On Oct. 12, the Regional Court in Ostrava, Czech Republic, awarded compensation of CZK500,000 (US$260,000) to a Romani woman, Iveta ÄŒerveňáková, 30, for having been sterilized against her will. Ostrava City Hospital is to pay the damages. According to Kumar… Read moreCzech courts indemnify Romani woman for forced sterilization —at last
From AP, Oct. 3: LONDON – Super spicy chili sauce sparked road closures and evacuations in central London after passers-by complained that a chemical emanating from a Thai restaurant was burning their throats, police said Wednesday. Reports of a strong… Read moreThai chili sauce sparks London terror scare
For those who know their history, the notion of Serbian neo-Nazis is almost as wacky as Israeli neo-Nazis. Serbia was occupied by the Nazis in World War II, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (ruled by the Serb royal family) dismantled… Read moreNeo-Nazis mobilize in Serbia
Spanish high court judge Baltasar Garzón ordered preventive detainment Sept. 11 for Juan Mari Olano, leader of the Askatasuna prisoner support organization who was arrested during an illegal demonstration at San Sebastián in the Basque country two days earlier. Olano… Read moreBasque march for amnesty attacked by police
300 police backed up by helicopters beseiging a small rural town? Starting to look like counterinsurgency in Calabria. From the New York Times, Aug. 31: Fears of Mob Feud Lead to Arrest of 32 in Italy ROME — The Italian… Read more’Ndrangheta wars militarize southern Italy
A car bomb exploded outside a Guardia Civil barracks in the town of Durango in the Basque region of northern Spain Aug. 24, wounding two officers and causing considerable damage to the building and vehicles. Authorities said the attack was… Read moreETA back in action?
Italian anti-terrorism police arrested three Moroccans—an imam and two of his aides—at a mosque in Perugia, capital of Umbria region, July 22, saying it served as a base for an extremist cell that ran courses in hand-to-hand combat, making bombs… Read moreSalafists target Italy?
July 11 marks the twelfth anniversary of the massacre of some 8,000 Muslims at the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and little has changed for the survivors who continue to wait for a modicum of justice. Up to 30,000 survivors… Read moreSrebrenica: 12 years later, still no justice
Our June issue featured the story “Resisting the New Euro-Missiles: Czech Dissidents Stand Up Again—This Time to the Pentagon!” by WW4 REPORT contributor Gwendolyn Albert, noting the emergence of popular opposition to US plans to build a radar base for… Read moreGeopolitics of the “missile shield”: our readers write
Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza, in closing arguments against 27 of the 29 accused in Madrid 3-11 attacks, took time to criticize what he called the “parallel process based on unfounded suspicions” of involvement by the Basque separatist group ETA. In his… Read moreProsecutors diss ETA theory in Madrid trial
For those who remember when Albania was a hermetically sealed communist dictatorship under Enver Hoxha, the spectacle of George Bush receiving a hero’s welcome in Tirana was a surreal one. An easy appeal to ethnic nationalism on the issue of… Read moreBush does Albania; exploits Kosovars, Uighurs for cheap propaganda
Arnaldo Otegi, the leader of banned Basque separatist party Batasuna, has been arrested in northern Spain, charged with glorifying terrorism; he is to serve a 15-month sentence. Batasuna is closely linked with Basque separatists ETA, who ended a 15-month cease-fire… Read moreSpain: Basque separatist political leader arrested
