Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and supporters around the world. The stated mission of the organization is to campaign for "a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments." The organization has played a notable role on human rights issues due to its frequent citation in media and by world leaders.AI was founded in London in 1961 by the lawyer Peter Benenson. In what he called "The Forgotten Prisoners" and "An Appeal for Amnesty", which appeared on the front page of the British newspaper ''The Observer'', Benenson wrote about two students who toasted to freedom in Portugal and four other people who had been jailed in other nations because of their beliefs. AI's original focus was prisoners of conscience, with its remit widening in the 1970s, under the leadership of Seán MacBride and Martin Ennals, to include miscarriages of justice and torture. In 1977, it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In the 1980s, its secretary general was Thomas Hammarberg, succeeded in the 1990s by Pierre Sané. In the 2000s, it was led by Irene Khan.
Amnesty draws attention to human rights abuses and campaigns for compliance with international laws and standards. It works to mobilize public opinion to generate pressure on governments, where abuse takes place. Provided by Wikipedia
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Torture in the eighties : an Amnesty International report.
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A glimpse of hell : reports on torture worldwide /
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Like water on stone : the story of Amnesty International / by Power, Jonathan, 1941-
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War on terror : the Oxford Amnesty lectures /
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Business and human rights in a time of change / by Avery, Christopher
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Mennesker og rettigheter.
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Africa and the ICC : perceptions of justice /
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In the Supreme Court of the United States, James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence, et al., petitioners, v. Amnesty International USA, et al., respondents : on wri... by Barbur, Peter T.
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In the Supreme Court of the United States, James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence, et al., petitioners, v. Amnesty International USA, et al., respondents : on wri... by Olson, William J., 1949-
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