Amnesty International Greece

What Amnesty International Greece does

Amnesty International Greece (Διεθνής Αμνηστία - Ελληνικό Τμήμα) is a registered Greek association and the national Greek section of Amnesty International, headquartered at Sina 30, Athens. Founded in 1975 (within the broader movement that originated globally in 1961), it operates as a non-profit human rights advocacy organization serving individual Greek supporters, students, and activists. Its mission centers on campaigning against human rights violations including unlawful detention, torture, unfair trials, censorship, discrimination, refugees' rights abuses, death penalty, arms trade, police violence, and attacks on civil society. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors led by President Eleni Kontou (Ελένη Κοντού), with Gerasimos Kouvvaras (Γεράσιμος Κουβαράς) serving as Director.

The organization's core platform consists of a digital engagement stack built around a website (amnesty.gr) created by Pixual, integrated with a Piraeus Bank payment gateway for donations. Core products include a petitions/appeals system, news and press release portal, campaigns platform (notably the Write for Rights letter-writing marathon), online donation system, newsletter subscription, events and educational programs, membership program, activist network, and reports/publications. An ancillary e-commerce store (eshop.amnesty.gr) sells branded merchandise. The organization maintains formal GDPR compliance and ISO 27001-aligned security measures for personal data protection. There is no proprietary AI/ML or advanced technology component disclosed.

Revenue is generated through three streams: membership fees from formal members, one-time and recurring donations (online and offline, including telephone fundraising) with preset tiers of €5, €10, €20, €50, and €100 plus custom amounts, and e-commerce merchandise sales. The go-to-market motion is community-led and grassroots, relying on volunteer activists, student groups, petition signers, and members participating in campaigns and events. Marketing channels span Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, Instagram, email newsletter, content/blog, events/demonstrations, and educational programs. Parent organization is Amnesty International.

Name

Amnesty International Greece

Legal name

Διεθνής Αμνηστία-Ελληνικό Τμήμα

Website

https://amnesty.gr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Amnesty International Greece is the Greek national section of the global Amnesty International human rights movement. Operating from Athens with 18 staff, it mobilizes individual supporters, members, and students through petitions, campaigns (including Write for Rights), donations, and educational programs to advocate against human rights violations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Athens (Αθήνα)

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Annual membership fees from individual supporters who join the organization as formal members, giving them voting rights and participation in the movement.
2. Donations (Online and Offline): Individual supporters make one-time or recurring financial contributions through the website donation form, telephone fundraising, and other support methods. The website accepts credit card payments via Piraeus Bank payment gateway.
3. E-commerce merchandise sales: Sale of branded merchandise including T-shirts, books, stationery (graphiki ili), and other products through the Amnesty International Greece e-shop.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Amnesty International Greece is the Greek national section of Amnesty International, a global human rights movement. It conducts human rights advocacy through campaigns, urgent petitions/appeals, letter-writing actions (including the Write for Rights marathon), research and publication of reports on human rights conditions in Greece and worldwide, educational programs for schools and universities, and grassroots mobilization of members and volunteers. Funding is sustained through membership fees, individual donations (one-time and recurring), and sales of branded merchandise via an online e-shop.

Product overview

Amnesty International Greece operates as a nonprofit human rights organization offering a digital engagement platform. The core offering consists of petition management, news dissemination, campaign coordination (including Write for Rights campaigns), and activist networking. Supporting services include an e-commerce store for merchandise, online donation processing, newsletter subscriptions, event organization (such as the Athens Marathon), educational programs, and membership programs. The organization does not offer a commercial technology product but provides public-facing digital services for human rights advocacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Membership Program

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PixualminorOthersPixual is credited as the creator/developer of the Amnesty International Greece website (as noted in the footer: 'Created by Pixual'). This is a website development/creative services relationship.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amnesty-international-greece

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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