1. Amnesty International was founded in 1961, by a British lawyer called Peter Benenson and which British newspaper?

    The Times

    The Daily Mail

    The Guardian

    The Observer

2. In 1963, the first ever Chairman of the International Executive Committee of Amnesty International was elected. Who was he?

    Simon McArthur

    James MacDowell

    Sean MacBride

    Walter McGonegall

3. Which three word term was coined by Peter Benenson to describe someone imprisoned for their political beliefs yet innocent of any crime? -- Answer is, PRISONER OF,and one word of 10 letters. Write all THREE words in captials please.

4. What is the well known logo of Amnesty International?

    Joined black and white hands

    Crossed red keys on a white ground

    A baby holding a key

    Candle and barbed wire

5. In 2002, Amnesty International succeeded in having an "Optional Protocol" added to the Child Human Rights Act in the UN. This protocol raised the age at which states can legally recruit children into the armed forces to 18. What was the legal age under t

    Thirteen

    Sixteen

    Fifteen

    Fourteen

6. Which famous figure was the 2006 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience?

    Nelson Mandela

    John McCarthy

    Aung San Suu Kyi

    Terry Waite

7. In their campaigning for the rights of refugees and migrants, Amnesty International refers to 'IDPs'. What does IDP stand for?

    Internally Displaced Persons

    Internal Disposition of Populations

    Internationally Dispossessed People

    Intercontinental Dispersal of Peoples

8. Amnesty International support the "White Ribbon Campaign" in the UK, aimed at ending violence towards which group of people?

    Religious minorities

    Women

    Elderly

    AIDS sufferers

9. Which former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said "It's a worn cliché, but if Amnesty did not exist, it would have to be invented. It is simply unique."

    Sadato Ogata

    Auguste R. Lindt

    Jean-Pierre Hocke

    Ruud Lubbers

10. On June 2007, various recording stars got together and made an album of songs to support the work of Amnesty International. Whose songs did they all cover?

    John Lennon

    Bob Dylan

    Joan Baez

    Billy Bragg