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As Malaysia Airlines MH17 trial begins in The Hague, court examines ‘atrocious disaster’
The trial of four men charged with murder over the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 began on Monday in The Hague. The defendants did not show up in court but the sombre proceedings were watched instead by family members of the 298 victims who perished when the plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine.“As you can see, none of the...
Armenian cross-stone placed in Ukraine’s Berdyansk
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Factbox: Four on trial over shooting down of flight MH17 in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The first hearing in the criminal trial of four men accused of murder for their roles in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine began in the Netherlands on Monday: …read more Source:: The...
Criminal proceedings start against four charged with downing of MH17
AMSTERDAM: Nearly six years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine, criminal proceedings started in a Dutch court today against four men, the culmination of a painstaking multi-nation criminal investigation. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd …read more Source:: New Straits...
Malaysia Airlines MH17 trial begins at The Hague with victims’ families desperate for justice
On the outskirts of Amsterdam near Schiphol Airport, a field of withered sunflowers lies at the entrance to the MH17 National Monument, a desolate sight on a cold spring morning. Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine six years ago by pro-Russian separatist rebels after it left Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur. All 283...
Trial of men accused in downing of MH17 to begin in Amsterdam
March 09, 2020 9:53 AMAMSTERDAM (REUTERS) – The first hearing in the trial of four fugitive suspects in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was set to start in Amsterdam on Monday (March 9), more than five years after the plane was downed in Ukraine. …read more Source:: The Straits...
Trial of men accused in downing of MH17 to begin in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The first hearing in the trial of four fugitive suspects in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was set to start in Amsterdam on Monday, more than five years after the plane was downed in Ukraine. …read more Source:: The...
MH17 relatives protest against Russia with 298 empty chairs
The families of people killed when a missile shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014 set out 298 white chairs outside the Russian Embassy… …read more Source:: Japan...
Saudi releases king’s photos after purge over ‘coup plot’
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia released images of King Salman carrying out his royal duties on Sunday, after a stunning purge of at least three princes including his brother and nephew for allegedly plotting a coup.Saudi royal guards on Friday detained the trio, multiple sources told AFP, in a move that signals Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s...
Tajikistan: Jailed lawyer receives Homo Homini human rights prize
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has received the Prague-based People in Need NGO’s annual Homo Homini prize at a special ceremony in the Czech capital, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reported. Prominent Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who spent more than four years in Russian prisons for his stance against his...
