The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the legal definition of maritime piracy includes an armed attack to hijack a ship, even if the attempt is unsuccessful. In one...
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Ten Somali pirates were sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday in the Abu Dhabi Federal Criminal Court of First Instance. The men were convicted of highjacking the MV Arrilah-1, a UAE-owned ship hauling aluminum in the Arabian...
Accused Somali pirates face trial in Paris court for hostage incident
Six accused Somali pirates went on trial in a Paris court Tuesday for taking 30 crew members hostage in 2008 on the ship Le Ponant in the Gulf of Aden. The men could face life in prison ...
Somali man convicted of piracy for role in German, US hijackings
Somali national Mohommad Saaili Shibin was convicted in a US court on Friday of piracy for his role in the hijacking of a German merchant vessel and a US yacht in 2010 and 2011. Shibin, who...
Accepting Responsibility for the Displacement of the Chagos Islanders
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Landriscina, American University Washington College of Law Class of 2012, is a student attorney at the school's UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic. Here she discusses the expulsion of the Chagos Islanders from Diego Garcia, and...
US hands suspected Somali pirates over to Seychelles for prosecution
The US government on Tuesday handed over 15 suspected Somali pirates it captured in January to the Republic of Seychelles for prosecution. The suspects are accused of attacking a ship and kidnapping 13 Iranian fisherman, all of...
The Tribunale Ordinario di Roma on Monday ordered nine alleged Somali pirates to be tried in Italy's first international piracy trial on charges of attacking the Montecristo, an Italian cargo vessel, off...
Seychelles President James Michel on Monday asked world leaders to address security problems in Somalia with greater urgency on Monday in order to lower the rate of Somali pirate attacks in the southern Indian...
Six accused Somali pirates went on trial in Paris Tuesday on charges of hijacking, kidnapping and armed robbery in connection with a 2008 attack on a yacht. Then men are accused of capturing the...
UN expert calls for increased efforts to combat Somalia piracy
Pirates off the Somalia coast have increased their area of operation and use of violence despite unprecedented efforts to reduce piracy, a UN official said Monday. Assistant Secretary-General for Political AffairsTaye-Brook Zerihoun told the UN...
