on of Human Rights which was established by the United Nations in 1948 (Garling 5). Amnesty International is a self-financing organization: "Its income derives from individual membership fees, donations, fund-raising campaigns, sale of publications, public events, and contributions by [local] groups" (11). The basic method used by Amnesty International in its worldwide efforts is known as "case-adoption." In this method, groups of private individuals on the local level "work on behalf of up to three political prisoners--always selected from contrasting backgrounds and never from the group's own country" (9). The idea of working only for people from countries outside of one's own is important because it insures that Amnesty International's efforts are indeed international in scope. There is a much better chance that a government will re-evaluate its human rights policies if protest arrives from outside its borders rather than from within.
In some cases, Amnesty International adoption groups work to release specific prisoners who have been arres
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