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    Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by British lawyer Peter Benenson to defend Portuguese prisoners. It now has over 7 million members globally who work through a UK charitable trust to conduct research, educate the public, and campaign for human rights protections as outlined in the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Current issues Amnesty International focuses on include torture in Mexico, which has reportedly increased 600% in the last decade.

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    Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by British lawyer Peter Benenson to defend Portuguese prisoners. It now has over 7 million members globally who work through a UK charitable trust to conduct research, educate the public, and campaign for human rights protections as outlined in the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Current issues Amnesty International focuses on include torture in Mexico, which has reportedly increased 600% in the last decade.

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    Amnesty International

    By Colin Lippert

    The start
    Peter Benenson
    1961
    Portuguese prisoners

    Members

    7 Million global members


    325,000 in UK
    170 paid staff, 60 volunteers
    Members in 150 different
    countries/territories

    Charitable Trust
    Research
    Search, Serve and Protect
    Educate

    UK Section
    Campaigning
    Fundraising
    Administration
    Communication

    Code To Live By

    Universal Declaration of Human Rights


    Eleanor Roosevelt
    UN organized
    30 rights and freedoms

    Current Issues

    Current Issues

    Mexico torture crisis


    Increase of 600% in last
    10 years

    Relevance
    https://earthpal.wordpress.com/page/2/

    Sources
    http://www.amnesty.org.uk/
    https://earthpal.wordpress.com/page/2/
    http://www.amnestyusa.org/

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