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

Amnesty International said Mohammadi was forced to make a confession “in fast-tracked proceedings that bore no resemblance to a meaningful trial.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

UK-based human rights group Amnesty International has said the UAE has "continued to criminalise the right to freedom of expression through multiple laws and to punish actual or perceived critics of the government".

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

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 • Jan. 29, 2026

More than 2,600 people were killed in 1981 alone, according to Amnesty International.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 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