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Australianshavesofarsurrenderedmorethan12,500unregisteredfirearmsaspartofthenation'slatestgunamnesty,JusticeMinisterMichaelKeenan'sofficeconfirmedonFriday.Thisi
A rise in gun-related crime in Melbourne has prompted state and federal governments to consider a national gun amnesty.
Indonesia is now gearing up to welcome the repatriation of funds from its taxpayers deposited in foreign countries through the implementation of tax amnesty program with many of its agencies now prepare additional services to welcome the funds and possible investments at home to accommodate the funds.
China has now freed more than 31,000 prisoners, most of them juveniles when they committed their crimes, after announcing an amnesty late last year.
Juvenile prisoners will account for a large portion of those that will qualify for China's amnesty deal, as they stand a better chance of re-integrating into regular life, said the Supreme People's Court at a press conference on Monday.
Chinese authorities have issued rules on proper implementation of a prisoner amnesty deal adopted to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
China's prisoner amnesty is a sound combination of humanitarian practice and implementation of the rule of law.
China's top legislature has adopted a prisoner amnesty deal which will see thousands of war veterans as well as very old, young or infirm prisoners granted official pardons, in a move marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sept. 3.
An official pardon is being considered for prisoners who meet a certain criteria, according to a draft decision submitted to China's top legislature on Monday.
The contentious amnesty bill has proven to be the worst move made by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government in its two-year tenure, further dimming her brother Thaksin's chance of returning home.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday called for putting an end to the anti- amnesty protests that have escalated to sweep Bangkok.
Thousands of people gathered Monday on major streets in the heart of the Thai capital in protest of the government's legislation to grant "blanket amnesty" to those involved in previous unrests and bloodsheds.
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