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UK Government
Number 10 accused of blocking ex-parole board chair becoming parliamentary ombudsman
...Nick Hardwick, a former HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and ex-parole board chief, was the preferred candidate of the House of Commons to become the head of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman,...
March 27, 2024
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thailand grants parole to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra
...He was ousted in 2006 while in New York and convicted in absentia in 2008 of corruption, conflict of interest and abuse of power — charges that he has denied....
February 13, 2024
FT Live
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Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
Poland
Feud between Poland’s Donald Tusk and Andrzej Duda intensifies over presidential pardon
...Speaking a day after Duda granted a new pardon and called for the immediate release of former interior minister Mariusz Kamiński and his then deputy Maciej Wąsik, Tusk told a news conference on Wednesday...
January 24, 2024
Hungary
Orbán ally resigns as Hungary’s president in row over criminal pardon
...The departure of Novák and Varga strips Fidesz of two of its most powerful female voices....
February 10, 2024
News in-depthHungary
Hungarian sex abuse scandal hits close to home for Orbán
...That pardon implicated Orbán’s allies, severely damaging the prime minister’s own reputation and that of his rightwing Fidesz party ahead of European parliament elections in June....
April 10, 2024
South African politics
S Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma pardoned after ‘special remission’
...But she also said it was an exceptional case, involving a relatively rare prison sentence for contempt of court and wrongful medical parole....
August 11, 2023
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LexProperty sector
US broker shake-up leaves real estate stocks in the cold Premium content
...But it has the potential to drive down commission rates and force hundreds of thousands of agents out of the industry. Home buyers and sellers will be the obvious winners....
April 1, 2024
FT Swamp Notes
Should Biden pardon Trump? Premium content
...America would then be faced with the incredible prospect of Trump simultaneously being elected president — and convicted by the courts. Trump might then attempt to pardon himself....
August 4, 2023
Poland
Poland puts forward justice reform needed to unfreeze EU funds
...Duda on Thursday offered them a fresh pardon and vowed to fight for their release, using PiS’s term of “political prisoners” in reference to them....
January 12, 2024
Lee Jae-yong
Prosecutors seek 5 years for Samsung chief for alleged stock manipulation
...Yoon issued Lee with a pardon last year, with his government arguing the tycoon needed to be reinstated as head of the country’s largest company to help “revitalise the economy”....
November 17, 2023
Viktor Orbán
Orbán pledges to back Sweden Nato bid as he seeks to dispel domestic scandal
...the pardon....
February 17, 2024
Poland
Poland’s president deepens constitutional dispute with Tusk
...Duda said on Wednesday he was “personally deeply shocked” at the arrest of the two lawmakers who should benefit from the presidential pardon he had granted them in 2015....
January 10, 2024
ExplainerDonald Trump
How Trump’s trial calendar is shaping up ahead of 2024 election
...The bench has scheduled oral arguments for April 25 and a decision is expected by the end of its term, which typically falls at the end of June....
March 15, 2024
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Opposition supporters scuffle with police in Warsaw as convicted legislators barred from parliament
...Supporters of Poland’s opposition scuffled with police outside parliament on Wednesday as two convicted legislators from the rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) party sought to reclaim their seats after being...
February 7, 2024
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Malaysia halves former PM Najib Razak’s jail term over 1MDB scandal
...Najib, who is serving a 12-year jail term, has had his sentence cut to six years and his new release date would be August 2028, the country’s pardons board said on Friday....
February 2, 2024
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Law
Lawyers struggling to gain access to clients in prisons in England and Wales
...Lawyers require access to clients to advise them on preparations for parole hearings or trials....
January 21, 2024
ReviewNon-Fiction
Climate revelations and reminders — a round-up of environment books
...When the mercury rises, the chances of a prisoner’s parole application succeeding sinks. And some drugs that act on the brain don’t work as well in high temperatures....
April 15, 2024
News in-depthPoland
Polish opposition stages mass rally against Donald Tusk
...On Thursday he announced that he would grant them a fresh pardon to secure their freedom....
January 11, 2024
Poland
Poland’s top court shields central banker from prosecution
...Duda said on Thursday that he would grant the two MPs a fresh pardon to get them out of jail....
January 11, 2024
Maciej Kisilowski
Poland’s ‘iron broom’ shows that democrats can bite back
...He also initiated a procedure to pardon the arrested politicians. Somewhat counter-intuitively, this move is a victory for the rule of law....
January 15, 2024
Poland
Tusk warns of ‘other ways’ to pursue Polish central bank chief
...pardon....
January 12, 2024
European Parliament elections
Von der Leyen’s second term depends on new ‘frenemies’
...Ursula von der Leyen needed a little help from her political foes to secure her first term as president of the European Commission....
April 17, 2024
The Art Market
Strong sales at Art Basel Miami Beach despite ‘subdued’ start
...Last year’s auction of 32 works went down well, with the majority sold, so this year the offering has expanded to 44 works by 14 artists, chosen by Hochgürtel and Parole from art schools including Central...
December 7, 2023
European Commission
EU parliament sues Ursula von der Leyen’s commission over Hungary funds
...But von der Leyen needs a majority of MEPs to endorse her and in 2019 she passed by only nine votes....
March 14, 2024
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There’s active interest in passive funds
...Mentioned in this podcast: Regulator blocks expanded production of Boeing’s 737 Max Feud between Poland’s Donald Tusk and Andrzej Duda intensifies over presidential pardon Rachman Review podcast Passive...
January 25, 2024

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