Amnesty International

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization focused on human rights headquarters in the United Kingdom. It has more than eight million members and supporters around the world. AI’s stated mission 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. 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. Amnesty considers capital punishment to be "the ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights."
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