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Amnesty International

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Amnesty International
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) 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 Abbreviation AI
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Amnesty International [ˌæmnɪstɪɪntəˈnæʃnəl] NAmnistía f Internacional
Amnesty International nAmnesty International f


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It's in keeping that we have an international line-up as Amnesty International works for human rights all around the world.
Amnesty International today urged Iranto rescind a death sentence imposed on Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani, the first person tobe sentenced to death for protesting the disputed June presidential election.
Amnesty International has pulled out of a charity concert to be performed by Leonard Cohen near Tel Aviv in September, but denies it has caved in to an aggressive boycott campaign by pro-Palestinian activists.
 
 
 
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