Amnesty International

Amnesty International adalah sebuah organisasi non-pemerintah internasional dengan tujuan mempromosikan seluruh HAM yang terdapat dalam Universal Declaration of Human Rights dan standar internasional lainnya.

Didirikan pada tahun 1961 oleh seorang pengacara Inggris bernama Peter Benenson, Amnesti Internasional mengkampanyekan untuk membebaskan tawanan hati nurani (prisoner of conscience); untuk memastikan keadilan dan mengadakan persidangan untuk tawanan politik; untuk menghapuskan hukuman mati, penyiksaan, dan perlakuan tahanan lainnya yang dianggapnya sebagai kekejaman; untuk menghilangkan pembunuhan politik dan pemaksaan penghilangan; dan untuk menentang segala pelecehan seluruh hak asasi manusia, baik oleh pemerintah atau oleh grup lainnya.

Pranala luar

• Situs resmi Amnesty International
• Peter Benenson: The Forgotten Prisoners The Observer, 28 Mei 1961
• William Schulz, Security Is a Human Right, Too, New York Times, 18 April 2004.
• AI's 2004 annual report on human rights abuses (Ringkasan [1])
• AI's 2005 annual report on human rights abuses

Artikel-artikel yang kritis terhadap AI

• Jonathan V. Last, Calling It Like They See It, FrontPageMagazine, 3 April 2003. Alleges AI has anti-American/Israel bias.
• Christopher Archangelli, Amnesty for Iraq, FrontPageMagazine, 24 April 2003. Alleges AI has anti-American bias regarding Iraq.
• NGO Monitor Criticisms of Amnesty International – Points to a running list of criticism of various NGOs, AI in particular.
• Nabeel Abraham, et al.; International Human Rights Organizations and the Palestine Question, Middle East Report (MERIP), Vol. 18, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1988, pp. 12 – 20. Argues that several organizations, including AI, are biased against Palestinians.
• Nabeel Abraham, Torture, Anyone?, Lies of Our Times, Mei 1992, pp. 2 – 4. Claims AI and other groups are reticent in describing alleged torture on the part of Israel.
• Dennis Bernstein's interview with Prof. Francis Boyle, CAQ, msuim panas 2002. Boyle, a former AI-USA board member, threatened to sue AI-USA over its alleged biased coverage.
• Alexander Cockburn, How the US State Dept. Recruited Human Rights Groups to Cheer On the Bombing Raids: Those Incubator Babies, Once More?, CounterPunch newsletter, 1-15 April 1999. Alleges several human rights organizations "fell into line" regarding the bombing of Serbia.
• Michael Mandel, How America Gets Away With Murder: Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage and Crimes Against Humanity, Pluto Press 2004. Alleges AI is selective in defending "human rights", in particular, regarding the US-Iraq war 2003, and the War in the Balkans.
• Paul de Rooij, AI: Say It Isn't So, CounterPunch, 31 Oktober 2002.
• Paul de Rooij, AI: The Case of a Rape Foretold, CounterPunch, 26 November 2003.
• Paul de Rooij, AI: A false beacon?, CounterPunch, 13 Oktober 2004. Contains a reading list.
• American Gulag at National Review Online.[2]