21.   The amnesty granted immunity for political crimes committed during the early years of his government.

22.   The plan also would have granted amnesty to the military junta for political crimes.

23.   The Truth Commission, designed to spare the country from the expense and political divisiveness of trials, is investigating political crimes committed by all sides under apartheid.

24.   There are risks in probing deeply into past political crimes.

25.   Thousands of people are held for days, weeks or even months in Public Security Bureau detention centers and Communist Party guesthouses while under investigation for political crimes.

26.   To further reconciliation, the Truth Commission was established with the power to grant amnesty not in blanket form, but only to those who confess to political crimes.

27.   Police implicated in apartheid-era political crimes would tell who gave them orders if their former leaders refuse to accept responsibility, the retiring police commissioner says.

28.   Parliament has started hearings on legislation setting up a new Truth Commission that would receive evidence on political crimes.

29.   Previously, suspects in political crimes were tried in criminal courts whose verdicts could be appealed to two other courts.

30.   Political groups including the National Party appeared before the commission last year to give evidence on their role in political crimes from the apartheid era.