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Amnesty International's Vision, Mission and Values

Amnesty International has 2.2 million members worldwide who are passionate about our beliefs and not afraid to take unpopular stands to realise our vision and mission.

Our vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments.

In pursuit of this vision, our mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of these rights.

Our core values are international solidarity, effective action for the individual victim, global coverage, the universality and indivisibility of human rights, impartiality and independence, and democracy and mutual respect.

Table of Contents

  2. Amnesty International works on the following campaigns
  3. URGE CLEMENCY FOR TROY DAVIS
  4. Georgia is going to kill Troy Davis, unless we do something NOW
  5. Amnesty International UK Blog
  6. Click on the picture to UNSUBSCRIBE from human rights abuses in the war on terror
  7. Photos re Amnesty
  8. Human Rights Videos
  9. You Are Powerful
  10. Price of Silence
  11. Fundraising Help
  12. Great Stuff on Amazon
  13. Important Links
  14. Death Penalty
  15. New Guestbook
  16. New Igo GREEN Tip of the Day

"Only when the last prisoner of conscience has been freed, when the last torture chamber has been closed, when the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a reality for the world's people, will our work be done."

Peter Benenson, Founder of Amnesty International

Amnesty International works on the following campaigns

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Terrorism, Security and Human Rights
Stop Violence Against Women
Human rights for China
Protect the people from Darfur
Refugees and asylum
Business and human rights
Control arms
Death Penalty
Irrepressible.info
Action on individuals
Poverty and human rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

URGE CLEMENCY FOR TROY DAVIS

Troy Davis was charged with killing Mark MacPhail, an off-duty police officer, in Savannah, Ga., in 1989. Davis had gone to the aid of a homeless man who was being pistol-whipped in a parking lot. Seeing the gun, he said he fled. MacPhail, working security nearby, intervened next, and was killed. Davis, an African-American, claimed his innocence, but was found guilty and sentenced to death. Since his conviction, seven of the nine non-police witnesses have recanted their testimony, alleging police coercion and intimidation in obtaining their testimony. By coming forward and recanting, they face serious repercussions, possibly jail time. Some have identified a different man as the shooter. This man is one of Davis' remaining accusers.

In July 2007, Davis faced his first execution date. Just a day before he was to be executed, the Georgia Pardons Board granted a stay of execution for up to 90 days. Then, Davis' attorneys argued before the Georgia Supreme Court for a retrial or for a hearing to present new evidence. The requests were denied, by a 4-to-3 vote. In the same period, the U.S. Supreme Court was weighing whether death by lethal injection constituted cruel and unusual punishment (the court ultimately allowed its use).

Troy Davis was scheduled to be executed on September 23rd, but the US Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution. The US Supreme Court has now declined to hear his appeal. but serious doubts about his guilt remain and compelling evidence of his innocence will now never be heard in court.
If you believe, like I do, that the Death Penalty is immoral and inhumane, OR, if you think that there are serious doubts over Davis' guilt, then PLEASE ACT NOW!!

Georgia is going to kill Troy Davis, unless we do something NOW

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Amnesty International UK Blog

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Click on the picture to UNSUBSCRIBE from human rights abuses in the war on terror

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Photos re Amnesty

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Human Rights Videos

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You Are Powerful

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Price of Silence

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Fundraising Help

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Great Stuff on Amazon

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Important Links

Amnesty International UK's website
We are ordinary people from around the world standing up for humanity and human rights. Our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.
Amnesty International USA's website
Official Website of Amnesty International in the United States. Protect Human Rights worldwide. Stop Torture, Defend Women's Rights, Abolish Death Penalty and defend the rights of individuals everywhere.
Sister Helen Prejean's website
Sister Helen Prejan campaigns relentlessly in the USA for the abolition of the death penalty.
The Burma Campaign
The Burma Campaign UK is part of a global movement campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma.
New Internationalist
The website for the magazine - full of fascinating and informative articles.

Death Penalty

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New Guestbook

  • spirituality Jan 5, 2009 @ 10:56 am | delete
    Great introduction to Amnesty. You may also like my lens on the same topic: Amnesty International.
  • Eliezer Martinez Nov 17, 2008 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    Good work. I am also a proud member of Amnesty International and support the different actions that requires my attention. Your page here is very important.
  • Victoria Keating Aug 2, 2008 @ 7:48 am | delete
    Enlightening lense Helen, When I was in high school every year we would write cards to prisoner of conscience, I really didn't understand it at the time, but there needs to be more awareness of the cause.
  • WebMums Aug 2, 2008 @ 3:04 am | delete
    Great lens - really interesting!
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