Tag: Pardon
Muhammad Ali family lawyer to Trump: thanks, but no pardon needed
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment on Friday that he might pardon boxing legend Muhammad Ali drew a prompt response from the late heavyweight...
Malaysia’s Mahathir says king willing to grant full pardon to Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s newly-elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday that the country’s monarch has indicated he was willing to grant a full...
Peru human rights victims families ask court to nullify Fujimori pardon
SAN JOSE: The families of victims of human rights abuses under former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori testified on Friday at an international human rights...
Saudi blogger’s wife allows herself to hope that Kingdom might pardon...
RIYADH: The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi is allowing herself to dream: might the modernising new crown prince in her ultra-conservative homeland...
Fujimori calls for unity after controversial pardon
LIMA: Recently pardoned former president Alberto Fujimori called for Peruvians on Saturday to set aside their “grudges” in order to unite against violence and...
Peru president’s pardon for ex-leader sparks protests
LIMA: Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has pardoned former leader Alberto Fujimori on health grounds in a move that has prompted angry protests.
Fujimori, 79,...
ECP breached law by pardoning those involved in rigging: Khan
PTI chief estimates Commission let 200 to 400 violators off the hook
Says surprised over ECP demanding Rs 2.5 m from Hamid for vote verification
Pakistan...
Govt ready to pardon martyred soldiers’ blood if Brahamdagh reconciles
Baloch leader will have to answer for tribesmen or civilians killed by his associates or offer blood money to the victims’ families
After Dr Malik...
Pope tells priests to pardon women who have abortions
Pope Francis on Tuesday called on priests to pardon women who have abortions, and the doctors who perform them, during the upcoming Jubilee year...
Junaid Jamshed strikes the wrong chord
An FIR [First Information Report] has been lodged against singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed in a Karachi police station on charges of blasphemy.
Russia drops charges against Greenpeace activists
Russia formally dropped criminal charges against Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest over Arctic oil drilling on Wednesday, under a Kremlin amnesty extended to all 30 who...
Russia grants amnesty to Greenpeace activists
Russian government on Tuesday granted amnesty to first of the 30 persons accused of participating in a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic.
Two freelance journalists...
Putin pardons Khodorkovsky
Former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was released from jail post a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin, according tohis lawyers.
Mr Putin had signed a decree...
Shahzeb’s murderers get pardoned by family
Family purportedly accepted Rs 350 million to withdraw murder case, pardon convicts
Family gets Australian residential visas, to move abroad soon
The family of Shahzaib Khan,...
Moroccans protest against pardon of Spanish paedophile
Riot police broke up a protest by hundreds of Moroccans late on Friday against a royal pardon for a Spanish paedophile serving a 30-year...
JI seeks presidential pardon for Taseer’s assassin Mumtaz Qadri
The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has asked President Asif Ali Zardari to use his special powers to grant amnesty to Mumtaz Qadri, the self-confessed murderer of...
Altaf pardons party workers
MQM Chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday announced a general pardon for all those party workers and office-bearers whose membership was suspended due to minor...
