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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Amnesty International

In 2020, North Korea made possessing foreign media a crime punishable by years-long forced labour terms –- and potential death sentences for large-scale distribution, according to Amnesty International.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

They include the accounts of MLSA, Amnesty International Turkey, Academics for Peace and Evrensel newspaper among others.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Amnesty International has called his sentencing an "assault" on artistic freedom.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

But his true impact won't be known for several years, said Justin Mazzola, deputy director for research at Amnesty International USA, which opposes the death penalty.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“At least it's CND and Amnesty International she's opinionated about, Helena, and not Meaty Loaf or the Deaf Leopards.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell