STATUS OF SEIZED VESSELS AND CREWS IN SOMALIA, THE GULF OF ADEN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN (ecoterra – 22. December 2010) Please note a new additional EMERGENCY HELPLINE number: +254-719-603-176 STATUS-SUMMARY: Albert Einstein: Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. No matter what the navies say: […]
Botswana government rejects high-profile court ruling
Four years on from a court victory which saw the Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands, the Botswana government has issued a statement flouting the ruling. In 2002, the Botswana government forcibly evicted the Bushmen from their ancestral lands inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. On 13th December 2006, after […]
Kalahari Bushman appeals to African Commission
A Bushman from a settlement deep in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve has travelled to the Gambia to ask the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for help. Speaking at the African Commission’s international conference earlier this month, Smith Moeti described the Bushmen’s struggle to access water and escape persecution from the Botswana government. […]
Status of Vessels and Crews Seized by Pirates in Somali, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean
At least 25 foreign vessels plus one barge are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners, while at least 448 hostages – including an elderly British yachting couple and the 5 new hostages from Somaliland – suffer to be released. Request the Somali Marine & Coastal Monitor from ECOTERRA Intl. for background […]
J&K Govt pass brick kiln regulation Bill, introduces 10 Bills in LA
Srinagar, October 08 (Scoop News) – Legislative Assembly today passed a Bill to regulate and control the establishment of brick kilns in the State (L. A. Bill No. 21 of 2010) with proposed amendments. The Bill was moved by Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Qamar Ali Akhoon in the House. […]
Stop atrocities, punish killers: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar Oct 2 (Scoop News) – Peoples Democratic Party today reiterated that the current crisis created by the government had seriously eroded the credibility of democratic institutions in the state and the state legislature was no exception. This was stated by the party president Mehbooba Mufti in her interaction with M Y Tarigami MLA […]
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