Editing Talk:Amnesty International

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== Some parts sound like an ad for Amnesty International ==

Overall, the article is OK. But some parts sound like a fundraising drive for the organisation. For example, why do we use a link to the Amnesty International About Page to reference what they do?

"Amnesty draws attention to human rights abuses and campaigns for compliance with international laws and standards. It works to mobilize public opinion to generate pressure on governments where abuse takes place."

You can write "Amnesty claims" before these sentences or otherwise reference an article that actually verified these statements as facts.

So-called "human rights organisations" shouldn't be treated with kid gloves, much like we wouldn't use a pharmaceutical company's claims of "curing the world of disease" as a fact.

The Principles and Objectives sections references outdated books (Amnesty of the 90s is certainly not Amnesty of 2025) and a non-official fan page for volunteers (www.amnesty-volunteer.org). The Amnesty app gets a whole paragraph before stating it's available on iOS and Android (despite only 10k downloads on Play Store years later).

Note that I'm not arguing that the article isn't critical of Amnesty. It's undeniably been established in the article as an exploited political organisation more so than a human rights organisation in recent times. But the descriptions of their activities should be consistent with Wikipedia standards. [[Special:Contributions/2405:6E00:4ED:5811:2C8B:5175:49AC:F9BC|2405:6E00:4ED:5811:2C8B:5175:49AC:F9BC]] ([[User talk:2405:6E00:4ED:5811:2C8B:5175:49AC:F9BC|talk]]) 04:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

== Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 June 2025 ==

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It is requested that an edit be made to the extended-confirmed-protected article at Amnesty international.

I see a statement-of-fact that is not supported by the Wikipedia page referenced immediately preceding this statement. (That reference does reflect the disputed allegation.)
 
In the "2010's" section, the article says "... the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old who assaulted a police officer and then resisted arrest, ... ".

Please change "18-year-old who assaulted" to "18-year-old who allegedly assaulted". [[User:Stone Pastor|Stone Pastor]] ([[User talk:Stone Pastor|talk]]) 22:35, 19 June 2025 (UTC)
:{{partly done}}:<!-- Template:EEp --> I went a bit further and took out the detail about Brown's alleged actions and Wilson's acquittal, as the events in question (Amnesty's dispatch of activists) occurred before the acquittal and the cited source contained conflicting accounts of what Brown did. [[User:Day Creature|Day Creature]] ([[User talk:Day Creature|talk]]) 02:59, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

== Edit request ==

Please remove the last pragraph of the lead section bcoz it is an ad for Amnesty International. [[User:Jdn2004|Jdn2004]] ([[User talk:Jdn2004|talk]]) 17:32, 15 July 2025 (UTC)
:It describes in a factual manner what they do though, so I am not in favour or removing that paragraph. [[User:Lova Falk|Lova Falk]] ([[User talk:Lova Falk|talk]]) 18:11, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
:PS <s>It would be good with a secondary source though, do you have one? [[User:Lova Falk|Lova Falk]] ([[User talk:Lova Falk|talk]]) 18:13, 18 August 2025 (UTC)</s> 
:I found a secondary source and copyedited the text. [[User:Lova Falk|Lova Falk]] ([[User talk:Lova Falk|talk]]) 18:18, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

== Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 November 2025 ==

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Please change "UKAIUK" (in [[Amnesty International#Criticism and controversies|this section]], under "2022 report on systemic racism") to "AIUK"; seems to be a typo, as the abbreviation for Amnesty International UK is written as "AIUK" within the same paragraph. [[User:Boxwords|Boxwords]] ([[User talk:Boxwords|talk]]) 18:33, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
:{{done}}<!-- Template:EEp --> <span style="background-color: Black; padding: 2px 3px 1px 3px;">[[User:GothicGolem29|<span style="color: Aqua">GothicGolem29</span>]] [[User talk:GothicGolem29|<span style="color: Lime">(Talk)</span>]]</span> 00:29, 26 November 2025 (UTC)