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Feb 28, 2005 · The hour found the man - Peter Benenson, the prime mover of Amnesty International, who has died aged 83 from pneumonia, following a long illness. The incident which triggered the...
Feb 27, 2005 · Peter Benenson's life was a courageous testament to his visionary commitment to fight injustice around the world. He brought light into the darkness of prisons, the horror of torture chambers...
yet unborn -- have reason to thank Peter Benenson, the founder of Amnesty International. For it was his inspiration in the 1960s that launched what was soon dubbed “one of the larger lunacies of our time”: a worldwide citizens’ movement to expose and confront government injustice. Born on 31 July 1921, Peter Benenson was the grandson of the
"Peter Benenson's life was a courageous testament to his visionary commitment to fight injustice around the world. "He brought light into the darkness of prisons, the horror of torture chambers and tragedy of death camps around the world.
May 28, 2021 · After learning of two Portuguese students who were imprisoned for raising a toast to freedom in 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson launches a worldwide campaign ‘Appeal for Amnesty 1961’. His appeal to free prisoners of conscience is reprinted in papers across the world and turns out to be the genesis of Amnesty International.
Feb 28, 2005 · Peter Benenson, who founded Amnesty International more than four decades ago, has died, the human rights organization said. He was 83. Benenson had been ill for several years, and he died...
Peter Benenson, the founder of Amnesty International, died on 25 February, aged 83. Benenson started “A campaign for Amnesty” with an article in the Observer on 28 May 1961 that opened with the words:
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