Tag: pardoned
ex-leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been partially pardoned
Ex-Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in detention since being ousted in a military coup in 2021, was granted a partial pardon as part of a junta amnesty for more…
In Georgia, a famous pro-opposition journalist pardoned by the president
The announcement is a surprise. Nika Gvaramia was sentenced in May 2022 to three and a half years in prison, after a trial deemed political. His imprisonment had been perceived…
259 people released from prison after being pardoned
In Chad, some 259 men, mainly young people, were released from prison on Saturday 8 April. They had been pardoned by the Head of State, Mahamat Déby, on March 27.…
Russian prisoner fought in Ukraine and was pardoned – suspected of new murder
Two weeks ago, an addition was introduced to the current law stating that one may not discredit the Russian army. Now you must also not speak ill of those who…
South Korea’s ex-president is pardoned
Published: Less than 10 min ago full screen South Korea’s former president Lee Myung-bak, who served a 17-year prison sentence for, among other things, bribery, has been pardoned by president…
Samsung chairman Lee Jae-yong pardoned
Samsung board chairman Lee Jae-yongwas on the agenda for a long time due to the bribery scandal and was subsequently arrested. For those who don’t know, in the past years…
Headlines: Gbagbo pardoned, true-false step towards reconciliation
Nearly five hundred days after his final acquittal by the International Criminal Court, President Laurent Gbagbo is pardoned by his successor Alassane Ouattara. The announcement was made last night on…