AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is a worldwide human rights mo ment which is independent of any government, political faction ideology or religious creed. It works for the release of men a women imprisoned anywhere for their beliefs, colour, ethnic origin or religion, provided they have neither used nor advocated violence. These are termed "prisoners of conscience".
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL opposes torture and capital punish- ment in all cases and without reservation. It advocates fair and speedy trials for all political prisoners.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL seeks observance throughout the world of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC), UNESCO and the Council of Europe, has cooperative relations with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States and has observer status with the Organization of African Unity (Bureau for the Placement and Education of African Refugees).
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is financed by its members through- out the world, by individual subscription and by donations.
Copyright Amnesty International, 1975
Published September 1975 by Amnesty International Publications Printed by the Russell Press, Gamble Street, Nottingham, England
Cover illustration by Judith Anderson
ISBN 0-900058-12-9
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