Global Security Studies Practicum

The two Belarusians terrorist that blew up a bomb in the subway system that killed 15 people, have been sentenced to death by a court in Minsk, Belarus . Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalyov, sentenced to death not because of political motives but because of hatred to humankind, according to investigators. They had prior accusations to other non-fatal bombings in 2005 and 2008. According to evidence collected, the Supreme Court found that Konovalov built a bomb and stayed with Kovalyov in his apartment in Minsk to prepare for the blast. Also noted was that Kovalyov was aware of the bomb attacks . Opposite to this eveidence, Konovalov’s lawyer claims that the presented evidence was trivial and inconclusive. It included a videotape of the subway station supposedly showing Kovalyov to the blast area with a very poor image quality and that certain experts claim there were no traces of explosive objects. Not just the attorneys felt there were no convictions against their clients, but al...

22 November 2011 Cairo- The Egyptian civilian cabinet offers to resign after three days of violent protesting between demonstrators and security forces in Tahrir Square . The offer to resign did not meet the requests of the frustrated protesters and they have been left unsatisfied. The demonstrators protesting the new military rulers demand to end of “army rule”. The death toll has risen to 33 according to morgue officials. This demonstration is the worst spasm of violence since the rebellion that overthrew former President Hosni Mubarak . Egypt’s ruling military acknowledges’ the cabinet’s resignation, according to Al-Jazeera television . Young protesters demanding a civilian government fought against black-clad police officers and threw stones and firebombs . These protesters also threw back tear gas containers that police officers were firing into the square. Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45383062/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/ Egypt’s civilian cabinet resigns in wak...

Cairo- The Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced fugitive policeman Mohamed Abdel Moneim to ten years in prison for killing demonstrators during the Catholic rally last week. This is the fourth sentence against Moneim, which include two of which are the death penalty and the other life imprisonment . He claims he is the governments’ scapegoat for the incident. Officials accuse Moneim of shooting protesters outside of Zawya al-Hamra police station in Cairo on 28 January. Since these accusations, Moneim has been in hiding and his lawyer claims he did not have live bullets on the day in question. In addition, Moneim’s lawyer states that snipers on the roof of the police station carried out the killing of demonstrators. Officials accuse Major General Saeed Hussein Moussa of destroying CDs that implicate Interior Ministry figures in the killing of demonstrators. Moussa’s case is on hold until December. During court hearings on the killing of demonstrators in Alexandria , families of the v...