Sentence examples for an amnesty programme from inspiring English sources

The government has ended an amnesty programme that allowed insurgents not involved in serious terror attacks to be "rehabilitated" and provided rich sources of intelligence.

The Niger Delta, where militants have long demanded a greater share of the revenues from local oil production, has been relatively quiet since the government pumped millions into an amnesty programme.

Earlier this year the Italian finance ministry completed an amnesty programme which sucked more than €100 billion in offshore funds back home and brought €5.6 billion into state coffers.

Some wealthy clients have been left scratching their heads about whether they ought to begin declaring income they have in overseas accounts, Marino says, because they are convinced the government will announce an amnesty programme – as it has done in the past – that might allow them to escape at least some fines.

The government of Somalia however says it is weakening the top leadership of al-Shabab through a combination of American drone strikes, and an amnesty programme for high-level defectors.

The 62-year-old told the audience that he had served prison sentences for both murders but had been freed under an amnesty programme both times.

In the oil-producing Niger Delta region, an uneasy amnesty programme has eased some of the separatist innuendos of the former militants who, earlier this year, swapped their weapons for some skills training and a promise of jobs.

You can't have an amnesty program for some wildlife.

The stolen goods had been returned under an amnesty program.

"The PPIP is like an amnesty program".

An IRS amnesty programme allowing the repatriation of undeclared offshore accounts has resulted in 33,000 filings and more than $5 billion in back-taxes and penalties.