Draft law intended to promote return to normality, but critics warn of opposite effect if militants believe they have impunity. By Laith Hammoudi – Iraq Iraq’s parliament has postponed discussions on a controversial amnesty law that could see thousands of convicted and suspected killers released from jail. Opponents of the bill […]
The forty myths that convicted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito – Part three
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy Part Three – Myths twentyone to forty Myth 21 – Amanda is sex crazed because she owned a sex toy Amanda had been given a joke going away […]
The forty myths that convicted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito – Part two
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy Part Two – Myths one to twenty Myth 1 – The Confession that was not a confession There never was a confession, though this is not what the […]
The forty myths that convicted Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito – Part one
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy Part One – Setting the scene Introduction – there are none so blind as those who will not see In my other articles about this case I […]
Vojislav Seselj Convicted for Contempt at The Hague
Announcing two-year sentence, judge adds that defendant’s behaviour endangered court’s efficiency. By Velma Šarić – Serbian nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj was convicted of contempt of court at the Hague tribunal for a third time this week and sentenced to two years in prison. Seselj was found guilty of failing to remove from his […]
My Encounter With Convicted War Criminals
Reporter had to overcome both his own apprehensions and prisoners’ suspicion of him. By Ajdin Kambe Last summer, I found myself behind prison walls in the southern Bosnian city of Mostar. I visited the prison together with a few colleagues to interview individuals convicted of crimes committed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, as part […]