Thailand court approves US extradition of Viktor Bout

An appeals court in Thailand ruled Friday that accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout can be extradited to the US to face charges including conspiracy to kill US nationals and conspiracy to provide material support to a proscribe terrorist group. The court’s decision overturned a decision issued by the Bangkok Criminal Court last August, refusing [...]

Political Science academic theses on counterterrorism

Ahrnens, Anette.  Lund University, Sweden; 2007 A Quest for Legitimacy: Debating UN Security Council Rules on Terrorism and Non-proliferation. Alienated: A Reworking of the Racialization Thesis after September 11th Using the Qur’an to Justify Terrorist Violence: Analysing Selective Application of the Qur’an in English-Language Militant Islamist Discourse Berger, Michael Andrew. St Andrews University, U.K.; 2010 [...]

Colombian president sues Venezuelan counterpart before ICC

Outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, a counsel for Uribe confirmed Friday. Jaime Granados told reporters at the presidential office that he sent Friday the “corresponding complaint” to ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo in the hope that “action would be [...]

Allegations of secret Colombian plan to undermine EU

(EU Observer) A group of MEPs is calling for action as further details of an alleged covert operation conducted by the Colombian intelligence agency (DAS) continue to emerge, with one of its reported aims being to undermine the authority of the European Parliament. Recently released documents that were confiscated from the DAS by the Colombian [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions releases report on Colombia

The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston released his latest report, which focuses on his last mission to Colombia. In his report, Alston describes the Colombian Government’s June 2003 Democratic Security Policy, which defined “terrorism” as the central threat to peace in Colombia, together with drug and arms trafficking, kidnapping, [...]

Chiquita sued in US court for aiding Colombian terrorists

(JURIST) Victims of paramilitary violence in Colombia filed suit Wednesday 14 April against Chiquita Banana International [corporate website], which has admitted to funding Marxist rebels in Colombia. In the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 242 Colombians alleged that they had been seriously injured or had family members [...]

Colombia criticizes European Court of Human Rights for barring extradition of terrorist suspect over torture concerns in Klein vs. Russia

ECHR Case of Klein v. Russia (Application no. 24268/08, Jdugment of 1 April) Klein is an Israeli citizen who was sentenced by a Colombian court for “instruction in and teaching of military and terrorist tactics, techniques and methods, committed with mercenaries and accomplices.” An interpol notice was issued, and Klein was arrested in Russia in [...]

Spain accuses Venezuela to be linked to terror groups

Accusations by Spanish authorities that Venezuela aided an alliance between Basque and Colombian terror groups that plotted joint attacks in Colombia and Spain have revived a debate over Venezuela’s possible role as a state sponsor of terrorism. A February 24 indictment issued by Judge Eloy Velasco of Spain’s anti-terrorism court specifically cites “Venezuelan governmental cooperation” [...]