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A woman holds a picture of re-elected Syrian President Bashar Assad as she celebrates in Damascus after he was announced as the winner of the presidential election on June 4, 2014.Joseph Eid鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Aryn BakerJune 10, 2014 3:28 PM EDTA sweep in Syriarsquo presidential election last week, no matter how roundly denounced as fraudulent by the U.S. and other Western powers, seems to have put President Bashar Assad in a magnanimous mood. On June 9 state TV announced a general prison amnesty, in which Assad promised to commute death sentences to life imprisonment, reduce jail terms and even pardon those accused of joining a terr stanley cup orist organization mdash; regime-speak for members of the armed opposition.If applied with the same sweeping g stanley cup enerosity as the announcement suggests, the amnesty could result in tens of thousands of prisoners being released back into Syrian society. But families with loved ones in prison may want to temper their expectations a little bit longer, warn human-rights groups. Previous amnesties fell short of their promise, and presaged an even greater crackdown on human rights. And ambiguities in the wording of the current amnesty offer, including several nonspecified exemptions, could mean that many remain behind bars for years to come.ldqu stanley cup o;Letrsquo see what happens on the ground first, says Neil Sammonds, Syria researcher for Amnesty International. If this is carried out, then of course it will be welcome. Still, Adro The World s Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies
By Lissandra Villa and Brian BennettJune 3, 2020 12:24 AM EDTIn the blocks surrounding the White House on Tuesday, evidence of violence from the previous days of riots littered the streets: shattered windows, rubber bullets, melted remnants of burnt c nike dunk ars. Washington D.C. curfew expired in early morning, but as the sun rose, all signs pointed to a city bracing for another day of conflict.Those who hadnrsquo;t already boarded up their business fronts were doing so, as if preparing for a hurricane. Spray paint was getting washed off walls, but one Secret Service agent wondered as he watched whether it would help, when there was likely more to come. People dropped off cases of water and snacks for protesters, who were gathering peacefully as military vehicles and troops armed with riot gear paraded through downtown as if patrolling a war zone.If the curfews and crackdowns were meant to lower the inten air max sity of the protests in the wake of George Floydrsquo death, theyrsquo;ve had the op salomon posite effect in the U.S. capital. A day after the White House deployed federal forces to clear out protesters so President Donald Trump could walk to a nearby church for a photo op, roughly twice the number of demonstrators had reconvened by the early afternoon in Lafayette Square mdash; not on it, because a high fence had been erected around it mdash;than had been there the day before. Many said Trumprsquo political theater and the brutal treatment of peaceful protesters the previo
A woman holds a picture of re-elected Syrian President Bashar Assad as she celebrates in Damascus after he was announced as the winner of the presidential election on June 4, 2014.Joseph Eid鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Aryn BakerJune 10, 2014 3:28 PM EDTA sweep in Syriarsquo presidential election last week, no matter how roundly denounced as fraudulent by the U.S. and other Western powers, seems to have put President Bashar Assad in a magnanimous mood. On June 9 state TV announced a general prison amnesty, in which Assad promised to commute death sentences to life imprisonment, reduce jail terms and even pardon those accused of joining a terr stanley cup orist organization mdash; regime-speak for members of the armed opposition.If applied with the same sweeping g stanley cup enerosity as the announcement suggests, the amnesty could result in tens of thousands of prisoners being released back into Syrian society. But families with loved ones in prison may want to temper their expectations a little bit longer, warn human-rights groups. Previous amnesties fell short of their promise, and presaged an even greater crackdown on human rights. And ambiguities in the wording of the current amnesty offer, including several nonspecified exemptions, could mean that many remain behind bars for years to come.ldqu stanley cup o;Letrsquo see what happens on the ground first, says Neil Sammonds, Syria researcher for Amnesty International. If this is carried out, then of course it will be welcome. Still, Adro The World s Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies
By Lissandra Villa and Brian BennettJune 3, 2020 12:24 AM EDTIn the blocks surrounding the White House on Tuesday, evidence of violence from the previous days of riots littered the streets: shattered windows, rubber bullets, melted remnants of burnt c nike dunk ars. Washington D.C. curfew expired in early morning, but as the sun rose, all signs pointed to a city bracing for another day of conflict.Those who hadnrsquo;t already boarded up their business fronts were doing so, as if preparing for a hurricane. Spray paint was getting washed off walls, but one Secret Service agent wondered as he watched whether it would help, when there was likely more to come. People dropped off cases of water and snacks for protesters, who were gathering peacefully as military vehicles and troops armed with riot gear paraded through downtown as if patrolling a war zone.If the curfews and crackdowns were meant to lower the inten air max sity of the protests in the wake of George Floydrsquo death, theyrsquo;ve had the op salomon posite effect in the U.S. capital. A day after the White House deployed federal forces to clear out protesters so President Donald Trump could walk to a nearby church for a photo op, roughly twice the number of demonstrators had reconvened by the early afternoon in Lafayette Square mdash; not on it, because a high fence had been erected around it mdash;than had been there the day before. Many said Trumprsquo political theater and the brutal treatment of peaceful protesters the previo