Amnesty International Charleston, South Carolina Group

The Charleston chapter of Amnesty International works to defend the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document ratified and subsequently violated by almost every nation on Earth. The Universal Declaration prohibits sanctions against freedom of religion, language, ethnic heritage, race, sexual orientation, marriage and procreation, education, travel and speech, as long as none of these freedoms infringes on the health or security of others. The Universal Declaration proclaims that all the world's people have the right to food, health care, safety, and security.

Stop Torture Under international law, the prohibition against torture is unequivocal. Yet torture is practiced in more than 150 countries around the world. Emails, faxes and telegrams from Amnesty International members, arriving by the thousands within hours of an arrest, prevent and stop torture. They also put torturers on notice that they're being watched. And that saves lives. Stop Violence Against Women Every day, women and girls around the world are threatened, beaten, raped, mutilated and killed with impunity. It's time to recognize that violence against women is a global human rights scandal that affects us all. Across the world, Amnesty International members will unite to work towards making women's human rights a reality. The Death Penalty The death penalty is the ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights. By working towards the abolition of the death penalty worldwide, Amnesty International USA's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty looks to end the cycle of violence created by a system riddled with economic and racial bias and tainted by human error. Juvenile Justice - children being tried as Adults Our Letter Writing Campaign

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