The message from Strasbourg | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
On December 20, 2011, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, ruled that the "use of gas against terrorists during the Moscow theatre siege was justified." It did not, that is, violate the right to life -- enshrined in Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights -- of the 700-plus hostages in a Moscow theater almost a decade ago. Full Story »
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