Amnesty International, AI (1961- )

Awarded the Prize “in recognition of its real, humanitarian just help to those who are imprisoned for different origin of race, religious faith political opinion, its contribution to the prevention of violating the rights of prisoners.”

An international organization founded in 1961 headquartered in London. It seeks to inform public opinion about violations of human rights, especially the abridgments of freedom of speech of religion the imprisonment torture of political dissidents, which actively seeks the release of political prisoners the relief, when necessary, of their families.