Question: When is the Amnesty International Day observed?
(a) 23 May
(b) 18 May
(c) 15 May
(d) 28 May
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- Amnesty International Day is observed every year on May 28.
- The day marks the foundation of Amnesty International,a non-governmental organization headquartered in London.
- Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization that focuses on the protection of human rights, by working to prevent abuses to human rights, fight for justice for those whose rights have been violated, expand and enforce human rights protections in international law, by lobbying governments and other powerful groups and publicizing their violations.
- The organisation has won the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize for its “defence of human dignity against torture,” and the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 1978.
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