Sentence examples for amnesty granted from inspiring English sources

Under an amnesty granted by the new pope, Pius IX, Farini returned to Italy.

A blanket amnesty granted by the military government is still in force, shielding torturers.

The amnesty granted immunity for political crimes committed during the early years of his government.

This concerns a legal amnesty granted to the president, which the Supreme Court has already ruled to be unconstitutional.

They are fighting hardened criminals freed from prison by an amnesty granted by Mr. Hussein late last year.

They also warned that the amnesty granted the rebel leader, Mr. Sankoh, and others last July could be revoked.

Some victims and grieving families were bitter about the amnesties granted to killers and torturers.

In New York, the center has seven lawyers researching all amnesties granted since World War II to look for loopholes.

Of amnesties granted in Uruguay, Guatemala, El Salvador, Fiji, Sierra Leone and Chile, the latter three countries have already chosen to disregard them.

The amnesties granted in Greece, Portugal and Spain saw the release of political prisoners, but in Spain amnesty was also granted to those responsible for the grave violations of human rights which had been committed for 40 years.

A ruling from the Supreme Court is expected soon on the validity of presidential amnesties granted to the head of Shin Beth, Avraham Shalom, and three of his aides.