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Amnesty International - 2.Version - Referat
Amnesty International
NGO – Non-governmental organization:
• on international level
• independent of government
• religious belief
• political party
• political ideology
• economic interest
Founded 1961 by British lawyer Peter Benenson
More than 1 million members in over 150 countries
AI’s work:
They
fight against:
• Human Rights violations
• torture
• death penalty
fight for:
• Human Rights
• prisoners of conscience
--> People who were imprisoned because of their
- political belief
- race
- religion
• short and fair trials
• families of “disappeared people”
• collect signatures for petitions
• send petitions to governments
• organise floods of letters to governments
• keep contact with prisoners and their families
• support prisoners’ families with
- medicine
- food
- clothes, etc.
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