Italy slams India's move to invoke anti-piracy law on marines

[Aarush]

ROME: Italian foreign ministerEmma Boninohas said she was left "dumbfounded and outraged" by India's move to try two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fisherman under an anti-piracy act and vowed to challenge it legally in the "strongest terms."

"Certain indications that come from New Delhi about the legal proceedings against our marines leave me dumbfounded and outraged," Bonino said.

"Our commitment to bring home Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone is stronger than ever," she was quoted as saying in the Italian media yesterday.

Her remarks came in the backdrop of home ministry giving sanction toNational Investigation Agency (NIA) to prosecute the Italian marines under the new provision of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against safety of Maritime Navigation And Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act (SUA).

The SUA carries the death sentences. But India last week spared them from the possibility of getting death penalty by asking the NIA to dilute the charges against them from murder to violence.

"An eventual request for the SUA act to be invoked on the two marines, if it should be confirmed, will be challenged in court by the Italian defence in the strongest terms," Agenzia Giornalistica Italia news agency quoted Bonino as saying.

Bonino's remarks came ahead of tomorrow's hearing of the case by Supreme Court, which asked Indian authorities to resolve all disputes arising out of the issue of invoking an anti-piracy law against the two Italian marines.

Earlier, using strong words she had said the two Italian marines facing trial are "neither terrorists nor pirates".

The Marines, who were on-board Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie' and are now lodged in Italian Embassy premises in New Delhi, allegedly shot dead the two fishermen on February 15, 2012 off Kerala coast.

The marines, deployed on the Italian-flagged oil tanker MT Enrica Lexie, have said they mistook the fishermen for pirates. They are now staying in the Italian embassy in New Delhi awaiting trial.

Rome wants the marines to be tried in Italy, claiming the incident took place in international waters. However, New Delhi said it has the right to try the Italian personnel as the victims were Indians on board an Indian fishing boat.

The high-profile case has strained ties between the two countries.

Italy slams India's move to invoke anti-piracy law on marines - The Times of India

Italy slams India's move to invoke anti-piracy law on marines | Business Standard

 

[Excelias]

Prosecute them as deemed necessary.

 

[Aarush]

Gov stand is not clear in this case... they are caught in fire between SC and Italy.
hard time for Gov when election is just right away.

 

[jatt+gutts]

they will probably get 2 - 3 yrs prison time. killing of fishermen was cause of mistaken identity and not intentional

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

India is behaving like a rogue regime.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

India is behaving like a rogue regime.

Yes!

We Indians should follow international laws like China did in this case


Hainan Island incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

Yes!

We Indians should follow international laws like China did in this case


Hainan Island incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Indian regime is acting rogue because of internal problems. The regime needs to distract the gullible and uneducated Indian population from economic stagnation, inflation, currency collapse.

The regime need jingoism to divert the problems and uses regime instructed propaganda to achieve this goal.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

The Indian regime is acting rogue because of internal problems. The regime needs to distract the gullible and uneducated Indian population from economic stagnation, inflation, currency collapse.

The regime need jingoism to divert the problems and uses regime instructed propaganda to achieve this goal.

Very true again, I am sure China can use its hyperpower clout to help Italy get justice from evil India

 

[JayAtl]

India is behaving like a rogue regime.

Funny- Coming from a person whose countries citizenry is brainwashed, labor camps with no judicial process, dissenters killed or thrown in jail with false charges and its rich escaping the regime with all their money

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

Funny- Coming from a person whose countries citizenry is brainwashed, labor camps with no judicial process and its dissenters killed

Brainwashed?
Camps with no judicial process?
Dissenters killed?

Sounds a lot like the US

 

[JayAtl]

Brainwashed?
Camps with no judicial process?
Dissenters killed?

Sounds a lot like the US

Sounds like you just came off the brainwashed boat... another fine made in china byproduct

 

[Hypersonicmissiles]

Sounds like you just came off the brainwashed boat... another fine made in china byproduct

Says a brainwashed Indian used to believing regime propaganda on a daily basis

Go watch FOX and MSNBC

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

@Hypersonicmissiles Can we please not derail this thread which has nothing to do with your country Chini boy ?

On topic- They should have not been tried under an anti-piracy act. They are not pirates. It will be interesting to see how the courts in India will look at this.

 

[JayAtl]

Says a brainwashed Indian used to believing regime propaganda on a daily basis

Go watch FOX and MSNBC

At least it is free press on our side. while your government tells the world what they think of its citizens- how how weak and feeble minded the chinese are- where mere words need to be censored because the citizenry can't handle it.

Go watch your government propaganda chinese channels...for sheeps like you

@Hypersonicmissiles Can we please not derail this thread which has nothing to do with your country Chini boy ?

On topic- They should have not been tried under an anti-piracy act. They are not pirates. It will be interesting to see how the courts in India will look at this.

IMO its is a case of "manslaughter", as we call it within the US judicial system

i.e. not legal "murder charge". these guys did not go sailing with the express intent at killing anyone. They reacted to a threat they perceived...albeit proved to be innocent fisherman but they had no idea.

think about this example- you are manning a post in a volatile area known to have suicide attacks by using bomb laden cars. A car is approaching your post from a distance, you know it is not one of yours, and it does not heed any stop signs or gestures...you fire into the car. Turns out it was a family of innocent people lost or whatever.

 

[Gandhi G in da house]

At least it is free press on our side. while your government tells the world what they think of its citizens- how how weak and feeble minded the chinese are- where mere words need to be censored because the citizenry can't handle it.

Go watch your government propaganda chinese channels...for sheeps like you



IMO its is a case of "manslaughter", as we call it the US judicial system

i.e. not legal "murder charge". these guys did not go sailing with the express intent at killing anyone. They reacted to a threat they perceived...albeit proved to be innocent fisherman but they had no idea.

think about this example- you are manning a post in a volatile area known to have suicide attacks with cars. A car is approaching your post from a distant, you know it is not one of yours, and it does not heed any stop signs or gestures...you fire into the car. Turns out it was a family of innocent people lost or whatever.

A culpable homicide or murder charge under IPC would have sufficed I guess.