Sentence examples for seek amnesty from inspiring English sources

Of the 25 police officers involved in this grim event, only two seek amnesty, and one is a black who infiltrated the group and instigated its members' actions.

One of the contra leaders, Adolfo Calero, said that they intended to return to Nicaragua only to negotiate a cease-fire and not to seek amnesty, as Mr. Ortega has insisted.

Now, as thousands of wealthy Americans seek amnesty for keeping illicit, offshore bank accounts, Mr. Birkenfeld and his lawyers hope to use a new federal whistle-blower law to claim a multibillion-dollar reward from the American government.

The first, "Recovering from Apartheid," by Tina Rosenberg, appeared in the issue of November 1 , 1996 and focussed on confessions by former police officers and state officials who came forward to seek amnesty for their crimes.

The committee's function, after the fall of apartheid, was to sift through the crimes of an era of systematic racism and decide who would be allowed to seek amnesty.

And yet, in a serendipitous counterpoint, one of South Africa's most illustrious human rights advocates, George Bizos, recalled the other day how a similar paper trail had undone Mr. Goniwe's self-confessed killer — a former security policeman who went before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to seek amnesty after Nelson Mandela came to power.

Mr. Clinton had been seeking amnesty for many more illegal immigrants.

The confessions of those seeking amnesty may be the more reliable part of the commission's contribution to history.

Mr Benzien, who was that day seeking amnesty for torture and murder, is still a serving policeman.

It has held more than 160 hearings throughout the country, listening to both victims and to perpetrators seeking amnesty.

*The government would reopen the cases of tens of thousands of immigrants seeking amnesty in several large class-action lawsuits.