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

Separate reports by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International concluded that the journalists were targeted while reporting in the town of al-Tiri on 22 April.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

The human rights group Amnesty International, which is campaigning for his release, says he was convicted in an unfair trial on charges which violate his right to freedom of expression.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged Jakarta to enforce its constitutional ban on slavery as well as anti-discrimination conventions it has signed.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

There have been statements calling for action on Abu Safiya's case from human rights groups such as Amnesty International, whose spokesperson called it "truly horrifying".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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