amnesty

Under pressure from the US, Rodriguez enacted an amnesty law in February, though the rate of releases has been slow.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

He applied for amnesty then, and received a temporary green card, his lawyer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Turkish lawmakers on Monday voted through a bill offering limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants, a key step in the peace process that seeks to end decades of deadly violence.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Earlier this year, the Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said it would offer amnesty and legalize an estimated half a million immigrants who had arrived illegally in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Rivera-Batiz studied what happened to illegal Mexican immigrants who became legal after the last national amnesty in 1986.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Critics likewise dismissed those steps as cosmetic measures, but Min Aung Hlaing said his government will "grant appropriate amnesties to support social reconciliation, justice and peace".

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Argentina has announced dozens of tax amnesties over the years, only for the rules to be reversed by subsequent governments, which sometimes chase down Argentines for the assets and cash they just declared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

In the last 20 years the Kenyan government has used amnesties as a way of controlling gun crime, promising immunity to those who surrender their weapons.

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

Mass amnesties on the holiday are not unusual in Myanmar.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

“The time drew near the birth of Christ,” that season of peace and good-will to men which casts its soft sunshine even over the world, bringing absent relatives together, and suggesting general family amnesties.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by W. (William) Rainey

Running as an outsider, Chavez, amnestied from prison only four years earlier, won the presidency, though with a total turnout of just 36%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

When she and Tolokonnikova are amnestied by Putin, Alyokhina thinks, “Everyone needed this amnesty but me.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2017

There had been a parallel thaw within the Soviet Union, where Stalin’s successors had amnestied hundreds of thousands of political prisoners and Khrushchev had denounced Stalin’s crimes.

From Time ● Oct. 16, 2015

Only lesser crimes such as rebellion will be amnestied.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2015

After the accession of William III. the survivors were amnestied, and the Cameronian regiment was formed from them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

Kobe Bryant will most likely return when he is healthy, unless one believes that this Lakers organization would risk the backlash involved in amnestying him, but nobody knows when that will be.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 29, 2013