta manhã e o lovou em custódia federal. A detenção surge após uma investigação de três anos.

Especificamente, há alegações de que Blagojevich teria tentado vender a vaga no senado anteriormente ocupada pelo presidente eleito, Barack Obama. Blagojevich, como governador, começou a nomear alguém para completar o prazo de Obama. Autoridades acreditam que o processo para selecionar um novo senador foi manchada após as gravações de conversas de Blagojevich. Eles acreditam que ele estava tentando vender a vaga, em troca, ganhar vantagem financeira para si próprio e de sua esposa.

Em 8 de dezembro, Blagojevich respondereu aos relatórios sobre as autoridades federais que tinham interceptado suas conversas telefónicas:

Logo depois, Rod Blagojevich foi solto, após pagar fiança[1].


伊利诺伊州州长因腐败指控被捕

美国联邦调查人员指控伊利诺伊州长试图通过利用当选总统奥巴马空出来的参议员席位卖官来谋求个人私利。

调查人员星期二逮捕了罗德·布拉戈耶维奇和他的办公室主任。检察官说，他们三年前就开始对这位民主党州长的腐败问题进行调查。

美国司法部发表的一份声明说，布拉戈耶维奇最近设法在为他和他妻子得到高报酬的工作，现金和竞选捐款，以此来交换参议院的任命。当选总统奥巴马在赢得美国总统选举胜利之后辞去了参议员的职务。

在伊利诺伊州，州长负责指定奥巴马的继任者。司法部还指控布拉戈耶维奇索贿并威胁要收回州政府对一家报纸的救援，除非报社开除那些撰写批评州长文章的人。


Governor of Tokyo is sued for insulting French language

On July 13, 21 French and Japanese individuals sued Shintaro Ishihara, the governor of Tokyo, for defamation towards people who use the French language. Those 21 were French language teachers and Japanese researchers who  taught French. In 2004, Ishihara said that no one can count in the French language. Ishihara was sued for 500,000 yen (approx. US $4,457) for each plaintiff, including Malik Berkane, a French private language school owner in Tokyo.  In addition, the plaintiffs demanded that he make an apology.

On October 19, 2004, Ishihara said "French language is a language in which no one can count, therefore it seems to me reasonable that it is disqualified as an international language. People who are tied to the language have taken it upon themselves to oppose [me]. It is all ridiculous" in a speech Ishihara made at the inaugural celebrations of the "Tokyo U-Club". The Tokyo U-club was founded to support the foundation of Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japanese: 首都大学東京, Shuto daigaku Tokyo), which was planned by Ishihara as replacement of universities run by the Tokyo metropolitan government including the same name in English (Japanese: 東京都立大学 Tokyo Toritsu Daigaku).

On August 1, 2003, Ishihara issued his plan to found the new university. His plan had no relation to the restructuring plan of the former Tokyo Metropolitan University which had been on-going for years in cooperation with faculty and Tokyo prefectural government. In his new plan faculties of Humanities, Economics and Law would be drasticially changed and divided into newly organized faculties and departures. As for humanities, literature and language studies would be re-organized into language section and literature section, reduced in number of students, and undergraduate and graduate would be relocated into separate campuses. Quite a few members of the Faculty of Humanities opposed this idea strongly and called for opposition widely. As to that its all faculty issued the opposition on the consensus of all faculty on September 25, 2003. The department of French literature and language was a key group in the movment. Also in 2004, Professor Masato Goda, a teacher of French literature, resigned to express his opposition toward Ishihara's educational policy.

Berkane said "I was very shocked when I heard that. Of course we can count numbers in French, and it is used as an official language in international organisations." "I have been in Japan for 23 years. I am sad that what I have taught in that time is denigrated." Berkane said that he had sent a memorandum to Ishihara in February to ask the governer to apologize but he had as yet received no reply from Ishihara.

On July 15, Ishihara again expressed his opinion that French was formerly a diplomatic lingua franca but due to its complexity it had been falling back. He mentioned that no student had registered in French language lessons at the newly founded Tokyo Metropolitan University. He also stated plaintiffs should have considered seriously if his criticism was appropriate or not.


Gobernador de la prefectura de Tokio demandado por criticar la lengua francesa

Un grupo de 21 franceses y japoneses interpusieron una demanda contra Shintarō Ishihara, gobernador de la prefectura de Tokio, quien declaró en octubre de 2004 que "no es una sorpresa que el francés no sea un idioma internacional. Es un lenguaje que no puede numerar". Ishihara se expresó así durante una conferencia para apoyar la creación de la Shuto Daigaku Tokyo, entidad que reemplazó desde abril a la Tokyo Toritsu Daigaku, ambas traducibles como Universidad Metropolitana de Tokio. Al parecer lo hizo para atacar a los opositores de la creación de la nueva alma máter, que fusiona cinco instituciones de educación superior financiadas por el gobierno capitalino.

Si llegara a perder, Ishihara tendría que pagar 500.000 yenes (US $4.457) a cada demandante, además de disculparse públicamente.

La crítica hace referencia a la particular forma en que algunos números se dicen en francés. Por ejemplo, "setenta" (70) es "soixante-diz" ("sesenta diez"), "ochenta" (80) es "quatre vingts" ("cuatro veintes") y "noventa" (90) es "quatre vingts-dix" ("cuatro veintes [más] diez").

Malik Berkane, de 46 años, director de una escuela de enseñanza de la lengua francesa y principal demandante, declaró que le había enviado una carta a Ishihara solicitándole que se retractara. Como no lo hizo, procedió a entablar la acción legal contra el mandatario local.

Por su parte, Brendan Marcus, profesor de francés en un colegio privado de Tokio, dijo que "es inaceptable que una figura pública como él se exprese de esa manera. Es inapropiado especialmente cuando se tienen en cuenta las contribuciones realizadas por matemáticos y científicos franceses a lo largo de la historia".

Ishihara, quien ganó el Premio Akutagawa -el galardón literario más importante en Japón- cuando tenía sólo 23 años de edad, ha llamado la atención de la opinión pública en varias ocasiones. En 1995, declaró a la revista Playboy que la masacre de Nankín (una serie de atrocidades cometidas por los japoneses durante la invasión a China de 1937 - 1945, "nunca ocurrió" y que fue "un invento de los chinos".


「フランス語は国際語失格」発言で石原都知事を提訴

13日東京都内にある語学学校のマリック・ベルカンヌ校長(46)らフランス人と日本人のフランス語研究者ら合計21人が、石原慎太郎東京都知事の「フランス語は数を勘定できない言葉」という発言によって「フランス語に携わる人々の名誉を傷つけた」として、知事に謝罪広告と原告1人につき50万円の損害賠償を求める訴えを東京地方裁判所に起こした。

石原知事が2004年10月19日、東京都庁で開かれた首都大学東京設立支援組織「the Tokyo U-club」の設立総会の祝辞の中で、「フランス語は数を勘定できない言葉だから国際語として失格しているのも、むべなるかなという気がする。そういうものにしがみついている手合いが反対のための反対をしている。笑止千万だ。」と発言していることに対するもの。

2003年8月1日に、石原知事は東京首都大学の構想を発表。それまで準備が進められていた東京都立大学の組織改変の枠組みを継承せず、また文学系学科の大幅な定員削減と教員の別組織への移転を含むこの構想に、人文学部各学科は反発し、反対運動を展開していた。仏文学科はとくに活発な運動をみせ、2003年9月25日人文学科教授会が抗議声明を決議した際にも、同日仏文専攻教員は緊急アピールを学科関係者へ送付していた。また2004年には合田正人仏文学科教授が抗議のため辞職していた。

ベルカンヌ校長は「発言を聞いた時はショックだった。フランス語は当然、数を数えられるし国際機関でも公用語として使われている」「日本に来て23年になるが、この間教えてきたものが否定されて悲しい」と述べた。また、2月に謝罪を求め送った質問状にはまだ返事がないという。

15日、石原都知事は会見で、「言語が、不便だからという理由で忘れられていくというのは非常に残念な気がする。そういうことで申し上げた」と発言の趣旨を説明した。また、「91」を「4×20＋11」とするフランス語特有の数え方を例にして「かつて外交官の公用語として幅をきかせたが、科学技術の討論をしたりするときに非常にやっかいなんで、だんだん外れていった」と述べた。また、「フランス語のやっかいさは阻害要因になっている。東京都が設立した首都大学東京で、フランス語の受講者はいなかった」「批判が当たっているか当たっていないか真摯に考えるべきではないか」「フランス文化は愛着もあるし尊敬もしている。文句があるならフランス政府に言えばいい。政府がどういう対応をするかは分からないが。」と反論した。


Grand jury indicts man in assassination plot against U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh

On Wednesday, a man from Simi Valley, California was indicted in a plot to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. He was charged with attempted murder against the United States Supreme Court Justice, and faces a possible life sentence in prison if convicted.

Nicholas John Roske was arrested outside Kavanaugh's home in Montgomery County, Maryland on June 8. Roske was armed with items including a gun, a knife and a screwdriver when he was apprehended by police officers. He had taken a taxi to Kavanaugh's home but apparently changed his mind after spotting two U.S. Marshals nearby. Roske then texted his sister, who advised him to turn himself in.

In the affidavit supporting the charge, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Roske phoned an emergency call center and informed them he had traveled from California to Maryland with the intention of killing Kavanaugh. After waiving his rights, Roske told the detaining officers he was upset about the recent leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion regarding abortion rights, and the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Justice Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court by former US President Donald Trump in 2018. He submitted 17,000 pages of material for his confirmation hearing, at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the most comprehensive ever.


Júri indicia homem em plano de assassinato contra o juiz associado da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos Brett Kavanaugh

Na quarta-feira, um homem de Simi Valley, Califórnia, foi indiciado em um complô para assassinar o juiz da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos Brett Kavanaugh. Ele foi acusado de tentativa de homicídio contra a Suprema Corte de Justiça dos Estados Unidos, e enfrenta uma possível prisão perpétua se condenado.

Nicholas John Roske foi preso fora da casa de Kavanaugh em Montgomery County, Maryland, em 8 de junho. Roske estava armado com itens, incluindo uma arma, uma faca e uma chave de fenda quando foi apreendido por policiais. Ele tinha pego um táxi para a casa de Kavanaugh, mas aparentemente mudou de ideia depois de avistar dois federais nas proximidades. Roske então mandou uma mensagem para sua irmã, que o aconselhou a se entregar.

No depoimento que apoia a acusação, o FBI disse que Roske ligou para um call center de emergência e informou que tinha viajado da Califórnia para Maryland com a intenção de matar Kavanaugh. Depois de renunciar aos seus direitos, Roske disse aos oficiais detidos que estava chateado com o recente vazamento de um projeto de lei da Suprema Corte sobre os direitos ao aborto, e o tiroteio na Escola Primária Robb em Uvalde, Texas.

O juiz Kavanaugh foi indicado à Suprema Corte pelo ex-presidente dos Estados Unidos Donald Trump em 2018. Ele apresentou 17.000 páginas de material para sua audiência de confirmação, a pedido do Comitê Judiciário do Senado, o mais abrangente de todos os tempos.


Greek government's phones tapped for a year

The phones of more than 100 people including the Prime Minister of Greece Costas Karamanlis and key ministers were tapped for a period of almost a year starting before the 2004 Olympics. The illegal wiretapping was carried out by spy software installed in phone provider Vodafone's central system and discovered when the company started receiving complaints from customers about their phone service last March. The case, as well as the government investigation that followed, became public last Thursday in the Greek press.

While the government refutes main opposition party's PASOK accusations of mishandling the investigation by keeping it secret, the identity of the culprits remains unknown, although both American and MI6 agents are widely blamed. The Greek government has said four antennae near the US embassy in Athens were used to transmit the conversations recorded. The embassy is located at approximately the center of the surveillance triangle. On Thursday approximately 800 protesters in Athens marched peacefully to the US embassy and shouted anti-CIA slogans while about 400 protesters in Thessaloniki clashed with the police, after trying to smash traffic cameras.

The death of Vodafone employee Kostas Tsalikidis contributes to the espionage-mystery nature of the case. Tsalikidis, who was Vodafone Greece's head of network design at the time, was found hanged in his Athens apartment on March 9, 2005, two days after the illegal taps had been discovered. While his death was at first ruled as suicide, his family has filed a lawsuit claiming he was murdered. The lawsuit calls for his body to be exhumed, an autopsy to be performed and his apartment investigated. A check of emails on Vodafone's server was also requested in order to locate evidence of their deletion, and the company to give details on why they were deleted. His brother Panagiotis Tsalikidis has already given testimony quoting his brother's fiancée claiming that a few weeks before his death Tsalikidis told her that "Vodafone is in danger of closing down," and "leaving Vodafone is a life and death matter."

While the case continues to unfold, a poll shows a great majority of the Greek public believe the government has not revealed all the evidence pertaining to this case. Most also believe that foreign secret services, governments, and embassies are most likely responsible for the wiretaps.

The government has not released all the names of the people that were victims of the illegal wiretapping. Government figures that were targeted include the ministers of foreign affairs, defense, public order and justice.


Les téléphones du gouvernement grec sous écoute depuis un an

Les téléphones de plus de 100 personnes incluant le premier ministre grec Costas Karamanlis et des ministres importants étaient sous écoute depuis au moins un an, avant les Jeux Olympiques de 2004. Un logiciel espion était installé dans le système du fournisseur Vodafone et a été découvert lorsque des clients se sont plaints en mars dernier. La nouvelle a été rendue publique mardi dernier.
L'identité des responsables des écoutes est inconnue mais des agents de services américains et du MI6 anglais sont soupçonnés, ce qui a amené des manifestants à protester devant l'ambassade américaine mardi.

La mort d'un employé de Vodafone, Kostas Tsalikidis, ajoute à l'atmosphère de mystère qui entoure cette affaire. Il avait été retrouvé pendu dans son appartement d'Athènes le 9 mars 2005, soit deux jours après la découverte des écoutes, et alors qu'il était responsable de la conception du réseau,

La population grecque pense que leur gouvernement leur cache des informations. Les noms des personnes écoutées n'ont pas été divulgués.


Greek lawmakers approve contentious campus police legislation

The Greek Parliament passed contentious legislation on Thursday allowing for the creation of a campus police force and disciplinary council to end the tradition of violence at Greek universities.  The decision, passed 166–132 in a parliament of 300, was opposed by many students and professors, who claim it would stifle freedom of expression.

Changes proposed included establishment of a campus police division, restriction of entry into university grounds, and formation of a "disciplinary council" empowered to suspend or expel students.

A Ministry for Citizen Protection spokesperson called university campus violence "timeless"; and said "[t]he police will drive out extremist political groups and guard the infrastructure, finally making the university a safe place".

Prior to the vote, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the centre-right New Democracy political party which first introduced the legislation, told lawmakers "[n]owhere in the world do we see images [...] of historical buildings being vandalised".

Many incidents of unrest have occurred at Greek universities, including a 1973 student revolt at Athens Polytechnic against the 1967–1974 military junta.  The government forcefully repressed the uprising, resulting in the death of at least 26.  Due to another protest in 1990–91 against high school reform pushed by Mitsotakis' father Konstantinos, one teacher died.  In October, a rector was taken hostage by hooded anarchists.

In 2019, the government repealed a restriction in place since 1982 that had effectively prevented police from entering university grounds.
Opponents of the introduction of police at universities have described it as stifling freedom of expression, which the government claimed is "ridiculous".  At recent demonstrations, protestors have chanted "Bread, education and freedom", a common anti-junta slogan of the 1973 uprising.  In January, Athenian police used tear gas to break up a protest which was defying lockdown restrictions.

Many Greek professors have also opposed the idea, with Professor of State Theory and Law at Panteion University Dimitris Kaltsonis claiming, in remarks to Euronews, "there is no need for special police to control the campuses".  Oxford University's University and College Union (UCU) stated on Twitter "its solidarity to Greek colleagues [...] opposing the creation of such a special university police force, which is unlikely to respond to the most pertinent problems of Greek higher education institutions", and that the then-proposal was "alarming and not in line with best practice."

Some recent demonstrators have called for "more doctors, fewer police".  Eurostat data from 2016–2018, which a spokesperson for the Ministry for Citizen Protection called "inaccurate", showed Greece had the second most police officers per capita of any country in the European Union.  The spokesperson said the government is "investing in the quality of education as well", but emphasised "[p]olice on campuses is not a choice, but a necessary move".

€23 million was recently budgeted for Greek law enforcement to better "face contemporary challenges, such as COVID-19 and external threats".

Left-wing opposition party Syriza has criticised the legislation as an attempt to make universities "sterile and unfree".


Greka parlamento aprobas disputatan leĝprojekton rilate al universitata polico

Je ĵaŭdo, la 11-a de februaro, la Parlamento de Grekujo aprobis disputatan leĝoprojekton permesantan la kreadon de universitata policanaro kaj disciplina kunsido, kun la celo malebligi malpacon ĉe grekaj universitatoj. La decidon, kiu estis sankciita je 166 voĉoj por kaj 132 voĉoj kontraŭ (el 300 parlamentanoj entute), oponas multaj studentoj kaj profesoroj, argumentante ke ĝi malhelpos la parolliberecon.

La proponitaj ŝanĝoj inkluzivas la establon de aparta universitata sekcio de polico, limigon de eniro en universitatajn areojn, kaj la formadon de disciplina kunsido posedanta la aŭtoritaton suspendi aŭ forbari studentojn.

Reprezentanto de la Ministrejo pri la Protektado de Civitanoj nomis universitatan violenton «ĉiama», kaj diris ke «la polico forpelos grupojn ekstremismajn kaj gardos la infrastrukturon, fine igante universitaton loko sekura.» La reprezentanto emfazis ke «sendi policanojn sur kampusojn estas ne elekto, sed necesa ago».

Antaŭ la parlamenta voĉdono, la ĉefministro de Grekujo Kiriakos Mitsotakis diris al la parlamentanaro: «Nenie en la mondo ni vidas [...] bildojn de vandalizataj historiaj konstruaĵoj». Mitsotakis estas la ĉefo de la centra-dekstra partio Nova Demokratio, kiu enkondukis la leĝoprojekton.

Multaj malpacaj incidentoj okazis ĉe grekaj universitatoj, ekzemple studenta ribelo ĉe la atena Nacia Teknologia Universitato en 1973 kontraŭ la junto reganta Grekujon dum la jaroj 1967 ĝis 1974. La registaro utiligis perforton por subpremi la ribelon, rezultigante la mortojn de 26 homoj. Poste, en alia manifestaciado kontraŭ altlernejaj reformoj inter la jaroj 1990 kaj 1991, mortis unu instruisto. Je tiu oktobro, anarĥiistoj portantaj kapuĉojn ostaĝprenis rektoron.

En 2019 la registaro nuligis efektivan depost 1982 limigon kiu esence malpermesis al la polico eniri universitatajn teritoriojn. Ĉe lastatempaj mitingoj, manifestaciantoj kriadis la sloganon «Panon, edukon kaj liberecon», kio estis ofta frapfrazo de la ribelo de 1973. Ĉi tiun januaron, atenaj policanoj uzis larmigan gazon kontraŭ manifestacio malobeanta dekretojn pri trudizoliĝo.

Multaj grekaj profesoroj oponas la koncepton de universitatpolico, kaj ankaŭ la maldekstra opozicia partio Siriza, kiu ĝin kritikis kiel provon igi universitatojn «sterilaj kaj neliberaj».

Antaŭ nelonge, oni buĝetis pliajn 23 milionojn da eŭroj al la greka policanaro por ke ĝi povu pli facile «alfronti aktualajn defiojn, kiel ekz. KOVIM-19 kaj eksterajn minacojn».


Guantanamo inmate Murat Kurnaz transferred to Germany and released

After being held for more than four years at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, German born Turkish citizen Murat Kurnaz was transferred to German custody by U.S. authorities on Thursday. An hour later, he was released.

Kurnaz was picked up in Pakistan in 2001 when riding a bus. He was first transferred to a prison camp in Afghanistan and then transferred to Guantanamo bay. He was designated an "enemy combatant" even after German law enforcement and US intelligence officials concluded that there was no information tying him to al-Qaeda or other terrorist activities.

Kurnaz's lawyers have charged that Kurnaz was tortured while being held in Afghanistan and - to a lesser degree - while at Guantanamo Bay. Even on the flight back to Germany Kurnaz was shackled on hand and feet, tied to the ground and blindfolded.

Pentagon spokesman Chito Peppler said that the conditions for the prisoner transfer of Kurnaz to Germany included guarantees that Kurnaz be treated humanely by German authorities and that Germany take steps to ensure Kurnaz would not pose any threat to the world.


Deutsch-Türke Kurnaz kommt nach langjähriger Haft aus Guantánamo frei

Berlin (Deutschland), 26.08.2006 – Außenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier hat auf einer Pressekonferenz bestätigt, dass die Entlassung des in dem amerikanischen Gefangenenlager Guantánamo internierten Deutsch-Türken Murat Kurnaz („Bremer Taliban“) kurz bevorstehe. Steinmeier sprach am Donnerstag, den 24. August in Berlin von „erfolgreichen Verhandlungen zwischen der Bundesregierung und den USA“. Unterdessen wurde von der Regierung bestätigt, dass Murat Kurnaz in Deutschland angekommen und zu seiner Familie in Bremen zurückgekehrt sei. Noch am Mittwoch hatte Thomas Steg, stellvertretender Sprecher der Bundesregierung, auf der Regierungspressekonferenz auf Nachfragen von Journalisten Gerüchte über eine baldige Freilassung von Murat Kurnaz dementiert. Der Regierungssprecher sagte aber, dass sich der Außenminister und die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel in den vergangenen Wochen wiederholt für die Freilassung des Guantanamo-Häftlings eingesetzt hätten. Kurnaz' Anwalt Bernhard Docke teilte mit, dass für Freitag in Bremen eine Pressekonferenz anberaumt sei, auf der Kurnaz jedoch nicht anwesend sein werde. Zuvor hatte Reuters berichtet, dass Murat Kurnaz sich vor Journalisten über die Haftbedingungen in Guantánamo äußern werde. Kurnaz wurde nach eigenen Angaben gefoltert und misshandelt; zum Beispiel wurde er auf Guantánamo tagelang grellem Neonlicht ausgesetzt. In Afghanistan hätten ihn die US-Soldaten mit Essensentzug, Schlägen, Isolationshaft in Fesseln, sexuellen Demütigungen und Drohungen gefoltert. Außerdem habe man ihn mit  Elektroschocks gequält, den „Kopf in einen Eimer mit kaltem Wasser getaucht“ und unter der Drohung, ihn zu erschießen, dazu gezwungen zu kooperieren. Nach einem Bericht des Hamburger Abendblatts und anderen Zeitungsartikeln, die sich auf die Angaben des Anwalts stützen, soll Murat Kurnaz sogar noch während des Transports nach Deutschland in Ketten gelegt worden sein, seine Augen seien verklebt worden. „Kurnaz wurde gehalten wie ein Tier“, so Kurnaz' Anwalt Bernhard Docke.

Thomas Steg verteidigte auf der Pressekonferenz am 25. August die rot-grüne Vorgängerregierung gegen die Unterlassungsvorwürfe von Bernhard Docke und sagte, dass die Entscheidungen der Regierung unter Gerhard Schröder „immer wohlüberlegt“ gefällt wurden. Er sehe deshalb keinen Anlass, das Verhalten der Regierung zu kommentieren oder zu bewerten. Vorausgegangen waren heftige Anschuldigungen von Kurnaz' Anwalt, welcher der Vorgängerregierung Indifferenz und politische Passivität im Fall Kurnaz vorgehalten hatte. Er habe sich damals aktiv für die Freilassung seines Mandanten eingesetzt, die Bundesregierung jedoch habe mit dem Hinweis auf fehlende Gesprächsbereitschaft der Amerikaner nichts unternommen. Zudem wirft Docke der ehemaligen Bundesregierung vor, ein Angebot der US-Regierung im Jahr 2002, Kurnaz freizulassen, abgelehnt und damit seine Gefangenschaft auf Kuba in die Länge gezogen zu haben.

Amnesty International (AI) begrüßte unterdessen die Freilassung von Murat Kurnaz. Gleichzeitig erneuerte die Menschenrechtsorganisation ihre Forderung an die US-Regierung, das US-Gefangenenlager auf Kuba zu schließen. Ferdinand Muggenthaler, USA-Experte von AI Deutschland, kritisierte, dass Kurnaz trotz offensichtlicher Unschuld ohne Erhebung von Anklage, Gerichtsurteil und Kontakt zu Außenwelt auf Guantánamo festgehalten wurde. Seiner Meinung würde die US-Regierung weiterhin systematische Menschenrechtsverletzungen für den Kampf gegen den Terrorismus in Kauf nehmen.

Die Linksfraktion kritisierte in einer Pressemitteilung die Auskunftspolitik der Bundesregierung und forderte ein „politisches Nachspiel“. Sie habe Informationen über den Verbleib und das Rückkehrdatum des Deutsch-Türken absichtlich zurückgehalten und die Mitglieder des Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremiums im Dunkeln gelassen, so Jan Korte, Mitglied des Innenausschusses. Nur auf den öffentlichen Druck, ein Urteil des Bremer Verwaltungsgerichts und das Insistieren der Linksfraktion hin habe die Bundesregierung die Verhandlungen mit der US-Regierung aufgenommen. Zudem vermutet die Linksfraktion, dass deutsche BKA-Beamte Murat Kurnaz in Guantánamo verhört haben und so von der „rechtswidrigen Inhaftierung“ profitierten. In zwei Kleinen Anfragen an die Bundesregierung (16/1223 & 16/1354 (Antwort), 16/1390 & 16/1602 (Antwort)) hatte die Linksfraktion bereits mehrere Male Fragen zum Verbleib und zur geplanten Rückkehr von Murat Kurnaz gestellt. Die Bundesregierung verweist in ihren Antworten auf den „Bericht der Bundesregierung zu Vorgängen im Zusammenhang mit dem Irakkrieg und der Bekämpfung des internationalen Terrorismus“, der jedoch zu großen Teilen der Geheimhaltung unterliegt oder als Verschlusssache eingestuft wurde und deshalb nur den Mitgliedern des Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremiums (PKGr) vorliegt. Außerdem verweist die Bundesregierung darauf, dass sie sich zu Themen, die der Geheimhaltung unterliegen, also beispielsweise Fragen, die die Tätigkeit der deutschen Nachrichtendienste betreffen, nur in den dafür vorgesehenen Gremium äußere. Auch Spekulationen über eine möglicherweise ausgesprochene Einreiseverweigerung für Murat Kurnaz im Jahr 2002 durch die damalige Bundesregierung kommentiert die heutige Bundesregierung nicht und verweist auf die als geheim klassifizierten Dokumente.

Die offene Fassung des Berichts enthält keinerlei Passagen über Murat Kurnaz. Zudem äußerte sich das Auswärtige Amt in einem Telefongespräch gegenüber Wikinews zurückhaltend zu dem Fall, da auch die Ereignisse rund um die Festnahme des Murat Kurnaz Gegenstand des Untersuchungsausschusses seien, der klären soll, ob, zu welchem Zweck und auf welcher rechtlichen Grundlage Reisedaten von Murat Kurnaz an libanesische und US-amerikanische Sicherheitsbehörden weitergeleitet wurden. Mittlerweile hat die FDP angekündigt, sie wolle Murat Kurnaz als Zeuge vor den Untersuchungsausschuss laden. Das kündigte der FDP-Innenexperte Max Stadler am Samstag in der „Berliner Zeitung“ an. Es solle untersucht werden, „ob aus außenpolitischer Rücksichtnahme gegenüber den USA die damalige Bundesregierung mit zu wenig Nachdruck auf die Freilassung von Kurnaz hingewirkt hat“. Der Grünen-Politiker Hans-Christian Ströbele schloss sich der Forderung an. Die Mitglieder des PKGr stufen in ihrer Bewertung des Berichts der Bundesregierung die Qualifizierung von Verdächtigen als „ungesetzliche Kämpfer“ („unlawful combatants“) beziehungsweise „feindliche Kombattanten“ („enemy combatants“) als völkerrechtswidrig ein und fordern ein rechtsstaatliches Verfahren. Das unter anderem von der Linksfraktion kritisierte Verhör des Murat Kurnaz in Guantánamo durch BKA-Beamte sei jedoch vor dem Hintergrund von „Hinweisen auf eine in Bremen möglicherweise existierende islamistische Terrorzelle mit Querverbindungen zur ‚Hamburger Terrorzelle‘ um Mohamed Atta, die für die tragischen Anschläge vom 11. September 2001 verantwortlich war,“ erforderlich gewesen.

Auch die Fraktion von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen forderte von der Bundesregierung, sich nach der Freilassung von Murat Kurnaz aktiv für die Schließung des Gefangenenlagers auf Kuba einzusetzen. In einer Pressemitteilung rufen Jürgen Trittin und Volker Beck die Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel dazu auf, sich gegenüber Bush für die „Wahrung von Menschenrechten und Völkerrecht“ stark zu machen. Sie bezeichnen die Existenz des Internierungslagers als einen „Skandal“ und „völlig inakzeptabel“.

Kurnaz war im Jahr 2002 von amerikanischen Spezialeinheiten in Pakistan aufgegriffen worden und wurde seitdem ohne Anklageerhebung in Guantánamo festgehalten. Ihm wurde von amerikanischer Seite vorgeworfen, Verbindungen zur al-Qaida unterhalten und die afghanische, radikal-islamische Taliban unterstützt zu haben.

Nachdem der Oberste Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten 2004 in einem historischen Urteil entschieden hatte, dass die auf Kuba gefangenen Häftlinge das Recht haben, gegen ihre Internierung vor amerikanischen Gerichten zu klagen, und dass die Entscheidung über den Status der mutmaßlichen Terroristen in der Zuständigkeit amerikanischer Gerichte liege, entschied Richterin Greens vom US-Bundesbezirksgericht für den Bezirk Columbia im Jahr 2005, dass Murat Kurnaz den fünften Zusatzartikel der amerikanischen Verfassung, nach dem Strafprozesse für Verbrechen nur in Folge einer Anklage durch die Grand Jury erlaubt sind und der das Verhängen von Strafen ohne ordentlichen Gerichtsprozess verbietet, geltend machen könne. Zudem sei das Verfahren, mutmaßliche Terroristen als „feindliche Kämpfer“ zu deklarieren und ihnen so das Recht auf ein ordentliches Verfahren zu verneinen, rechtswidrig; es verletze „durch die Verfassung
garantierte rechtsstaatliche Grundsätze“ und die Genfer Konventionen, so befand die Richterin. Das „Combatant Status Review Tribunal“ (CSRT), das den Status der als „feindliche Kämpfer“ eingestuften Häftlinge auf Guantánamo überprüfen und gegebenenfalls ändern sollte, habe sich bei der Mehrzahl seiner Entscheidungen auf als geheim klassifiziertes Material gestützt, das jedoch den Internierten nicht zugänglich gemacht wurde. Zudem war den Häftlingen das Recht auf Rechtsbeistand verwehrt worden, der das Material, auf das das CSRT seine Entscheidungen beruhen ließ, hätte prüfen und anfechten können. Auf der Grundlage des nicht klassifizierten Materials lasse sich, so das Gerichtsurteil, nicht schlussfolgern und beweisen, dass Murat Kurnaz Verbindungen ins terroristische Milieu – zu al-Quaida – unterhalte. Da die US-Regierung bei der nächsthöheren Instanz in Berufung ging, wurde die Freilassung von Murat Kurnaz lange verzögert.

Zwischenzeitlich waren auch in Deutschland die Bedingungen für eine Rückkehr Kurnaz' nicht gegeben. Der Bremer Innensenator Thomas Röwekamp (CDU) entzog dem Deutsch-Türken im August 2004 die unbefristete Aufenthaltserlaubnis mit der Begründung, Murat Kurnaz habe sich länger als sechs Monate außerhalb Deutschlands aufgehalten und die Fristverlängerung, die vom Gesetz gefordert werde, bei der Stadt Bremen nicht beantragt. Im November 2005 erklärte das Bremer Verwaltungsgericht die Entscheidung des Innensenators für nichtig und erklärte, dass die „unbefristete Aufenthaltserlaubnis des Klägers nicht erloschen ist“. Die „im Hinblick auf die besonderen Umstände im Fall des Herrn Kurnaz durch das Verwaltungsgericht Bremen getroffene Entscheidung“ wollte die Bundesregierung aus grundsätzlichen Erwägungen nicht kommentieren.

Der Spiegel berichtet, dass die Bremer Staatsanwaltschaft unter Leitung von Uwe Picard das Ermittlungsverfahren gegen Kurnaz wegen des Verdachts auf Bildung einer terroristischen Vereinigung erneut aufnehmen und sich dementsprechend mit seinen Verteidigern in Verbindung setzen werde.


Prisionero de Guantánamo enviado a Alemania es dejado en libertad

Murat Kurnaz, un prisionero alemán de origen turco quien estuviera detenido en Guantánamo por 4 años, fue enviado a Alemania el pasado jueves (24). Kurnaz fue liberado una hora más tarde.

Kurnaz fue capturado en Pakistán en el año 2001 mientras se transportaba en un bus, fue transferido a un campo de prisioneros en Afganistán y luego enviado a la bahía de Guantánamo. Kurnaz había sido calificado como "combatiente enemigo" a pesar de que oficiales de inteligencia alemanes y estadounidenses habían concluido que no había ninguna información que lo conectara a al-Qaida o a actividades terroristas.

Según sus abogados, Kurnaz fue torturado mientras estuvo detenido en Afganistán y en un menor grado durante su detención en Guantánamo. Durante su vuelo a Alemania, Kurnaz fue esposado de manos y de pies y encadenado al suelo con los ojos vendados.

El vocero del Pentágono Chito Peppler dijo que el prisionero había sido enviado a Alemania después de que este país dio al gobierno estadounidense la garantía de que lo trataría humanamente y que el país europeo se asegurara de que Kurnaz no iba a ser una amenaza.


Guantanamo inmates to be transferred to Illinois

The White House is expected to announce today that some of the inmates from the United States' controversial detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are to be relocated to a prison facility, to be acquired by the Federal Government, on the US mainland.

The Thomson Correctional Center in north-western Illinois is expected to accommodate around 100 prisoners from the Cuba base. The closure of the camp is a key policy for US President Barack Obama and an unnamed White House official is quoted as saying "Closing the detention centre at Guantanamo is essential to protecting our national security and helping our troops by removing a deadly recruiting tool from the hands of al-Qaeda". Thomson prison, in Thomson, Illinois, approximately 150 miles from Chicago, is expected to be sold to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and, in turn, part leased to the Department of Defense will hold both federal prisoners and detainees from Guantanamo in the same facility.

Illinois State Governor Patrick J. Quinn and Richard J. Durbin, the state’s senior senator, are expected to be briefed about the plan at the White House this (Tuesday) afternoon. Both Democrats, the senators have previously campaigned  for the prisoners to be located in Thomson in the hope that it would bring jobs to the local economy as well as making use of a near empty prison complex. However, Republican congressmen for Illinois, Representatives Mark Steven Kirk and Donald Manzullo have expressed skepticism, claiming the move could make Illinois a target for terrorism.


Se espera el traslado de presos de Guantánamo a Illinois

Se espera que la Casa Blanca haga público hoy el traslado de algunos de los presos de la controvertida prisión norteamericana en la Bahía de Guantánamo, Cuba a una instalación penitenciaria en los Estados Unidos continentales, que sería adquirida por el Gobierno Federal.

El centro correccional Thomson, situado al noroeste de Illinois podría acoger a unos 100 presos de la base cubana. El cierre de Guantánamo fue una de las promesas clave del presidente del país, Barack Obama, durante su campaña electoral. Se espera que el correctivo de Thomson, situado en la localidad homónima del estado de Illinois y a unos 240 Km de Chicago, se venda a la autoridad federal de prisiones. A cambio, una parte sería cedida al Departamento de Defensa para acoger a prisiones federales, así como presos de Guantánamo.

Se espera que tanto Patrick J. Quinn, gobernador de Illinois como Richard J. Durbin, experimentado senador del estado, sean informados sobre este asunto en la Casa Blanca hoy mismo. Ambos senadores demócratas llevaron a cabo una campaña en pro del traslado de parte de los presos de Guantánamo a Thomson, y así crear puestos de trabajo en la región, a la vez que se daría pleno uso a una instalación casi vacía. Sin embargo, los congresistas republicanos por Illinois, Mark Steven Kirk y Donald Manzullo se desmarcaron de esta campaña al considerar que harían de la región un objetivo de ataques terroristas.


குவாண்டானாமோ சிறையை மூடி வேறு இடத்தில் அமைக்க முடிவு

கியூபாவின் தீவிலுள்ள குவாண்டானாமோ சிறைச்சாலையை மூடிவிட்டு வேறொரு இடத்தில் புதிய சிறைச்சாலையை அமைக்கும் யோசனையை அமெரிக்கா விரைவில் அறிவிக்கவுள்ளது.

குவாண்டானமோவிலுள்ள கைதிகள் சிலரை விடுதலை செய்த பின்னர் ஏனையோரை அமெரிக்காவின் இலினோயி மாநிலத்திலுள்ள தொம்சன் என்ற இடத்தில் சிறைவைக்க ஜனாதிபதி பராக் ஒபாமாவின் நிர்வாகம் தீர்மானித்துள்ளது. இப்புதிய சிறைச்சாலை சிகாகோ நகரிலிருந்து 150 கி.மீ. தொலைவிலுள்ள மிசிசிப்பி நதியின் அருகாமையில் அமைக்கப்படவுள்ளது.

இங்கு பாவிக்கப்படாமலுள்ள அரச கட்டடமொன்று சிறைச்சாலையாக மாற்றப்படவுள்ளதாகவும் அறிவிக்கப்படவுள்ளது. தொம்சன் என்ற இடத்தில் அமையவுள்ள புதிய சிறைச்சாலை போதிய வசதிகளைக் கொண்டுள்ளதாக இலினோயி மாநில அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

இது தொடர்பான பேச்சுக்கள் அமெரிக்காவின் மத்திய அரசின் அதிகாரிகளுக்கும் மாநில அரசின் அதிகாரிகளுக்குமிடையே நடைபெறவுள்ளன. ஒபாமா பதவியேற்ற போது குவான்தனமோ சிறைச்சாலையை மூடப்போவதாக அறிவித்தமை குறிப்பிடத்தக்கதாகும்.

புதன், திசம்பர் 16, 2009


Guard rail kills ten in Malaysian bus crash

A metal guard rail slicing into a bus killed ten people today in an overnight crash in Ipoh, Malaysia. Three more were injured with one hospitalised when the double-decker Sani Express struck the rail at 1 a.m. this morning with 48 passengers on board.

The vehicle was en route to the northern destination of Perlis from the central state of Selangor when it crashed in Perak on the North-South Expressway, which runs the length of the country. The victims were on the lower deck when the vehicle skidded, struck and was ripped open on the left-hand side by the rail before swerving across the road to rest against the central divider. Of the ten killed, the youngest was fourteen and the oldest 64. The victim hospitalised has four broken ribs.

The bus driver had prior traffic offense convictions, although the bus had not been in any incidents with the police. Police arrested him, noting he was not drunk or on drugs, and he has been remanded in custody until Wednesday. He admits that he fell asleep just before the crash.

Press photographs showed the left side of the bus had been torn open along the bottom of the lower deck for most of its length, and bodies covered with newspaper lying in front of the vehicle.

Perak saw another major bus crash two years ago on the same highway. 22 people were killed in that crash, which remains the nation's worst bus accident.


மலேசியாவில் பேருந்து விபத்தில் 10 பேர் உயிரிழப்பு

மலேசியாவில் வடக்கு - தெற்கு நெடுஞ்சாலையில் 278.8 கிமீ தொலைவில் பெராக் மாநிலத்தில் ஈப்போ சிலாத்தான் அருகே சானி எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் (Sani Express) இரட்டைத்தட்டு பேருந்து ஒன்று தடம் மாறி சாலையில் உள்ள பாதுகாப்பு பிரிவு சுவரை உடைத்து கொண்டு தடம் புரண்டு கவிழ்ந்ததில் 10 பேர் உயிரிழந்தனர்.

சனியன்று அதிகாலை 1 மணியளவில் நடந்த இந்த விபத்தில் மேலும் மூவர் படுகாயமடைந்து மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டனர். உயிரிழ்ந்தவர்கள் அனைவரும் பேருந்தின் கீழ்த்தட்டில் பயணித்தவர்கள் என உள்ளூர் அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்தனர். பேருந்தின் சாரதியை காவல்துறையினர் கைது செய்துள்ளனர். விபத்துக்கு சற்று முன்னர் தான் சற்று நேரம் உறங்கியதாக சாரதி காவல்துறையினரிடம் தெரிவித்தார்.

அண்மைக்காலங்களில் பெராக்கில் இரண்டு சாலை விபத்துக்கள் நிகழ்ந்துள்ளன. 2007 ஆம் ஆண்டில் பேருந்து விபத்து ஒன்றில் 22 பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டனர். நாட்டில் நிகழ்ந்த மிகவும் மோசமான சாலை விபத்தாக அப்போது இது சொல்லப்பட்டது.

ஞாயிறு, திசம்பர் 27, 2009


Gun attack at Iranian election office injures three

At least three people, among them a child, have been wounded after a group of gunmen opened fire at one of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election offices.

The shooting happened in the city of Zahedan, located in southeastern Iran.

The incident occurred at approximately 19.00 IRST (UTC+3:30), the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said.

"Three knife-wielding people on motorbikes stopped outside the centre on Saadi Street, cursed, made threats and tore up billboards," said Mohammad Reza Zahed Sheikhi, the head of Ahmadinejad's Zehedan election office. When campaign members attempted to protest, "the attackers pulled out guns and shot at them", he said.

Sheikhi added that two campaign workers were wounded in the arm, stomach, and shoulders, while the child was shot in the stomach and was undergoing a surgery.

Sheikhi said that "the men ran away, but the police chased and arrested them."

The incident happened only a day after a bomb blast in the same city killed nineteen people at a Shia mosque. A group of Sunni rebels have claimed responsibility for that attack.


Наоружани нападачи напали канцеларију изборног штаба иранског председника

Техеран / Иран (Глас Америке) Ирански државни медији наводе да су наоружани нападачи данас отворили ватру на канцеларију изборног штаба председника Махмуда Ахмадинежада, ранивши три особе.

Новинска агенција ИРНА саопштава да се инцидент одгирао у југоисточном граду Захедану, у близини границе са Пакистаном. Шеф канцеларије за предизборну кампању Мохамед Захед Шеик је изјавио за агенцију ИРНА да су тројица мушкараца претила људима на том месту пре но што у отворили ватру из оружја. Такође је испричао да су тројица нападача ухапшени.

Ахмадинежад се кандидовао за други мандат на председничким изборима 12. јуна и суочен је са тројицом против-кандидата. Једна од њих, бивши премијер Ирана, Мир Хусеин Мусави, иначе такође председнички кандидат, изјавио је да је спреман да настави разговоре са међународним силама о иранском нукеларном програму – што је у оштрој супротности са ставом председникака Ахмадинежад.

Мусави је данас је рекао да ће, ако буде изабран, прихватити преговоре са шест светских сила, које су тражиле о иранском нукларном програмуа. Чланови те групе су пет сталних чланица Савета безбедености и Немачка. Председник Ахмадинежад, недавно је одбацио могућност даљих преговора са том групом.

Попут Ахмадинежада, Мусави каже да ће Иран наставити да развија нуклеарну технологију у мирнодопске сврхе. Он је, међутим, указао да ће настојати да пружи гаранције међународној заједници да нуклеарни програм Техерана нема за циљ производњу нуклеарног оружја.


Gun battle between gang members and police kills 12 in Rio de Janeiro

Two policemen were killed after gang members shot down their helicopter during a battle with police in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Twelve people were killed on the ground, including two civilians. Ten of those are said to have been gang members.

According to military police commander Mario Sergio Duarte, the pilot was shot in the leg by a gang member from the ground. The pilot then attempted an emergency landing, but lost control crashing into a football field, setting the helicopter ablaze. The pilot and one other policemen were able to escape the wreckage with minor injuries.

Officials say the fighting started on Saturday when a gang from the Morro do São João Favela attempted to invade and seize control of the neighboring favela Morro dos Macacos. The Comando Vermelho gang attempted to take the neighboring favela, a territory operated by the Amigo dos Amigos gang when police intervened.

At least 100 police officers and Special Police Operations Battalion troops continued the gunfight with the alleged gang members on the ground after the helicopter crashed. The alleged gang members then set as many as nine buses ablaze in response to police intrusion. Fabio Nascimento, a bus driver who had his bus set on fire, said to Agence France-Presse that as many as 15 armed masked men forced him and the passengers to leave the bus, yelling at them to "get out, get out, we are going to light it on fire!"

Officials say that Saturday's battle was the worst in Rio since the city was named the host city of the 2016 Olympic Games two weeks ago. In Rio, an estimated 6,000 people were killed in 2008 due to gang-related violence. At least one person was arrested in connection with Saturday's violence.

In an effort to help curb the gang violence in Rio, the Justice Ministry made an offer to Sérgio Cabral, Governor of Rio, to send national guard troops to the city, but the governor denied the request. Cabral said that the city is properly equipped to handle the violence.


Batalla de narcos siembra pánico en Río de Janeiro

17 de octubre de 2009Río de Janeiro, Brasil —

La ciudad carioca vivió hoy una jornada signada por el terror, cuando bandas de narcotraficantes rivales se enfrentaron dejando un saldo de doce muertos, entre ellos, dos policías que se encontraban en un helicóptero que se estrelló en pleno enfrentamiento.

El helicóptero llevaba cuatro policías a bordo cuando sobrevolaba una favela y fue derribado por narcotraficantes. La policía carioca había lanzado un operativo en el Morro dos Macocos, para controlar los intensos tiroteos entre bandas que asolaban la zona. Las bandas se disputan violentamente el control de los territorios, y este tipo de enfrentamiento son comunes en la ciudad que fue recientemente elegida sede de los Juegos Olímpicos para 2016.

El helicóptero derribado estaba prestando apoyo a los policías de tierra que actuaban en la favela Morro de Sao Jao, desde donde partió el ataque a la banda rival del vecino Morro dos Macacos. La aeronave fue obligada a aterrizar de emergencia cuando recibió impactos por parte de los narcos, pero explotó apenas tocó tierra. Sólo dos de los ocupantes lograron salir a tiempo y salvar sus vidas, aunque se supo que el piloto presentaba heridas de bala.

Los enfrentamientos generaron pánico en grandes zonas del norte de la ciudad brasileña, donde inmediatamente se produjeron más desmanes, incluyendo el incendio de varios autobuses en diferentes suburbios de Río de Janeiro en represalia a la acción policial. Más de cien efectivos participaron de la acción que dejó un saldo de 12 muertos, entre ellos varios narcotraficantes y los dos policías que no lograron salir del helicóptero en llamas.


Guerra entre traficantes rivais e polícia assusta os moradores do Rio de Janeiro

Agência Brasil

Brasil • 17 de outubro de 2009

Os moradores de Vila Isabel, na zona norte do Rio, afirmam que nunca viram um tiroteio tão intenso quanto o da madrugada de hoje (17), quando traficantes rivais disputaram pontos de venda de drogas no Morro dos Macacos. “Teve muito tiro aqui à noite inteira. Vi até clarão. Moro aqui há mais de 20 anos e nunca presenciei essa quantidade tiros. Parecia uma guerra de verdade, com tiros de longe e de perto, no morro todo”, contou o produtor musical Felipe Covazzoli.

O tiroteio começou por volta da 1h00, quando traficantes da favela São João invadiram o Morro dos Macacos, em Vila Isabel. Pela manhã, a Polícia Militar tentou combater o confronto e teve um helicóptero atingido por tiro. A aeronave fez um pouso forçado, em um campo de futebol da favela São João, e em seguida explodiu. Em consequência disso, dois PMs morreram e três ficaram feridos.

Com o tiroteio, vários moradores ficaram desabrigados durante à noite, porque tiveram medo de subir o Morro dos Macacos. O garçom João Gonçalves conta que ficou fora de casa das 2h às 14h, esperando “as coisas acalmarem”.

Para chamar a atenção da polícia para o confronto entre os traficantes, os moradores do morro atearam fogo em pneus em frente à carceragem da Polinter, em Vila Isabel, e jogaram pedras em viaturas policiais.

O delegado de plantão, Orlando Zaccone, disse que chegou a suspeitar de uma tentativa de invasão da unidade, mas concluiu que era um protesto.

A disputa entre traficantes e policiais se estendeu ao longo do dia. Tiros atingiram uma escola municipal, provocando um pequeno incêndio, controlado rapidamente. Ao final do dia, a cúpula da segurança instalou um gabinete de crise e montou um cerco policial ao Morro dos Macacos e à favela São João.

Um helicóptero da Polícia Militar fez um pouso forçado pela manhã dentro de uma favela depois de ser atingido por tiros. A aeronave sobrevoava a região do Morro dos Macacos, na zona norte, onde a PM informa que há um conflito entre traficantes. Três policiais ficaram feridos e dois morreram carbonizados.

A aeronave da PM fez um pouso forçado em um campo de futebol da Favela São João. A polícia informa que no local traficantes da comunidade tentaram invadir, durante a madrugada, o Morro dos Macacos para disputar a venda de drogas.

No início da manhã, moradores fecharam a Rua Visconde de Santa Isabel para chamar a atenção da polícia para o confronto. Muitas pessoas passaram a noite fora de casa devido ao tiroteio. Uma tropa do Bope acaba de chegar ao local para reforçar o policiamento. Um helicóptero blindado da Polícia Civil também sobrevoa a região. O tiroteio no local continua intenso.

A Polícia Militar e a Polícia Civil do Rio de janeiro estão de prontidão para enfrentar os ataques promovidos por traficantes que incendiaram hoje pelo menos dez ônibus na zona norte da capital fluminense.

Segundo a Secretaria de Segurança Pública do RJ, todos os batalhões da PM e as delegacias especializadas foram acionadas e convocaram soldados e agentes de folga para combater as ações criminosas desencadeadas após confronto, nesta manhã, no Morro dos Macacos.

Durante a madrugada, o Morro dos Macacos foi invadido por traficantes da favela São João, que disputam o controle da venda de drogas no local.

Com o ataque aos ônibus, a polícia acredita que os traficantes estariam tentando desviar a atenção do confronto no Morro dos Macacos.

Um helicóptero da PM chegou a ser atingido por tiros durante o confronto com traficantes e fez um pouso forçado na favela São João. Dois policiais morreram carbonizados e três ficaram feridos.

A operação policial na região começou no início da manhã, quando a PM foi avisada por moradores sobre o confronto entre traficantes.

Já chegam a dez os ônibus incendiados desde a manhã de hoje em ruas próximas às favelas do Jacarezinho e da Mangueira, na zona norte do Rio. Até o momento, não há informações sobre feridos nessas ações nem confirmação de que elas estejam relacionadas ao confronto entre traficantes iniciado na madrugada de hoje (17) nos morros dos Macacos e São João, entre os bairros do Engenho Novo e Vila Isabel, na mesma região.

A empresa Braso Lisboa, que opera as linhas da maior parte dos ônibus queimados, determinou o retorno à garagem de todos os seus coletivos. Além do pânico entre os moradores de diversos bairros da zona norte e do pouso forçado de um helicóptero da PM, depois de ter sido atingido por tiros e que levou à morte de dois policiais, o confronto provocou retenções e bloqueios no trânsito de importantes vias da cidade.

A Avenida Marechal Rondon, que liga a região do Méier ao bairro do Maracanã, foi fechada ao tráfego pela Guarda Municipal na altura do bairro do Engenho Novo, onde fica o Morro São João. O trânsito foi desviado para a Rua Barão do Bom Retiro, obrigando os motoristas a seguir para o Centro por meio dos bairros do Grajaú e de Vila Isabel.

Também foram fechadas ao tráfego as ruas Visconde de Niterói, em Mangueira, Ana Néri e a Avenida Dom Hélder Câmara, próximas ao Jacarezinho, onde foram queimados os ônibus. Em Vila Isabel, moradores fecharam pela manhã a Rua Visconde de Santa Isabel, para chamar a atenção da polícia para o confronto no vizinho Morro dos Macacos.

O major da Polícia Militar João Jaques Busnello, que estava no helicóptero abatido hoje (17) por bandidos durante operação no Morro dos Macacos, em Vila Isabel, na zona norte do Rio de janeiro, foi ferido por um tiro na perna e está internado no Hospital Central da Polícia Militar, no Estácio, também na zona norte.

O major é o mesmo que no mês passado salvou a comerciante Ana Cristina Garrido, 48 anos, ao atirar na cabeça de um bandido que a fazia refém por mais de 40 minutos na Rua Pereira Nunes, em Vila Isabel.

De acordo com a informações da PM, o major, que é atirador de elite do Sexto Batalhão, responsável pelo policiamento da região da Tijuca, estava de folga e foi chamado para dar apoio à operação que a polícia militar realizava no Morro dos Macacos.

O major Busnello fez curso de tiro no Batalhão de Operações Especiais (Bope), na Polícia Federal e na Aeronáutica. Dois PMs que estavam no helicóptero também ficaram feridos e dois morreram.

A Polícia Militar do Rio de janeiro montou um gabinete de gerenciamento de crise por causa do confronto entre traficantes de morros da zona norte do Rio. Integram o gabinete o comandante-geral da PM, coronel Mario Sergio de Brito Duarte, os chefes do estado-maior da corporação, coronéis Álvaro Garcia e Carlos Eduardo Milagres, o comandante do 1º Comando de Policiamento de Área, coronel Marcus Jardim, além dos comandantes dos batalhões de Choque, coronel Robson Rodrigues, e de Operações Especiais (Bope), coronel Luiz Henrique. Nota divulgada pela PM informa ainda que todos os batalhões da Capital, Niterói, e Baixada Fluminense foram colocados de prontidão.

No texto, a PM faz um balanço da operação policial realizada para reprimir a ação dos criminosos do Complexo do Alemão e do Jacarezinho que por volta das 3h da madrugada de hoje (17) invadiram o Morro dos Macacos, em Vila Isabel.

A operação do 6º Batalhão da PM (Tijuca) contou com o apoio do Batalhão de Operações Especiais (Bope) e do Batalhão de Choque. Nessa operação, um soldado do 6º Batalhão ficou ferido e foi levado até o Hospital Central da corporação por um helicóptero do Grupamento Aéreo-Marítimo da PM. Quando voltou ao local para dar apoio à operação, a aeronave foi atingida por tiros e pegou fogo ainda no ar. Ainda assim, o piloto conseguiu fazer um pouso forçado, num pequeno campo de futebol. Quatro tripulantes desembarcaram e foram socorridos, mas dois policiais não resisitiram e morreram no local. Um terceiro PM ferido está em estado grave.

Um grande cerco policial foi montado para busca e captura dos criminosos. Até o momento são três presos.

Na ação do Morro dos Macacos, três criminosos morreram em confronto. Seis pessoas da comunidade também morreram segundo informação da Secretaria Estadual de Segurança Pública.

O Sindicato das Empresas de Ônibus do Município do Rio de janeiro (Rio Ônibus) divulgou nota informando que ainda não tem confirmação, por parte das empresas, do número total de ônibus incendiados no confronto entre traficantes no Morro dos Macacos, na zona norte da cidade.

De acordo com o Rio Ônibus, o prejuízo das empresas com a perda dos dez ônibus, caso o número seja confirmado, chegaria a R$ 2,5 milhões. Na nota, o sindicato ressalta que os ônibus urbanos não têm seguro, “o que não traz prejuízos apenas para as empresas, mas para toda a sociedade”.

Segundo o Rio Ônibus, em situações como essa, por prudência e para preservar a segurança de passageiros e profissionais, as empresas recolhem parte de sua frota nas áreas mais conflagradas, até que a situação se restabeleça. Foi o que fez a empresa Braso Lisboa, que teve queimados sete ônibus de suas linhas, que percorrem os bairros atingidos pelo confronto.

O prefeito do Rio de janeiro, Eduardo Paes, divulgou nota na tarde de hoje (17) demonstrando indignação com os episódios de violência ocorridos na manhã de hoje na zona norte da cidade. Durante operação policial para acabar com um confronto entre quadrilhas de traficantes rivais no Morro dos Macacos um helicóptero da PM fez um pouso forçado depois de ser atingido por tiros. Dois PMs morreram carbonizados e três ficaram feridos. Ainda na operação, três bandidos morreram e outros policiais ficaram feridos.

Também pela manhã, bandidos atearam fogo em pelo menos dez ônibus em locais diferentes da cidade. Ninguém ficou ferido.

O presidente da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB) do Rio de janeiro (OAB-RJ), Wadih Damous, afirmou hoje (17) que não é mais aceitável que a cidade tenha territórios demarcados por bandidos, em referência ao confronto de hoje entre traficantes rivais e policiais no Morro dos Macacos, nos bairros de Vila Isabel e Sampaio, na zona norte da cidade do Rio de janeiro.

Em nota, ele considera “a onda de violência” ocorrida hoje no Rio como “cenas de banditismo e terrorismo que devem ser duramente reprimidas”, dentro da lei e da ordem.

Damous lembrou que também não é mais aceitável que as áreas mais pobres da cidade não recebam a atenção do Estado em termos de investimentos maciços nas áreas de saúde, educação, emprego, saneamento básico e segurança pública. “Como sempre, essas ações acontecem em áreas carentes de investimentos sociais por parte do Estado”, disse Damous.

O presidente nacional da OAB, Cezar Britto, também comentou, em nota, a situação no Rio. “O estado paralelo do crime não é obra de ficção. Ele humilha, mata, e explode os alicerces da República. Até quando?”, questionou.

Não há necessidade de interferência da Força Nacional para ajudar o governo do Rio de janeiro no combate à criminalidade, disse o ministro da Justiça, Tarso Genro, à Agência Brasil. Ele fez a afirmação ao comentar o confronto entre traficantes e policiais ocorridos hoje (17) na capital fluminense. Os tiroteios provocaram 12 mortes – dez bandidos e dois policiais -, a explosão de um helicóptero e o incêndio de pelo menos dez ônibus.

Tarso Genro informou que conversou com o governador do Rio, Sérgio Cabral, sobre os tiroteios entre traficantes do Morro dos Macacos, em Vila Isabel, na zona norte do Rio, o que levou a polícia a intervir no confronto. De acordo com o ministro, Cabral disse que a Polícia Militar e a Polícia Civil têm equipamentos e condições suficientes para continuar o seu trabalho, cujo sucesso não depende de mais pessoal nem de mais armamentos, mas da continuidade das ações preventivas para o enfrentamento do crime.

O ministro afirmou que acontecimentos como os de hoje podem voltar a ocorrer e não devem significar abalo para o Comitê Olímpico Internacional, que escolheu a cidade do Rio de janeiro para sediar as Olimpíadas de 2016, ou provocar expectativas negativas em relação à realização da Copa do Mundo, em 2014 (o Rio será uma das doze cidades-sede do Mundial).

“Ao escolher a cidade, eles já tinham conhecimento do trabalho que vem sendo realizado na área da prevenção e que continuará, pois vem fazer face à omissão do Estado nas últimas décadas em relação à segurança pública", afirmou Tarso. Nos próximos anos, segundo ele, a cidade estará em melhores condições para sediar os eventos, porque os programas em execução vão preparar o Rio para recebê-los.

O governo federal poderá repor, em breve, o helicóptero destruído pelos traficantes, caso receba pedido do governo fluminense, segundo Tarso Genro. Ele afirmou que as obras do Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC) e as ações do Programa Nacional de Segurança Pública e Cidadania (Pronasci) reduziram os espaços ocupados pelo tráfico de drogas. Por isso, assinalou, ocorrem fatos como os de hoje, nos quais territórios do crime começam a ser disputados por facções rivais.

Tarso Genro também se solidarizou com as famílias dos policiais mortos durante as operações.

Uma ação “desesperada” do tráfico de drogas, que “vem perdendo poder financeiro”, segundo a Secretaria de Segurança Pública, terminou com dois policiais militares mortos e seis feridos, dez bandidos mortos e três moradores feridos e oito armas apreendidas, no Morro dos Macacos, zona norte do Rio de janeiro. Durante confronto com a PM, que combatia a disputa entre traficantes rivais, um helicóptero da corporação foi atingido e explodiu, depois de um pouso forçado - matando os dois policiais carbonizados.

O balanço foi apresentado hoje (17) pela cúpula da Segurança Pública do Rio, que prometeu uma “resposta na mesma medida”, como afirmou o chefe da Polícia Civil, Alan Turnowski, durante entrevista imprensa. “Sabemos quem foi, como foi e a resposta vai vir no momento certo, com inteligência. A população pode ficar tranquila. O comando da área instalou um gabinete de crise para investigar a ação dos traficantes e informou que o policiamento foi reforçado em vários pontos da cidade.

O secretário de Segurança Pública, José Mariano Beltrame, informou que a polícia sabia das intenções do bandidos de tomar pontos de venda de drogas no Morro dos Macacos, mas devido à quantidade de acessos da favela, não conseguiu precisar a ação e impedir totalmente o plano criminoso. Ele lembrou que parte da quadrilha foi interceptada na favela Parque Arará, em Benfica, onde três pessoas morreram e seis ficarm feridas durante confronto, ontem (16), com a PM,

Segundo Beltrame, a disputa de traficantes por pontos de drogas como ocorreu entre favela São João e o Morro dos Macacos, em Vila Isabel, revela que a polícia tem conseguido estancar o crime, que agora busca novas formas de financiamento. “Foi uma ação desesperada, em função de uma perda importante de mercado”, afirmou. O secretario descartou que as ocupações de favelas, antes dominadas pelo tráfico, com Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora (UPP), tenham provocado a guerra entre facções.

As unidades desenvolvem o policiamento comunitário em quatro favelas cariocas, facilitando a implementação de programas sociais. As área ocupadas são: Chapéu Mangueira e Morro Dona Marta, na zona sul, Batan, na zona norte e Cidade de Deus, na zona oeste.


Gunman attacks Munich shopping centre

At least nine people were killed, 27 injured, by gunfire at the Olympia shopping centre in Munich, Germany, on Friday, according to Munich police.

The body of an 18-year-old Munich-born German-Iranian male, named in media reports as Ali David Sonboly or David Ali Sonboly, who was alleged to have been the attacker was found one kilometre from the shopping centre and, the police said, potentially had links with Norwegian serial killer Anders Behring Breivik. Police discovered a 9mm gun, 300 bullets, and "[d]ocuments on shooting sprees".  Al-Jazeera reported Munich was put under a state of emergency.

Per a Facebook statement by German police, gunfire was reported near Hanauer Street and Ries Street during local evening on Friday before moving to the shopping centre. Police said the attacker was treated for depression, and the gun did not belong to him.

Police said they suspected the attacker used a fake account to invite people to the McDonald's restaurant where much of the incident occurred.

Peter Altmaier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff, told German broadcaster ARD "All that we know and can say right now is that it was a cruel and inhumane attack". Thomas de Maiziere, German Interior Minister, returned to Berlin from the United States to meet security officials. US president Barack Obama offered to help Germany with the investigation. Police said they believe the attacker was not linked to Islamic State. De Maiziere said reports suggested the attacker may have been bullied.

People of Turkey, Greece, and Kosovo were killed in the attack.

On July 14, Bastille Day, there was a mass killing by a truck in Nice, France.


Tiroteig registrat a Munic deixa 10 persones mortes i 27 ferits

El passat dia 22 un home va assassinar almenys a 9 persones, en va ferir 27 i després es va suïcidar. Es va confirmar que l'autor era un germano-iraniá de 18 anys anomenat Ali David Sonboly, a més no s'han trobat proves que sigui un acte gihadista i tot apunta més aviat a un acte de bogeria.

El tiroteig va començar prop d'un restaurant McDonald's i després l'autor es va desplaçar al centre comercial Olympia, on va ser abatut per la policia. A més es va confirmar que l'arma utilitzada va ser una Glock de 9 mil·límetres.

Després de l'atac va deixar d'operar el transport públic, que va ser restablert més tard.

Hubertus Andrä, cap de la policia de Munic, ha indicat que el tirador va poder haver estat influenciat per Anders Behring Breivik, autor dels atemptats de Noruega de 2011, i va recordar que divendres va ser el cinquè aniversari dels atemptats.

Alguns mitjans han indicat que l'autor podria ser d'ultradreta, ja que se li va escoltar dir "maleïts immigrants de merda" i "sóc alemany", tot i que el cap de policia de Munic va insistir en no relacionar el fet amb els refugiats.


Schießerei in München mit mehreren Toten

München (Deutschland), 22.07.2016 – Bei einer Schießerei vor einem Schnellrestaurant und im Olympia-Einkaufszentrum im Münchner Stadtteil Moosach, unweit des Olympiaparks, wurden zehn Menschen erschossen, 21 weitere wurden verletzt, davon drei schwer. Unter den Toten seien auch Jugendliche, unter den Verletzten auch Kinder, sagte Münchens Polizeipräsident Hubertus Andrä in der Tatnacht in einer Pressekonferenz.

Der Täter, ein 18-jähriger Deutsch-Iraner, hatte um 17:52 Uhr das Feuer eröffnet. Diese Person wurde gegen 20:30 Uhr am Rande des Olympiaparks tot aufgefunden. Es wurde ein Roboter herbeigebracht, der den Rucksack des Toten untersuchte, bevor sich die Beamten dem Toten näherten. Nach dem Stand der Ermittlungen hat der Täter sich selbst erschossen.

Zunächst hatte es widersprüchliche Angaben über die Zahl der Täter gegeben. Aufgrund von Augenzeugenangaben ging die Polizei zwischenzeitlich von bis zu drei Tätern aus. Nach ihnen wurde im gesamten Stadtgebiet gefahndet.

Der öffentliche Personennahverkehr in München hatte daher am Abend den Betrieb eingestellt, und der Münchner Hauptbahnhof wurde von Zügen nicht mehr angefahren. Die Polizei hatte über Twitter dazu aufgefordert, keine Fotos und Videos von Polizisten im Einsatz ins Netz zu stellen, um den Tätern keine Hinweise zu geben.

Am frühen Abend ging die Münchner Polizei zunächst von einer Amoklage aus; gegen 20:30 Uhr erklärte sie eine Terrorlage. Über die Motive des Täters ist noch nichts bekannt. Der Mann war der Polizei bislang nicht aufgefallen und besaß sowohl die deutsche als auch die iranische Staatsangehörigkeit. Er habe „schon länger in München gelebt“, sagte Polizeipräsident Andrä.

Polizeieinheiten aus ganz Bayern, aus Hessen, Baden-Württemberg und Österreich waren nach München geeilt, um die dortigen Polizeikräfte zu unterstützen. Einheiten der GSG-9 wurden mit Hubschraubern nach München geflogen. Insgesamt seien 2300 Polizeibeamte im Einsatz gewesen.


Τρομοκρατική επίθεση σε εμπορικό κέντρο του Μονάχου

Χθες διεξήχθη τρομοκρατική επίθεση σε εμπορικό κέντρο στο κέντρο της πόλης του Μονάχου (Γερμανία), η οποία είχε ως αποτέλεσμα τον θάνατο 10 ατόμων και τον τραυματισμό άλλων 21 ατόμων.

Η επίθεση έλαβε χώρα στο εμπορικό κέντρο OEZ-Olympia-Einkaufszentrum (Εμπορικό Κέντρο του Ολυμπιακού Χωριού) και έξω από το κατάστημα των McDonalds κοντά στο εμπορικό. Δράστης ήταν ένας 18χρονος άνδρας με γερμανική και ιρανική υπηκοότητα. Από τα πυρά του 18χρονου σκοτώθηκαν 10 άτομα και πιθανώς το δέκατο άτομο να ήταν ο ίδιος ο δράστης, ενώ άλλα 21 άτομα τραυματίστηκαν, με τους 3 να βρίσκονται σε κρίσιμη κατάσταση.

Μετά την ανακοίνωση της τρομοκρατικής επίθεσης, ο Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδος, Αλέξης Τσίπρας, εξέφρασε την αλληλεγγύη του ελληνικού λαού στον γερμανικό λαό και δήλωσε πως «δεν πρέπει να επιτρέψουμε να είναι η βία το μέλλον της Ευρώπης». Η Καγκελάριος της Γερμανίας, Άνγκελα Μέρκελ, θα προοδρεύσει σ' ένα έκτακτο συνέδριο.

23 Ιουλίου 2016


Tiroteo registrado en Múnich deja a 10 personas muertas y 27 heridos

Un hombre asesinó al menos a 9 personas, hirió a otras 27 y luego se suicidó. Se confirmó que el autor era un germano-iraní de 18 años llamado Ali David Sonboly, además no se han encontrado pruebas de un acto yihadista y se apunta más a un acto de locura.

El tiroteo comenzó cerca de un restaurante McDonald's y después el autor se desplazó al centro comercial Olympia donde fue abatido por la policía. Además se confirmó que el arma utilizada fue una glock 9 milímetros.

Después del ataque dejo de operar el transporte público, aunque fue restablecido después del mismo.

Hubertus Andrä, jefe de la policía de Múnich indico que el tirador pudo haber sido influenciado por Anders Behring Breivik, autor de los Atentados de Noruega de 2011 y recordó que el viernes fue el quinto aniversario de los atentados.

Además, algunos medios indicaron que el autor podría ser de ultraderecha, ya que se le escucho decir “malditos inmigrantes de mierda” y "soy alemán" aunque el jefe de policía de Múnich insistió en no relacionar el hecho con refugiados.


Категория:Теракт в Мюнхене (2016)

Террористический акт в Мюнхене — стрельба, совершённая вечером 22 июля 2016 года, в результате который погибло не менее 6 человек.


德國慕尼黑發生槍擊案

德國城市慕尼黑周五（22日）發生槍擊案，一名槍手在大型購物中心附近開槍擊襲市民，造成傷亡。警方稱此事件是「嚴重的恐怖主義」事件。

事發在當地時間周五18時，警方消息稱，一名18歲的槍手在連鎖快餐店附近施擊，隨後再轉至距離不遠的大型購物中心再度施擊，造成至少9人死亡與多人受傷。


Gunman dies, police officer injured after stand-off ends in West Yorkshire, England

A gunman has been killed and a police officer hospitalised following a stand-off in West Yorkshire, England which concluded this morning. The gunman, who, according to police, "continually" fired at officers, sustained serious injuries after police returned fire; he died in hospital.

Police attended a property in Kirkheaton, Huddersfield yesterday, to arrest a man for allegedly threatening a person at a nearby property. Upon their arrival, the man inside fired with a handgun from his doorstep at police, injuring one officer. Armed police then surrounded the building.

Reports suggest the gunman fired on police throughout the stand-off, which involved negotiators. Around 0530 GMT armed police returned fire, seriously injuring the gunman. He was transported to hospital where he later died. "There were three loud bangs—possibly gunfire," a news cameraman said. "Then the police started shouting and I heard them smashing glass as they went into the house. They were shouting at the gunman to show them his hands."

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police confirmed the stand-off had come to an end. "The man produced a gun and fired at the officers. A male officer in his 20s was hit and attended hospital for minor injuries," he said. "We regret that the incident at the house did not conclude peacefully as we had hoped and can confirm that the man taken to hospital from the address has now died."

The road remains closed as the investigation continues. Neighbours said they were shocked; one said about eight or nine shots were fired throughout the night. "The police then just told us to stay inside but I could see what was going on opposite," he said. "Loads of police turned up—some carrying machine guns. They lit the house up like a Christmas tree and the armed police were behind hedges." The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate.


Ένας ληστής σκοτώθηκε, ένας αστυνομικός τραυματίστηκε μετά από αντιπαράθεση στο Δυτικό Γιόρκσαιρ

Ένας (1) ληστής σκοτώθηκε και ένας αστυνομικός τραυματίστηκε μετά από αντιπαράθεση στο Δυτικό Γιόρκσαιρ, στην Αγγλία, χθες το πρωί. Ο ληστής, ο οποίος σύμφωνα με την αστυνομία, "συνεχώς" πυροβολούσε εναντίον αστυνομικών, τραυματίστηκε όταν δέχθηκε πυροβολισμό από τους αστυνομικούς και πέθανε στο νοσοκομείο.

Η αστυνομία παρακολουθούσε ένα σπίτι στο Κίρκεατον του Χούντερσφιελντ εχθές, για να συλλάβει έναν άνδρα, ο οποίος φαίνεται να απειλούσε τον γείτονά του. Όταν οι αστυνομικοί έφθασαν, ο άνδρας άρχισε να τους πυροβολεί, και τραυμάτισε ένα αστυνομικό. Τότε, οι αστυνομικοί περικύκλωσαν το κτίριο.

Αναφορές θεωρούν ότι ο ληστής πυροβόλησε κατά των  αστυνομικών  κατά τη διάρκεια αντιπαράθεσης, στην οποία συμμετείχαν διαπραγματευτές. Μεταφέρθηκε στο νοσοκομείο όπου αργότερα πέθανε. "Έγιναν τρία (3) δυνατά χτυπήματα - πιθανόν πυροβολισμοί," είπε ένας κάμεραμαν ειδήσεων. "Τότε η αστυνομία άρχιζε να φωνάζει και τους άκουσα να σπάνε τα τζάμια για μπούνε μέσα  στο σπίτι. Φώναξαν στο ληστή να σηκώσει τα χέρια του."

Ένας εκπρόσωπος τύπου της τοπικής αστυνομίας δήλωσε ότι η αντιπαράθεση έληξε. "Ο άνδρας πήρε ένα όπλο και άρχισε να πυροβολεί. Ένας αστυνομικός, στα 20 του, χτυπήθηκε και στάλθηκε στο νοσοκομείο," είπε. "Λυπόμαστε που το περιστατικό δεν έληξε ειρηνικά όπως ελπίζαμε και επιβεβαιώνουμε ότι ο άνδρας στάλθηκε στο νοσοκομείο, όπου και πέθανε."

Ο δρόμος παραμένει κλειστός καθώς οι έρευνες συνεχίζονται. Οι γείτονες δήλωσε ότι έμειναν σοκαρισμένοι - ένας είπε ότι ακούστηκαν οχτώ (8) με εννέα (9) πυροβολισμοί  κατά τη διάρκεια της νύχτας. "Η αστυνομία μας είπε να μείνουμε μέσα στο σπίτι αλλά εγώ μπορούσα να δω τι γινόταν απέναντι", δήλωσε. "Πολλοί αστυνομικοί μετέφεραν πολυβόλα. Φωταγώγησαν το σπίτι όπως ένα χριστουγεννιάτικο δένδρο και η ένοπλη αστυνομία βρίσκονταν πίσω από το φράχτη." Η Ανεξάρτητη Επιτροπή Παραπόνων της Αστυνομίας διερευνά το θέμα.

29 Δεκεμβρίου 2010