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Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and supporters around the world. [ 1 ]
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is an American non-profit non-governmental organization that is part of the worldwide Amnesty International organization.. Amnesty International is an organization of more than 7 million supporters, activists and volunteers in over 150 countries, [1] with complete independence from government, corporate or national interests.
Amnesty International India was a country unit of the Amnesty International network, and was part of a global movement promoting and defending human rights and dignity. In September 2020, Amnesty halted its operations in the country after all bank accounts of the organization were frozen by Enforcement Directorate in connection with its money laundering probe into the finances of Amnesty ...
Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary-general, said the group found that Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention “with the specific intent to destroy ...
The rights group Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and called on the United Nations' International Criminal Court "to urgently consider ...
Human Rights watch and Amnesty International are both international non-governmental organizations headquartered in the North Atlantic Anglosphere that report on global human rights violations. [23] The major differences lie in the groups' structures and methods for promoting change. Amnesty International is a mass-membership organization.
This includes non-Western governments claiming Amnesty is ideologically biased against them, such as those of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [5] the People's Republic of China, [6] Vietnam, [7] and Russia who have criticised Amnesty International for what they assert constituted one-sided reporting or a failure to treat threats to security as a mitigating factor.
According to a 2022 report by Amnesty International, repression by Indian government has intensified in the region after the abrogation of article 370 in 2019. Amnesty recognized at least 60 instances of human rights violations. The internet was shut down for 18 months after the revocation of special status of the region.