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

He was jailed again in 2014 for participating in another Tiananmen commemoration event, according to Amnesty International.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

When Amnesty International updated its policy in 2016 to consider sex work a matter of personal agency and implied consent, critics included Jimmy Carter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

And that ambiguous statement raised alarms not just with workers but also with human rights groups such as Amnesty International, which issued a World Cup travel advisory for visitors planning on attending the tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Rights groups including Amnesty International say Iran carries out the most executions of any nation worldwide per capita, and the most of any country other than China, for which no reliable data is available.

From Barron's • Apr. 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