Posts Tagged ‘acquits’

Greek court acquits activists over 2021 protest against Beijing Olympics

A Greek court has acquitted three activists detained in October 2021 after unfurling banners at the Athens Acropolis opposing the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, their lawyer and activists said on Thursday. Those acquitted were 19-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang, 22-year-old Hong Kong-American Joey Siu and a 35-year-old Vietnamese-American activist. They had staged a brief protest at the… […]

Judge Acquits J6 Prisoner of All Charges: ‘This Is a Political Witch Hunt’

A January 6 protestor has been cleared of all charges after a federal judge declared that the charges against him were completely bogus and said Capitol police let him into the building during the demonstrations. US District Judge Trevor McFadden found Matthew Martin not guilty on all four misdemeanor charges on Wednesday, declaring that his […]

Jury Acquits Man of Murder After Death of Girlfriend in 2017 SWAT Raid

A jury on Friday acquitted a Florida man of murder and attempted first degree murder over an incident at the man’s home in 2017. Andrew Coffee IV, 27, was accused of firing at deputies of the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office’s SWAT team during a morning drug raid at his Gifford home in March 2017. His girlfriend, […]

Turkish court acquits students of organising 2019 gay pride march

Turkey has acquitted 19 people who had been prosecuted for organising and participating in a Pride march. A Turkish court had ruled that the students and academic did not commit any crime by holding the rally at their university campus in May 2019. The group had been charged with “refusing to disperse” after they were […]

Pakistan Court Acquits Christian Sentenced to Life in Prison for Blasphemy

Photo Credit: Jamal Panhwar/Pixabay (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Lahore High Court has acquitted Imran Ghafur Masih, a Christian sentenced to life in prison under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. According to Imran’s family, they have moved into hiding following the acquittal due to potential threats from extremists. On Dec. […]

DC Jury Acquits Six Inauguration Day Defendants on All Counts

DC Jury Acquits Six Inauguration Day Defendants on All Counts Above image from the Defend J20 Resistance Twitter page. Note: We will have more coverage of this important case tomorrow. The jury stood up to the government’s guilt-by-association prosecution that attempted to criminalize dissent. This is a very important decision as it threatened the right […]

U.K. Court Acquits Activists Who Tried to Disarm Saudi-bound Fighter Planes to Prevent ‘War Crimes’

New National Assembly Starts With Trouble – Venezuela Headed For Crisis?

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : The swearing-in of new Venezuelan legislators in the 2016 – 2021 National Assembly on January 5, started with trouble as legislators of the defeated PSUV walked out in protest over a technicality. The incident predicts troubles in the Latin American country with heightened political tensions, the risk of violent confrontations and a situation that […]

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