Sentence examples for gave amnesty from inspiring English sources

A few months ago, President Hamid Karzai gave amnesty to 30 women and ordered them released.

The accord gave amnesty and a share of power to rebels who had terrorized civilians, murdering, raping and mutilating thousands.

Among other things, the Forest Code gave amnesty to landowners who had previously engaged in illegal wilderness clearances.

Sensing he might be overthrown, he gave amnesty to some military leaders accused of crimes in the "dirty war"; most were eventually freed.

Democrats have joined Republicans in seeking to avoid the mistakes of 1986, when the last major overhaul gave amnesty to more than three million illegal immigrants, but enforcement provisions were largely left out of the final legislation.

Last July, a peace agreement signed by the combatants in Sierra Leone's eight-year civil war gave amnesty and a share of power to rebels who had killed, raped and mutilated thousands of civilians.

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"Obviously, giving amnesty to those who have destroyed forests heightens the risk of new deforestation".

One ad slaps him for "giving amnesty and taxpayer-funded benefits to three million illegal aliens".

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

Ms. Pirro said, "His approach is to give amnesty to Medicaid cheats.