11 May 2010 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
On 6 May, a US federal judge ruled that Chevron could subpoena footage from “Crude”, a documentary about the company’s involvement in the pollution of the Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador. Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled in favour of Chevron’s request to view 600 hours of outtakes from the documentary. Joseph Berlinger, director of the documentary, said turning over footage to the courts would violate journalistic privilege and undermine a lawsuit in Ecuador.
11 May 2010 | Index Index, Uncategorized
On 7 May, police arrested activists at demonstrations marking the disappearance of government minister, Yury Zakharanka. Roman Kislyak and Andrey Sharenda were arrested as they distributed leaflets marking the 11th anniversary of Zakharanka, who was abducted in 1999. In a parallel incident, seven protesters were arrested at a demonstration in Minsk. There are suspicions that senior government officials in Belarus were involved Zakharanka’s disappearance.
11 May 2010 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
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!”
11 May 2010 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized
Film-maker Asad Qureshi and his fixer Colonel Iman were released last Thursday after being held captive by the Pakistani Taliban for over a month. Khalid Khwaja, the other member of their party was found dead on 30 April in North Waziristan. The two men were been handed over to the Haqqani network, an independent negotiations team who have close links with the Taliban. No ransom money has been paid.
