Tag: amnesty
British amnesty law rejected in court
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Northern Ireland First Minister in Northern Ireland Peter Robinsson. Archive image. Photo: Peter Morrison/AP/TT The British amnesty law, which gives immunity to combatants in “the…
Senegal’s president announces amnesty
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left fullscreen Senegalese President Macky Sall. Archive image. Photo: Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP/TT Senegalese President Macky Sall has announced an amnesty for people imprisoned during political protests since 2021. The…
President Macky Sall announces a general amnesty bill – L’Express
It’s a gesture to try to calm the situation. After plunging his country into a major political crisis by announcing the postponement of the presidential election, the Senegalese head of…
Amnesty: The Israeli army has illegally executed Palestinians in the West Bank | Foreign countries
An investigation by the human rights organization Amnesty reveals that the Israeli army has used excessive violence in the occupied West Bank since the outbreak of the Gaza war. Israeli…
scathing setback for Sánchez on the amnesty of Catalan separatists
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez suffered a scathing setback in Parliament on Tuesday with the rejection of the Catalan separatists’ amnesty bill, a new illustration of the extreme fragility of…
The Spanish parliament rejected a bill on amnesty for Catalan separatists | Foreign countries
The Catalan party voted against the law because it said there were loopholes in the amnesty. Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez The amnesty bill pushed by the Catalan separatists…
Amnesty report highlights increase in discriminatory laws against LGBTI people
Amnesty International is sounding the alarm. In a report published this Tuesday, January 9, the human rights NGO is moved by the resurgence last year, on the African continent, of…
a National Assembly committee rejects a proposed amnesty law for opponents in exile
In Benin, a proposed special amnesty law for the benefit of opposition figures in exile was rejected on January 3, 2024 by the law committee of the National Assembly. A…
journalists targeted by Pegasus spyware, says Amnesty International
Is the Indian government using Pegasus software to spy on critical voices? An investigation by Amnesty International and the Washington Post claims that journalists’ phones were targeted by this software.…
The UN and Amnesty warn that Djalali’s execution is imminent
The UN warns that the Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali’s death sentence in Iran could be carried out at any time. “Iran must stop this execution,” writes UN High Commissioner for…