Clemency Politics

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  Indonesian President Joko Widodo Grants Clemency to Papuan Political Prisoners

  Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday ordered the release of a group of political prisoners in Papua to "create a sense of peace" in a rare conciliatory gesture to the insurgency-hit eastern province.

• Supreme Court slams Punjab govt's clemency politics in Balwant Singh Rajoana's case

  The Supreme Court has slammed the political parties of Punjab for playing death row politics on the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The Centre had, yesterday, stayed Rajoana's hanging, following a mercy petition filed by Sik...

• Centre stays hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana after Badal meets President

  The Centre has stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision follows a mercy petition filed by Sikh body, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), that has been actively backed by the Punjab government and o...

• Clemency politics acquires fever pitch

  For most of his five years on death row Balwant Singh Rajoana lived in the shadows. A Babbar Khalsa International militant, he was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995 and given the death sentence in 2007.

• Politics over Bhullar's clemency, Akali Dal seeks PM's intervention

  Politics seems to be brewing over the death sentence of Punjab militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar. After Bhullar's plea for clemency was rejected last week by President Pratibha Patil, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today rushed to his rescue, seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "intervention on humanitarian grounds" to save him from the gallow...