Example sentences for: amnesty

How can you use “amnesty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Pinochet specter is also raised in the Hong Kong Standard , which questions the possibility that Cambodian leader Hun Sen might grant amnesty to two prominent members of the Khmer Rouge: "Why should these killers be let off?"

  • Arriving in Nassau with a powerful force and promising amnesty for surrender, he became a legend by cleaning out many of the pirates and establishing some order.

  • In an editorial Monday, the Times of India commended Amnesty International for strongly criticizing the U.S. human rights record in a recent report.

  • It seeks genuine direct elections after a period that is sufficient to organize alternative parties and prepare a campaign based on freedom of speech and other civil rights, the right to have free trade unions, the release of more than 200 political prisoners, debt relief, stronger penalties for corruption and pollution, no amnesty for Suharto and his fellow thieves, and a respite for the poor from the hardest edges of "economic reform."

  • The cops and soldiers seeking amnesty rarely tell the whole truth (they seldom admit to torture) and rarely apologize to their victims.


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