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Hun Sen posted on Facebook that Sokha had been "pardoned", alongside a photo of the royal decree signed by him.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Rapper Lil Wayne and former chief strategist Steve Bannon were also pardoned at the same time, on Trump’s final day in office during his first term.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

This pattern began after the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974, when his successor, the establishment Republican Gerald Ford, pardoned him.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

The foreign ministry said the family of linguist and researcher Dennis Coyle had written to the supreme leader of Afghanistan, asking that he be released and pardoned for Eid.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Ser Barristan was scarcely the only man he had pardoned.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin