Edinburgh Peace and Justice Resource Centre

Amnesty International UK , The Human Rights Action Centre,
17-25 New Inn Yard
London EC2A 3EA
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7033 1500
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7033 1503
Textphone: +44 (0) 20 7033 1664
Email: sct@amnesty.org.uk

Amnesty International Scotland, Rosebery House,
9 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5EZ
Tel: +44 (0) 844 800 9088
Fax: +44 (0) 131 313 7000
Email: scotland@amnesty.org.uk

Description from their website:
We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights. Our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.
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During much of our history, our campaigning has focused on prisoners, but we have responded to the changing patterns of human rights violations in the world. Today the biggest threat to human rights in the world are mass violations in armed conflicts. People are now more likely to become victims of abuse because of who they are, rather than for what they think, say or do.

We have two main ways of working to achieve human rights for everyone:

Promoting general awareness of human rights

We carry out a wide range of educational activities about human rights, promoting the values contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreed human rights standards.
We encourage people to accept that all human rights must be protected
We encourage governments to accept and enforce international standards of human rights
We encourage governments, political organisations, businesses, other groups and individuals to support and respect human rights

Opposing specific abuses of human rights

We undertake research and action focused on stopping abuses of the following rights:
Physical and mental integrity
Freedom of conscience and expression
Freedom from discrimination