Today: November 03, 2024
Today: November 03, 2024

Amnesty

Europe|News

Catalan separatist Puigdemont says he is returning to Spain, faces likely arrest

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said on Wednesday he was returning after seven years in self-imposed exile to Spain, where he would likely be arrested

Catalan separatist Puigdemont says he is returning to Spain, faces likely arrest
Europe|News|World

British government to scrap Northern Ireland amnesty scheme

Britain's new government said on Wednesday it would scrap an amnesty scheme for ex-soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland that

British government to scrap Northern Ireland amnesty scheme
Europe|News|Political|World

Belarus' Lukashenko says will release ill opponents from prison

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that he was likely to issue an amnesty to some of his jailed political opponents who had taken part in protests against his re-

Belarus' Lukashenko says will release ill opponents from prison
Crime|Europe|World

Spain's top court upholds arrest warrants for Catalan separatists despite amnesty

Spain's Supreme Court on Monday upheld arrest warrants for Catalonia's former leader and others charged with embezzlement over the region's

Spain's top court upholds arrest warrants for Catalan separatists despite amnesty
News|Political

Mexico's amnesty, legal protection reforms become law

Mexico enacted two controversial laws on Friday that increase the president's ability to grant amnesty and limit judges' ability to suspend public projects.

Mexico's amnesty, legal protection reforms become law
Europe|News|Political|World

Spain approves Catalan amnesty bill set to define PM's term

Spain's Congress on Thursday overturned an upper house veto with its final approval of a disputed amnesty for Catalan separatists that is expected to set the stage

Spain approves Catalan amnesty bill set to define PM's term
Europe|News|Political|World

Spain's parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia's separatists

Spain’s lower house of parliament has given final approval to a contentious amnesty law for hundreds of Catalan separatists involved in the illegal and unsuccessful 2017 secession bid

Spain's parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia's separatists
Africa|News|World

Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners in an independence day amnesty

Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty
Europe|News|World

Spanish parliament set to approve controversial amnesty for Catalan separatists

Spain’s Parliament is set to give its initial approval Thursday to a controversial amnesty bill aimed at forgiving crimes — both proved and alleged — committed by Catalan separatists during a chaotic attempt to hold an independence referendum six years ago

Spanish parliament set to approve controversial amnesty for Catalan separatists
Americas|Election|News|World

Brazil's Bolsonaro gathers thousands of supporters to defend him amid investigations

Tens of thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have rallied in the country's biggest city to defend him against legal challenges that could put him in jail

Brazil's Bolsonaro gathers thousands of supporters to defend him amid investigations
Europe|News|World

Catalan separatists reject amnesty bill, highlighting the fragility of Spain's minority government

Catalan separatist lawmakers have dealt Spain’s government a blow by voting against a hugely divisive amnesty law that was aimed at helping hundreds of their supporters involved in Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 independence bid

Catalan separatists reject amnesty bill, highlighting the fragility of Spain's minority government
Europe|News

Spain's leader defends amnesty deal for Catalan separatists ahead of vote on new government

Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has defended his controversial amnesty deal for Catalonia’s separatists in parliament

Spain's leader defends amnesty deal for Catalan separatists ahead of vote on new government
Election|Europe|News|World

Spain's Socialists will grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for support of new government

Spain’s Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist party to grant an amnesty for potentially thousands of people involved in the region’s failed secession bid in exchange for its key backing of acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to form a new government

Spain's Socialists will grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in return for support of new government
Europe|News|World

Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power

Thousands of ordinary citizens got into legal trouble for their parts in Catalonia’s illegal independence bid that brought Spain to the brink of rupture six years ago

Spain’s leader mulls granting amnesty to thousands of Catalan separatists in order to stay in power

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