Child victims of sex trafficking jailed for prostitution
RussiaToday | Apr 16, 2011 | 1,145 views
Underage prostitution in the United States is organised crime’s third biggest money-maker after guns and drugs.
But Washington’s accused of blaming the kids instead of the criminals – putting young girls behind bars for walking the streets, instead of offering rescue and help.
Ante Gotovina had been on the run for four years before he was apprehended on the Spanish island of Tenerife.
Although widely seen as a hero by his compatriots for his military exploits, he fell out of favour with Croatia’s new leaders after refusing to co-operate with war crimes investigators. Gotovina was in charge of Operation Storm, the campaign to recapture the breakaway region of Krajina from rebel Serb forces.
Argentina’s last dictator given life for dirty war
Euronews | Apr 15, 2011 | 74 views
Argentina’s last dictator has been jailed for life for his role in the country’s so-called Dirty War against opponents of the military regime in the ’70s and ’80s.
Reynaldo Bignone was the last de facto president of the junta which oversaw systematic murder, torture and kidnapping of tens of thousands of people.
Three other former military or police officers were also given life sentences.
Europe shames itself by its shabby treatment of this ethnic group
‘We Won’t Go’: Ethnic cleansing claims as UK gypsies face eviction
RussiaToday | Apr 16, 2011 | 302 views
In the UK, animosity between the country’s largest Gypsy community and a nearby town has come to a head. The travellers, who’re being told to leave their home of decades, say they won’t go down without a fight. And as RT’s Laura Emmett reports, human dignity is being sacrificed simply to increase house prices.
Devil’s Advocates? Priest slamming terror site defrocked by ‘militant lobby’
RussiaToday | Apr 15, 2011 | 2,058 views
A Finnish pastor has been defrocked by his Church – for speaking out against a terrorist website hosted in the country. Yuha Molari’s views have already seen him accused by Helsinki officials of stoking extremism.
Firebombs fly in fierce clashes over Greece dump site
RussiaToday | Apr 15, 2011 | 4,297 views
Firebombs exploded and clouds of tear gas filled the air as helmeted riot police moved in on protesters on the edge of small Greek town Keratea, which is gripped by a rebellion against state plans to place a rubbish dump in the area. The planned landfill site has prompted several months of violent protests from residents. Protest organisers argue the proposed landfill site is too close to a residential area and would also damage an ancient site, which they say has not been properly excavated
More New Year celebrations in Bangladesh, as residents celebrate on Thursday with a parade to mark the occasion. The Bengali New Year is celebrated by people in Bangladesh and parts of India.