Introduction Amnesty International (commonly known as AI) is an international activist organization with the stated purpose of promoting all the human rights enshrined within the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. AI's efforts most notably involve campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience; to ensure fair and prompt trails for political prisoners; to abolish the death penalty, torture, and other treatment of prisoners it AI regards as cruel; to end …showed first 75 words of 2099 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2099 total…my favorites despite some of the critical remarks I heard from some friends. Works Cited: Amnesty International. www.amnesty.org. Accessed 1 Dec 2005. Bobo, K, J. Kendall, and S. Max. 2001. Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy Manual for Activists. Seven Locks Press, Santa Ana Ca NGO Monitor Criticisms of Amnesty International. (http://www.ngomonitor.org/archives/infofile.htm#amnesty). Accessed Nov. 28 2005. <Tab/> <Tab/> <Tab/>