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.

' Amnesty International ' notes that in a country where the average life expectancy is 61 or 62, this means many spend their entire adult lives in the army, frequently facing hard labor and meager wages.

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

Amnesty International later wrote a letter to Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and Brigadier-General Nilendra Aryal, Head of the Royal Nepal Army ( RNA ) human rights cell, demanding an immediate inquiry.

" 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.

Wang also wrote “ Rebuild China with an Olympic Amnesty ” after his arrival in the United States ; the document has a more positive outlook, as he felt international events such as the Olympic Games could shed light on human rights issues in China.

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

After The Economist ran a critique of Amnesty International and human rights in general in its issue dated 24 March 2007, its letters page ran a vibrant reply from Amnesty, as well as several other letters in support of the organisation, including one from the head of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Recently several soldiers supported by Under the Hood haven taken public acts of resistance, including Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience Travis Bishop.

For example: several skits from the cult 1960s TV show At Last the 1948 Show were resuscitated by John Cleese ( one of that show's creators ) and performed by him with various Amnesty show cast members, including fellow Pythons ( Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman ) and other peers ( John Bird, John Fortune and Tim Brooke-Taylor ( the last also an At Last the 1948 Show writer / star ), younger performers ( Rowan Atkinson and Griff Rhys Jones ), and Cleese's then wife, actress / writer Connie Booth.

The line-up of musicians included several who were already veterans of earlier Amnesty benefits in the UK and / or USA: Bob Geldof, Peter Gabriel, Jackson Browne and Lou Reed.

In the 12 months following that Amnesty International documented 2, 946 executions, with several thousand more killed in the next two years according to the anti-regime guerillas People's Mujahedin of Iran.

Among them are eight political groups, two drama societies, three university orchestras, two choirs, several NGO ’ s groups such as Amnesty International, Unicef and AIESEC, several departments of specialised European student organisations such as AEGEE and ELSA, five societies dedicated to fostering international relations and cultural exchange, several subject-orientated groups, an association of cultural studies students, a debating society, a student-run management consulting group, and two religious student groups.

He is a member of several organisations including Amnesty International, Liberty and Greenpeace.

Amnesty International has reported several alleged cases of excessive electroshock gun use that possibly amount to torture.

The 1990s saw a renewed focus on scoring, starting with I Come in Peace ( a. k. a. " Dark Angel ", composed in 1989 but released in 1990 ), Curiosity Kills and all twenty episodes of the British television series, Chancer, several episodes of HBO's Tales from the Crypt ; a television spot for Amnesty International, featuring Czech president Václav Havel, two pilots for NBC, Knight Rider 2000 and News at 12, The Taking of Beverly Hills ( Columbia Pictures ) and New Line Cinema's Sunset Heat.

Among these activities are chapters or affiliates of several nationally notable organizations: Amnesty International, Congressional Debate, DECA, FIRST Tech Challenge, Key Club, and Model UN.

He performed in several of the Secret Policeman's Ball charity concerts for Amnesty International, and returned to the stage in 2004 for several sell out shows at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham featuring classic routines from his career.

The Abner Louima case was mentioned in the 1998 Amnesty International report on the United States of America among several other cases of reported police brutality, torture and abuse.

In 2011, several human rights organizations such as Reprieve, Amnesty International, Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador Bianca Jagger as well as abolitionists from around the world have criticized Lundbeck for not adding an ‘ end user ’ agreement to prevent importers from selling Nembutal ® to American prisons for use in executions.

On 8 September 2004, several leading Russian and international human rights organizations – including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Memorial, and Moscow Helsinki Group – issued a joint statement in which they pointed out the responsibility that Russian authorities bore in disseminating false information:

There were several award-winning documentaries made about the movement, most notably " Making of The Revolution " by Eric Van Den Broek and Katarina Rejger ( launched at the Amnesty International Film Festival in 2001 ) and " Bringing Down A Dictator " by Steve York, which won a Peabody Award in 2002, narrated by Martin Sheen.

She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex in 2004 and has won several awards including the Royal Television Society Journalist of the Year, James Cameron Award, One World Broadcasting Trust award, Amnesty, Voice of the Viewer and Listener and the Charles Wheeler Award.

The 2012 Amnesty International Annual Report points to problems in several European countries.

From the time of the change of regime in Hungary until he became MP in the Hungarian Parliament Gyula Hegyi had been the spokesman and the member of the presidency of several Hungarian organisation, such as Demokratikus Charta, Nyilvánosság Klub and Amnesty International.

Amnesty International has questioned the state's response, saying that " Beni Messous has the largest barracks and military security centre of the capital, as well as several other gendarmerie and security forces centres from which the site of the massacre is clearly visible.

After Dany was assassinated in 1990, In what is qualified as an " unfair trial " by several organizations such as Amnesty International, Samir Geagea, the rival Christian leader of the Lebanese Forces, was subsequently tried for the murder.

Beside the Rafto Foundation, several organisations have permanent offices in the house, such as Amnesty International, AFS Intercultural Learning, Médecins Sans Frontières, Norwegian Church Aid's Youth, while other groups use the house for seminars, meetings and social events.