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2000 Ginetta Sagan, freedom fighter, a founder of Amnesty International, dies at 75
1993 Luis Kutner, U.S. co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84 1992 Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty International, dies 1991 Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes 1988 Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires 1988 Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley 1986 U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982 1986 Amnesty International megaconcert 1983 Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins 1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program 1976 Amnesty International receives Erasmus-prize 1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals 1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters 1968 Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms 1962 Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty 1961 Amnesty International founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977) 1959 De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts 1946 U.S. General MacNarney gives 800,000 "minor Nazi's" amnesty 1932 Canon Paul Oestreicher, CEO, British section, Amnesty International 1905 Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg 1904 Sean MacBride, Dublin, statesman/Amnesty International co-founder, Nobel '74 1893 U.S. President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy 1872 Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500) 1863 President Lincoln offers amnesty for confederate deserters 1862 Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname |
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