I've compiled some data and images here. Hopefully this should give an American pause before believing these folks aren't about as far-left politically as you can get.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

Hanna Roberts

Hanna is the Chair of the IEC. She is from Sweden and works as a Project Manager/Research Associate for the International Institute for Industrial Economics at Lund University. Hanna was elected as Chair of the IEC in October 2005. Previously she was Chair of AI Sweden from 2001 to 2003.

Claire Paponneau

Claire, who is from France, is a member of the IEC and is AI’s International Treasurer, having been first elected to this role in 2001. She has been a member of the Board of AI France and was its Treasurer from 1995 to 2001. Previously she was a member of AI’s Financial Control Committee.

And what they don't tell you:

Claire Paponneau is Executive Vice-President of International Carrier Services and Sales for France Telecom’s carrier wholesale division that provides Open Transit® Bandwidth, Internet, Voice and Mobile services.Before taking up her current position in December 2001, Claire was Executive Vice-President of Networks and Services Operations, managing international operator services, audio and video transport services and transmission and added value switched services.

Good ol' Claire is helping France rake in bucks in the Middle East.

Ian Gibson
Ian, who is from Australia, works as a public service lawyer. He was the Chair of AI’s Standing Committee on Human, Information, and Finance Matters from 2001 to 2003 and Vice-Chair of AI Australia from 2000 to 2003. He was elected to the IEC in August 2003.

Vanushi Sitanjali Rajanayagam
Vanushi, who is from New Zealand, is a lawyer and currently works as a Policy Consultant for the New Zealand Office of Ethnic Affairs. She was on the Board of AI New Zealand from 2003 to 2005 and served as its Vice-Chair from 2004 to 2005. She was AI New Zealand’s spokesperson on a youth radio show from 2001 to 2004 and appeared on youth TV shows in 2003 and 2004. She was elected to the IEC in August 2005.

And what they don't tell you:
Vanushi Rajanayagam is one of the rising stars of the New Zealand Amnesty International movement. At twenty-one she is the youngest member of the Section Executive Committee, the organisations governing body. Vanushi was twelve when she became a member of Amnesty, after she found out about a relative who was killed for his political views.

Petri Merenlahti

Petri, who is from Finland, works as a Research Scholar in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Helsinki. He was Chair of AI Finland from 2002 to 2005 and a member of AI's European Union Association Council from 2004 to 2005. He was elected to the IEC in August 2005.

David Weissbrodt

David, who is from the United States, is a Regents Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota. He is also the Co-Director at the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library and Center. Previously he has been a member of AI’s International Committee on Policy and a member of the Board of AI USA. He was elected to the IEC in August 2005.

And what they don't tell you:

David was educated at:
Columbia University, A.B.
University of California at Berkeley, J.D.


Soledad García Muñoz

Soledad, who is from Argentina, is a Professor of International Law and also of Gender and Women´s Rights at the Universidad Nacional in La Plata, Argentina. She is also a consultant for the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (San Jose, Costa Rica) and for other important human rights institutions. She was the Chair of AI Argentina from 2003 to 2005. Previously she has been a member of AI's Chairs Forum Steering Committee. She was elected to the IEC in August 2005.

Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You

Lilian, who is from The Netherlands, is a lawyer by training, having graduated from the Leiden University Law School. Lilian served as Chair of AI Netherlands from 2001 to 2005. From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the international committee that prepares AI's Integrated Strategic Plan. She was elected to the IEC in August 2005.

Amnesty International pretending they have no political bias is a horrible joke and an outright lie. It's a far-left parade of anti-Americanism and French Telecom commercial interests in the Mideast. It's very telling when the token American was educated at UC Berkeley!