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03.05.2009, 13:38 3 comments

Guns don’t kill people, Police do

The number of Russian policemen brought to justice over the past four years is increasing. With people scared of seeing men in uniform, human rights activists and lawmakers in Russia are calling for urgent police reform.

28.05.2010, 15:33 7 comments

As Obama moves against homegrown terrorists, it’s time to read the fine print

The president's national security strategy focuses the big security guns on homegrown terrorism, but some observers fear the new program will ride roughshod over democratic terrain.

24.05.2010, 17:07 8 comments

Israel denies South African nuclear weapons agreement

A UK news website claims Israel intended to sell nuclear weapons to apartheid South Africa, but Jerusalem denies the charges.

10.08.2009, 19:40 1 comment

Thai court in Bout’s case between a rock and a hard place

A court in Thailand is set to rule on whether to extradite to the US Viktor Bout, a Russian businessman known as the “Merchant of Death.” But his fate is far from certain.

21.09.2009, 21:57 3 comments

Military order – remedy to problem of US war contractors?

There is no military order, discipline or accountability among private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan, said RT contributor Wayne Madsen, therefore violations are inevitable.

Thailand, Bangkok: Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout talks to reporters as he stands in a temporary cell ahead of a hearing at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 20, 2010. (AFP Photo / Christophe Archambault) 20.08.2010, 15:23 13 comments

Thai court orders extradition of suspected Russian arms baron to US

The Appeals Court of Thailand on Friday has ruled that Russian businessman Viktor Bout must be extradited to the United States to stand trial over charges of conspiracy to sell weapons.

06.11.2009, 22:29 17 comments

US in state of shock after 2 gun attacks in 2 days

A gunman has killed at least one person and wounded five others at a business center in Orlando, Florida, just one day after another gun attack at Fort Hood, Texas left 13 dead and 30 wounded.

Illegal worker at work, Israel 2008 (Photo by John Perkins)
 09.11.2009, 18:29 3 comments

Under cover of the night: Palestinian ghost workers in Israel

Secret routes, fake IDs, risking freedom and even their lives – despite all this, illegal Palestinian workers flow to Israel in search for jobs they have no chance of finding at home.

Platon Lebedev (R) and Mikhail Khodorkovsky (RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin) 23.12.2009, 20:51 7 comments

Supreme Court annuls 2003 arrest of former Yukos executive

Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that the 2003 arrest of former Yukos executive Platon Lebedev was illegal on procedural grounds and must be annulled. The decision will have no impact on his imprisonment, however.

Jabalia refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip after an Israeli air strike on January 2, 2009. (AFP Photo / Patrick Baz) 28.12.2009, 08:34 7 comments

Israel remains “immune” to war crimes tribunal

A year after Israel's devastating operation in Gaza, Palestinians are mourning its victims. The war claimed the lives of 1,400 Palestinians, according to human rights groups on both sides, and 13 Israelis.

'Worse than Guantanamo’ - ‘Merchant of Death’ speaks out

Published: 06 March, 2009, 09:36


The extradition hearing against Russian businessman Victor Bout, who is accused of arms smuggling has started in Thailand.

 
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