The human rights organization Amnesty International on Friday called on the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan to stop carrying out executions and abolish the death penalty. “We oppose all executions as a violation of the right to life. The Taliban has been repeatedly carrying them out publicly which is a gross affront to human dignity as […]
The Montgomery County Clerk of Courts annual amnesty event is approaching, according to a Clerk of Courts spokesperson. From Friday, Feb. 16 to Friday, March 1, Clerk of Courts Mike Foley will offer to waive half of your fines and costs when you pay the other half. > 3 arrested during narcotic searches in Logan […]
Catalan separatist politicians dealt Spain’s government a blow on Tuesday by voting against a hugely divisive amnesty law that was aimed at helping hundreds of their supporters who were involved in Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 independence bid. The most radical separatists, who want to ensure that their leader Carles Puigdemont, a fugitive in Belgium, can return […]
Spain’s lower house of parliament is to debate and vote on Tuesday on an enormously divisive amnesty law that aims to sweep away the legal troubles of potentially hundreds of people who were involved in Catalonia’s unsuccessful 2017 independence bid. Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez agreed to push through the law in exchange for parliamentary […]