Amnesty International: Quick Facts

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Human rights group petitions Germany to investigate Iranian crimes against ethnic minorities • Oct. 22, 2026, 2:47 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Also Known As	AI
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize
Date	May 28, 1961 - present
Headquarters	London
Areas Of Involvement	human rights
Related People	Mira Sorvino • Seán MacBride • Carolyn Forché

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Protesters wearing orange jumpsuits and goggles stand with heads bowed behind barriers outside the American embassy in London, demonstrating against Guantanamo Bay prison.

Amnesty International members march in the Paris Gay Pride parade holding a large yellow banner reading Les droits humains sont ma fierte, with smaller Amnesty International signs behind them.

Ottawa, Ont. Can.

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