Amnesty

The $500 apple: Woman Fined For Failing to Declare Fruit She Was Given on Flight

A woman from Colorado has been fined $500 (£360) after failing to declare an apple that she took from a transatlantic flight.

Crystal Tadlock was given the fruit sealed in a wrapper on her Delta flight from Paris to Minneapolis on 18 April. She did not eat it on the journey and decided to save it for her connecting flight to Denver.

Macedonian President Fully Reverses Amnesty in Wiretapping Affair

Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov has scrapped an amnesty granted in April on politicians involved in a massive wiretapping affair.

At the end of May, Ivanov revoked the amnesty declared for 22 out of 56 people, calling on those not affected to submit declarations asking for their pardon to be reversed as well.

Amnesty International Greece accuses Greek authorities of blocking them from accessing refugee camps

The head of Amnesty International Greece, George Kosmopoulos accused the Greek authorities of denying the organisation access to the refugee reception centers and hot spots. Kosmopoulos said he had repeatedly contacted both the Ministry of Defence and Immigration but he was unable to cut through the red tape.

PM Ponta: We will vote on Tuesday for definitive rejection of amnesty law

Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced on Monday that the Social Democrat Party (PSD) will vote on Tuesday in Parliament for the definitive rejection of the amnesty and pardon law and for the approval of the requests to lift the immunity of MPs under criminal investigation.

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