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Pols 1503 Week 3

Decent Essays

Faren May
POLS 1503
April 21,2017
Written Assignment: Week 3
Amnesty International is an international non-government organization that protects and fights for human rights. The organization was first started in the 1960s when a British lawyer named Peter Benenson was outraged because two Portuguese individuals were sent to jail because they were toasting to their freedom (What We Do). After this incident, he wrote an article that began a campaign to fight for the injustices of people. This article started a lot of uproar and brought clarity to people that the basic human rights must be fought for.
The organization has very simple morals. Some of which are, eliminating torture and wrongful imprisonment, removing the death penalty, and distributing international justice, just to name a few. According to international human rights laws, anyone and everyone has the right to a …show more content…

Amnesty International has created a “Fair Trial Manual” that guides lawyers, judges, and individual who represent themselves to help conduct a fair trial, according to international human right laws (What We Do: Torture). Regarding torture, the organization makes it clear that anyone that it in imprisoned is in risk of getting tortured. The biggest issue is the lack of accountability to the tortures that happen. Many governments deny their existence, mostly because they are involved, and the torturers are involved with conducting the inquiries. There are also some countries who do not value the importance of basic human rights and that is where Amnesty International steps in. The organization ensures that the tortured have doctors ready to examine, lawyers present during interrogations, and that the detainees are able to contact their families. The organization also has very strong stance against the death penalty. They believe that the death penalty is wrong, no matter what the circumstances may

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