Iraqi protester tries to set himself on fire
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi authorities say a demonstrator at an anti-government rally in the north of the country tried to set himself on fire and is being treated for burns.
Requests for Royal Prerogative of Mercy on the rise as Ottawa restricts pardons
OTTAWA – New restrictions on the granting of criminal record suspensions, or pardons, are causing more former convicts to seek clemency under the rarely used Royal Prerogative of Mercy.
UN: Prisoners still tortured in Afghan prisons
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United Nations said Sunday that Afghan authorities were still torturing prisoners, such as hanging them by their wrists and beating them with cables, a year after the U.N. first documented the abuse and the Afghan government promised detention reform.
Friday, January 25, 2013
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