“Thereafter, the Legislative Assembly granted amnesty for political crimes committed during the war.”

“He said that during previous amnesties a wide range of different weapons had been handed in, such as old grenades and Mills bombs.”

“Although death sentences are handed down in Myanmar, they often are commuted on appeal, by presidential pardon or in occasional amnesties.”

“Yet in Chile, as in several other countries that have experimented with large-scale amnesties, the formula of truth not justice has failed.”