13 38 Human rights Language in use: Amnesty International Read the text about Amnesty International. Some words are missing. Choose the correct word (A–N) for each gap (1–11). There are two extra words that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. Amnesty International is a non-governmental … 0 (NGO) working to end human rights … 1 worldwide. It was founded by Peter Benensen, a British lawyer, who wanted to … 2 the situation of prisoners of conscience. These people are imprisoned, tortured and often … 3 because of their religious belief, their opinions, their ethnic origin, their sex, colour or language. They have not done anything wrong apart from the fact that they want to enjoy their human rights freely. The most important strategy of Amnesty International is to organise letter-writing campaigns to put public … 4 on governments which are accused of … 5 human rights. They fight for the following aspects in particular: • They want to free all prisoners of conscience. • They want to make sure that … 6 prisoners get fair and prompt trials. • They want to … 7 the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners. • They want to end executions without trials and “disappearances”. Today Amnesty International is a … 8 international NGO, which has more than ten million supporters, members and activists in over 150 countries and territories, and it is still growing. The organisation is … 9 non-political and completely independent to maintain its present status. The only thing that is common among all its members is that they … 10 in the importance of human rights and that they know that everybody must help to stop human rights abuses, no matter where they might occur and who ever might be … 11 . A abolish H organisation 0 H 6 B abusing I physical 1 7 C affected J political 2 8 D believe K powerful 3 9 E cut L pressure 4 10 F executed M strictly 5 11 G improve N violations Tip T See unit in the coursebook • Prime Time 5: Unit 7 page 86 1 ✔ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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