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Synonym: free pardonpardonSimilar words: travestylifestylenestearnesthonestlyearnestlykinestheticinestimableMeaning: ['æmnɪstɪ]  n. 1. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment 2. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense 3. the formal act of liberating someone. v. grant a pardon to (a group of people). 
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61. Congress granted amnesty to nearly 3 million illegal immigrants in 1986.
62. Recently he was adopted by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.
63. They also slavishly accepted the amnesty that Pinochet and his generals had granted themselves to avoid trial for their crimes against humanity.
64. Amnesty International opposes abuses by opposition groups - hostage taking, torture and killing of prisoners and other arbitrary killings.
65. Amnesty International and several other groups have given their support.
66. In the 1980s Amnesty International reports listed several Arab socialist countries as sites of torture and killing.
67. An amnesty was also granted to a number of unidentified people being held for breach of national security.
68. Some prisoners benefiting from the general amnesty of March 7 had been detained following earlier incidents in October 1987 and October 1988.
69. But renewed tension in Corsica over recent weeks has again brought demands for an amnesty to the forefront.
70. In February 1977 Serfaty was finally put on trial in Kenitra,[www.Sentencedict.com] which Amnesty considered grossly unfair.
71. I remained in prison another two years until the government graciously let me out under the amnesty in May 1983.
72. On March 6 a federal judge, Gabriel Cavallo, repealed two amnesty laws that had guaranteed immunity for 1,180 army officers.
73. Amnesty International has welcomed the releases, but is urging the government to release all remaining prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally.
74. The amnesty applies to money sent abroad prior to April 6, 1991, to avoid the Republic's high tax rates.
75. Mr Brown gave warning that there will be no amnesty for these offenders.
76. The amnesty did not include those accused of offences relating to drugs, murder, economic sabotage or armed robbery.
77. In the report, Amnesty called for an urgent review of the guidelines under which troops were permitted to open fire.
78. Amnesty International is also harnessing text messages to apply speedy pressure on governments to release political prisoners.
79. Amnesty International is independent of all governments, political factions, ideologies, economic interests and religious creeds.
80. A tax amnesty would allow unpaid taxes since 1986 to be paid at 15-20 percent of their original value.
81. Congressmen hope that an income-tax amnesty would encourage more people to pay.
82. On March 6 pay bonuses were announced for all soldiers and an amnesty was declared for deserters and draft dodgers.
83. A number of crimes were not covered by the amnesty law.
84. Amnesty International also intervened on her behalf and only days before she was due to leave, she was given a passport.
85. On July 29 a general amnesty was reported for detainees accused of harming state security.
86. We would all say, as Amnesty International members, that people are more important than trees, in one sense.
87. Amnesty International has long campaigned against flogging for whatever crime.
88. An amnesty for convicts, including 2,000 political prisoners, has been set for Tuesday.
89. Amnesty published some recent findings in a report in October 1990.
90. In the overcrowded prisons, Amnesty claimed that 25 prisoners had been deliberately killed by the police and prison guards in 1989.
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