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

Amnesty International, which is supporting the couple, says they could face a "real risk" of detention, prosecution, imprisonment and torture if returned.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Rights group Amnesty International said an important first step towards protecting South Africa's women was to recognise femicide as a separate crime.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

A decade later Amnesty International estimated more than 600 prisoners of conscience in the USSR.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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

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