Barbara Kay: The once mighty Amnesty International has sunk to irrelevancy | nationalpost

Created in 1963, Amnesty International’s logo is a work of genius: a sturdy, stylized lit candle encircled by barbed wire, which symbolizes the ancient proverb, “Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” The mission and the logo supported each other in harmony for decades. Yet sadly, the candle seems to be melting. You can see wax droplets running down its side. But no, on closer inspection, that’s not wax; it’s flop sweat.