1. He added that there were no agreements he knew of with any country to ignore the crimes if the amnesty applicants here confessed. 2. In another, amnesty applicants said one victim had died of a heart attack during a torture session. 3. A shoving match ensued, and policemen protecting the amnesty applicants drew pistols at one point. 4. Amnesty applicants must also convince the panel that they are making full disclosure. 5. Amnesty applicants must convince the panel they are telling the full truth in order to be granted amnesty. 6. Another amnesty applicant, former Lt. Col. Gideon Nieuwoudt, received approval Monday to have his application handled by a different amnesty panel. 7. AWB leader Eugene TerreBlanche ordered Strydom and Pieter Breytenbach, another amnesty applicant, to buy or steal the explosives, Strydom said. 8. Botha and many other top apartheid era officials have denied they ordered human rights abuses contained in confessions of lower level amnesty applicants. 9. But the law governing the Truth Commission requires amnesty applicants to cite specific crimes for which pardon is being sought. 10. In order to qualify for amnesty applicants have to prove they acted out of a political motive and told the whole truth about their crimes. |