Tag: Life imprisonment
Iran upholds the death sentence for a Swedish-Iranian Arab dissident
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a Swedish-Iranian dual citizen convicted of leading an Arab separatist group accused of attacks, including one on a 2018 military parade that killed 25 people, state media reported Sunday. Iran said in 2020 that its security forces arrested Sweden-based Habib Farajollah […]
Brothers are sentenced for aggravated espionage – the older one to life imprisonment
Two brothers, 42 and 35 years old, have been charged on suspicion of having spied on Sweden on behalf of Russia. According to the indictment, they gained access to the information they handed over via the older brother’s employment within, among others, the Security Police and the Armed Forces. The crimes the brothers are suspected […]
Iranian Envoy to Sweden Recalled for Consultations
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said the country’s ambassador to Sweden has been called back to Tehran for consultations on a Swedish court’s life imprisonment for Iranian citizen Hamid Nouri. – Politics news – “The Islamic Republic of Iran has decided to call the ambassador of our country to Sweden for […]
The trial of the terrorist attack in Paris: All the accused were found guilty, including Salah Abdeslam
Paris [France]June 30 (ANI): A French court on Wednesday (local time) found all defendants in the 2015 terrorist attack in Paris guilty, including Salah Abdeslam, who organized and carried out the attack on the Bataclan Theater in Paris. In addition to Abdeslam, 19 other men accused of playing crucial roles in the country’s worst peacetime […]
A convicted terrorist attack in Turku is accused of beating prison guards
Abderrahman Bouanane, A man sentenced to life imprisonment for a terrorist attack in Turku in 2017 is accused of beating guards in Turku Prison. The indictment alleges that in October 2020, while serving his 12 to 15-year sentence, Bouanane bit the prison guard’s finger and kicked another. According to the charges, Bouanane used violence to […]
The prosecutor is complaining about the release of war crimes
Prosecutors are appealing the Pirkanmaa District Court’s decision for release Gibril Massaquoi charges including murder, aggravated rape and aggravated war crimes, public prosecutor Tom Laitinen has confirmed to the news agency STT. "The main grounds of appeal relate to the assessment of the evidence that the District Court, in our view, erred in its assessment […]
Two Europeans detained in Iran as EU nuclear ambassador visits
Iran says it has arrested two citizens of a European country when an EU envoy visited Tehran for talks on stalled nuclear negotiations with world powers. “Two Europeans have been arrested in Iran for organizing riots in the country,” the intelligence ministry was quoted as saying on May 11 by Iranian news agencies. No further […]
Farda Briefing: Why is Iran so worried about protesting teachers?
Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, a new RFE / RL newsletter that tracks key issues in Iran and explains why they are important. I’m RFE / RL senior correspondent Golnaz Esfandiari. Here is what I have been following for the past week and what I am looking forward to in the coming days. The […]
A Finnish court acquitted a Sierra Leonean man of war crimes
The Pirkanmaa District Court acquitted the charges Gibril Massaquoi The verdict on Friday afternoon included charges including murder, aggravated rape and aggravated war crimes. In its decision, the court found that although there was reason to suspect Massaquoi of the offenses with which he was charged, the prosecutor in the case had not unequivocally established […]
Prosecutors are complaining about Aarnio’s release
Prosecutors plan to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the acquittal of the dismissed drug police Jari Aarnio the 2003 assassination. Aarnio was charged with a former criminal boss Keijo Vilhunen. Prosecutors had demanded life imprisonment for both men, but the Court of Appeal released both in February. There is no appeal against Vilhunen’s acquittal. […]
Paris attacks accused explain why he has decided to remain silent
Thursday’s session of the terrorist trial in Paris, the 94th day of a legal marathon that is likely to last at least another three months, was overshadowed by the decision of two of the accused. . . Osama Krayem and Sofien Ayari. . . to be quiet. A third suspect, Mohamed Bakkali, has also indicated […]
A corrupt former drug group leader was released from prison on a supervised probationary period
Jari AarnioThe former disgraceful head of the drug unit of the Helsinki police has been released from prison during a supervised probationary period. His lawyer confirmed the move, Riitta Leppiniemi. Aarnio’s location is monitored with an ankle monitor. During the supervised probationary period, convicts are allowed to move only in certain areas. They must also […]
The Helsinki Court of Appeal overturned Aarnio’s murder sentence
Ünsal died in controversy over his involvement in the June 2002 robbery at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. The Helsinki District Court sentenced Aarnio to life imprisonment after finding that he had known about the murder consortium in advance and had failed in his professional duty to prevent it. It also dismissed the charge of murder […]
The man was found guilty but was not convicted of two murders in Southwest Finland
He had confessed to the murders in court, but denied their alleged deliberate nature. Read more: Police decide investigation into suspected double murder in Turku (1.11.2021) The district court ruled that the defendant was liable to pay more than € 100,000 in compensation to the victims and their families. The prosecutor sentenced him to life […]
