"Amnesty" ads target human rights abuses in China
- By Chris Chaplin
- Published July 7, 2008
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Focusing on the sport of torture on the eve of the Olympics, Amnesty International has apparently launched an ad campaign targeting human rights abuses in China. But some doubt the international human rights organization is the real source. Keen observers on boingboing.net point out that Amnesty’s URL is "amnesty.org", not the ".com" that appears in the ad. Authentic or not, the images make a powerful statement. The lower right of the ad reads "After the Olympic Games, The Fight Must Go On."
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The caption, lower right:

The ads can also be found here and here.
Can anyone confirm if this is a real Amnesty ad?
Comments are encouraged. A special thanks to Xeni Jardin for posting the pictures.
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3 Responses to ""Amnesty" ads target human rights abuses in China" 
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said this on 09 Jul 2008 4:44:54 PM PST
its oficial! is not an amnesty add! the organisation use "AMNESTY.ORG!!!!" no ".COM"!!!
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said this on 17 Jul 2008 8:22:30 AM PST
This is not an official Amnesty Ad, there is no mention of it on their website - which is .org not .com. I don't think Amnesty would be so stupid to allow the ad company to get their web address wrong if they were real ads!
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