Amnesty International

Amnesty International

Type NGO
Website amnesty.org
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Year founded 1961
Location United Kingdom United Kingdom
Budget USD >100M
Functions Advocacy, Research
Funding sources Individual citizens
Tags human rights
See also Amnesty International Canada
Summary 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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Amnesty International · 21 September 2023 English

In its new report published today, Regularize and Protect: International obligations for the protection of Venezuelan nationals, Amnesty International reveals that Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile are failing to comply …


Amnesty International · 21 September 2023

This bill will further entrench violence and discrimination against women and girls in Iran.


Amnesty International · 21 September 2023

The EU's latest migration deal to prevents refugees and migrants from reaching Europe is dangerous, immoral and potentially unlawful.


Amnesty International · 21 September 2023

Two Chinese activists whose trial begins on Friday are facing lengthy jail terms simply because Beijing authorities fear their peaceful activism, Amnesty International said today as it joined dozens of …


Amnesty International · 21 September 2023 English

The trial of Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing will begin on 22 September 2023, a few days after the second anniversary of their arrest. AI post the joint statement with …


Amnesty International · 21 September 2023

More than 7.71 million Venezuelans are currently living outside of their country (as of August 2023). This amounts to over 25% of the total population of Venezuela.


Amnesty International · 21 September 2023

Israel’s Lod District Court postponed a scheduled hearing on extending Ahmad Manasra’s solitary confinement yesterday, because Ahmad, a 21-year-old Palestinian who has been in isolation since November 2021, was too …


Amnesty International · 21 September 2023 English

The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), an armed group in de facto control of eastern Libya including the flood-ravaged city of Derna, must immediately lift all undue restrictions imposed on …


Amnesty International · 20 September 2023

Participants are introduced to all the individuals in the 2023 Write for Rights campaign and match their at-risk human rights to those provided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights …


Amnesty International · 20 September 2023 English

Today, Amnesty International presented a document to the Paraguayan Senate expressing the organization’s concerns about the bill “prohibiting the promotion, encouragement or teaching of gender ideology in the country’s educational …


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