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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. Abbreviation: AI, A.I.

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How to use Amnesty International in a sentence

Human rights groups like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and civil society organizations throughout Israel and Palestine have echoed those sentiments.
Israel leads the world in vaccination rates, but a key group is missing from the data|By Yara M. Asi/The Conversation|February 3, 2021|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.
Kennedy Center Honors will stage almost a week of events celebrating Garth Brooks, Debbie Allen, Joan Baez and more|Peggy McGlone|January 13, 2021|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.
Only 10% of people in poor countries will get a coronavirus vaccine next year|dzanemorris|December 9, 2020|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.
The apps keeping Rio’s residents safe from stray bullets|Niall Firth|November 26, 2020|MIT Technology Review

They’ve been called out by Amnesty International, consumer protection groups, and even 39 US attorneys general.
Do digital contact tracing apps work? Here’s what you need to know.|Cat Ferguson|November 20, 2020|MIT Technology Review
First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton|Eleanor Clift|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
While the world fixated on Ukraine and Syria, a near-genocide ripped through central Africa, to little international fanfare.
The Year’s Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis|Nina Strochlic|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.
The Year’s Most Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis|Nina Strochlic|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders cannot be accessed without a virtual private network.
China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead of the expected general amnesty, only a few special pardons were granted.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
In 1883 she served with many distinguished artists on the art jury of the International Exhibition at Amsterdam.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Of course, the usual international operations for obtaining gold were denied to Germany.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The doctrine of international free trade, albeit the most conspicuous of its applications, was but one case under the general law.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Since the outbreak of the war New York has assumed a position of leadership in international banking.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for Amnesty International

Amnesty International

noun

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 penaltyAbbreviation: AI

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Cultural definitions for Amnesty International

Amnesty International

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.