Cumulative Skills Test Units 1–10 A Answer Key &

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Cathy Well, it was founded in London in
1961 after a well-known lawyer wrote an
article in a newspaper which told people
about all the prisoners of conscience in the
Everyday English world.
Presenter Prisoners of conscience?
1 Cathy Yes, people who have been sent to
1 b prison because of their religious or political
beliefs, not because they have committed
2 a
an offence. Amnesty International is an
3 b NGO, which stands for ‘non-governmental
organization. That means that it gets no
4 a government support, but it gets money from
5 c its members and donations from
supporters. What we try to do is to raise
awareness of human rights abuses and put
Listening pressure on governments by getting public
opinion on our side.
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Presenter And what exactly does Amnesty
B, D and F International fight for?
Cathy Well, we have a number of long-
2 running campaigns. For example, Amnesty
1 F International supports arms control. We
want to persuade governments to agree to
2 F
an Arms Trade Treaty that would stop the
3 T sale of guns to countries where there are
civil wars, or where the governments
4 F commit human rights abuses against their
5 T citizens. The organization also fights for an
end to the death penalty. We think it’s
6 F wrong that governments are allowed to kill
7 F people.
Presenter And don’t you fight for justice for
Audio Script people who are wrongly in prison?
Cathy Absolutely. That’s one of the main
Presenter Hello. On today’s programme, I’m purposes of Amnesty. For example, at the
talking to Cathy Smith, who is a volunteer moment, we’re supporting a teenager who
worker at Amnesty International, the is in prison because he has refused to join
organization which campaigns to protect the army in his country. We don’t want to
human rights around the world. Cathy only abolish all armies, but we think it is a basic
recently joined Amnesty, and joins us today human right to be allowed to choose
as part of Youth in Action Week, a whether you join an army or not.
programme that encourages young people Presenter Well, it sounds like Amnesty
in their teens and twenties to take action to International still has a lot of campaigning
improve the world. Welcome to the to do.
programme, Cathy. Cathy I think so.
Cathy Hello. Presenter OK. Thanks for coming into the
Presenter So, tell us a little bit about studio, Cathy. After the break ...
Amnesty International, Cathy. When did the
organization start?
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