Full Coverage: Terrorism

27.11.2007 Terroristiverkosto al-Qaidan ideologinen perusta horjuu. Liikkeen tärkeä egyptiläinen johtaja on ilmoittanut, ettei uskonnollisin perustein pidä hyökätä toisten muslimien tai ulkovaltojen kimppuun.

23.11.2007 Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in an interview speaks out his mind and rejects the perceived notions on issues like Islamic terrorism, clash of civilisation, globalisation, war on terror, etc. He believes that civilisation is not just about religion and that the real objective of globalisation ought to be avoidance of inequality.

21.11.2007 Opium accounts for more than half of Afghanistan’s GDP (at 53%) in 2007, says UNODC’s recent Afghan Opium Survey. The total export value of opiates produced and trafficked from the country hit $4 billion this year, of which three-quarters have been made by drug traffickers and insurgents, says Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of UNODC.

15.11.2007 Thirty years after the Baader-Meinhof Group rocked West German democracy with a series of terrorist attacks, an ICA film season takes a look at the role of women in the revolutionary struggle, both politically and personally.

14.11.2007 It was a shattering day for 485 victims of enforced disappearance and their families in Pakistan. The Supreme Court, in a state of disarray after the proclamation of emergency and dismissal of its Chief Justice, failed to hear the case, which was scheduled for November 13.

14.11.2007 Wasim Wagha of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples of Indus (CIPI) writes how the war against terror has taken its toll on the livelihoods of people in the Swat valley.

13.11.2007 Amnesty International accusa l’Isaf, la missione internazionale a guida Nato in Afghanistan, di "esporre i detenuti al concreto rischio di subire maltrattamenti e torture a opera delle autorità afgane". Un rapporto diffuso oggi documenta come le forze Isaf - soprattutto quelle di Belgio, Canada, Norvegia, Olanda e Regno Unito - abbiano trasferito detenuti alla Direzione nazionale della sicurezza (Nds, i servizi di sicurezza afgani), nonostante questo organismo sia al centro di costanti denunce di tortura. “Gli Stati che fanno parte dell’Isaf sono vincolati a rispettare l’obbligo internazionale di non trasferire detenuti alle autorità afgane se questi fossero a rischio di subire maltrattamenti e torture” – dichiara Amnesty. L'Onu ha espresso più volte la propria preoccupazione per l’operato dei servizi di sicurezza afgani.

06.11.2007 A proposal to grow opium poppy for medical use by the Afghan Senlis Council and the European Parliament has led to outrage among narcotics experts and officials working to end the opium trade. Legalizing poppy production, they fear, will lead to further insecurity among people.

03.11.2007 On November 3, 2007 Pakistan's President declared a state of emergency, suspended the Constitution, and sacked the Supreme Court Chief Justice, citing "constant interference" by the judiciary and rising violence by terrorists. His action comes ahead of a crucial apex court ruling on the legality of his recent re-election.