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Peter Benenson (born Peter James Henry Solomon; 31 July 1921 – 25 February 2005) was a British barrister, son of British army colonel, Harold Solomon, human rights activist and the founder of the human rights group Amnesty International (AI); a global movement of more than 10 million people, currently, and in over 150 countries and ...
Feb 28, 2005 · Peter Benenson, a British lawyer whose outrage over the imprisonment of two Portuguese students for drinking a toast to liberty spawned the human rights organization Amnesty International in...
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
Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by Peter Benenson, a British lawyer. It was originally his intention to launch an appeal in Britain with the aim of obtaining an amnesty for prisoners of conscience all over 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.
May 4, 2023 · Sounds uneventful, but this was to become one of the most significant moments in the global movement for human rights. That barrister was called Peter Benenson, and his outrage at the imprisonment of the two men led to the birth of Amnesty International.
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:
Feb 26, 2005 · The founder of human rights group Amnesty International, Peter Benenson, has passed away aged 83. He died on Friday at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, after a long illness.
Mar 3, 2005 · Peter Benenson, champion of conscience, died on February 25th, aged 83. Mar 3rd 2005. THE pen may be mightier than the sword; but as a means of putting pressure on despotic governments,...
