John Hinckley Jr. – the man who attempted to assassinate the 40th US President Ronald Reagan in 1981 – has been freed from court oversight, after decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals. Hinckley, 67, won release from the final restrictions stemming from his sentencing in September last …
Read More »Assange granted the right to appeal extradition – UK High Court
On Monday, the British high court granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against his extradition to the US. His legal team had petitioned the court to allow him to appeal the extradition decision on points of law of general public importance. In December, the UK high court ruled …
Read More »Would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. granted unconditional release, apologizes to Jodie Foster, victims’ families
Hinckley, 66, had been found not guilty of his crimes by reason of insanity, and spent decades in a psychiatric hospital until he was granted a supervised release in 2016. Restrictions on Hinckley, which will now be removed by June 2022, included having no contact with the Reagan family or …
Read More »Disaffected Belarusian Olympic athlete Timanovskaya granted urgent visa by Poland after refusing to fly home under duress
The confirmation that she was given a visa was published on Twitter by Polish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcin Przydacz. On Sunday, the coaching staff of the Belarusian Olympic team allegedly took Timanovskaya to Haneda airport in Tokyo, with the intent of placing her on a flight home. At …
Read More »US granted permission to appeal UK court decision blocking Julian Assange’s extradition
The US government has received “limited permission” to challenge the UK decision not to send Assange to the United States to stand trial, WikiLeaks said on Wednesday. London’s High Court ruled in January that the imprisoned journalist should not be extradited, citing concerns about his mental health and wellbeing. Assange …
Read More »Key ‘Oath Keeper’ granted pretrial release as prosecutors find no evidence of wide-ranging conspiracy to storm Capitol
Judge Amit Mehta said that Caldwell did not enter the Capitol building, nor was there direct evidence of him trying to force his way in. “There are no text messages, communications by him, that speak to entering a building or trying to enter the building. And ultimately, he did not …
Read More »Bastrykin: in 2019, the courts granted less than one percent of acquittals
At the solemn meeting devoted to day of formation of the Investigative Committee of Russia, the Minister said that last year the Russian courts have rendered less than one percent of acquittals. According to him, within 11 months of 2019, the courts acquitted the defendants of all 545. “These figures …
Read More »A female robot for the first time in history granted citizenship
The nationality of the robot provided in Saudi Arabia. A robot named Sofia received the citizenship of Saudi Arabia during the economic conference Future Investment Initiative in the capital, Riyadh, according to Bloomberg, citing an official statement of the Saudi government. This is the first case in history when citizenship …
Read More »IKEA has granted a franchise for Ukraine
But there is no exact date for the opening of the trading network. The Swedish trading network IKEA has granted a franchise to open in Ukraine, according to “Gromadske” with reference to the press service of the company. “We announce that the franchise for Ukraine are really given, but we …
Read More »Russia: in one of the stores was granted four cows
One of the largest shopping centers of Surgut wandered four cows. The footage, which publishes Ruptly, the animals come into the store with covered car Parking, not without difficulty overcoming the automatic sliding doors. The incident occurred in the trading-entertaining centre “Surgut city Mall”. Eyewitnesses claim that the car Park …
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