RSPCA - ANIMAL LIFE MAGAZINE - Introduction

THE CAT MAGAZINE - Introduction

Welcome to The Cat. Since 1931, The Cat magazine has been informing and entertaining cat lovers all over the UK. Far from just being a charity newsletter, The Cat is a well-read consumer publication with the distinction of being part of the UK’s largest and best-known feline welfare charity.

Each issue is packed with a variety of news, views and features on a range of issues affecting cats and their owners’ lifestyles. We highlight and test the latest products available, offer expert advice from vets and behaviour specialists, get the low-down from cat-loving celebrities and provide a forum for discussing cat care issues.

We are committed to bringing our readers the latest developments from the cat care world so that they and their cats can continue to get the best out of their relationship.

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NEW INTERNATIONALIST MAGAZINE - Introduction

Established in 1970, the NI is the leading publication on international issues with its consistent, clear explanations of major concerns worldwide. Alongside its regular columns, each issue concentrates on a key subject, and this coverage provides readers with a monthly briefing which is retained for later reference.

NI readers are a loyal, committed audience. They are informed, discerning and highly educated – over 70% have a degree or diploma. Through NI they keep up with what is happening in the world: on the environment, on human rights, and with the global economy.

Objective in their view of current affairs – 80% do not belong to any political party – NI readers are receptive to new ideas and opportunities. They travel widely for pleasure and knowledge, and often volunteer to work for overseas organisations.

They read a great deal, both for pleasure and for their work, and they act on what they read. After reading advertising in the NI, 22% say they joined a campaign, 31% switched to a more ethical service provider, 61% made a purchase, and 23% donated to charity.

For advertisers, NI readers form an exceptionally receptive, well-informed group, actively prepared to divert income and time into channels which enhance life at both a global and a personal level.

New Internationalist has a monthly international circulation of over 75,000. In the UK alone, a circulation of 40,000 and readership of nearly 85,000 makes it the best-read magazine in its field.

Subscriptions account for almost all issue sales.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE - Introduction.

About us

We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights. Our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.

During much of our history, our campaigning has focused on prisoners, but we have responded to the changing patterns of human rights violations in the world. Today the biggest threat to human rights in the world are mass violations in armed conflicts. People are now more likely to become victims of abuse because of who they are, rather than for what they think, say or do.

We have two main ways of working to achieve human rights for everyone:

Promoting general awareness of human rights

We carry out a wide range of educational activities about human rights, promoting the values contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreed human rights standards.

• We encourage people to accept that all human rights must be protected
• We encourage governments to accept and enforce international standards of human rights
• We encourage governments, political organisations, businesses, other groups and individuals to support and respect human rights

Opposing specific abuses of human rights

We undertake research and action focused on stopping abuses of the following rights:

• Physical and mental integrity
• Freedom of conscience and expression
• Freedom from discrimination

Our vision and mission

Our vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (opens new window) and other international human rights standards.

Amnesty International has over 1.8 million members worldwide who are passionate about our beliefs and not afraid to take unpopular stands to realise our mission:

• To promote respect for all human rights
• To undertake research and action focused on preventing abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression and freedom from discrimination.

In fulfilling our mission, we focus in particular on:

• Campaigning to abolish the death penalty, torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
• Ending extra-judicial executions and 'disappearances'
• Protecting the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers
• Protecting the human rights of non-combatants in armed conflicts
• Working for fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners
• Seeking the release of all prisoners of conscience.

We also oppose abuses such as hostage-taking, torturing and killing prisoners and other arbitrary killings.

History

Amnesty International was founded on the belief in the power of ordinary people to make extraordinary change.

In 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson wrote a newspaper appeal, 'The Forgotten Prisoners', calling for an international campaign to protest against the imprisonment of men and women for their political or religious beliefs.

The appeal received a tremendous response. Within a month, more than a thousand readers had sent letters of support and offers of practical help. They also sent details of the cases of many more prisoners of conscience.

Within six months, what started as a brief publicity effort, was being developed into a permanent, international movement.

The principles of impartiality and independence were established from the beginning. The emphasis was on the international protection of human rights: our members would campaign for individuals anywhere in the world.

As we grew, our focus expanded to take in not just prisoners of conscience, but other victims of human rights abuses - such as torture, 'disappearances' and the death penalty - throughout the world.

We are now the world's largest international voluntary organisation dealing with human rights. With over 1.8 million members and supporters in more than 150 countries and territories united by a determination to work for a world where everyone enjoys human rights.

Amnesty International founded in 1961, have two main ways of working to achieve human rights for everyone:

• Promoting general awareness of human rights; and
  
• Opposing specific abuses of human rights

During much of their history, their campaigning has focused on prisoners, but they have responded to the changing patterns of human rights violations in the world. Today, the biggest threat to human rights in the world are mass violations in armed conflicts. People are now more likely to become victims of abuse because of who they are, rather than for what they think, say or do.

Promoting general awareness of human rights
Amnesty International carries out a wide range of educational activities about human rights, promoting the values contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international agreed human rights standards.

• AI encourage people to accept that all human rights must be protected
  
• AI encourage governments to accept and enforce international standards of human rights
  
• AI encourage governments, political organisations, businesses, other groups and individuals to support and respect human rights

Opposing specific abuses of human rights
Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on stopping grave abuses of the rights to:

• Physical and mental integrity - including the right not to be tortured or killed
  
• Freedom of conscience and expression - the right to think for yourself and express yourself
  
• Freedom from discrimination - the right to fair treatment regardless of race, gender or sexuality

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