Amnesty International

noun

1. an independent worldwide organization working against human-rights violations and for the release of persons imprisoned for political or religious dissent; Nobel Peace Prize 1977. : AI, A.I.

Amnesty International

noun

1. an international organization founded in Britain in 1961 that works to secure the release of people imprisoned for their beliefs, to ban the use of torture, and to abolish the death penalty AI

Amnesty International

1. An international organization that works for the release of political prisoners who have neither committed nor advocated violence. It also strives to improve the standards of treatment for prisoners and detainees.

Example Sentences

Human rights groups like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and civil society organizations throughout Israel and Palestine have echoed those sentiments.

From Popular-Science

Her music has been honored by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences and the Library of Congress, and Amnesty International gave her its highest honor, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, for her decades of promoting social justice.

From Washington Post

The finding, detailed Tuesday by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, a coalition including Oxfam and Amnesty International that advocates for equitable and low-cost vaccine access, highlights the disparities between richer and less well-off countries.

From Fortune

That same year, with the help of Amnesty International, the spreadsheet was turned into an app and a database to help those monitoring and reporting on armed violence.

From MIT Technology Review

They’ve been called out by Amnesty International, consumer protection groups, and even 39 US attorneys general.

From MIT Technology Review

Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders cannot be accessed without a virtual private network.

From The Daily Beast

But if they get to redefine what “human rights” even means, then they might suddenly look like Amnesty International.

From The Daily Beast

In 2013, Amnesty International counted at least 11 executed prisoners who were juveniles at the time of their crime.

From The Daily Beast

Amnesty International said they it has gathered credible eyewitness evidence of the mass killing of unarmed men by the military.

From The Daily Beast

Amnesty International estimates the group has been responsible for 1,500 deaths this year alone.

From The Daily Beast