Tag: I am Nisman

• Wednesday, February 18th 2015 - 04:55 UTC

  Thousands expected at the Buenos Aires 'Silence March' marking a month since the death of Nisman

  

  Argentina is preparing for the so called “Silence March” that will take place on Wednesday 18 marking a month since the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman but which has also triggered much controversy among fellow prosecutors and the government of President Cristina Fernandez which describes it as an opposition political rally.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2015 - 04:50 UTC

  Nisman's daughters will attend the march to honor their father

  

  Argentine Federal Judge and former wife of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, Sandra Arroyo Delgado confirmed that she will be participating at Wednesday's “Silence march” together with her two daughters, Iara and Kala. It was a last minute announcement.

• Friday, February 6th 2015 - 21:57 UTC

  Argentine prosecutors confirm 'silence march' marking a month since Nisman's death

  

  Argentine prosecutors and the judicial employees union have officially called for a demonstration on February 18 marking a month since the death of Alberto Nisman who was in charge of investigating the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center that killed 85 people back in 1994.

• Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community wants a 'Day of national mourning', for the burial of Nisman

  

  The head of Argentina's DAIA Jewish community organization Julio Schlosser has urged for the day of Alberto Nisman's burial to be an official “day of national mourning”, in tribute to the late prosecutor who was found dead this week.

• Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 06:51 UTC

  Nisman's death not suicide but a plot against her government, alleges Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Thursday morning took to social media once again to express her thoughts on the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman making reference to “the suicide which -I am sure- was not a suicide.”

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 07:23 UTC

  A third passage to Nisman's apartment and a locksmith who testified the service entrance was not locked

  

  Investigators found a footprint and a fingerprint in a third –recently discovered- access to prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s apartment, which became the latest clues in the investigation of the death of the AMIA special prosecutor late on Sunday.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 07:17 UTC

  Suspicious death in Argentina by The New York Times editorial board

  

  The following editorial was published on Wednesday by The New York Times addressing recent events surrounding the mysterious death in Buenos Aires of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the still unsolved case of the July 1994 attack on the Argentine Jewish community center, AMIA. He had been involved in the case for ten years and investigating an alleged Iranian connection.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Primary forensic test delivers no gun powder traces on Nisman's hands

  

  The forensic analysis on Argentina's AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s body confirmed that there were no traces of gunpowder on his hands. However, experts explained that it does not contradict suicide hypothesis.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 05:20 UTC

  Israel and Argentine Jewish organizations call for AMIA probe to continue

  

  Israel urged Argentine authorities on Monday to carry on with the work of a prosecutor who was found dead after having alleged a cover-up in the investigation of Iran over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2015 - 05:10 UTC

  Opposition demands protection of Nisman's records; protest marches in Argentine cities

  

  A group of Argentine opposition senators and lawmakers went ahead on Monday with an informal meeting in Congress which prosecutor Alberto Nisman was expected to address and called for the official's alleged evidence relating to the AMIA case to be protected from interference.