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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s pardon of four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 violated U.S. obligations under international law, U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday. Nicholas Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder, while Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted of voluntary and attempted manslaughter, over the incident in which U.S. contractors opened fire in busy traffic in a Baghdad square and killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians. The four contractors, who worked for the private security firm Blackwater owned by the brother of Trump’s education secretary, were included in a wave of pre-Christmas pardons announced by the White House. ....
Trump pardons Bannon, grants clemency to reactionaries and criminals President Donald Trump ended his presidency by granting clemency to 144 individuals, including one of his top fascist advisers, Stephen Bannon. On his way out of the White House, Trump issued 74 pardons and commuted the sentences of 70 others. While there were a number of pardons and commutations for those convicted of low-level drug and weapons offenses, the vast bulk were reserved for convicted felons who had ties to Trump and were previously found guilty of evading or falsifying taxes, money laundering, insider trading or defrauding the US government. Despite much speculation, Trump did not preemptively pardon himself, members of his family or those in the Trump organization. His lawyers advised against pardoning himself in light of the upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate, arguing that a self-pardon could give the appearance of guilt. ....
The list of those granted clemency includes: Former chief strategist Steve Bannon, who was facing trial and a possible conviction for his role in a coordinated scheme to fleece the presidentâs supporters with a border wall fundraiser. Kwame Kilpatrick, the disgraced former mayor of Detroit. GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws. Ken Kurson, the former editor of the New York Observer and a close friend of son-in-law Jared Kushner. Rapper Lil Wayne, who was prosecuted on federal weapons charges. Kodak Black, in prison on federal weapons charges. Anthony Levandoswki, convicted of stealing trade secrets related to self-driving cars. ....
Saturday, 9 January 2021, 12:31 pm On January 6, 2020, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied bail to WikiLeaks founder and journalist Julian Assange over fears that he could abscond while waiting for the US to launch its appeal. Even as the ruling is patently flawed from a legal viewpoint, it also forces us to think that the US and UK are actively striving for Assange’s death. As Baraitser’s earlier decision to block Assange’s extradition to USA clearly confirmed, his mental health is already in poor shape, making him a suicide risk. His prolonged incarceration in Belmarsh prison - considered by many as “Britain’s Guantanamo” - will only ....
The decision of US President Trump to pardon the four American security contractors who in 2007 killed 14 Iraqis in Baghdad (details below), served a regular columnist for the official PA daily as spring board to smear President Trump. Muwaffaq Matar, who is also a member of the Revolutionary Council of Abbasâ Fatah Movement, wrote that Trump is âcloned from the genes of Hitler, Mussolini, and Balfourâ and runs a âmafia gangâ in what he termed âthe Black House.â This alleged genetic heritage expresses itself in âmultiple personality disorder, megalomania, and a racial superiority [complex]â: âThe White House during the term of [US] President [Donald] Trump has become a dubious place in which a global mafia gang dwells, which views itself as being in a position of ruling the world⦠....