Biological Weapons
latest news & developments
Judgement reserved in urgent application sought by Basson’s lawyers
Wouter Basson’s lawyer, Jaap Cilliers, said that his client "wouldn’t have been a doctor by now" had he not brought the application.
‘Doctor Death’ and team walk out of HPCSA hearing
Wouter Basson and his legal team walked out of his sentencing hearing to file an urgent interdict at the high court in Pretoria.
Syria’s chemical and biological weapons ‘only for outsiders’
Condemnation of Syria has increased after it issued a veiled threat to use chemical or biological weapons if it was attacked by outside forces.
UN hosts summit on dangers of biological weapons
Experts met in Geneva on Monday to consider ways of stopping scientific advances being converted into more lethal biological weapons.