Pakistan’s Imran Khan still barred from vote after conviction appeal fails – lawyer
Karachi, Pakistan Reuters Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan remains disqualified from contesting elections after a court rejected his plea to suspend an earlier conviction on Thursday, his lawyer said. The decision came a day before the deadline to submit nomination papers for elections for provincial and national assemblies that are scheduled for 8th February. […]
Peru’s ex-President Fujimori released from prison after 16 years
Lima, PeruReuters Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year prison term for human rights abuses during his decade-long rule in the 1990s, was released on Wednesday evening after a court restored a contentious 2017 pardon. The country’s highest court on Tuesday ruled in favour of an appeal to restore the pardon for […]
Jailed Australian cardinal to appeal against child sex abuse convictions
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Jailed former Vatican treasurer George Pell will appeal on Wednesday against his convictions for sexually abusing two choir boys in the 1990s and if an Australian court rules in his favour could be released or face a retrial. Pell, 77, the highest ranking Catholic cleric worldwide to be convicted of child sex offences, […]
Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor drops blasphemy appeal “for sake of the people”
World Watch Monitor Jakarta’s Christian ex-governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (also known as Ahok), has withdrawn his appeal against his two year prison sentence for blasphemy in a controversial case that has challenged religious pluralism in Indonesia, with repeated clashes between Ahok’s supporters and radical Islamic groups. It was for this reason, said Ahok, that he […]