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But the government confirmed today that all guerrillas would be given amnesty.

By Amy Davidson Sorkin December 19 , 2013Why should Edward Snowden be given amnesty?

But Mr. Yastrzhembsky said on Wednesday that Mr. Maskhadov could be given amnesty "if it is proved that there is no blood on his hands".

The council has said there is documented evidence of his part in killing and torture, and it is strongly opposed to any suggestion that he be given amnesty in return for defecting and working against Gaddafi.

The disgraced 1970s pop star Gary Glitter, serving a three-year jail sentence in Vietnam for sexual activity with pre-teenage girls, will not be given amnesty this month, the police and his lawyer said yesterday, Agence France-Presse reported.

Some women's groups, however, decry these measures as legitimising the abuse of women, calling instead for them to be given amnesty, while those who use sex workers receive more draconian sentences.

IRA fugitives wanted for the Remembrance Day bombing atrocity at Enniskillen in 1987 and the explosion at Ulster's Army headquarters five years ago are among those to be given amnesties and allowed to return to Northern Ireland.

A man who was shot in the Bloody Sunday massacre has hit out at suggestions that, because the government gave secret "get out of jail" letters to IRA suspects, the soldiers responsible for the 1972 atrocity should also be given amnesties.

Each was the subject of international campaigns for their release&each was given amnesty last year.

Fidel Castro's sentence was 15 years, although he was given amnesty, along with the rest of us, after 21 months.

He returned to Pakistan with Bhutto's resumption of political activity in 2007 and was given amnesty for his alleged offenses.