New book: The MH17 Trial

On 17 July 2014, flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. All 298 passengers, most of them Dutch, were killed. The JIT investigation team was unable to find out who fired the shot, on whose orders it was done and why. However, the District Court of The Hague convicted two Russians and one Ukrainian. They were allegedly involved in the application and transport of the murder weapon. A fourth suspect, Oleg Pulatov, was acquitted.

Is it true that MH17 was shot down by a Russian missile? Or should the perpetrators be sought elsewhere? The author of the book ‘The MH17 Trial’ is the only journalist to have attended or viewed all 69 hearings of the MH17 criminal case. He discusses all the evidence presented by the public prosecutor – and the defence that Pulatov's lawyers put forward against his prosecution.

Eric van de Beek is an investigative journalist. He studied journalism at Windesheim University and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. For years he worked as a journalist for Dutch leading weekly Elsevier. He currently writes for Dutch weekly De Andere Krant and produces news items for broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland. Van de Beek published two Dutch language books about the MH17 plane crash. In 2024 he won the Dutch Julian Assange Prize 'for public service’.

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Eric van de Beek has covered Dutch involvement in the MH17 coverup like a junkyard dog – in the tradition of the late Robert Parry.
Ray McGovern, former CIA officer

The book on the MH17 case by Dutch journalist Eric van de Beek is a splendid example of how investigative journalism should work. A ‘must read’ for all those who expect from journalism critical questioning and solid analysis.
Cees J. Hamelink, emeritus professor International Communication, University of Amsterdam

I’m very thankful to Eric for writing this book. If you want to be informed, this book is of inestimable value.
Anouk van Toulon van der Koog, surviving relative

Thorough investigative work and represented very adequate As a retired detective from the Belgian Federal Judicial Police, I could not have done better.
Eduard Baekelmans, former police officer