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Albany airports (tourism)


All airports near Albany, the United States of America. Airports to consider when planning a trip to or from Albany.





Amnesty International (AI) (sh)




International human-rights organization.

It was founded in 1961 by Peter Benenson, a London lawyer who organized a letter-Writing campaign calling for amnesty for "prisoners of conscience." AI seeks to inform the public about violations of human rights, especially abridgments of freedom of speech and Religion and the imprisonment and torture of political dissidents. It actively seeks the release of political prisoners and support of their Families when necessary. Its members and supporters are said to number one million people in some 140 countries. Its first director, Sean MacBride, won the 1974 Nobel Prize for Peace; AI itself won the award in 1977.