Most of the prisoners had been convicted of common criminal offenses, according to a lawyer representing political prisoners. ADVERTISEMENT The Burmese junta pardoned nearly 10,000 prisoners on Thursday to mark …
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An accomplice in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya pardoned by Putin for having fought in Ukraine
Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, a former Russian police officer sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the assassination of journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006, was pardoned by Vladimir Putin …
