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Amnesty International opposes abuses by opposition groups: hostage taking, torture and killings of prisoners and other deliberate arbitrary killings.

Amnesty International works on behalf of refugees whose circumstances fall within the scope of the organization's human rights mandate. AI opposes the forcible return of any person to a country where she or he might be expected to become a prisoner of conscience or suffer torture or execution.

Amnesty International opposes the transfers of military, security, or police equipment, technology or training from one country to another where it believes those transfers contribute to human rights abuses covered by the mandate.

Amnesty International does not grade countries according to their record on human rights, instead of attempting comparisons it concentrates on trying to end the specific violations of human rights in each case.

Amnesty International, recognizing that human rights are indivisible and interdependent, works to promote all the rights enshrined in the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS and other international standards, through human rights education programs and campaigning for ratification of human rights treaties.

Amnesty International is funded by subscriptions and donations from its membership. No funds are sought or accepted from governments.

Amnesty International works to promote awareness, raise funds and ensure government responsibility in relation to the broader human rights issues which Amnesty International focuses on.

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