Month: January 2016

January 4, 2016 0

Saudi Arabia’s Growing Body Count

By News Desk

Amnesty International’s report, " Saudi Arabia: Appalling death sentence against Shi’a cleric must be quashed ," would claim: Evidence for all the other charges he was convicted of came from religious sermons and interviews attributed to the cleric. Amnesty International’s review of these texts confirms that he was exercising his right to free expression and was not inciting violence

January 4, 2016 0

More Currency Intervention Madness: Sweden Draws Line in Sand with Euro

By News Desk

Bloomberg reports Sweden Seen Closer to Krona Intervention to Tame Exchange Rate . Some of Scandinavia’s biggest banks are warning investors not to underestimate the risk that the central bank is preparing to intervene in the currency market. Nordea and SEB both say the Riksbank won’t allow the krona to strengthen beyond 9 against the euro.