Peter Benenson
Peter Benenson
Peter Benenson /ˈbɛnᵻn.sən/was a British lawyer and the founder of human rights group Amnesty International. In 2001, Benenson received the Pride of Britain Award for Lifetime Achievement...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth31 July 1921
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Pressure of opinion a hundred years ago brought about the emancipation of the slaves'.
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Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.
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Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity