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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday pardoned 30 prisoners convicted over protests, the presidential website said. Lukashenko “signed a decree pardoning 30 people convicted for crimes related to protests,” the statement…
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Only two days after he was released from prison on a presidential pardon, an Algerian in the northeastern province of Guelma killed a sheep dealer for trying to steal a sheep for Eid sacrifice. According to the Algerian newspaper Akher…
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Morocco’s king pardoned 29 people jailed for “terrorism or extremism” offenses in a gesture marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the justice ministry announced. The 29 prisoners were pardoned “after having officially…
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UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the release of 540 prisoners in the country, ahead of Ramadan, state news agency WAM reported. The annual move serves as part of President Khalifa’s initiative to give pardoned…
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A man under sentence of death died in Iran, after a decision was issued to pardon him. The man, named "Akbar", breathed his last, an hour after he was taken to the hospital, according to the Iran FrontPage website. The incident took place…
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On Friday, Tunisian President Qais Saeed issued a presidential pardon for 389 prisoners and reduced sentences for 1,132 others, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Independence Day in the country. According to a statement…
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A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn but pointedly noted a pardon Flynn received from the president last month did not mean he was innocent. …
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