What is Amnesty International?

• What is Amnesty International?
• STATUTE OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL [Article 1]
• What does Amnesty International do?
• Prisoners of conscience
• What does Amnesty International do for such prisoners?
• What happens when Amnesty International is uncertain about the grounds for a person's imprisonment?
• Whom does Amnesty International regard as a prisoner?
• What does Amnesty International do in cases where politically motivated prisoners have used or advocated violence?
• How does Amnesty International regard conscientious objectors to military service?
• What does Amnesty International do for people who try unsuccessfully to leave their own country?
• Political trials and imprisonment without trial
• How does Amnesty International use the term "political prisoner"?
• Does Amnesty International call for special status for political prisoners?
• What does Amnesty International do in response to political trials and cases of imprisonment without trial?
• What are the standards for assessing trials?
• If a political prisoner has been convicted after a fair trial, is that the end of Amnesty International's concerns?
• Torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment
• Amnesty International twelve-point program for the prevention of torture
• Does Amnesty International make a distinction between "torture" and "cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment?
• What does Amnesty International do about prison conditions?
• The death penalty
• "Disappearances" and political killings by governments
• "Disappearances"
• Political killings by governments
• Does Amnesty International act in all cases where deaths occur?
• Relief and refugees
• To whom does Amnesty International distribute relief?
• Does Amnesty International help released prisoners?
• How does Amnesty International send relief?
• Does Amnesty International act in refugee cases
• What is Amnesty International's stand on prisoner exchanges?