Amnesty International
The Human Rights Story
1st Edition
Published on 22. October 2013
128 pages
978-1-4832-8601-3 (ISBN)
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Traces the history of Amnesty International from its beginnings in 1961, describing the difficulties and disappointments, how the organization works, and its special campaigns. Includes case studies focusing on the Soviet Union, China, Africa, Brazil and South America and first hand information on current activities in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The book is illustrated by photographs from Amnesty's archives
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Jonathan Power
Amnesty International
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10/1981
Elsevier
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(partial) Amnesty today and yesterdayThe Amnesty machinery at workFour special efforts: against the death penalty, against torture, to save the children, against the arms tradeCentral America: Amnesty's front burnerGuatemala: 'no political prisoners'El Salvador: in the eye of the revolutionNicaragua: overthrow of a tyrantWest Germany: the Baader-Meinhof GangChina: Amnesty raises the curtainThe Central African Republic: affair of the dead childrenBrazil: sixteen years of tortureTanzania: the liberal dilemmaThe USSR: Stalin's legacy'Against oblivion': Amnesty's futureAppendix: list of Amnesty sectionsPicture creditsIndex
