Prosecutor General: Amnesty International a 'Russophobic Project Hub'

The Office of the Russian Prosecutor General declared international human rights organization Amnesty International Limited an "undesirable organization" in the Russian Federation.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the organization’s London headquarters is “a center for the development of global Russophobic projects funded by supporters of the Kyiv regime.”

They also stated that activists from Amnesty International (now designated undesirable in Russia) advocate for increased funding of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and for the isolation of Russia.

Amnesty International was founded in 1961 in the United Kingdom. The organization’s mission is to draw attention to human rights violations and prevent discrimination. In 1977, it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says that it has more than ten million members and supporters around the world. The stated mission of the organization is to campaign for "a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments". The organization has played a notable role on human rights issues due to its frequent citation in media and by world leaders.