 Complete the following phrase:  On 15 January 2012, SANA, the official Syrian news agency, announced a general amnesty for crimes committed during the uprising. The amnesty covered between 15 March 2011 and 15 January 2012. Hours later, Syrian authorities released Haitham al-Maleh, an 80-year-old former judge, one of Assads most outspoken critics, under an amnesty marking the anniversary of the 