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PREVIEW OF MAIN POINTSPREVIEW OF MAIN POINTS

What is Amnesty International?What is Amnesty International?

What does Amnesty do?What does Amnesty do?

Amnesty worksAmnesty works

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WHAT IS AMNESTY?WHAT IS AMNESTY?

Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an is an internationalinternational, , non-governmental non-governmental organizationorganization with the stated purpose with the stated purpose of promoting all the of promoting all the human rightshuman rights enshrined in the enshrined in the Universal Universal Declaration of Human RightsDeclaration of Human Rights and and other international standardsother international standards

OUR VISION…OUR VISION…

A world in which every A world in which every person enjoys all of the person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other Human Rights and other international human rights international human rights standardsstandards

OUR MISSION…OUR MISSION…

Prevent and end human Prevent and end human rights abusesrights abuses

Promote freedom of Promote freedom of conscience and conscience and expressionexpression

Promote freedom from Promote freedom from discriminationdiscrimination

SPECIFIC PURPOSESSPECIFIC PURPOSES

Free all prisoners of conscienceFree all prisoners of conscience

Fair trial Fair trial

To abolish the death penalty To abolish the death penalty

and tortureand torture

To end extrajudicial executionsTo end extrajudicial executions

WHATWHAT DOES AMNESTY DO?DOES AMNESTY DO?

Letter WritingLetter Writing

Pressure governments Pressure governments to end human rights to end human rights abusesabuses

Raise Public Raise Public AwarenessAwareness

WHAT DOES AMNESTY DO?WHAT DOES AMNESTY DO?

Mobilize expertsMobilize experts

Search for facts Search for facts from different from different sourcessources

Organize peaceful Organize peaceful protestsprotests

AMNESTY WORKS!!!AMNESTY WORKS!!!

2 million members – 150 2 million members – 150 countries countries 40,000 political prisoners 40,000 political prisoners have been freed worldwidehave been freed worldwideNobel Peace Prize for Nobel Peace Prize for ““contributing to securing contributing to securing ground for freedom, for ground for freedom, for justice, and thereby also for justice, and thereby also for peace in the world”peace in the world”

AMNESTY WORKS!!!AMNESTY WORKS!!!

Ryan Matthews was just Ryan Matthews was just seventeen years old when seventeen years old when charged with capital murder. He charged with capital murder. He spent 5 years on Louisiana’s spent 5 years on Louisiana’s death row. The charges were death row. The charges were dropped in August 2004. He is dropped in August 2004. He is now, rightfully, a completely now, rightfully, a completely free man.free man.

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Letter writing Letter writing partiespartiesEducational moviesEducational moviesRegional Regional ConferencesConferencesFundraisersFundraisersRadio ShowRadio Show

Walk to stop Walk to stop Violence against Violence against WomenWomenWork with other Work with other student student organizationsorganizationsGlobalization weekGlobalization weekCandle lighting…Candle lighting…

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