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Amnesty International
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- Protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied
- Me, Myself, and I
- You’ve heard of Amnesty International, right? We believe people should be treated like people. It's amazing how often they aren't.
Women are raped as a weapon of war. People are victimised by their own governments. Innocent citizens are locked up for their beliefs.
We believe in the power of ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. There are over 2 million of us worldwide standing up for humanity and human rights.
This is our space where we share the things that matter to us. Take a look around...
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Save lives this Mother's Day
Pregnancy is not a disease, yet it kills one woman every minute. Almost all of these deaths are preventable and 95% of them occur in developing countries. Poverty, violence and a lack of education all contribute.
It doesn't have to be this way.
That's why we're asking the next UK Government to make every day Mother's Day and ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth safe and every child healthy.
We need your help to achieve this. Upload a photo, or send an email, it's vital that we all do what we can to stop millions of women dying each year.
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Portishead sign to Amnesty International!
Today is Human Rights Day and to celebrate Portishead are releasing a brand new track "Chase the Tear" for Amnesty International.
We are thrilled that Portishead have chosen to work with us and have delivered this great track. Amnesty is already lucky to have the support of some incredible artists in all fields and now Portishead’s involvement is launching us into a new area of work with musical artists.
The track will be available as an exclusive download single from 7 digital (http://www.7digital.com/portisheadam..., with all proceeds going towards Amnesty’s human rights work.
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Is your bank funding cluster bombs?
One third of all recorded cluster bomb casualties are children. Yet despite efforts to ban these indiscriminate weapons, 138 banks and other financial institutions continue to invest over US$20 billion in companies that produce them.
Cluster bombs are large explosive weapons that scatter dozens or hundreds of smaller submunitions over a wide area. They cannot distinguish between military targets and civilians. Many submunitions fail to detonate on impact and, like landmines, continue to kill and maim people long after the conflict has ended.
A recent report* finds that UK high street banks are lending or providing investment banking services to cluster bomb producers to the tune of:
– Barclays: US$274 million
– HSBC: US$657 million
– Royal Bank of Scotland (includes NatWest): US$64 million
That could be YOUR cash. And if there’s one thing banks can’t do without, it’s customers: tell your bank to stop this shameful practice once and for all. If you’re not a customer of these banks you can still contact them to let them know that you find their investment in producers of cluster bombs totally unacceptable.
Send an email to stop this now: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_de...0 Comments 180 weeks
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Amnesty International
Happy New Year <2011>
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Amnesty!!
Hi Pika-Boo There's always plenty you can do to help, whether it's joining one of our local groups, going on a protests or just sending a few emails and letters. it all helps! Try checking out www.protectthehuman.com to see what we're up to at the moment and find lots of ways you can help. Thanks for wanting to get involved!
hayy am kinda new to this so like wat wud i have to do to help u guys cuz i think every one should be treated the same not by who they are so keep up the good work i'm here if u need me
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So great to hear from all you lovely new members! Just let us know if there's anything we can do to help you out or point you in the right direction, and thanks for the support!
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Became a member of Amnesty yesterday
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Thanks for your support Dreadlock - we're only as strong as our supporters, so it means a lot!
Well done people! Excellent work so far, we still have many more humans to protect... Peace to the many of us who still care
Special Agent Oso: How about a big old HELLO and CONGRATULATIONS! from us instead of a prize? We're thrilled to have 1000 members!
Keep up the good work.
Aha! I am the 1000th member I should get an award lol joke.
Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Read more: http
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Hey Molly, We're sorry you saw such a horrible picture - you're right though, we can't even begin to imagine what it's like to live through such an event, and wish that no one ever had to. If we all work together, we hope we can, eventually, make such human rights abuses a thing of the past. Thank you so much for your support.
i was doing a project on amnesty international in school the other week and when i looked up peter benenson on the internet a picture of dead bodies came up, i clicked on the picture and it was a campaign against the genocide in Darfur, im only 13 and i thought it was utterly horrible that all these people [some of which are younger than me] had to wittness as their neihbours,friends and their families were murdered for no reason other than their race. keep up the good work, you're close to saving the world!!