Posts Tagged ‘terrorism’
June 4th, 2010
Paul Chambers is to appeal against his conviction for sending a threatening message on the social media site Twitter. The trainee accountant, 26, the tweeted “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!” On
10 May Chambers was convicted in Doncaster Crown Court, prosecutors successfully argued that the message had a “menacing character”. The defendant’s appeal is being coordinated by solicitor Allen Green — better known as the blogger Jack of Kent.May 26th, 2010
A journalist working for a newspaper owned by the Islamist opposition politician, Hassan al-Turabi, has been
charged with terrorism, espionage and destabilizing the constitutional system following his
arrest on 15 May.Al-Turabi and a further three journalists have yet to be charged with any specific crime by the authorities.
May 24th, 2010
The leader of the People’s United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), an opposition party, has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences following the funeral of party member Sipho Jele.
Mario Masuku was arrested after giving a eulogy that mentioned PUDEMO by name, an offence under Swaziland’s Suppression of Terrorism Act. Jele’s funeral had
previously been postponed following a police raid. His suspicious death in police custody after being arrested for wearing a T-shirt bearing an opposition logo sparked protests.
May 19th, 2010
Security forces in Mauritania have
banned veiled women from entering a courtroom where a terrorism case is being heard. Veiled women were also prevented from visiting the 20 defendants, who are accused of killing four French tourists in 2007 and attacking the Israeli embassy in 2008.
May 11th, 2010
Paul Chambers, 26, the man at the centre of the
Twitter bomb hoax at a Sheffield airport has been found
guilty and fined £1,000. During January’s snow storms Chambers sent a tweat to his followers saying: “Crap, Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!”
March 30th, 2010
Hürriyet newspaper journalist
Nurettin Kurt and editorial manager
Hasan Kılıç face between one and three years imprisonment for publishing photographs of Colonel E.Y.B. The photographs were taken
during the ongoing investigation into the
alleged plot to assassinate Deputy Prime Minister
Bülent Arınç. Kurt and Kılıç have been charged
under Anti-Terror Laws for “identifying officials on anti-terrorist duties as targets of terror organizations”. The court has not yet stated which terror organisations Kurt and Kılıç supposedly identified as targeting the Colonel.
March 17th, 2010
Afghanistan has watered down plans to
ban the media from reporting on live attacks. Authorities had claimed such reports would embolden militants, but an outcry resulted in a new resolution being hammered over three days. The new resolution bars the press from showing the faces of security personal or broadcasting “disturbing” images, but allows media to report on live attacks. The law does not define “disturbing”. Afghan journalists’ groups said they remained suspicious of the motives behind the new guidelines, which they believed could be used to
cover up government failings.
February 2nd, 2010
A lot, say the press and the Supreme Court agrees. Jen Robinson writes about the landmark decision that reversed an alarming trend of anonymity and ‘alphabet soup’ in the British justice system
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