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Dry bulk carrier Ariana 28.05.2009, 07:03

Somali pirates torturing captured Ukrainian sailors

Relatives of the Ukrainian sailors from the bulk cargo ship Ariana, captured by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, state that their relatives held hostage are being tortured, informs Itar-Tass news agency.

Image from visualships.com 09.09.2010, 20:10

Maritime Bureau vs. Somali pirates – 1:0

International forces have seized a ship held by Somali pirates after a one day high-seas standoff.

14.02.2009, 12:12

Information leak allowed Faina seizure

As the crew of the released cargo ship Faina has arrived in Ukraine, scandalous details concerning the alleged information leak have surfaced.

The portrait of an African man in traditional dress making his medicine 11.06.2009, 17:22

Body parts prescribed for life’s ills

Combine greed or desperation with traditional medicine and too often the outcome is mutilation and murder.

30.04.2010, 23:03

Starving for the greater good: miners denied food underground

A ban on eating underground imposed by South African mining giants is causing outrage among local labor unions. The companies say the measure, labeled inhumane by their opponents, is vital to curbing illegal mining.

06.05.2010, 15:55 15 comments

Pirate-captured tanker freed by Russian navy

The crew of a large Russian anti-submarine ship has freed an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates on Wednesday. All 23 Russian sailors from the hijacked vessel have escaped the incident unscathed.

19.11.2009, 15:00 5 comments

Somali pirates waste ransom money on weddings and orgies

The Somali pirates have spent the € 2.7 million they got for the liberation of the Alakrana trawler from the Spanish government on weddings and orgies.

07.05.2010, 10:39 3 comments

Attackers of Russian tanker released in open sea

The Russian Navy has had to release 10 Somalis, captured earlier in an operation to rescue a seized tanker. There was no legal way to prosecute them for piracy.

28.09.2009, 11:01 12 comments

“Ukrainian president’s poisoning was falsified”

The evidence of the 2004 poisoning of the Ukrainian President was falsified by high-ranking officials and Viktor Yushchenko’s family members, a representative of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office has said.

28.05.2009, 18:48 2 comments

Russia hands over Somali pirates to Middle East states

It has been revealed that Russia released 29 pirates held off the Somali coast to Iran and Pakistan three weeks ago, saying there was no legal basis to try them in Russia.

Hijacked ship’s crew desperate for aid

Published: 02 September, 2009, 19:53


Ariana (Photo from shipphotos.co.uk)

The Ukrainian crew of the Greek bulk carrier “Ariana” that was seized in May by Somali pirates is calling for help. They are being kept in poor conditions and some are in dire need of medical help.

 
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