NIA books Italian marines for Kerela fishermen's murder

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Marines not to be prosecuted under anti-piracy law - The Hindu

 

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India`s decision on marines `fruit of Italian firmness`: Italy

Rome: Hours after India decided not to prosecute two of its marines accused of killing Indian fishermen under the stringent anti-piracy SUA law, Italy today said the decision was the "fruit of Italian firmness".

The decision not to "apply the anti-terrorism law was the fruit of Italian firmness", Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said after chairing a meeting of a task force on the marines.

Italy would continue to push to have the case assessed by international bodies, Renzi was quoted as saying by Italian news agency ANSA. Earlier in the day in New Delhi, the Indian government told the country's Supreme Court that marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012 will not be prosecuted under the SUA law that attracts death penalty.

The marines shot dead two fishermen whom they believed to be pirates, sparking diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

The marines shot dead two fishermen whom they believed to be pirates, sparking diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

Earlier this month, Italy had petitioned the UN over the trial of its two marines in India under a strict anti-piracy law. However, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked Rome to resolve the issue bilaterally.

Meanwhile, European Parliament Speaker Martin Schulz today said India should respect international law in the case of the marines.

India should "fully and promptly" uphold laws and "especially" the UN Law of the Sea Convention, Schulz told the Members of the European Parliament. "I share Italy's concerns on the longueurs and delays in the case."

PTI

First Published: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 00:30

 

[Abhijeet Dey]

OFF TOPIC!
India should challenge Italy in a football match.

 

[CCP]

OFF TOPIC!
India should challenge Italy in a football match.

India should challenge Italy in GDP.

 

[Sea Eagle]

OFF TOPIC!
India should challenge Italy in a football match.

We will loose
But Italy Mata will be Happy

 

[ladder]

Italy hopes to strike deal with new Indian govt over marines

Italy hopes to strike deal with new Indian govt over marines

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Rome: Italy today rejected India's claim to jurisdiction in the case of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen and warned that it would seek international arbitration if could not reach an agreement with the new Indian government over the issue.

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Seems Italians are asking for it......................... A good diplomatic spanking.

AW case and India getting back the money might have unseated them.

 

[Free Karma]

Marines issue: Italy may recall ambassador to India - The Times of India

Italy on Wednesday said it could recall its ambassador to India Daniele Mancini for "urgent consultations", a day after the Supreme Court refused the pleas of the Italian marines, accused of killing two fishermen in 2012, to spend Christmas back home.

The Italian government could recall its ambassador to India for "urgent consultations", Italian foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni was quoted by the Italian news agency ANSA having told Parliamentarians in Rome. However, the minister said that this did not mean Italy wished to cut diplomatic relations with New Delhi.

On Tuesday, the apex court had rejected pleas of Massimiliano Latorre, who is currently in Italy after he suffered a condition similar to stroke in September in New Delhi, seeking extension of his stay in Italy on health grounds. It also rejected the request of marine Salvatore Girone to travel there for Christmas, saying they cannot get such a "leeway".

Meanwhile, Italian defence minister Roberta Pinotti said that the full physical recovery of marine Latorre was "a priority for the government and nothing will be done to jeopardize his condition".

Pinotti added that Latorre, who was allowed to leave India in September for four months of medical treatment at home, is in no condition to travel.

She added that Italy was not defying India, but the recognition of Latorre's health problems was simply "a calm and firm acknowledgement of the situation".

His leave was granted by the Indian government after he suffered a form of heart attack.

After the Supreme Court rejection on Tuesday, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and other politicians expressed displeasure over the development, the ANSA said.

The two Italian marines, accused of killing two fishermen in Kerala in 2012, maintain that they fired on the two fishermen after mistaking them for pirates while guarding an Italian oil tanker. They have been living in the Italian embassy in New Delhi since then waiting to be tried, and were not supposed to leave the country.

The situation has led to tense relations between India and Italy, which says that India has no jurisdiction in the case.

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[Ray]

Well, one cannot have different parameters for Italians and others.

I am yet to learn of Indian prisoners in foreign jail being allowed to return to India on parole to celebrate Diwali or Id or even Christmas.

I wonder how come they were given this privilege in the first place that they have the temerity to demand it as a right.

Who cares about Italy?

Europe is entering recession. They need us more than we need them.

Though I will agree that it would be painful for Sonia Gandhi that India should ignore the consequences by cocking the snook at the country of her birth.