Amnesty International (AI) is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organisation which devotes its work to preventing and ending grave abuses of human rights, as well as demanding justice for those whose rights have been violated. It was established in London in 1961, and in 1977 won the Nobel Peace Prize for its campaigns against the use of torture. Currently, AI is headquartered in London, England.
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- Interview with Sir John Major
- Witness Seminar – Britain in the Commonwealth: The 1997 Edinburgh Commonwealth heads of Government meeting
- Interview with Hon Alexander Downer
- Interview with Abdul Minty
- Interview with Billie Miller
- Interview with Kamalesh Sharma
- Interview with Dorienne Rowan-Campbell
- Witness Seminar Participants, March 2014
- Witness Seminar – The Commonwealth Secretariat, Economics and Development, and Global Politics
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