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Amnesty Defined
An act by which the state pardons political or other offenders, usually as a group. In 1977, for example, President Carter granted an amnesty to all Vietnam draft evaders. Amnesties are often used as a gesture of political reconciliation. In 1990, the ruling Sandinistas in Nicaragua declared an anmesty for over a thousand political prisoners as a prelude to a general election. Amnesties also sometimes occur after a change of government or regime.
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Sat Jul 4
- Amnesty accuses Israel of Gaza war crimes
- Amnesty International
- Amnesty: Israel Used Children as Human Shields in Gaza | AlterNet
Fri Jul 3
- Israel, Hamas committed Gaza war crimes: Amnesty International report: Both Hamas and Israeli forces committed war crimes during fighting in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009, according to Amnesty International.
- *****Impunity for war crimes in Gaza and Israel a recipe for further civilian suffering. Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty conclude: Operation 'Cast Lead': 22 days of death and destruction, is the first comprehensive report to be published on the conflict, "Israel 039;s failure to properly investigate its forces' conduct in Gaza, including war crimes, and its continuing refusal to cooperate with the UN international independent fact-finding mission headed by Goldstone, is evidence of its intention to avoid public scrutiny and accountability ," said Donatella Rovera, who headed a field research mission to Gaza and Israel during and after the conflict. "The international community, led by the UN Security Council, must use all its leverage to ensure that Israel cooperates fully with the Goldstone inquiry, which now offers the best means to establish the truth." The Amnesty report documents Israel's use of battlefield weapons against a civilian population trapped in Gaza, with no means of escape and is based on evidence gathered by Amnesty delegates, including a military expert, during field research in Jan-Feb
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- *****Amnesty says Israel "wantonly" destroyed Gaza. * Amnesty also accuses Hamas of war crimes * Report says Israel put Palestinian children in harm's way * No evidence found that Hamas used human shields: Amnesty said Israel inflicted "wanton destruction&qu ot; in the Gaza Strip in attacks that often targeted Palestinian civilians during an offensive in Dec-Jan in the Hamas-run enclave. In a report on the 22 days of fighting, also criticised the Islamist movement Hamas for rocket attacks on Israel, which it called "war crimes". Among other conclusions, Amnesty said it found no evidence to support Israeli claims that Gaza guerrillas deliberately used civilians as "human shields", but it did cite evidence that Israeli troops put children and other civilians in harm's way by forcing them to remain in homes taken over by soldiers. Amnesty said some 1,400 Palestinians were killed in Israel's Operation Cast Lead, including 300 children and hundreds of innocent civilians, a figure broadly in line with those from the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza The Israeli military put the Palestinian death toll at 1,166 of whom 295 were civilians. 13 Israelis were killed, including 3 civilians,
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- Amnesty International | Operation 'Cast Lead': 22 Days of Death and Destruction
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