Amnesty in a sentence

Amidst reports of the amnesty granted to Chaudhary, the wife of a policeman murdered in Tikapur filed in the office of the president pleading refusal of amnesty.

Judge Rachel Barkai initially had said she would allow Amnesty’s arguments to be heard publicly but government lawyers argued it would then look as if the state was admitting to Amnesty’s accusations and Barkai changed her mind.

Our correspondent reports that the idea of another amnesty programme surfaced following a stakeholders meeting of Sankera elders two weeks ago where the Gana's gang allegedly willingly agreed to lay down their arms if granted amnesty.

If clicked, Pegasus software would have infected the Amnesty employee’s phone, taking near-total control of the cameras and microphone, tracking keystrokes and accessing contact lists,” Amnesty warned.

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Article 2 of the Inter-American Convention reads: error Amnesty International Since 1973, Amnesty International has adopted the simplest, broadest definition of torture.

Bouterse, among other defendants, was tried for the murders, but the Suriname parliament extended an amnesty law in 2012 that granted Bouterse amnesty for the alleged violations before the trial was concluded.

Such an amnesty law may also authorize the president to designate individuals who have committed certain categories of crimes to be offered amnesty, if certain conditions are met.

The commission was empowered to grant amnesty to those who committed abuses during the apartheid era, as long as the crimes were politically motivated, proportionate, and there was full disclosure by the person seeking amnesty.

According to Amnesty International, such double standards only fuel further repression for millions in the region.

A copy of the petition, which was made available to journalists, read in part, “We abide by the law as citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, upon our disarmament and acceptance to embrace the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

A document by Amnesty International and the African Centre of Justice stated that about 50 people were killed.

A from Amnesty International found that 90-95 percent of the potable water supply in Gaza was contaminated and unfit for human consumption.

After Russia declared an amnesty in 1865, Chmielowski returned to Poland.

All I want to emphasize is that amnesty as a means of recovering assets and resolving some complex corruption cases can be a prudent option considering the past experiences where cases have dragged on in courts with no reasonable outcome.

Amnesty detailed waves of violence in West Darfur province —one of five constituting the Darfur region — including the killing of civilians, looting and destruction of homes and facilities such as the main hospital and markets.

Amnesty International, along with the European Roma Rights Centre, has and campaigned on the issue of segregated education in the country for a number of years, and this is a big win for the organisation.

Amnesty International concluded that Russian forces had unlawfully killed civilians in Bucha, Andriivka, Zdvyzhivka, and Vorzel.

Amnesty International condemned the latest executions as a "fast-tracked unfair group trial" of the two men which it said bore no "resemblance to a meaningful judicial proceeding".

Amnesty International data shows Saudi Arabia trailing only China and Iran in the number of executions in 2022.