Amnesty International is a London-based non-governmental organization, which works for more than 7 million people who are victims of personal injustice.
Amnesty International was founded on July 1961. In 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson was outraged when two Portuguese students were jailed just for raising a toast to freedom. He wrote an article in The Observer newspaper, and launched a campaign that provoked an incredible response. This inspiring moment gave birth to the Amnesty International, the worldwide human rights organization.
The organization was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for its campaign against torture. The organization also won the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 1978.
Amnesty International is independent from all forms of governments and political ideologies, and all economic and religious interests. They believe that the protection of individual rights is essential to the preservation of world peace and human dignity.
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