No guarantee against torture
Diplomatic guarantees against torture are worthless according to Karin Verland, head of the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT), who welcomed the Public Prosecutor’s decision to drop attempts to extradite arms…
India protests
India has reacted angrily to disparaging remarks made by the Danish High Court during the recent appeal trial of arms dealer Niels Holck. According to Indian newspaper Daily News & Analysis (DNA), Denmark’s…
LA PASADA SEMANA: del 27 de junio al 3 de julio de 2011
POLITICA La proposición gubernamental sobre el nuevo control de fronteras fue finalmente aprobada como ley el día viernes, el rechazo presentado por la oposición no alcanzó mayoría parlamentaria. Dentro de pocos días unos…
The Week That Was, June 27th – July 3rd, 2011
Politics The government’s border control bill became reality, Friday, after the opposition’s motion to reject the controversial proposals was defeated in parliament. At least 50 new customs officials will now be patrolling the…
High Court rejects extradition of arms dealer
Arms smuggler Niels Holck has avoided deportation to India after the High Court upheld a lower court ruling not to hand him over to the Indian authorities to face charges of dropping weapons from a plane…
Dane ‘facing hell’ in an Indian jail
A British arms dealer has warned that his former Danish business partner, Niels Holck, will face ‘hell on earth’ if he’s forced to serve time in an Indian prison. During a High Court…
The Week That Was, April 23rd – May 1st – 2011
Politics The latest opinion polls indicate that the electorate has given the government’s ‘2020 Economic Plan’ the thumbs down and the opposition is heading for a comfortable victory in this year’s election. The…
LA PASADA SEMANA: del 23 de abril al 1 de mayo de 2011
POLITICA Las últimas encuestas mostraron que la mayoría del electorado rechaza el “Plan económico para el 2020” presentado por el gobierno, y las mismas encuestas idicaron que la oposición obtendrá una amplia victoria…
Arms dealer: Indian Intelligence knew
In a last ditch-effort to avoid deportation, Danish arms dealer Niels Holck has claimed that the Indian authorities knew he was supplying weapons to rebels to fight the Marxist administration in West Bengal in 1995….
While you were away – a Christmas and New Year summary
Security Terrorism dominated the post-Christmas headlines when five men described as ‘ militant Islamists with links to international terror networks’ were arrested for allegedly planning a ‘Mumbai like’ machine gun attack on employees…