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Court tells France to pay damages to Somali pirates
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| 4 December 2014
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Posted on 12/05/2014 10:47:23 PM PST by pluvmantelo
The European Court of Human Rights says France violated the rights of Somali pirates who had attacked French ships and has ordered compensation for them over judicial delays.
The nine Somali pirates should get thousands of euros because they were not immediately brought before a French judge, the court ruled.
One is to get 9,000 euros (£7,000) and the others sums of up to 7,000 euros.
The judges faulted France for keeping them in custody for an extra 48 hours.
The pirates had held French citizens hostage after seizing a French-flagged cruise ship and a French yacht in 2008.
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To: pluvmantelo
violated the rights of Somali piratesAnd what "rights" might those be?
To: Politicalkiddo; All
Do French judges wear wigs, or is that just the British?
To: gleeaikin
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posted on
12/06/2014 12:07:58 AM PST
by
Politicalkiddo
("It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."- Benjamin Franklin)
To: gleeaikin
It looks like judges from most former British colonies do.
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posted on
12/06/2014 12:08:58 AM PST
by
Politicalkiddo
("It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."- Benjamin Franklin)
Due Process.
I’d rather be attacked by pirates than the French govt.
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posted on
12/06/2014 1:23:56 AM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: pluvmantelo
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posted on
12/06/2014 2:14:04 AM PST
by
aquila48
To: pluvmantelo
Hopefully the French will hoist the one-fingered salute to the ECHR. Those inbred Somali subhumans don’t even have a right to be alive. Piracy is a capital crime.
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posted on
12/06/2014 2:30:49 AM PST
by
ScottinVA
(We either destroy ISIS there... or fight them here. Pick one, America.)
To: pluvmantelo
They should have held them in Davey Jone’s Locker.
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posted on
12/06/2014 2:35:40 AM PST
by
AU72
To: AU72
“Go Ahead Make My Day” > Pirates and Judge!
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posted on
12/06/2014 4:44:02 AM PST
by
DocJhn
To: pluvmantelo
The soetoro / holder / jarrett JustUs Dept. gives a thumbs up!
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posted on
12/06/2014 4:45:57 AM PST
by
Eagles6
(Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: Eagles6
The soetoro / holder / jarrett JustUs Dept. gives a thumbs up! Concurring bump...these folks would love it, if Americans were subject to the same type of international "justice" system.
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posted on
12/06/2014 5:23:38 AM PST
by
mac_truck
( Aide toi et dieu t aide)
To: pluvmantelo
Cheese eating surrender monkeys lose the fight with captured pirates.
To: pluvmantelo
Lets crunch the numbers:
7000 euros + court costs
OR
cost of 1 bullet
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posted on
12/06/2014 6:22:09 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: pluvmantelo
The Frenchies aren't really going to pay this money to the pirates are they? They should flip the big middle finger to this far-left, socialist court and tell them to kiss their French arses!
The world is becoming more upside down all the time.
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12/06/2014 6:36:49 AM PST
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HotHunt
To: HotHunt
They should flip the big middle finger to this far-left, socialist court and tell them to kiss their French arses! The world is becoming more upside down all the time. The evil left is destroying Western Civilization. The evil left wants millions of westerners dead.
The world is indeed insane. If the French had "just" leaders they would order all these evil Socialist judges who made this decision hunted down and handed over to Somalia.
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posted on
12/06/2014 8:25:04 AM PST
by
sand88
(We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
To: cynwoody
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posted on
12/06/2014 11:59:22 AM PST
by
Poundstone
(A recent Federal retiree and proud of it!)
To: cynwoody
Thanks, I was wondering why piracy is so much less now. A country has finally decided to fight back.
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12/06/2014 6:27:46 PM PST
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BobL
(I'm so old, I can remember when most hate crimes were committed by whites - Thomas Sowell, 2014)
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