Wednesday, March 9, 2011

What Are These Red Spots On My Tongue

Pirateria somala: protesta familiare marittimo danese ostaggio pirati somali

Anche il familiare di un marittimo danese, ostaggio dei pirati somali, protesta contro il proprio governo. Un malcontento manifestato contro le autorità di Copenaghen in quanto, secondo questa persona, finora non avrebbe fatto nulla per garantire il rilascio del proprio familiare caduto in mano ai pirati somali e trattenuto in ostaggio da mesi. La protesta è stata innescata da Marjorie Onate, moglie di Eddy Opolo Lopez comandante del cargo danese Leopard di proprietà della compagnia marittima Schipcraft. The sea from Chile, but with Danish nationality, fell into the hands of Somali pirates along with four other crew members, all Filipinos, on January 12 when the merchant was attacked as she was crossing the Indian Ocean en route to Jordan. The wife of the commander of the Leopard, who lives with his family in Chile, Villa Alemana, gave an interview, later published on 5 March, the Chilean newspaper 'El Mecuria de Valparaiso'. The wife of the hostage, like all other families of Danish maritime cargo and beyond are for months waiting to hug their loved ones held hostage in Somalia. The woman told of her sad Chilean experience in the newspaper. Especially revealed that the families of the seamen held hostage by Somali pir ati are increasingly concerned about the safety of their loved ones. The woman reported that after the seizure had two telephone conversations with her husband who told her of being held captive on another vessel used as mother ship by pirates who have also beaten and broken his head. The wife of the captain of the Leopard said it had taken this initiative to make public its desperation to attract the attention of the Chilean government on this matter and hope that they could then put pressure on the Danish so that the husband can go home and hug she and their three children aged 2, 8 and 10 years. As is its policy, the Danish government refused to negotiate with Somali pirates and pay the ransom demanded. Asked about by the same newspaper in Chile, the Danish Foreign Ministry said that the authorities are doing everything possible to find a solution to the whole affair. The action taken by the wife of the commander of the Leopard has, however, triggered some sort of collaboration between the Danish and the Chilean government. A fact that could prove positive. As was the case last March 1 in Pakistan and before that in India, once the family members of hostages held in Somalia have carried out a wave of protests against their governments. Then it was of family members of Egyptian maritime cargo MV Suez captured last August 2 in the Gulf of Aden. This new episode is shown, once again, as a sign of a strong and growing malaise among the families of seamen held hostage by Somali pirates. Mariners, the conditions in which they are kept as defined appalling, and the fact that they are subject to every kind of abuse both physically and psychologically, as they told all those who were released on their return home would be in critical condition . Earlier this year, in addition to Captain Lopez, fell into the hands of Somali pirates also seven other Danes. This is the family Johansen of Copenhagen, father, mother and three minor children, fell into the hands of robbers sea \u200b\u200bon 24 February, while they were sailing in the Indian Ocean on board their yacht with which ING were doing around the world sailing from August 2009. This is Jan and Marie, and their teenage children, Rune, and Hjalti Naja, respectively 17, 15 and 13 years. With them also captured two Danish crew members. The seven Danish hostages are well. Their families have been in contact with both the hostages and with the pirates who have demanded a ransom for release. These seizures of Danish and Egyptian ships are just one part of a long chain of boarding merchant ships passing in the sea off the coast of Somalia. In these waters and those in the Indian Ocean almost daily follow each of pirate attacks against merchant ships in transit. These are criminal acts carried out by gangs of the sea and then ask for a ransom to release seized ships and sailors. That of maritime piracy is a phenomenon that grew a lot in recent years off the Somali coast. It is mostly favored by the fact that the African country torn by civil war and which is located near one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, connecting the East and West. Here you gang lord it and capture sea cargo and men holding them hostage until they receive a ransom for their release. A ransom is paid by the government of the country of origin of the sea or from the company Maritime owns the ship. In 2010, the hostages kidnapped by Somali pirates have reached the record number of 1181 seafarers. According Ecoterra Somali pirates currently hold hostage at least 50 ships and at least 700 seamen of different nationalities including Europeans. A tally of ships and men ever recorded so far. Hostages held by Somali pirates as long as someone does not pay a ransom for their release. In those waters have occurred navies of 25 countries that have sent dozens of warships to patrol the sea in the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean. One effort, what the international community, the cost of several million dollars a year but that does not seem to bear fruit expected at least from the perspective of the fight against maritime piracy. A demonstration is the fact that Somali pirates are becoming more the masters of the sea as it is still undisturbed in their criminal activities on the length and breadth of the Indian Ocean and the Sea, the Horn of Africa. A sort of recognition of this partial failure is the fact that in recent weeks is beginning to talk about several initiatives within the international community. Russia in particular has always been in favor of establishing an international tribunal to judge and condemn the Somali pirates captured in recent days circulated a draft resolution that would commit the UN Security Council to give urgently start the discussion for the imposition of three courts established directly in Somalia to deal with cases of piracy. The measures proposed by Moscow also provide that in Somalia will give way to the construction of two prisons for those convicted of piracy cases. Russia's proposal is now also associated with China and both countries claim that all other members of the UN organization to commit to enact laws to counter the risk of maritime piracy. A phenomenon that within less than two years has also involved directly in Italy. Since yesterday, in fact, a month, which was captured the Italian supertanker Caylyn Savina. On board della nave 22 membri d’equipaggio di cui 17 indiani e 5 italiani. Per loro, come per tutti gli altri ostaggi dei predoni del mare, l’incubo non è ancora finito. Ora sono trattenuti a bordo della loro nave ancorata al largo delle coste somale del Puntland. Sull’intera vicenda le autorità italiane hanno imposto il silenzio stampa. La giustificazione è stata, come fu nel 2009 quando venne catturato il rimorchiatore italiano Buccaneer con 16 marittimi a bordo di cui 10 italiani, quella di voler condurre le trattative con riserbo nell'intento di giungere ad una conclusione positiva della vicenda. Allora l’intera vicenda si risolse con un enorme figuraccia della Farnesina che alla fine arrivò anche a smentire di aver pagato un riscatto paid instead. If that were true, but it is not, would be the first event in the world where a ship and its crew were released without payment of a ransom, and then an economic loss to the Pirates, but Italy paid to the pirates $ 4,000,000, the highest ransom paid to date. Then the restraint imposed only served to hide the failures of the Italian authorities and to unsettle the Somali pirates. Repeat the same error means that the 'lesson' previous did not teach anything.

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