Pardons

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has pardoned and ordered the release of 51 people convicted of treason and other state security charges. The beneficiaries of the presidential clemency include military and civilian figures convicted…

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 588 inmates in various correctional facilities across the country. The freed prisoners include 11 elderlies and one mother with a baby, according to the Minister of Home Affairs and…

Prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma walked out of the Badr prison complex outside Cairo, a free man. He was pardoned along with four other prisoners, according to a presidential decree. The pardons, dated Saturday, were published…

Chad's interim president, Mahamat Idriss Deby, has pardoned 380 rebels from group, The Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT). They were part of a group of 400 people who were handed life sentences last Tuesday in connection with the…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has decided to pardon former President Park Geun-hye, who has been imprisoned for 57 months over corruption charges, the justice ministry said Friday. Park was included in the list of Moon's special…