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    Protest-hit Iran detains journalist, pardons tens of thousands: Media

    05 Feb 2023

    Iranian authorities have detained a journalist at a reformist publication, local media reported on Sunday, as her sister, also a journalist, remains in custody after reporting on Mahsa Amini's death.

    Syrian President Assad grants amnesty, reduced sentences

    16 Nov 2023

    Syria’s president issued a decree granting amnesty and reducing sentences for several categories of crime committed prior to Thursday, his office and state media reported.

    Nearly 100 stranded Rohingya asylum seekers pulled to shore by sympathetic Indonesians

    25 Jun 2020

    Some 94 people from the persecuted Myanmar minority — including 30 children — were reportedly plucked from a rickety wooden boat by fishermen this week before being intercepted by maritime officials from Sumatra island who pulled them closer to shore.

    Myanmar’s junta releases 23,000 prisoners in Buddhist New Year’s amnesty

    17 Apr 2021

    Myanmar typically grants an annual amnesty to thousands of prisoners to mark its traditional Buddhist New Year holiday — which in previous years have been joyous affairs with city-wide water fights.

    No amnesty in return for FATF legislation, Imran tells opposition

    31 Jul 2020

    Prime Minister Imran Khan has declared that legislation related to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is necessary for Pakistan and no amnesty or concession will be given to the opposition parties in return for legislation in the national interest.

    No fines if visa violators exit UAE by Aug.18

    08 Jun 2020

    The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) announced during a press conference organized remotely that residents whose visas expired before March 1 can stay in the UAE for 3 months, beginning May 18, 2020, without incurring fines.

    13,500 weapons collected in amnesty, including rocket launchers in Serbia

    14 May 2023

    Populist President Aleksandar Vucic accompanied top police officials on Sunday for the weapons' display near the town of Smederevo, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital, Belgrade.

    Amnesty says Hong Kong police using excessive force

    20 Sep 2019

    Amnesty International on Friday accused Hong Kong police of using excessive force against pro-democracy protesters, in some cases amounting to torture, criticising a “disturbing pattern of reckless and unlawful tactics.”

    Sri Lanka frees convicts to mark Buddhist anniversary

    18 May 2019

    Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday granted an amnesty to 762 convicts to mark a key Buddhist anniversary, but resisted calls to release a firebrand Buddhist monk. Addressing inmates at the main Welikada prison,

    Online abuse against women is harmful as ever

    05 Aug 2020

    According to a recent report, half of Gen Z young men believe that “feminism has gone too far”. Misogynistic attitudes seem to be coming back into fashion, but for those of us who have been active on social media for the last ten years, this is nothing new.

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