Sentence examples for for a general amnesty from inspiring English sources

Contrary to your Feb. 22 editorial "Hasty Call for Amnesty," the A.F.L.-C.I.O. is correct to call for a general amnesty for illegal immigrants.

They are calling for a general amnesty.

Recently, however, it has called for a general amnesty for illegal workers.

Tlaiss heads a committee set up by the Bekaa clans to call for a general amnesty for the region.

It expressed his desire for a general amnesty, liberty of conscience, an equitable settlement of land disputes, and full payment of arrears to the army.

For instance, the Corsicans have been asking for a general amnesty for those involved in the political violence and a release of "political prisoners".

Barefoot, panting, Atim rushes home, where together he and the grandfather hear radio news of a general amnesty for war criminals, an announcement that sets off angry cries and machine-gun fire through the village.

The trial is being held under a revived version of the country's International Crimes (Tribunals) Act of 1973, which was initially presented as South Asia's answer to the Nuremberg trials — only to be set aside in favor of a general amnesty for all participants in the conflict.

By the 23rd, the National Congress had begun discussing the possibility of a general amnesty for the sailors.

This bold and risky move comes on the heels of a "general amnesty" for 14,600 prisoners who were freed last week by the military strongman and current president Thein Sein.

One defense lawyer, Fadi Kanaan, asked for mercy and a general amnesty for all the defendants, saying: "It was so dramatic for the inhabitants of the south to live under occupation, isolated from their country and government.