AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK

'Through its activity for the defense of human worth against degrading treatment, violence and torture, Amnesty International has contributed to securing the ground for freedom, for justice, and thereby also for peace in the world.' Nobel Prize Committee on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Amnesty International (1977)'Amnesty International has helped hundreds of individuals, and, by changing attitudes, improved conditions for thousands of individuals.' Cardinal Hume 'Prisoners of conscience are ordinary people like ourselves. For many, Amnesty International is the last link of hope... Working with Amnesty International, I can be a life-line to someone being tortured. All of us have the capacity to help. Peter Gabriel 'The aims of Amnesty International are clear: the release of prisoners of conscience; the right to a fair trial for all political prisoners; an end to torture and the death penalty. The means of achieving these goals are not always so clear. The Amnesty International Handbook, compiled by the British Section, describes the activities of the world's leading human rights organization and shows how all of us can contribute to its demands for freedom and justice for the oppressed.