Origins and Founders
The city where Amnesty International was launched.
What is London?
This annual campaign encourages supporters to write letters on behalf of detainees.
What is 'Write for Rights'?
AI adopted this bold hue as its signature color to signal urgency.
What is yellow?
This disgraced Burmese pro-democracy leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 after spending almost 15 years under house arrest by her country’s military junta.
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
Amnesty International’s first national section outside Europe was founded in this country in 1966.
What is the United States?
The author of the seminal article 'The Forgotten Prisoners', which sparked the creation of Amnesty International.
Who is Peter Benenson?
Amnesty’s campaign demanding tech companies respect human rights by stopping spyware abuses.
What is 'Ban the Scan'?
The flame of the candle stands for this abstract quality.
What is hope?
This Nobel Peace Prize laureate spent 27 years in prison before negotiating the end of apartheid and becoming South Africa’s first Black president in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
In January 2025, Amnesty International suspended this branch of the organization due to 'evidence of endemic [...] racism' within the branch.
What is Amnesty International Israel?
Amnesty International's first female Secretary-General, who took office in 2001.
Who is Irene Khan?
Title of Amnesty International’s very first member newsletter, issued in 1962.
What is 'Front Line'?
In Amnesty International’s logo, this element represents imprisonment and oppression.
What is barbed wire?
This Saudi blogger and activist co-founded the 'Saudi Arabian Liberals' online forum and, in May 2014, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and a 1 million-riyal fine for 'insulting Islam.'
Who is Raif Badawi?
In 1973, Amnesty International opened its first sub-Saharan office in this East African capital.
What is Nairobi?
The term coined by Amnesty International in order to describe the subjects of their first campaign.
What is a prisoner of conscience?
'Bring Back Our Girls' showed solidarity with victims of a 2014 mass abduction in this country.
What is Nigeria?
The "old Chinese" proverb that inspired the Amnesty International logo.
What is 'It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness'?
In 2006 this Australian founded WikiLeaks, exposing classified diplomatic cables and later sought asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
Who is Julian Assange?
In 2022, Amnesty International offices in this country were closed down by the government.
What is Russia?
In 1977, Amnesty International received this international accolade for its human rights work.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This crowdsourcing project had supporters classify thousands of abusive tweets aimed at women.
What is 'Troll Patrol'?
The artist who designed Amnesty International’s logo in 1963.
Who is Diana Redhouse?
In 2008, this Chinese literary scholar was sentenced to 11 years in prison for 'inciting subversion' after co-authoring the pro-democracy manifesto Charter 08, went on to win the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, and died in custody in 2017.
Who is Liu Xiaobo?
As of 2024, Amnesty International comprises national sections and structures in over this many countries.
What is 150?