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  • Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international ... Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by a Roman Catholic British ...
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  • Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international ... Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by a Roman Catholic British ...
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  • sent to suppress them, they were granted amnesty and invited to form their ... imperial forces, the outlaws are offered amnesty and invited by the emperor ...
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  • information are subject to legal action; Amnesty International criticizes ... are legally punished and imprisoned. Amnesty International U.S.A. reports ...
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  • hold.[http://law.jrank.org/pages/505/Amnesty-Pardon-Terminology-etymology ... ;Amnesty Amnesty is an act of justice by which the supreme power in ...
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  • In 1962, Abdul Ghaffar Khan was named an "Amnesty International Prisoner of the Year." Amnesty's statement about him said, "His ...
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  • Amnesty International has expressed concern that these changes to ... Amnesty International, [http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGIOR300132004 ...
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  • to end hostilities as well in exchange for amnesty and 800,000 pesos (Filipino ... for months until released by presidential amnesty. In his trial, it was eventually ...
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  • were politically motivated. Granted an amnesty by President Musharaf, Bhutto ... that resulted in the President signing an amnesty preventing any further charges ...
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  • for Safe Energy (MUSE) in 1979, and the Amnesty International Conspiracy ... concerts for causes including Farm Aid, Amnesty International, Nicaragua ...
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  • ===Lew Wallace and amnesty=== to Lincoln County, Wallace proclaimed an amnesty for any man involved in ...
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  • Mexican nationalist sympathies, offered Juárez amnesty, and later the post of prime minister, but Juárez refused to accept either a monarchy or a government ...
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  • law. The ICRC, which has visited the camp and also Amnesty International, have argued that the detainees deserve the full protection of the Geneva Conventions ...
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  • Horace Greeley promoted amnesty by posting bail for Jefferson Davis after the war. Lyman Trumbull and Hannibal Hamlin championed ethical treatment ...
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  • Amnesty International classifies countries in four categories. As ... Arabia, the U.S. and Yemen.[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500152004/ ...
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  • specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field including ...
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  • Scotland, Margaret and her mother (Agatha) sought amnesty in the court of Malcolm III, a request that he granted graciously (Butler, 1956; Farmer, 1997 ...
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  • voiced by the Council of Europe and Amnesty International. Amnesty International ... This Amnesty report also claimed that there was a use of double standards ...
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  • and acts of violence. According to Amnesty International, followers ... [http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa130052004 Bangladesh: ...
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  • used by both Americans and Vietnamese. Amnesty International published ... [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460142006?open&of ...
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  • were unable to secure a general amnesty for the provisional government. ... ===Amnesty question=== It was not until September 2, 1870 that the ...
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  • Orléans. Villon owed his release to a general amnesty at the accession of King Louis XI and he became a free man again on the October 2, 1461. ...
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  • rights and environmental issues to NGOs, like Amnesty International and Greenpeace, who have a high level of legitimacy in the public sphere. ...
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  • that would commence the Third Era of Religious Amnesty. ===Development=== Cao Dai grew rapidly in the decade following its establishment as a ...
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  • the past with the power to sometimes give amnesty to those who had violated ... Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lives, with Amnesty International, Vanessa Baird ...
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  • upon oil production for 80 percent of its revenue. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have condemned the Nigerian government for ...
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  • He returned to Russia following the amnesty of 1913. ===After World War I=== Bogdanov served in World War I as a physician and played no role ...
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  • ===Amnesty International=== In the late 1960s, Buckley joined the Board of Directors of Amnesty ...
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  • throne back to Liliuokalani if she would grant amnesty to everyone involved (She initially refused). The United States House of Representatives agreed ...
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  • to surrender on Byam's promise of amnesty. However, when the slaves surrender, Oroonoko is whipped. To avenge his honor, and to express ...
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  • it is estimated by organizations such as Amnesty International that approximately ... Human rights organizations, such as Amnesty International and the ...
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  • in what was described as a "lynching" by Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International, [http://web.amnesty.org/aidoc/ai.nsf/afec99eadc40eff880256e8f00 ...
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  • to grant a reprieve, and he refused to grant Tiso amnesty. Tiso was hanged on April 18, 1947. ==Legacy== Of all individuals in Slovak history ...
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  • was never granted, the official postwar amnesty. After filling out the application ... Lee's example of applying for amnesty was an encouragement to ...
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  • Amnesty International has criticized the Cypriot government over the ... [http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/cyp-summary-eng Amnesty International ...
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  • strife in the 1980s to representatives of Amnesty International who were on a fact-finding mission to the neighboring state of Guinea. However ...
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  • * Political amnesty was applied. 150 personae non gratae of Turkey (descendants of the Ottoman dynasty) slowly acquired citizenship - the last ...
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  • Those who had been indicted received a blanket amnesty issued by President Andrew Johnson when he left office in 1869. ==Treason Today== ...
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  • On December 1, Amnesty International released a statement calling ... Amnesty International, Article 301 PEN American Center also denounced ...
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  • and John Hancock were exempted from the general amnesty offered by Thomas Gage to Massachusetts rebels in 1775). He was a workhorse member of the Second ...
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  • 039;s political prisoners were freed in an amnesty, and trade unions were legalized. ... the State Counsellor position, she granted amnesty to the students who were ...
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  • *[https://www.amnesty.org/en/ Amnesty International] – draws attention to human rights abuses and campaigns for compliance with international ...
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  • Council with a clear indication of a view that the amnesty was valid, in July 1992, the High Court upheld the validity of a government amnesty given ...
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  • * [http://www.amnesty.org/ Amnesty International], a nonprofit dedicated to human rights. * [http://welcome.bbb.org/ The Better Business Bureau ...
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  • * [https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/freedom-of-expression/ Freedom of Expression] Amnesty International Category:philosophy Category:law ...
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  • Nixon pardon, Ford introduced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War draft dodgers who had fled to countries such as Canada. Unconditional amnesty ...
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  • Empire from 1881 to 1885. As governor he offered amnesty to many men involved in the Lincoln County War; in the process he met with Billy the Kid (William ...
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  • Amnesty International, [http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/ASA260032007ENGLISH/ ... Amnesty, [http://web.amnesty.org/wire/March2007/Hmong End of the line ...
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  • Jerusalem in 1099, Saladin granted amnesty and free passage to all Catholics and even to the defeated Christian army, as long as they were able ...
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  • (it is also possible that the Qing Court promised amnesty to him and his followers as a lure) and hurried to Quanzhou to persuade him against this plan ...
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  • under Andrey Lyapchev took office. Amnesty was proclaimed, although the communists remained banned. The Agrarians reorganized and won elections ...
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