Amnesty (disambiguation)
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Amnesty is a pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons.
Amnesty may also refer to:
- Amnesty International, a human rights organization
- Amnesty the game, a game related to Amnesty International
- Tax amnesty, an opportunity for forgiveness of a tax liability
- Amnesty clause, a salary cap provision in the National Basketball Association (NBA)
- Amnesty (film), a 2011 Albanian drama film
- Amnesty (I) (album), a 2016 album by Crystal Castles
- Amnesty Act, an act that removed restriction from secessionists in the American Civil War
- Amnesty for Polish citizens in the Soviet Union
- Amnesty of 1947, a law for soldiers and activists of the Polish anti-communist underground
- Clapper v. Amnesty International USA,[1] a United States Supreme Court case dealing with a challenge to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
References
- ↑ "United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency, Brief For Plaintiffs" (PDF). p. 76 (labeled 49). Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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