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It was the winner of the 1977 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]].
However, the movement eventually started advocating for [[social justice]] and issues unrelated to [[human rights]], such as [[abortion]].
==Amnesty's goals==
==Criticism==
Amnesty's Agnes Callamard, is a shill for dictator fascist dictator [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]; propagandist for pro terror [[Qatar]]; against eliminating terror master [[Qasem Soleimani]].<ref>[https://www.danielpipes.org/comments/278681 Amnesty's Agnes Callamard = Shill for dictator fascist dictator Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; propagandist for pro terror Qatar; against killing Soleimani], DP, Feb 2, 2022</ref>
===Accusations of bias===
[[Image:Amnesty international1.jpg|right|200px|thumb| A summary of all critical press releases
===Abortion===
For many years, the [[Catholic Church]] and Amnesty Intl. had a working relationship. That relationship has been cancelled severed in its entirety due to Amnesty's decision promoting "[[abortion]] rights".<ref>[http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/2904 No Amnesty For the Unborn] NCRegister, June 12, 2007</ref>
For all the talk of Amnesty being an organization protecting human rights, human rights does not include those children in the womb. Amnesty Intl. is coming out against the [[Dominican Republic]]'s proposed protections for unborn life in its draft constitution and in the country's penal law.<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/int1180.html Amnesty International Twists Intl Law in Dominican Republic Abortion Debate] Lifenews.com, May 7, 2009</ref>
There is a growing trend among so-called "human rights" bodies that seek to impose obligations on countries based on social policy rather than principles. Amnesty has criticized the government of [[Poland]] for "Denial of access to abortion for eligible women." <ref>[http://www.speroforum.com/a/19727/Amnesty-International-drubs-Poland-on-abortion Amnesty International drubs Poland on abortion] Spero News, June 25, 2009</ref>
===Racism===
An Apr 2021 report showed that Amnesty International has a culture of white privilege and workers allege systemic bias and racist language by senior staff including N-word and P-word.<ref>Nazia Parveen, "[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/20/amnesty-international-has-culture-of-white-privilege-report-finds Amnesty International has culture of white privilege, report finds]," The Guardian, 20 Apr 2021.
<blockquote>Exclusive: Workers allege systemic bias and racist language by senior staff including N-word and P-word.</blockquote></ref>
===Anti-Israel stance===
[[File:Terrorists.happy.with.HRW.jpg|thumb|Terrorists - hapy with HRW]]
When it comes to Israel, it does not act as human rights organization<ref>[https://www.ngo-monitor.org/ngos/amnesty_international/ Amnesty International (AI)], NGO Monitor,
February 01, 2022.<blockquote>
Activities
Claims to be “Independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion… it does not support or oppose any government or political system.”
Disproportionately singles out Israel for condemnation, focusing solely on the conflict with the Palestinians, misrepresenting the complexity of the conflict, and ignoring more severe human rights violations in the region.
Amnesty International operates an office in Jerusalem under the leadership of Saleh Hijazi, former Public Relations officer for the Palestinian Authority’s Office of the Ministry of Planning in Ramallah.</blockquote></ref> but as a hateful propaganda tool recycling old/new lies.<ref>[https://whatyoushouldknowaboutisrael.org/questions-for-amnesty Questions For Amnesty], Feb 2022.
<blockquote><font size=1>Basic Questions For Amnesty
Dear Amnesty
Can I be honest with you?
I'm confused.
Perhaps you can help?
For a start, you could explain why - given your claim that Israel is an 'apartheid' state - the following happens there:
<i>1 - if what you claim is true, why do all citizens have equal rights?</i>
There are no inferior or second-class citizens, unlike non-whites in South Africa or minorities in Islamic or Arab countries.
Arabs occupy senior positions on the Israeli police force, in the parliament and in the Israeli judiciary.
For example, Salim Joubran, who currently serves on the Israeli Supreme Court, is a Christian Arab.
Ishmael Khaldi, an Islamic Bedouin, is a diplomat in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Majalli Wahabi (Druze) was the acting president of Israel in 2007.
These are just a few examples out of the many minority groups holding key positions in Israeli society.
Oh, and let's not forget that it was an Arab judge, , George Karra, who sentenced an ex-Israeli president Moshe Katsav to prison for seven years.
When an Arab judge sentences a former Israeli president to jail -- well, bit of a strange 'apartheid', I think you'd have to agree.
<i>2 - if what you claim is true, why in Israel, is incitement to racial hatred a criminal offence....?</i>
This is the exact opposite to apartheid in South Africa - where the government actually introduced and passed racist legislation!
<i>3 - If what you claim is true, why do Arabs and Israelis receive the same treatment, and are together in the same hospitals?</i>
The Hadassah Medical Organisation operates two hospitals in Jerusalem. It was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize due to its push for peace in the Middle East and its equal treatment of Palestinians, Arab and Israelis.
Arab and Israeli children are born amongst each other in the same hospitals.
Even during Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, Palestinians receive top-of-the-line treatment in Israeli hospitals.
Now contrast this with South Africa, where Black people were given limited access to health care.
<i>4 - If what you claim is true, why do Israeli Arabs have their own political parties in the Knesset?</i>
The Joint List is an example of this. They received 13 seats in the 2015 Israeli election. Arabs have equal voting rights.
In South Africa, Black people during apartheid were not allowed to participate in the political process.
<i>5 - If what you claim is true, why can Arab citizens seek redress through the courts and government if they feel they have been treated unfairly?</i>
Arab citizens also receive trial based on the facts, not ethnicity.
In apartheid South Africa, discrimination was authorized from the highest position in the government.
<i>6 - If what you claim is true, why do Arabs in Israel have more fundamental rights than other Islamic and Arab countries in the Middle East?</i>
Israeli Arabs have more rights than they do in the Gaza Strip or the West Bank, controlled by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority respectively.
<i>7 - If what you claim is true, why are there 1.6 million Arab citizens fully integrated within Israeli society?</i>
They make up 20 per cent of Israel's population. There was no such integration in South Africa.
Furthermore, according to a poll done by Harvard University, 77 per cent of Arab citizens living in Israel would rather live there than any other country in the world.
If these citizens were experiencing "apartheid," why are so many of them so supportive of Israel...?
Arabs have the right to move freely, vote, obtain an education, work in prominent positions, receive world-class health care, own land and speak freely. Black people in South Africa had none of these rights.
<i>8 - If what you claim is true, why have numerous Israeli Arabs now posted on twitter, condemning your report as nonsense?</i>
Here are the names of just two: Mohammad Kabiya and Lorena Khateeb,
<i>9 - Finally, if as you claim hings are so terrible in Israel. WHY do millions of non Jews STAY?</i>
Why do all the Christians, Muslims, Arabs, Druze, and B'hais choose to live there?
Why don't these millions of Arabs - whom you claim are suffering apartheid - move to one of the nearby Arab states......?
They all have passports.
Why do they choose to stay in Israel?
We look forward to your response.</font></blockquote></ref>
Just about everything Israel does to defend itself is 'illegal' in the eyes of Amnesty International. During the [[Israel]] [[Lebanese]] conflict of 2006, Amnesty was accusing Israel of war crimes. According to the [[Jerusalem Post]]'s [[Alan Dershowitz]], through restraint, Israel was able to minimize the number of civilian casualties in Lebanon, but Amnesty criticized nevertheless. Yet on [[Hezbollah]]'s best efforts to embed itself in population centers and to use civilians as human shields, Amnesty said nothing. "Bigotry, pure and simple.", said Dershowitz.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525974885&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Amnesty Int'l redefines 'war crimes'] The Jerusalem Post, Aug 30, 2006</ref>
In February 2018 Amnesty International demanded to release Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested for slapping Israeli soldiers.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Ahead-of-trial-Amnesty-says-Israel-must-release-Ahed-Tamimi-542480 AHEAD OF TRIAL, AMNESTY SAYS ISRAEL MUST RELEASE AHED TAMIMI]. ''Jerusalem Post.'' February 13, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref> Tamimi's family is known for openly declaring its ambition to be the start of a Third [[Intifada]]. Ahed's uncle Nizar Tamimi was involved in the stabbing and burning of an Israeli while his wife Ahlam Tamimi planed a suicide bombing in a Jerusalem Sbarro restaurant. Ahed and her family never condemned these attacks and even attented the wedding of Nizar and Ahlam in 2012.<ref>[https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/ahed-tamimi-and-the-normalization-of-terrorism/ Ahed Tamimi and the normalization of terrorism]. ''Times of Israel.'' February 13, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.</ref>
See: [[Israel_Apartheid_slur#Following_bigot_Shakir.27s_abuse_of_HRW.2C_Amnesty_remembered_to_cave_and_.22join.22_trend|Following bigot Shakir's abuse of HRW, Amnesty remembered to cave and "join" trend]]
Amnesty International's 2023 board member Rasha Abdel Latif says Israel doesn't exist. "It's all Palestine," she says. She also posts support for terrorists attacking Israel.<ref>Gilead Ini, [https://www.camera.org/article/amnesty-board-member-shares-support-for-war-crimes-terrorism-and-erasing-israel/ Amnesty Board Member Shares Support for War Crimes Terrorism, and Erasing Israel], ''Camera'', May 26, 2023. [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fxx7u-1XgAQn7HG?format=png&name=small].</ref>
Racist-Arab of "Palestinian" roots Rasha Abdel Latif, war crimes supporter, joined Amnesty board in 2023.<ref>Gilead Ini, [https://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/amnesty-leader-shares-support-for-war-crimes,22570 Amnesty leader shares support for war crimes], jstar, June 7, 2023.</ref><blockquote>
Rasha Abdel Latif, a director at Partners Global who joined the Amnesty USA board last year, has written or shared posts on Twitter dignifying the murder of Jewish-Israeli civilians, praising Palestinian rocket attacks that violate international law, misrepresenting the laws of war, celebrating the escape convicted terrorists and murders, insisting Israel doesn’t exist and arguing Israel will be expelled from the Middle East because the land “doesn’t fit two identities.”
Only four days before her appointment, on the day a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on civilians in Tel Aviv, Latif retweeted a post honoring that attack.
Alongside the hashtag #Tel_Aviv_Operation, the post described the terror attack, which killed three Israeli civilians, as a declaration that the land belongs to Palestinians and Israel has no choice but to leave. That the attack was in Tel Aviv suggests the view that all of Israel is regarded as Palestinian land.
Other posts written and shared by Latif are more explicit. In February 2022, Latif retweeted a cartoon showing the land encompassing all of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip flicking away a Star of David. The accompanying Arabic text reads: “This land does not fit two identities. It’s either us — or us.”
In June 2013, Latif herself wrote on Twitter, “There is NOTHING called ‘Israel,’ it is ‘Palestine territory.’” A June 2021 post by Latif includes the hashtags #freepalestine, #return and #27027km — a reference to the land area of a Palestine that subsumes all of Israel.
In September 2021, Latif retweeted a post celebrating the escape of Palestinians from a prison in Israel, including prisoners convicted of deadly terror attacks and other terror offenses.
Latif has also indicated support for indiscriminate rocket fire into Israel from Gaza, which even the virulently anti-Israel Amnesty International admits are war crimes. Earlier this month, she retweeted a post and article extolling the rocket arsenal of Gaza “resistance fighters” of Hamas and Islamic Jihad...</blockquote>
===Support for same-sex rights===
