Among the important novelists of the 1980s were Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty International, and Tahar Djaout, murdered by an Islamist group in 1993 for his secularist views.

* Amnesty International, an international non-governmental human rights organization

In the 1980s, Médecins Sans Frontières, the international medical charity, supplied photographic and other documentary evidence of ritualized cannibal feasts among the participants in Liberia's internecine strife to representatives of Amnesty International who were on a fact-finding mission to the neighboring state of Guinea.

However, Amnesty International declined to publicize this material ; the Secretary-General of the organization, Pierre Sane, said at the time in an internal communication that " what they do with the bodies after human rights violations are committed is not part of our mandate or concern ".

Currently Amnesty International considers most countries abolitionist.

Among non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ), Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are noted for their opposition to capital punishment.

* Amnesty International – Abolish the death penalty Campaign: Human Rights organisation

Although President Obiang signed a national anti-torture decree in 2006 to ban all forms of abuse and improper treatment in Equatorial Guinea and commissioned the renovation and modernization of Black Beach prison in 2007 to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners, human rights abuses continue. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International among other non-governmental organizations have documented severe human rights abuses in prisons, including torture, beatings, unexplained deaths and illegal detention.

Independent local sources of political information on Eritrean domestic politics are scarce ; in September 2001 the government closed down all of the nation's privately owned print media, and outspoken critics of the government have been arrested and held without trial, according to domestic and international observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

* End FGM campaign, End FGM European campaign run by Amnesty International.

In October 2003 Amnesty International issued a report which stated that their trial had been a miscarriage of justice.

On 28 September 2009, in what became known as the ' Bloody Monday ' massacre / 2009 Guinea protest, Amnesty International said that Guinea security forces killed more than 150 people and raped over 40 women during and following the protests.

Amnesty International said that the arrests and following raids on Greenpeace Japan office and homes of five of Greenpeace staff members were aimed at intimidating activists and non-governmental organizations.

The closing-down of the Guantanamo Prison has been requested by Amnesty International ( May 2005 ), the United Nations ( February 2006 ) and the European Union ( May 2006 ).

Amnesty International estimated that at least 184 people were " disappeared " during from 1980 to 1992 in Honduras, most likely by the Honduran military.

Amnesty International, referring to the Taliban offensive, wrote in a 1995 report:

Most international human rights organizations, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, condemn laws that make homosexual relations between consenting adults a crime.

Japanese immigration authorities work in unison with police to investigate those reported, and human rights groups such as Amnesty International have argued that those reported do not receive proper legal protection.

( see video ) Amnesty International, referring to the Taliban offensive, wrote in a 1995 report:

According to Amnesty International, the aftermath of the war resulted in an increase in the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation.

Banda and his government were criticized for human rights violations by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

* Amnesty International reports on the Maldives

In The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball, a benefit for Amnesty International, the sketch opens similarly, but ends very differently:

Sean McBride, a former Irish minister and co-founder of Amnesty International, led a major study for Unesco: Many voices, One world – Towards a new more just and more efficient world information and communication order ( 1983 ).

Amnesty International notes that China “ has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world .” The offences of which they are accused include communicating with groups abroad, signing online petitions, and calling for reform and an end to corruption .< ref >< nowiki > http :// www. internetfreedom. org / Background </ nowiki > Background Global Internet Freedom Consortium ( do not download anything from this site – it is a known Trojan supplier )</ ref > The escalation of the government's effort to neutralize critical online opinion comes after a series of large anti-Japanese, anti-pollution, anti-corruption protests, and ethnic riots, many of which were organized or publicized using instant messaging services, chat rooms, and text messages.

" In its pursuit of torturers across the globe for the past forty years ," writer Alfred McCoy notes, " Amnesty International has been, in a certain sense, following the trail of CIA programs.

Amnesty International notes that Hinzman " took reasonable steps to register his conscientious objection through seeking non-combatant status in 2002, an application which was rejected 2003.

While Khuzestan is not unique in terms of its human rights record, Amnesty notes that often these abuses are related to institutional discrimination.

According to Amnesty International, more than 13 million people, over half the population of the country, suffered from malnutrition in the DPRK in 2003.

Levels of democracy and freedom of expression in the country are criticised by Amnesty International and various other organizations.

Below is an incomplete list of individuals that Amnesty International currently considers to be prisoners of conscience, organized by country.

This was the first-ever report for Amnesty of a situation in an individual country.

Popular extracurriculars include cross country, football, basketball, track, baseball, the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Amnesty International, Diversity Club, Freshmen Welcome and Retreat, Kairos ( retreat ), International Thespian Society, drama activities, Chamber Orchestra, Community Orchestra, Pep Band, Jazz Band, Jazz Choir, Chess Club, Knowledge Bowl, and the reigning state champion volleyball team.

According to Amnesty International, Belarus is the last country in the CIS and the whole of Europe to execute criminals.

This referendum was opposed by the Labour Party and Sinn Féin and has drawn criticism from some human rights bodies, including Amnesty International as it has led to a situation where Irish citisens are being deported, with their parents, to countries where they may have no right of citisenship.

" In the month that followed the attacks, when New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani refused to cash a $ 10 million check written by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in light of the Prince's suggestion that the attacks were an indication that the United States " should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stand toward the Palestinian cause ," McKinney published an open letter to the Saudi Prince, in which she wrote of her disappointment at Giuliani's action and stated, " Let me say that there are a growing number of people in the United States who recognize, like you, that U. S. policy in the Middle East needs serious examination ... Your Royal Highness, many of us here in the United States have long been concerned about reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that reveal a pattern of excessive, and often indiscriminate, use of lethal force by Israeli security forces in situations where Palestinian demonstrators were unarmed and posed no threat of death or serious injury to the security forces or to others.

Time visited the rubble of the house where Tawalbe died with a British military expert working in the camp for Amnesty International, David Holley.

Dawson is involved with the Lower East Side Girls Club and supports other charities such as environmental group Global Cool, the ONE Campaign, Oxfam, Amnesty International, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Stay Close. org ( a poster and public service ad campaign for PFLAG where she is featured with her uncle Frank Jump ), International Rescue Committee, and Voto Latino, and she participated in the Vagina Monologues.

The company claims to be committed to helping the communities in the countries where the music they profit from originates, resulting in donations to non-profit organizations including Oxfam, Mercy Corps, Make-A-Wish and Amnesty International.

The German section of Amnesty International intervened again and his prison sentence was commuted to eight years of exile, and in 1977 he left Chile to fly to Sweden where he was supposed to teach Spanish literature.

The true extent of the abuses is unknown because the AFDL and RPF carefully managed NGO and press access to areas where atrocities were thought to have occurred however Amnesty International claimed as many as 200, 000 Rwandese Hutu refugees were massacred by them and the Rwandan Defence Forces and aligned forces.

As valuable as the annual reports of such organizations as Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International may be, they remain abstract compilations of horrors, not muddy-boot accounts from Third World villages and streets where people chance their lives to practice the simplest of freedoms.

In 2004 she became a spokesperson for Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women campaign, and she was instrumental in various events in Malaysia dealing with the campaign, such as the Report Launch, the International Women's Day event A Girl's Day Out in MidValley Megamall in March, and the Mix. FM Massive Appeal in June, where she sold Banashas ( bananas dipped in sweet sauces and toppings ) to raise funds for Amnesty International and Women's Aid Organization.

He then went into exile in Europe, where he worked for Amnesty International from 1988 to 1991.

Amnesty International wrote of several security certificate detainees on 2 February 2007, “ Their detention has truly become tantamount to being indefinite as they have limited choices: either remain detained while continuing to pursue legal challenges to the unjust procedure that governs their cases, or agree to be returned to countries where Amnesty International believes they face a serious risk of torture .”

Amnesty followed very soon ( on 5 October 1862 ) for Garibaldi as well as his volunteers, and Garibaldi then retired in Caprera, where he remained for two years.

" According to Amnesty International an article published in the January 2001 issue of China ’ s national security newsletter, Tohti Tunyaz “ turned his back on his homeland ” by going to Japan to study for his PhD, where he “ came under the influence of western liberal thinking ” and “ engaged in Xinjiang minority splittist activities ”.

In 2002, Amnesty International cited the use of excessive force in an incident at Chater Garden where more than 350 police and immigrations officers stormed a group of 200 protesters.

Extracurricular activities include drama, debating ( where speakers have recently achieved international honours ), Amnesty International, Christian Union, and many others.

She previously worked for Amnesty International, where she was in charge of their investigations into Human Rights abuses in Iraq.