| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | MariusQelDroma (36)
12/29/2005 | One of the few exceptions to the rule of political organizations being out for themselves. Sounds like one of numbah's 10%'ers. These people fight for the freedom of political prisoners and other oppressed people around the globe. One of the few political organizations i will consider contributing to.
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 | Drummond (54)
12/29/2005 | The lives that have been saved by this organization are too numerous to count. They get slammed by people of all political persuasions, which suggests that they're doing something right.
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 | numbah16tdhaha (147)
11/08/2005 | Sometimes a bit distant from my own stance, like when they asked me to sign a petition to help appeal a court martial of a soldier for refusing to deploy to Iraq (you signed the contract!), but overall I'd call them a very good organization.
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 | EschewObfuscation (61)
06/04/2005 | Every organization who embarks on a mission like theirs has value and does important work. The ACLU is a good example, NAACP, PETA, NOW, Sierra Club, Int'l Red Cross, etc. But when they target a political party as their enemy or cease to resist the temptation to politicize, they begin to go overboard and sometimes are taken over by their ideological fringe, losing track of the good intentions that helped them reach prominence in the first place. Once they do this, they should be considered a political action committee and lose their tax-exempt status. The gulag characterization is not conclusive proof of their conversion, that was just a stupid statement that passed through all of their filters. People on both sides of the political spectrum should be outraged at such a stupid lapse of judgement.
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 | earthbound (37)
06/04/2005 | There are few who can refute the value of Amnesty International in the past 40 years in exposing and helping end human rights violations across the world. I find their mission noble and I also find it inspiring on a personal level that they mobilize so many people internationally to work for a common good. It seems to be a common reaction in RIA and elsewhere that any organization that critiques the US in any way is seen as being biased. When I look at Amnesty's website, I see reports of human rights issues in 149 countries, including non-intuitive candidates like Sweden and Ireland. In light of all that Amnesty has done, is it unreasonable to just step outside your citizenship for a minute, remember that you are a human being first and foremost, and consider that there may be truth to what they are saying?
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 | Jaws (10)
06/02/2005 | I gave them an extra star for accurately portraying human rights violations that do in fact exist. However, nobody needs them when we have the United States who does more to free the oppressed than any nation or organization in the world. If they're so dissatisfied with the way we or the UN has handled human rights violations then they can roll up their sleeves and go in and do the dirty work themselves otherwise they need to shut their mouths before I put my steel toe in them.
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 | twinmom101 (31)
04/11/2003 | An excellent organization. Many people are exposed to Amnesty for the first time in high school as I was. By participating in Amnesty, we felt like we wre making a contribution through our letter writing and we also got a much needed perspective on how many people have to live around the world. Amnesty teaches people to appriciate what we have in America and to learn compassion for our fellow human beings. What scares me now is that our own country could be a target for Amnesty Intl. It is no secret that prisoners in Guantanamo bay are being denied basic human rights and are being held with no formal charges for months on end with no knowledge of their fate. While there are certainly some people there who have terrorist ties, there are also many who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It's no wonder that there have been over thirty suicide attempts.
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 | crimson_and_clover (0)
02/25/2003 | wonderful organization.
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 | Teaseress (13)
11/19/2002 | Amnesty are now essentially a world wide organisation and its members are from god knows how many countries all with similar beliefs. Its shocking to know what is still going on in this world today and it is great that there is an organisation like Amnesty that fight to get it stopped - its about time that people stood up for what they believe in and helped eachother.
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 | TheFreak (3)
04/29/2002 | Make that a 4.5, actually. I'm not an all-out supporter of A.I., simply because their main cause isn't one of my focuses. But I do approve of their fight to abolish the death penalty (which I find to be cruel and not the least bit profiting). Plus, they are on average good solid liberals, and what the heck, they support gay rights - have to like them. Take care, everyone!
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 | musicfan (0)
10/16/2001 | Creating the world in the image of The United States is not in the best interest of anyone. It is not in the best interest of other countries and it definitely is not in the best interest of our own country. Our responsibility is to take care of the needs of our country and not be the captain of the world.
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 | magellan (153)
06/13/2001 | There is something so scary about the idea of travelling in a foreign land, being imprisoned unfairly, maybe because of your politics, and being sentenced to some horrible punishment. Maybe that is why I find the mission of Amnesty International to be so compelling. The simple action of shedding light on human rights violations committed by rogue (and not rogue) states can truly make a difference. If something were to happen to me abroad, it would be nice to know that there is a watch dog agency such as AI on the lookout.
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 | ErictheFederalist (3)
06/07/2001 | Amnesty do so many great things! Among my favourite subjects are the banning of the use of death penalty in the States, the banning of sexual mutilation in many muslim countries & the support to human right fighters like the Pakistany female advocate Asma Jihangir who's trying to help women getting their fundamental rights respected like the right to life & not to be tortured, which both are huge problems in her country! It's increadible how many members worldwide who are supporting Amnesty & I'm so glad Amnesty won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979! :-)))
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