Pardon

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader announced on Wednesday evening, at private TV broadcaster Antena 3, in reference to pardon and reprieve, that the Gov't can adopt an emergency ordinance but Parliament must be in session.

The minister was asked under what circumstances the Gov't can adopt and emergency ordinance (OUG) for pardon and reprieve.

Greece's Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) for the extradition of two of its intelligence agents for their role in an eavesdropping scandal that broke in 2015 during former prime minister Nikola Gruevksi's time in office.

Anwar Ibrahim declared a "new dawn for Malaysia" had arrived as he walked free from jail yesterday after receiving a royal pardon, paving the way for his return to national politics.

Myanmar's president announced on April 17 pardons for more than 8,500 prisoners, including three dozen jailed in political cases, as part of an annual amnesty marking the country's traditional new year.

The law, which passed in parliament late Monday, pardons all convicts serving jail sentences of less than six months, about 670 of them.

The law also cuts the jail terms of some 3,100 prisoners serving for less than five years by 30 per cent.

A former CIA agent who was found guilty of kidnapping an Egyptian imam by an Italian court more than a decade ago said on June 29 she intended to return to Italy to face her sentence, but hopes to avoid prison.

Nowadays, the government is frequently emphasizing that justice is "impartial and independent" and wants "respect for justice." This is absolutely correct but do we need to remind them what they said even about the Constitutional Court just yesterday? Let us look at what the government understands regarding the independence of the judiciary. 

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Vojislav Seselj has asked the president Nikolict o pardon Zvezdan Jovanovic, who has been convicted for the murder of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.

The leader of the opposition SRS party spoke during a sitting of the Serbian National Assembly in Belgrade on Thursday.

Romania's Senate on Monday refused to pass a controversial pardoning bill which no longer contains the most contentious amendments - on pardoning corruption-related offences.

Senators voted to send the bill back to the legal commission to re-discuss it within the next week.

Romania's parliament is to discuss the proposed legislative changes before the end of April, amid claims that members of the ruling Social Democratic Party are still pushing for the pardoning of people convicted of graft despite huge public opposition.