Amnesty International, USA
"Nobel prize winning grassroots activist organization"
Amnesty International, United States Chapter
www.amnesty-usa.org
aimember@aiusa.org
"Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is an
activist organization with over one-million members
world wide.
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section
of this international
human rights movement. Amnesty International works to:
Free all prisoners of conscience detained anywhere for
their beliefs
or because of their ethnic origin, sex, colour or
language --
who have not used or advocated violence
Ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners
Abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel
treatment of prisoners
End extrajudicial executions and 'disappearances.'"
-from the AIUSA website
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You can become a member online, through email, or the telephone. There is also information for creating student groups.
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