The state’s appeal of the ruling in favor of Norwegian political mass killer Anders Breivik has undergone a change in judges. Justice Ellen Mo was set to preside over the appeal — in May the Oslo District Court found that Breivik’s charges that the state was treating him unfairly according to the EU Convention on Human … Read more
The video, released by the Islamic State shortly after the train attack in Wurzburg, Germany, has been confirmed by the Bavarian interior minister to be the attacker, a 17-year-old Afghani asylum seeker Muhammad Riyad. The video the Islamic State published shows the youth explaining the motive for his actions, placing his attack in the context … Read more
The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, spoke to German press this week about his current situation, also commenting on the current refugee crisis in Europe. The Dalai Lama has previously spoken in favor of sheltering all refugees in need, but in his interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine he also said that the numbers had … Read more
For plotting to blow up an in-session Parliament, Polish former university professor Brunon Kwiexien has been sentenced to 13 years prison. On Monday a Polish court handed down the sentence to the former Krakow University of Agriculture chemistry professor. Kwiecien, 48, an unaffiliated nationalist, cited as motives for the crime, planned in 2012, a belief … Read more