AMNESTY IUNTERNATIONAL: HOW IT WORKS

Amnesty International is a 40-year old international organization, non-political, and dedicated to eliminating human rights violations wherever and whenever they occur. It subsists on memberships and donations only from private individuals. It does not accept donations from political entities or governments. Headquartered in London, it is governed by an International Secretariat, currently headed by secretary-General, Pierre Sane. More than a million members, subscribers and regular donors live in more than 160 countries, with nationally organized sections in 56 countries. Headquarters employs about 320 staff members. But, decisions about where to spend funds (some 16 million British pounds this past year) is in the hands of a nine-0member International Executive Committee.

Among AI's major concerns are "prisoners of conscience" human rights violations in terms of refugee treatment, the attempt to overturn the death penalty in those countries (including the U.S.) where it still occurs, women's rights, and general political and police brutality worldwide.

The international organization known as Amnesty International is now some forty years old, officially. The basis for this is one of its founders, Peter Benenson, a British lawyer who is said to be the "founder" of the organization in 1961. The fact is that he was one of the movers and shakers that developed the idea for an in

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ministration of AI has created more funds for recruiting new volunteer-members in Eastern Europe, as well as in Latin America and Africa, as well as Asia. In fact, the growth of activities in Asia has now prompted the publication of news-letters in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Tamil, and Thai. "For the first time, AI publications also appear in Urdu and Nepali" (AI 2000 10). In the U.S., there are hundreds of local groups of 10 to 25 people who meet regularly- usually at least once a month- to write letters and organize actions on behalf of victims of human rights violations. AI has a web site which lists regional groups to get in touch with, who can then channel you to the nearest convenient local community group. In addition, many countries have student groups, in high schools and colleges. U.S. schools promote special Student Activism, Days, Amnesty concerts, human rights internships,. Lobby days and other activities aimed at educating their campus communities. AI also has a Freedom Writers Network, who, each month write letters on behalf of three individuals they have selected whose human rights have been violated. The choice is that of each individual Network group. The idea here was to produce a high volume of
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