Status: 12/15/2022 08:55 a.m For more than 1,000 inmates in German prisons, the celebration of love becomes a celebration of freedom: they were sent home early as part of the Christmas amnesty. Only one state does not participate. More than 1,000 prisoners in Germany were released early before Christmas. This was the result of a survey by the dpa news agency among the justice ministries of the federal states. The largest number of those released was in the most populous...
Status: 12/15/2022 08:55 a.m For more than 1,000 inmates in German prisons, the celebration of love becomes a celebration of freedom: they were sent home early as part of the Christmas amnesty. Only one state does not participate. More than 1,000 prisoners in Germany were released early before Christmas. This was the result of a survey by the dpa news agency among the justice ministries of the federal states. The largest number of those released was in the most populous...
Christmas amnesty Happy Holidays: Countries release over 1,000 prisoners The Christmas amnesty is intended to bring a nice celebration to prisoners who would be released around the turn of the year anyway. photo © Felix Kästle/dpa More than 1000 prisoners in Germany will be released at Christmas this year. They can spend the festival with their relatives instead of in prison. Only one federal state traditionally does not participate. More than 1,000 prisoners in Germany were released early for Christmas....
Status: 13.12.2022 8:14 p.m At least 37 migrants died in June trying to climb the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Amnesty accused the countries of committing "crimes against humanity". HR logo Franka Welz ARD Studio Madrid The human rights organization Amnesty International has accused Spain and Morocco of being jointly responsible for the deaths of at least 37 migrants in June at the border fence of the Spanish North African exclave of Melilla. Spain continues...
STORY: The new Twitter boss Elon Musk wants to unlock blocked accounts of the short message service in the coming week. Previously, he had users vote on whether there should be a "general amnesty" for blocked accounts if they did not violate the law or spread spam messages. A majority of the 3.1 million participating users spoke out in favor of reactivation of the profiles. Musk later tweeted, "The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week." Musk had actually announced...
short message service Musk promises "amnesty" for suspended Twitter accounts Bought Twitter for around $44 billion at the end of October: Elon Musk. photo © Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa Musk originally wanted an advisory board because of controversial accounts, but it was never founded. After a user survey, he already had the Trump account activated. Other accounts will follow. Twitter owner Elon Musk has announced that he intends to reactivate accounts banned from the short message service in the coming week. Previously,...
Billionaire Elon Musk asked users in a tweet whether the platform should offer affected users a “general amnesty”. Excluded from such a pardon are users who have violated the law or spread spam messages.The result is pretty clear: 72 percent of users were in favor of an amnesty, only 28 percent were against it. Musk commented on the result via tweet: "People have spoken, the amnesty begins next week. Vox populi, vox dei!" The SZ editors have enriched this article...
Status: 11/24/2022 07:45 a.m Last week, Musk let his users decide whether to unlock ex-President Trump's account. Now he offers a choice as to whether blocked accounts should generally be unblocked again. Twitter owner Elon Musk has started a survey on the short message service for the general activation of blocked accounts. "Should Twitter offer a general amnesty for suspended accounts?" the billionaire asked Twitter users on Wednesday. Exceptions are accounts that violate the law or "have run outrageous spam"....
After Trump activation Elon Musk starts voting on "general amnesty" for all blocked Twitter users Elon Musk has acquired Twitter for $44 billion © Angela Weiss / AFP Donald Trump's Twitter activation was just the beginning: Now Elon Musk is having Twitter vote on whether all blocked users can get involved again - with a few exceptions. Elon Musk keeps the Twitter world in suspense: just a few days ago he reversed Donald Trump's Twitter ban. Musk is now letting...
freedom of speech Amnesty International has accused media reprisals in Russia Police officers detain a woman during a demonstration in Moscow in September. photo © Uncredited/AP/dpa Since taking office in 2000, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has continued to restrict freedom of expression. In the meantime, every protest, no matter how small, is severely punished. The human rights organization Amnesty International has complained that the media and human rights activists reporting on anti-war protests in Russia are being massively obstructed. "We...
