Tag: Pardons
Zimbabwe pardons over 4,000 prisoners
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screenZimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Archive image. Photo: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP/TT Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned over 4,000 prisoners as part of the country’s 44-year independence celebrations.…
President Alassane Ouattara pardons General Bruno Dogbo Blé and 50 other personalities
President Alassane Ouattara pardoned this Thursday, February 22, 51 personalities convicted of bloody crimes during the crises that shook the country. This grace comes in a context of national cohesion,…
Chad pardons 259 people convicted of October 20 protests
In Chad, a new presidential pardon was signed on Monday 27 March. Two days after the one concerning 380 Fact rebels, the transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby pardoned 259 of…
between pardons and death sentences, the power wants to show that it retains control
In Iran, the justice chief said that more than 22,000 people arrested during recent protests have been pardoned and that 25,000 formerly convicted prisoners have also been released. A way…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Pardons ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Prisoners
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pardons tens of thousands of prisoners, Iranian state news agencies say. But at the same time as the news comes, new arrests are made.…
justice minister resigns amid scandal over presidential pardons
The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, confirmed on Saturday January 7 that he had accepted the resignation of his Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Marcela Ríos in the context…
Mali pardons Ivorian soldiers
Published: Less than 2 hours ago full screen Demonstration in Abidjan in Ivory Coast last September in support of the imprisoned soldiers. Archive image. Photo: Diomande Ble Blonde/AP/TT Mali’s ruling…
2019 protests in Chile: controversial presidential pardons
In Chile, President Gabriel Boric pardoned 13 people yesterday Friday. Twelve of them) had been sentenced to prison terms for offenses committed during the social crisis where around thirty people…
Bolsonaro’s Christmas present: Pardons 74 convicted police officers
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s outgoing president, has traditionally pardoned several people in the country before Christmas. Some of those now freed are the 74 police officers who were convicted after a…