Amnesty International
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Amnesty International This international pressure group for the release of prisoners of conscience was founded by Peter Berenson in London on 28 May 1961. It has also been active against forms of punishment which it regards as inhumane, such as torture or capital punishment. It campaigns through the provision of legal aid and direct pressure, notably through publishing acts of injustice against individuals and through getting its members to protest to the governments concerned in letter-writing campaigns. It received the
Nobel Peace Prize for its work in 1977. By 2002, it had over one million members in over 140 states.
http://www.amnesty.org
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 "African Journal of Legal Studies (Online)")
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VIOLENCE, AMNESTY AND TRANSITIONAL LAW: "PRIVATE" ACTS AND "PUBLIC" TRUTH IN SOUTH AFRICA
Magazine article from: African Journal of Legal Studies (Online); 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Perpetrators who did not apply for amnesty faced threats of prosecution and of being named by other amnesty applicants. Moreover, by...condemnation of past violence. Amnesty in South Africa was a compromise...transitional democracies. International praise has been heaped upon...
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AMNESTY - STRATETIC PLAY: The human touch.(Amnesty International)(Organization overview)
Magazine article from: New Media Age; 1/25/2007; 700+ words
; Preparing Amnesty International for the future and reaching out...strategy. Emma Rubach reports Amnesty International has always been about communication...democratically through Amnesty's International Secretariat, which is based in...
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Amnesty International and Po Portugal -- a long relationship.
M2 Presswire; 8/10/1999; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-10 August 1999-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Amnesty International and Portugal -- a long relationship...sometimes for years. One of the first Amnesty International groups to be organized received three initial...
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Amnesty focal point of debate on immigration
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 5/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- The word "amnesty" -- at the core of the...meanings. There were sweeping amnesties after the English and U...deal in Congress have used "amnesty" in a pejorative way to...Justice. Van Zyl noted that amnesty has lost favor recently among...identified these days with Amnesty ...
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 "The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)")
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Amnesty's deep flaw.(Paradigm Shift)
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA); 8/17/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...several columns criticizing Amnesty International. Last week, Hassan Bility, a Liberian ex-dissident who Amnesty helped free from prison, wrote...resolution was forwarded to the international office in London--which in...
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Amnesty Report Hits India Hard: Geneva U.N. Commission
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 3/3/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Sanjan Suri India Abroad 03-03-1995 Amnesty Report Hits India Hard: Geneva U.N. Commission. Amnesty International's policy at the United Nations Human...Pakistan, its latest reports show. Amnesty has made India its prime target for...
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Amnesty International targeted on abortion by religious groups
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 7/25/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...human-rights work, Amnesty International is under siege from...choice," he said. Amnesty's various regional...proposals - growing out of Amnesty's campaign to stop...at Amnesty's next international gathering - in Mexico...
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Amnesty: Buzzword in Immigration Debate
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/18/2007; 700+ words
; NEW YORK - The word "amnesty" - at the core of the debate...meanings. There were sweeping amnesties after the English and U...deal in Congress have used "amnesty" in a pejorative way to...immigrants. "The reason amnesty in the immigration debate...identified these days with Amnesty ...
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Amnesty infomercial
Magazine article from: Review - Institute of Public Affairs; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; WHEN Amnesty International was formed in 1961, its charter sought...violence. In the midst of the Cold War, Amnesty was a beacon to prisoners of conscience...collapse of the Soviet empire has deprived Amnesty of most of its raison d'etre. In...
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Amnesty International denies link to 'divestment' campaign
News Wire article from: University Wire; 4/3/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...linked itself to Amnesty International, University...activists at a recent Amnesty meeting thought...has removed the Amnesty Internet address...consistent with the international organization...linked to Amnesty International. Christina Alvarez...
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Amnesty International
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Amnesty International (AI) is a nonprofit, independent international organization that works zealously to protect human rights around the world. Since its inception in 1961, Amnesty International has coordinated research...
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Sané, Pierre Gabriel 1948–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...human rights organization Amnesty International since 1992. Amnesty International...Africa. Secretary general, Amnesty International, London, 1992-. Addresses...Senegal chapter. In 1992, Amnesty International recruited San é...
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Death Squads
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...the end of World War II. According to Amnesty International in 2000, confirmed or possible extra...and Labor; United Nations; Amnesty International; and Human Rights Watch. An international surveillance and early warning system...
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The Western Sahara
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia
...Western Sahara. According to Amnesty International, Moroccan authorities continue...Al-Janoub ." As Amnesty International reported concerning media developments...unclear to what extent Amnesty International's comments refer to Morocco...
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Haiti
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia
...particular issue. In what Amnesty International called "one of the most high...Haiti, according to Amnesty International, largely because he had been...stunned, according to Amnesty International, by the fact such a pillar...
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