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French woman who killed husband freed after Hollande pardon

December 29, 2016 zoshinuk 0

FRANCE – A French woman in her sixties who murdered her husband in 2012 has been released after a second intervention by President Francois Hollande. Jacqueline Sauvage suffered decades of abuse and became a cause […]

Facing desertion trial, Bergdahl asks Obama for pardon

December 3, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former U.S. prisoner of war in Afghanistan who was freed in a 2014 swap for five Taliban detainees, has asked President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving the White House […]

Turkish bill sets to clear men of statutory rape if they marry underage female victim

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

TURKEY – Turkish MPs have preliminarily backed a bill which would allow men accused of raping underage girls to be cleared if they marry the girl. The bill would pardon men only if they had […]

Cuba pardons 787 inmates after Pope’s call for mercy

November 16, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Cuba has pardoned 787 prisoners in response to a call by Pope Francis to consider granting inmates amnesty. Those pardoned include female, young and sick prisoners but not those who have committed “extremely dangerous” crimes […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]