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Amnesty International

1980s, Amnesty International consisted of an International secretariat of 150 persons, national sections in more than 40 countries, and about 200,000 individual members. In 1977, their achievements landed them a recipient award of the Nobel Prize for Peace (AAmnesty International of the U.S.A.,@ 1996, p. 2162). Today, Amnesty International has more then 1,000,000 members, subscribers, and regular donors in more than 100 countries and territories throughout the world. Without including the thousands of schools, universities, and professional groups that do not register internationally, Amnesty International holds 4,287 local groups within the International Secretariat. The heart of the organization lies in London, with over 300 permanent staff members and 95 volunteers from around the world (AAmnesty International=s facts and figures,@ 1997, Nov. 15, p. 1). For every organization to work there must be some type of administration, and indeed, Amnesty International has one. Today, the Secretary General in charge of Amnesty International is Pierre Sane. In whole, it is governed by a nine-member International Executive Committee. Eight of the nine members are volunteers, elected every two years by an International Council, and one elected member of the International Secretariat (AFacts and figures about Amnesty International,@ 1997, Nov. 1, p. 1).Finally, the last bit of information about Amnesty International is its main focuses. Standing by its detailed international statute, Amnesty International=s main core of its campaigning is to:to seek the release of prisoners of conscience . . . to work for fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; to campaign to abolish the death penalty, torture, and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment of prisoners; and to end extrajudicial executions and Adisappearances@ (AFacts and figures about Amnesty International,@1997, Nov. 1, p.1-2).Like their Bible, these are the words of Amnesty ...

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