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.
Has there been a general amnesty for ex-IRA members?
In an interview, Mr. Maliki said he was also considering a general amnesty for most detainees.
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.
After the war, Mr. Hobeika benefited from a 1991 general amnesty for all those involved in the fighting.
He declared a general amnesty for rebels — and vowed a strong military response to those who didn't back down.
Instead, it now supports the repeal of sanctions imposed against employers who hire illegal immigrants as well as a general amnesty for most such workers.
But it has dismissed some of their demands, like constitutional recognition of their ethnic identity and a general amnesty for the militants.
With few exceptions, the usual quid pro quo for the peaceful restoration of civilian rule has been a general amnesty for crimes committed by the ancien régime.
I was put on trial, but in the end, the case was dropped under a general amnesty for "offenses committed with the printed word".
