Amnesty International

American  

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.

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Amnesty International British  

noun

1.  AI.  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

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Amnesty International Cultural  

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.

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Example Sentences

Joey Siu, spokeswoman for Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas, said the ruling was a "disturbing escalation" in the city's use of its homegrown national security law, passed in 2024 after similar legislation was imposed by Beijing from 2020.

From Barron's

"These communities have been receiving these pamphlets, soliciting them to join the extremist views and preaching by these militants," Isa Sanusi, head of Amnesty International in Nigeria, told the BBC's Newsday programme.

From BBC

The official response drew criticism from Amnesty International, which accused Nigerian authorities of "desperate denial".

From BBC

In the hours and days after the arrests, chaotic scenes unfolded in scam compounds across Cambodia, according to former workers interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and videos from at least 15 known compounds verified by Amnesty International.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ahead of sentencing, Amnesty International had called on Pakistan to end "coercive tactics used to silence dissent and intimidate those who defend human rights".

From BBC